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Connecting to a Digital Video Camera with Firewire
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The program you will need to use to capture and edit Digital Video is kino. This is not installed on the PCLinuxOS live CD, so you will need to install it with Synaptic. Once installed, connect your DV camera via the Firewire port, and switch it on for playback (but do not start playing). Run kino. From the column of buttons down the right, select Capture. Next, from the menus, do Edit > Preferences and click on the tab IEEE 1394. Under "Driver" try to select raw1394. Chances are you can't, or if you do, it has no effect. To confirm this, when you press OK, if the buttons below the black rectangle (AV/C Capture Stop Still and Mute) are greyed out.
Run a terminal as root. You do this by clicking on the bottom left Start icon, then Terminals, then Konsole. To make it as "root", type "su" (without the quotes, then the return key, then your root password, then the return key again.
Now type in the following two commands:
modprobe raw1394
modprobe dv1394
Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life.
If the AV/C Capture buttons do NOT start working, also type in these three commands:
rm -f /dev/raw1394
mknod -m 0666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0
mknod -m 0666 /dev/video1394 c 172 0
Hopefully now it will work!
In your terminal, type lsmod again. At or near the top of the list, you may see "eth1394". Unless you have a firewire ethernet card, you don't want this, it can cause serious delays on bootup whilst the system tries to find such a card. On one occasion on my computer, it tried to use this non-existent card for the internet connection! So my method here is designed to stop that happening.
Firstly, you will need to type into the terminal the command: nano -w /etc/rc.local. At the end of this file, add the following three or six lines:
modprobe raw1394
modprobe dv1394
rmmod eth1394
These ones only if you needed them before:
rm -f /dev/raw1394
mknod -m 0666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0
mknod -m 0666 /dev/video1394 c 172 0
Type CTRL-o to save, and CTRL-X to exit.
Unless you have an "Ethernet Over Firewire" network connection, you will need to edit another file. Issue the following command: nano -w /etc/modprobe.conf. At the end of the file add the one line:
alias eth1394 off
Again, save and exit.
Hopefully, on the next reboot, your DV connection will work.
Note that this is not a kino tutorial, just how to get it all working. If someone wants to add one, feel free, though there's plenty on the net! Just one thing to note, though. With the vast majority of DV Camcorders, pressing the AV/C button will enable the computer to control its transport mechanisms. So clicking AV/C followed by Capture, the camcorder will start playing and Kino will start capturing. As for the rest, it's fun to try stuff, even make a few mistakes, and find out for yourself! There is a reasonably good Help file with the latest version of Kino to get you started.
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Edited on 2007-05-21 02:01:29 by IanDawson [Porting to new wiki]
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Edited on 2006-05-14 15:14:43 by DaveCs [futher tidy up]
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alias eth1394 off
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Edited on 2006-05-14 15:13:46 by DaveCs [Just an update re preventing the Ethernet over Firewire error.]
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Unless you have an "Ethernet Over Firewire" network connection, you will need to edit another file. Issue the following command: nano -w /etc/modprobe.conf. At the end of the file add the one line:
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Then issue the following command: nano -w /etc/hotplug/blacklist. At the end of the file add the one line:
eth1394
Edited on 2006-03-18 02:21:10 by LexNL
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Edited on 2006-01-06 15:36:55 by DaveCs [As previous update.]
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Run a terminal as root. You do this by clicking on the bottom left Start icon, then Terminals, then Konsole. To make it as "root", type "su" (without the quotes, then the return key, then your root password, then the return key again.
Now type in the following two commands:
If the AV/C Capture buttons do NOT start working, also type in these three commands:
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Run a terminal as root (explained in the section Removing Hotplug from Startup). Type in the following two commands:
Note that I have found that, following an upgrade, the /dev/raw1394 device is getting created as a shortcut to nothing, ie, totally useless! So if the AV/C Capture buttons do NOT start working, also type in these three commands:
Edited on 2006-01-06 15:32:27 by DaveCs [Removed the stuff about removing hotplug, as hotplug is no longer in PCLinuxOS]
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I have only tested this with Hotplug disabled. Due to some unpleasant side-effects of hotplug, it is recommended that you read the topic about Removing Hotplug from Startup before proceeding. At the very least you will need to understand how to use "nano -w" and to edit a couple of system files. However I have attempted to set this up in such a way that you can still keep hotplug if you want, but I cannot guarantee it will work.
Edited on 2005-08-27 09:37:42 by DaveCs [Yup a little UDEV problem, added workaround]
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Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life.
