usb camcorder

[John Chiazzese]

On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 11:37 -0500, raymond house wrote:
> Hi Chris, I followed your suggestion and installed "ubuntu restricted
> extras" from synaptics also googled for "DVD subpicture decoder"  and
> installed and CD and DVD,s work OK, mainly with VLC. So, many thanks
> for the right pointers. One problem remains, when I connect the
> camcorder through usb port, nothing happens?  any ideas ?  I wonder
> why these programs for using videos are not included in the distro?
> Thanks.

Hey Raymond,

I haven't done this in a long time but I remember having to set my
camcorder to USB HDD or USB STORAGE device.

You should then be able to plug it in and access the videos.

IdleOne