Re: dvgrab

2009/3/31 jole jole <[email protected]>:
> Here is some answers:
>
> 1) send the output of 'ls /sys/bus' so we can see if you are using the
> old ieee1394 or new firewire drivers?
>
> komir@komir-laptop:~$ ls /sys/bus
> acpi  i2c       MCA       pci          platform  sdio   ssb
> eisa  ieee1394  mdio_bus  pci_express  pnp       serio  usb
> hid   isa       mmc       pcmcia       scsi      spi    usb-serial
> komir@komir-laptop:~$

ieee1394 - OK

> 2) What kind of storage and filesystem are you writing to? Is it fast
> enough to support the file writing for the somewhat high datarate of
> DV?
>
> as I say my  English is not very good, but if I understood the question no
> 2:
> Storage: HDD 500.0 GB, SEAGATE Momentus, SATA, 8MB c., 5400
> o./min,Filesystem: NTFS and ext3 (ubuntu studio 9.04 and 8.10)
> I use this disk in windows and capuring works good

looks good unless you are trying to capture to the NTFS partition - I
do not have any experience with that to know if there is a throughput
problem

> 3) > 2009.03.29 04:06:42Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> #
> We have an open bug for some invalid DV data creating a crash in
> libdv, which dvgrab uses. Currently, this is what I suspect due to
> seeing invalid timecode in the messages. Here is that bug report:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2153747&group_id=14103&atid=114103
>
>
> I have to admit I read about this bug, but can i get some simpler
> explanation, because I'm a bigginer at this. I can't find solution .

I understand. The bug is still open. There was some progress, but it
required building dvgrab in a special way (without libdv) to be most
reliable. Well, that lets you capture the DV, but the DV might still
contain some invalid data that will cause applications to crash. It
does not appear that Linux, Firewire, or dvgrab is to blame for this
invalid DV data - it very much seems to be from the device.

A good test for you to do next is to see if the problem only happens
when you use the analog input with your VCR. Capture some footage that
you made using the camera lens.

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