how to grab dv video from a camera to a lucid machine?

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/05/10 12:57, H.S. wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I used to use dvgrab to grab raw dv video from a camcorder to my ubuntu
> machine. I have upgraded to Lucid a few weeks ago and and tried to grab
> a video from the same camcorder after quite a while. It doesn't work,
> however.
>
> If I connect the camcorder via the USB port in VCR mode, I used to start
> the dvgrab, which used to capture the video to a dv file. The command I
> used was something like this:
> $>  sudo dvgrab  -a  -f raw  -t -input /dev/dv movie-
>
> "sudo" was used because apparently the /dev/ieee1394 or /dev/video
> device is not root:video anymore, it is root:root since some kernel version.
>
> I have tried this with and without the ieee1394 and raw1394 modules
> loaded. The command just says "waiting for dv ..." and does not capture
> any frames at all.
>
> So, how do I grab the video in Lucid now? What am I missing? I cannot
> even use Kino to grab the video since it doesn't see any firewire input
> device. I would prefer to use dvgrab.
>
> Running Lucid with 2.6.32-22-generic kernel.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>    

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