[CLUE-Tech] digital camcorder to DVD via firewire

[Eric Jorgensen]

Hello,

I'd like to second the recommendation of kino.  In
fact, I use the capture feature inside of kino instead
of dvgrab.  I have had quite good luck creating DVD
compatible mpeg files with kino and then burning them
onto DVD.  Originally, I would do all the steps except
the authoring and burning on linux, but recently have
had luck authoring and burning in linux.  I use kino,
mjpegtools, dvdauthor, and growisofs (all have links
on freshmeat, I believe).

There have been quite a few gotchas along the way. 
Some hints:

- make sure your DVD writer has the latest firmware
- make sure your authoring and burning sw on windows
has latest patches
- if you're using linux and DVD+RW, use growisofs
instead of dvdauthor.  I spent months trying to figure
this out.
- set things up so that the modules are probed in this
order:
     ieee1394
     raw1394
     ohci1394 
     video1394

I also found "gscanbus" to be helpful in running down
firewire problems.

Let me know if you want details on any of this.

Eric




--- 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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