Public bug reported:
This isn't really a specific package bug, but more of a distribution
concept vs. implementation bug.
Ubuntu's slogan was "Linux for humans" right? Seems like it changed, or am just
no longer seeing it on the site. Anyway,
the desktop edition page clearly states that "Ubuntu 'Just Works'", which would
suggest users don't have to meddle with
anything to get things done.
This isn't the case when a simple home user tries to capture video from
a miniDV camcorder via fire-wire (ieee1394).
How to recreate the bug:
1. Install Ubuntu (doesn't really matter which version).
2. Plug in a camera to the 1394 jack.
3. Hope something will happen (nothing does).
4. install Kino or any other video editing tool capable of capturing (meaning:
find out which video editors are capable
of using dvgrab and install one of them - not all of them do that).
5. start the application you've installed and go the the capture tab.
6. Note that no option to activate capture facilities is enabled.
7. Search the web for answers.
8. Realize you need to modprobe raw1394 module into your running kernel.
9. Also realize you must have special privileges in order to access the device,
which are not granted to you by default.
10. Grant yourself some privileges, or simply run the video editing application
as root (via gksu).
11. Go to the capture tab.
12. Press the record button.
13. Read the error message stating "No camera found".
14. Search the web for answers.
15. Realize you need to unplug and replug the camera to the 1394 jack. so do it.
16. hit the Record button.
At this point, two things can happen:
a. You'll manage to start capturing video, and hope you wont drop any frames
which is rarely the case, as usually several
frames are dropped every now and again due to buffer underruns (what
the...??) even in no encoding capture mode
(raw).
b. You'll still get a "No camera found" error, which truely I'm in the dark as
to why.
What I expected to happen, since things should 'just work', is that once
I plug in a camcorder to the 1394 jack, I'll get a popup window asking
me if I want to capture video from the device. Either that or some other
indication that the camcorder is connected. I also expect that a simple
user, using the computer, wont need to meddle with privileges, in order
to get the actual device working for them, and will be able to make
simple home movie DVDs easy, using some simple editing tool (KINO?) out-
of-the-box.
On a personal note, I ended up capturing the videos on my wife's
WindowsXP machine, which proved a very simple task, plugged the cam in,
said - yes I want to capture video, and pressed the record button in the
simple movie maker program that started. I can now edit the video to my
liking on my Ubuntu machine. Ironic isn't it?
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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raw1394 DV sampling should work out-of-the-box
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300239
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