suggestions [SOLVED 50%]

A.S. Pushkin · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:12 pm Post subject: suggestions [SOLVED 50%]

One of the reasons I am trying Gentoo is that support for my sound card and other MM is limited out of the box in SuSE, I believe.

I have a MX300 sound card, which still is quite under SuSE 9.0. The other issue is the lack of DVD move support. These appear to be more likely in Gentoo.

I would like to do some video editing, not under Windoze, and though my camera, a JVC gr-DVM70, is a nice camera the AVI format is a pain even under Windoze. I'd like to be able to save video under video cd rather than tape.

Any comments? Or am I hoping for too much.

The comment has been made that AutoCAD will run under Wine, but not under SuSE 9.0. Has anyone had experience in Gentoo?

Thanks.
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A.S. Pushkin · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject: VCD

Thanks for the info. All that will be helpful I'm sure.

I recall seeing some apps for creating VCDs that is why I mention them.

Yes, I think I'm going to like Gentoo. As with Linux there is a learning curve, but I think I will be a convert.

Thanks again for the info particulalry on Cinnelerra. I had installed BCAST2000, but due to my video format was nver able to do anything. I had heard the successor was better, but SuSE did not include it so I have no idea what to expect. Still I'll give those a try.

Thanks.
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A.S. Pushkin · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject: suggestions [SOLVED 50%]

Thanks for the feedback. I have some positive feedback on status of this questrion.

I have not really given the camera and software too much attention, but from time to time I do try it.
Last weekend I realized I had downloaded dvgrab, but had never installed it. So I did. On 21March I gave it try.
Surprise! the camera FF, RW, play, etc. Yesterday I rea;ized it would even capture.

gscanbus has worked in a limited manner, but always locks up after a time.

I decided to give Kino another try. I had to play with the ieee1394 setting a wee bit before I realized it actually was seeing the camera.
Audio is a bit choppy and even some video, though I wonder if this might be from the original video shoot.

In any event, those my experience with Kino is very early it appears to fully support the video side of the camera; FX, edit, timreline, etc.

The firewire card I bought last summer was a good choice. I can not name to model right off, but it is a SIIG and includes these features:
rtl-8169 Gigabit ethernet
ieee1394a firewire
ieee1394b firewire

It does include an internal port as well.
I do not use the NIC at this time, but it is recognized and I selected this card for the day I am able to get DSL, cable, or more probably, a county wide WiFi comes in to my area. 128k is not dsl, but better than my dialup and free!

BTW, the reason I say [SOLVED 50%] is that I still seem to be unable to access the digital still side of the camera from linux. It is not USB, serial, so gphoto2 does not seem to support it. Should anyone reading this post haven idea about this aspect of this camera PM me. I'd appreciate it.

Thanks
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