Re: Anyone using dvgrab successfully in opensuse 11.0/11.1?

On Saturday 16 May 2009 05:22:52 pm Stefan Richter wrote:
> Woojin Lee wrote:
> > Thanks.  I did try two different DV camcoder w/ same result.  May be both
> > cables are bad.  I'm gonna have to look for computers with different
> > OS...  :=)
>
> One other thing which you can try is to connect the two PCs with each
> other (if you have them in one place and have a matching cable).
> If each of them reports two nodes then, they are good and the problem is
> with the camcorders or the camcorders' cables.  If the PCs do not detect
> each other, then the physical interface of one or both PCs is damaged or
> the cable is defective.

That's a great idea.  I just tried it and when I connected two PCs together 
with the same cable, this is what I got on both PCs.

/sys/bus/ieee1394/devices/fw-host0/node_count:2
/sys/bus/ieee1394/devices/fw-host0/nodes_active:2
/sys/bus/ieee1394/devices/fw-host0/selfid_count:2

which I presume means success.  So, am I safe to assume the cards and the 
cable are good then?  It's hard to believe that both DV camcoders are damaged 
though...  They both are relative new.  Is there anything else that could be 
the issue?  I'll see if I can find another DV camera.

Thank you very much,

Woojin

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