Note that I have found that, following an upgrade, the /dev/raw1394 device is getting created as a shortcut to nothing, ie, totally useless! So if the AV/C Capture buttons do NOT start working, also type in these three commands:
rm -f /dev/raw1394
Firstly, you will need to type into the terminal the command: nano -w /etc/rc.local. At the end of this file, add the following three or six lines:
These ones only if you needed them before:
rm -f /dev/raw1394
Deletions:
Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life. If it does not, also type in these two lines:
Firstly, you will need to type into the terminal the command: nano -w /etc/rc.local. At the end of this file, add the following three lines:
Edited on 2005-08-27 09:25:56 by DaveCs [After update found that devices were not correctly created. Udev problem?]
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Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life. If it does not, also type in these two lines:
mknod -m 0666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0
mknod -m 0666 /dev/video1394 c 172 0
Hopefully now it will work!
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Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life.
Edited on 2005-06-05 11:01:00 by OkiE [Fixed my back link typo]
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Edited on 2005-06-05 10:59:42 by OkiE [Added a back link and added page to the hardware category]
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Edited on 2005-06-03 09:58:14 by FinMan
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Edited on 2005-06-02 19:21:07 by DaveCs [Clarification re Hotplug]
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I have only tested this with Hotplug disabled. Due to some unpleasant side-effects of hotplug, it is recommended that you read the topic about Removing Hotplug from Startup before proceeding. At the very least you will need to understand how to use "nano -w" and to edit a couple of system files. However I have attempted to set this up in such a way that you can still keep hotplug if you want, but I cannot guarantee it will work.
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I have tested this with Hotplug disabled. Due to some unpleasant side-effects of hotplug, it is recommended that you read the topic about Removing Hotplug from Startup before proceeding. At the very least you will need to understand how to use "nano -w" and to edit a couple of system files.
Edited on 2005-06-02 13:04:50 by DaveCs
Additions:
The program you will need to use to capture and edit Digital Video is kino. This is not installed on the PCLinuxOS live CD, so you will need to install it with Synaptic. Once installed, connect your DV camera via the Firewire port, and switch it on for playback (but do not start playing). Run kino. From the column of buttons down the right, select Capture. Next, from the menus, do Edit > Preferences and click on the tab IEEE 1394. Under "Driver" try to select raw1394. Chances are you can't, or if you do, it has no effect. To confirm this, when you press OK, if the buttons below the black rectangle (AV/C Capture Stop Still and Mute) are greyed out.
Run a terminal as root (explained in the section Removing Hotplug from Startup). Type in the following two commands:
modprobe raw1394
modprobe dv1394
Now in Kino, try Edit > Preferences > IEEE1394 and select raw1394 again. This time when pressing OK, the AV/C Capture etc buttons should now spring into life.
In your terminal, type lsmod again. At or near the top of the list, you may see "eth1394". Unless you have a firewire ethernet card, you don't want this, it can cause serious delays on bootup whilst the system tries to find such a card. On one occasion on my computer, it tried to use this non-existent card for the internet connection! So my method here is designed to stop that happening.
Firstly, you will need to type into the terminal the command: nano -w /etc/rc.local. At the end of this file, add the following three lines:
modprobe raw1394
modprobe dv1394
rmmod eth1394
Type CTRL-o to save, and CTRL-X to exit.
Then issue the following command: nano -w /etc/hotplug/blacklist. At the end of the file add the one line:
eth1394
Again, save and exit.
Hopefully, on the next reboot, your DV connection will work.
Note that this is not a kino tutorial, just how to get it all working. If someone wants to add one, feel free, though there's plenty on the net! Just one thing to note, though. With the vast majority of DV Camcorders, pressing the AV/C button will enable the computer to control its transport mechanisms. So clicking AV/C followed by Capture, the camcorder will start playing and Kino will start capturing. As for the rest, it's fun to try stuff, even make a few mistakes, and find out for yourself! There is a reasonably good Help file with the latest version of Kino to get you started.
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This is a stub. Will complete it later.
Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2005-06-01 18:15:03 by DaveCs [Connecting to DV Camera.]
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Connecting to a Digital Video Camera with Firewire
I have tested this with Hotplug disabled. Due to some unpleasant side-effects of hotplug, it is recommended that you read the topic about Removing Hotplug from Startup before proceeding. At the very least you will need to understand how to use "nano -w" and to edit a couple of system files.
This is a stub. Will complete it later.