nospamGC wrote:
> to all,
>
> I'm having trouble getting Kino to grab DV.
>
> I tried:
> lsmod|grep 1394
>
> it gives:
>
> raw1394 23448 0
> ohci1394 29744 0
> eth1394 15940 0
> ieee1394 79384 4 sbp2,raw1394,ohci1394,eth1394
>
> I changed the permissions to /dev/raw1394 to 777 but no luck.
>
> Kernel is:Linux somelaptop.invalid-net.nl 2.6.24-laptop-0.rc5.1mdv #1 SMP
> Wed Dec 12 15:03:30 CET 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.40GHz
> GNU/Linux
>
> I checked /etc/modprobe.conf and it has the new stanza:
>
> install ohci1394 /sbin/modprobe eth1394; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
> ohci1394
>
> Running the command dvgrab gives:
> Error: no camera exists
>
> I have checked the cable and the camera is turned on.
>
> Pushing the Play button on the camera makes no difference.
>
>
> dvgrab is version 3.1
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> G.C.
>
>
>
ok load dv1394 kernel module then try agane.

let me know if this works, seems to work for me.

trouble getting Kino to grab DV.
>>

>>

>
> ok load dv1394 kernel module then try agane.
>
> let me know if this works, seems to work for me.

Thanks, module dv1394 loaded now. ls -la /dev/dv1394 shows:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-01-27 09:47 0 -> ../dv1394-0

dvgrab 3.1 still reports:
Error: no camera exists

There's probably more to it...


Thanks,
G.C.

nospamGC wrote:
>
> trouble getting Kino to grab DV.
>
>
>> ok load dv1394 kernel module then try agane.
>>
>> let me know if this works, seems to work for me.
>
> Thanks, module dv1394 loaded now. ls -la /dev/dv1394 shows:
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2008-01-27 09:47 0 -> ../dv1394-0
>
> dvgrab 3.1 still reports:
> Error: no camera exists
>
> There's probably more to it...
>
>
> Thanks,
> G.C.
darn

after a bit of poking around all I needed to have loaded is ohci1394
ieee1394 raw1394, I also have eth1394 loaded I did some exparimanting
with firewire link to my laptop once.

dvgrap didn't work without raw1394 loaded after loading it it worked fine

ok this leaves the posibilities that the dv cable is bad or that the
camara has to be told to send dv, look in the menu for the camara for dv
options.

also just for fun dubble check the connections between the camara and
the cable, if the wires are loose it might explain your problem.

my dv cable is a bit loose but works fine sofar the only time I droped
frames is when I did the dvgrab tests for you.

> nospamGC wrote:
>>
>> trouble getting Kino to grab DV.
>>
>>
>>> ok load dv1394 kernel module then try agane.
>>>

>> Thanks, module dv1394 loaded now.

>> dvgrab 3.1 still reports:
>> Error: no camera exists
>>
>> There's probably more to it...

> darn
>

> dvgrap didn't work without raw1394 loaded after loading it it worked
> fine
>
> ok this leaves the posibilities that the dv cable is bad or that the
> camara has to be told to send dv, look in the menu for the camara for dv
> options.
>

Checked, camcorder has no such menu entries.

> also just for fun dubble check the connections between the camara and
> the cable, if the wires are loose it might explain your problem.

Checked this by using a different cable, no luck.
>
> my dv cable is a bit loose but works fine sofar the only time I droped
> frames is when I did the dvgrab tests for you.

Thanks for trying, Chris. I appreciate your help.
Could you post your /etc/modprobe.conf and the output of uname -a?
(and are you loading sbp2 in /etc/modprobe.preload as per :

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/
(2008 Errata ; Firewire_devices_not_detected)?

btw Ubuntu Gutsy with all updates on a different machine has problems
grabbing DV too, I'm suspecting this problem to occur in the latest
kernels. Still need to try downgrading to 2007 spring or alike.

Thanks,
G.C.



Thanks,
G.C.

nospamGC wrote:
>
>> nospamGC wrote:
>>>
>>> trouble getting Kino to grab DV.
>>>
>>> >>>> ok load dv1394 kernel module then try agane.
>>>>
>
>>> Thanks, module dv1394 loaded now.
>
>>> dvgrab 3.1 still reports:
>>> Error: no camera exists
>>>
>>> There's probably more to it...
>
>> darn
>>
>
>> dvgrap didn't work without raw1394 loaded after loading it it worked
>> fine
>>
>> ok this leaves the posibilities that the dv cable is bad or that the
>> camara has to be told to send dv, look in the menu for the camara for dv
>> options.
>>
>
> Checked, camcorder has no such menu entries.
>
>> also just for fun dubble check the connections between the camara and
>> the cable, if the wires are loose it might explain your problem.
>
> Checked this by using a different cable, no luck.
>> my dv cable is a bit loose but works fine sofar the only time I droped
>> frames is when I did the dvgrab tests for you.
>
> Thanks for trying, Chris. I appreciate your help.
> Could you post your /etc/modprobe.conf and the output of uname -a?
> (and are you loading sbp2 in /etc/modprobe.preload as per :
>
> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/
> (2008 Errata ; Firewire_devices_not_detected)?
>
> btw Ubuntu Gutsy with all updates on a different machine has problems
> grabbing DV too, I'm suspecting this problem to occur in the latest
> kernels. Still need to try downgrading to 2007 spring or alike.
>
> Thanks,
> G.C.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> G.C.
>
>
>
[diehard@diehardp4 ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 8139too
alias sound-slot-0 snd_emu10k1
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe usb_storage; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd;
/bin/true
install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe piix; /bin/true
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias eth1 eth1394
[diehard@diehardp4 ~]$ uname -a
Linux diehardp4 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Tue Nov 20 08:38:27 EST
2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux
[diehard@diehardp4 ~]$

Grabbing dv in Kino is still not working for me. This is the output of
uname -a:

Linux somehost 2.6.24-desktop-0.rc6.2mdv #1 SMP Fri Dec 28 15:06:13 BRST
2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz GNU/Linux

All the nescessary modules for the 1394 subsystem are loaded.


Instead of 2007 Spring I´m going to try 2008.1 alpha 2 on a spare machine
first. I'll post the results. If that doesn't work, I'm still going to
try 2007 Spring.


Thanks,
G.C.