On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:44:19AM +0800, Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never > bought > this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the > linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to > $500, > more only if specific features are worth the price difference). > > What specs should I pay attention to? > Storage? > Generally speaking, how is the linux support for digital video camera? > What about kdenlive support? > If you get one with an SD card or other removable media, then you don't need to worry about whether the manufacturer plays stupid games with the camera-to-computer interface. Just pull the SD card and put it into a $10 card reader.
Several years back I bought a low-end Sanyo Xacti for $150. My dad bought a higher-end one for around $600. I am not really happy with the low-light performance of mine, and the colors seem dull. My dad's (with a larger lens) seems ok. Those cameras produce mp4 files that ffmpeg tells me are h264 video and aac audio. I can edit them with avidemux on Squeeze. Kdenlive seemed hit-or-miss. If I remember correctly, it choked on the larger files but did ok with the smaller ones. I experimented with Cinelerra a bit, but I think I needed to convert the files to mjpeg or something similar (very large files). I haven't had any need to do a large-scale video project. I mainly am concerned with creating small clips to share with friends/family. I cut out the junk, resize, and convert to a less resource-intensive format such as xvid, theora, or mpeg2. For these purposes, avidemux works fine. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120427135833.ga6...@aurora.owens.net
