[CLUE-Tech] digital camcorder to DVD via firewire

[David Willson]

I haven't done the very last step (the burning), but I can direct you to
Kino for basic video-editing functions, and maybe a little more.  I was able
to make one whole mpeg before my ADD kicked back in-  :-)
http://kino.schirmacher.de

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Subject: [CLUE-Tech] digital camcorder to DVD via firewire


> Has anyone taken a digital camcorder tape and transferred it over to
> DVD using Linux?
>
> I've been trying to find all the tools to do this in Linux.
>
> So far, I've found the tool dvgrab to actually capture the video stream
> coming over the firewire interface.  I've also found dvcont to control
> the camcorder.   I don't know if you can use them both at the same time
> or if it's even desirable to do so since you can also send the video
> stream by using the camcorder's playback controls.
>
> Since dvgrab can store the resulting stream into a file in dv2 format,
> it would seem that all I would need from there is (1) to convert the
> resulting file into an mpeg2, and then (2) use some DVD burning tool to
> get it onto DVD.
>
> Can anyone recommend tools to do these last 2 steps, and if you've
> tried this, how happy were you with the results?
>
>
>
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