non-root can't access dv device

[Martijn van de Streek]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Duncan Lithgow wrote:

> > I'm using kino and dapper - using the dv1394 driver and /dev/dv1394-0 to
> > capture video.
> martijn, I've been reading http://www.linux1394.org/dv1394.php and I
> can't work out what to do. I don't have experience with customising
> things. Can you tell how you got things working? I'm documenting all
> this at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ieee1394

In kino:

Edit -> Preferences -> IEEE1394 -> set 'Driver' to dv1394 and put
'/dev/dv1394-0' in the text box right of the driver selector.

Then press OK and it should work (it might become /dev/dv1394-1 if you have
more than one camera)

Martijn
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