[H-GEN] USB (firewire) on Linux

[Johann Kwiatkowski]

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as a side note to firewire, I came across a utility (I think this was posted to
slashdot.com) that allows you to back up to a dvd camera across firewire, from a
linux box. A standard 90 minute tape was about 10gig from memory. The beauty of
this (apart from the tinkering value) was that cameras are relatively easy to
replace, the tapes are easy to get, and the transfer speed is pretty good.

cheers

Johann

Michael Anthon wrote:

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> <snip>
> > >What about firewire? I have been thinking about getting a firewire HD
> > >so I can use it on my VAIO.
> > >
> > >I assume it has all the propriety driver problems as USB?
> >
> >
> > I have not tried firewire but from what I have heard from those who have
> > tried it on Windows it has more problems because the implementations are
> > even more proprietory. Although I do know someone using it in Windows for
> > video transfer and it is working fine.
> >
> <snip>
> I managed to get Linux capturing video from my JVC camera without *too* much
> drama using the dvgrab/kino stuff.  Only problem was that my computer is not
> fast enough to do it without dropping about 10% of the frames.
> I've been meaning to have a go with the firewire support for hard drives, a
> mate of mine has a portable firewire/USB drive but I've never had the time
> to set it up under linux ( I mostly use doze on my desktop) and the twins
> tend to chew up any spare time I might have.... oh, the firewire card is a
> Pinnacle Studios unit that came boxed with the camera [1] that doze reports
> as a TI OHCI compliant device.
>
> Cheers
> Michael
>
> [1] Well, it was supposed to and I did eventually get it, but that's another
> story.
>
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