I am using RedHat 9.0 with FireWire card of VIA Technologies and
Sony-DCR-IP45E camera . After installing dvgrab (loading the modules, etc.)
it does not capture any frames . In test mode it works but the real thing -
does not !
Using the command: ¨dvcont play¨ works (so I conclude there is a basic
connection with the camera). The command: gscanbus finds the cammera but
only the first control command is possible (after the first command it gets
stucked).
The kernel modules were loaded after the camera was open. Using Sony
movieshaker software under Windows - capture works fine (my conclusion was
that the hardware can work). Some general info about the system:
lsmod output:
video1394 14944 0 (unused)
raw1394 19608 0
dv1394 20992 0 (unused)
ohci1394 20904 0
ieee1394 52044 0
lspci output is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev
03)
00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
Controller (rev 46)
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 (rev 08)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 (rev 08)
00:0c.0 Multimedia controller: Sigma Designs, Inc. REALmagic Hollywood Plus
DVD Decoder
(rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64
testlibraw command output is:
successfully got handle
current generation number: 1
1 card(s) found
nodes on bus: 2, card name: ohci1394
using first card found: 2 nodes on bus, local ID is 1, IRM is 1
doing transactions with custom tag handler
trying to send read request to node 0... completed with value 0x0b2a7e13
trying to send read request to node 1... completed with value 0xb23b7e13
using standard tag handler and synchronous calls
trying to read from node 0... completed with value 0xc5577e13
trying to read from node 1... completed with value 0x38667e13
testing FCP monitoring on local node
got fcp command from node 1 of 8 bytes: 01 23 45 67 89 ab cd ef
got fcp response from node 1 of 8 bytes: 01 23 45 67 89 ab cd ef
polling for leftover messages
Oh - That is long (hopefully not too long).
If you kow any other software to import video from the listed camera (Linux
only) - it is appriciated.
Thank you for your time,
Eddie
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