null Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I just bought a Panasonic miniDV camcorder. It has a usb connection for moving still pics to your computer, just like any digital camera. It also has a "dv" (firewire) connection to download videos to your computer. My linux box doesn't have a fw input. Here is a description of the hauppauge DV card and what it can do (windoze of course): * Output edited videos or record them back to DV tape * Connect your DV camcorder to your PC through IEEE 1394 (Firewire) * Convert your DV movies into compressed MPEG (up to 100:1) to use less hard disk space * Edit your DV movies, add voice narrations, CD music and MP3 audio clips * Burn your DV movies onto CD-ROM and play them back on home DVD players * Connect your DV camcorder to your PC through IEEE 1394 (Firewire) * Convert your DV movies into compressed MPEG (up to 100:1) to use less hard disk space * Edit your DV movies, add voice narrations, CD music and MP3 audio clips * Burn your DV movies onto CD-ROM and play them back on home DVD players * Output edited videos or record them back to DV tape My question is... can the editing of my dv movies be done under linux, and can the burning to CD-Roms or DVDs be done with linux, and how about the conversion of my dv movies to mpeg ?? thanks !! PS: i have another thread under Software regarding capturing video from VCRs or Laserdisc players onto a linux box, and then burning a DVD. Devries recommended getting a hauppauge TV card. Is there ONE card that would do the video capturing like that AND also the video camera stuff I am asking about in this thread...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Use Kino. It can do most/all of the stuff you want. I don´t know about voice narration but you could just record that seperately and add it as an audio file to your project. http://www.kinodv.org/article/static/2 Conversion: there is mencoder and others. There are Gui for mencoder (look at kde/look.org for examples) or use Avidemux. In avidemux you just click auto-dvd to create a dvd standard mpeg file. One card: I´m not aware of one card that does DV and analog (it would need 2 tuners anyway). Your better off with a firewire card and an analag tv card like the hauppauge pvr 150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 That looks like it does whatever I want. I'm not really (at this time) into editing or stuff like that. For now, I just want to be able to download the movies from my miniDV camera onto my linux box, and then burn a DVD of them that I can watch on any DVD player. Guess I'll pick up a pci firewire card for downloading from my digital camcorder, and also pick up a Hauppauge card for capturing video from a VCR or laserdisc player. A buddy of mine is always bragging on his HP Media Center PC that he bought to do all this stuff on. It was something like $1400. My home-built linux box was less than $800, and even with these 2 new cards, it'll still be under $1000, plus all the software is free....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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