On Monday 06 May 2002 02:56 pm, you wrote: > Has any one used a firewire (ieee1394) video camera in linux? > > I have access to a Sony DCR10 or something like that. > It's a digital-8mm camcorder. > I'll get the full model number if it's needed. > > I'd like to get a firewire card, and use it in linux > to get stills and or movies from the camera. > > Is the a PCMCIA firewire card that will work > (I hava PCMCIA adaptor on my destktop already) > for a notebook to do this? > > -Thomas > I have but there is no support for it in V4L or V4L2. There is support in Video1394. In order to use that API you will need to have libraw1394 and libdc1394. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is an order of things in this universe. -- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1 --------------------------- 2.4.18-6mdk ------------------------------------------------------------------------