[CLUE-Tech] digital camcorder to DVD via firewire

[qqq1one at yahoo.com]

Do you mean that it was too time-consuming to try to do this in Linux? 
...as compared to using Windows, or a dedicated DVD-burning appliance
with a firewire input?

--- David Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU> wrote:
> 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
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "qqq1one @yahoo.com" <qqq1one at yahoo.com>
> To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:12 PM
> 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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