On Sun, 2007-15-04 at 22:56 +0200, Herman Robak wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 14:48 -0400, Fred Williams wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-15-04 at 14:50 +0200, Herman Robak wrote:
> >
> > > There are three ways:
> > >
> > > 1) mpg1394grab, which is distributed as a single file of C source code.
> >
> > No idea how to install this, unfortunately
>
> It's rather obscure, and quite deprecated since libiec61883 came
> around. I have mirrored the single C source file here:
> http://www.nuug.no/pub/herman/mpg1394grab.c
>
> It must be linked with libraw1394
>
That's the part I don't know how to do.
>
> > > 2) test-mpeg2, which is found in the _source_ package for libiec61883
> > > (available in Ubuntu's repositories)
> >
> > Synaptic says the libiec61883 library is installed, but I presume this
> > is terminal stuff. When I type "test-mpeg2 -h" in, it's an
> > unrecognizable command.
>
> Not part of the binary package. It's one of the "examples" in the
> source package. You can install and build that. Not much to it. :-)
>
If you know how. (;-)) I used to work in computers, but it was a long
time ago and in FORTRAN IV.
>
> > > 3) A patched version of dvgrab. This is apparently the most robust
> > > alternative, as it does proper buffering.
> > >
> > I found the patch online, but have no idea how to install it.
>
> Nor do I. About time to suggest the patch to the developers of
> dvgrab, or create a hdvgrab "fork".
>
Good idea. Or, an upgrade to Kino, or the Cinelerra poeple could add
it with the DV capability when they get around to it.
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