kaffeine on suse 9.1 camcorder

master · 09-14-2004, 03:45 PM

hello i am wanting to know if "kaffeine" is the programme i should use to get my camcorder to play on my computer i have hooked up my camcorder with a firewire cable
my kaffeine version is "0.4.1" when i open kaffeine up and click on vcd i get an error message which says "no vcd or wrong path to device"any ideas please my camcorder is a "sony dcr-trv255e" tyhaanks nige

mykrob · 09-14-2004, 03:50 PM

don;t know if Kaffeine will work, but you can play through Kino. You may also dump the files into your computer using Kino and do minor editing. It is on the Suse CD, but an updated version is available here:

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=367
be sure to also get the dependencies at the bottom of the page.
Post back if you need anymore help.

-myk

master · 09-14-2004, 04:10 PM

hello i have just installed kino from suse cd like you said it is version " 0.7.0 " i have not yet looked at the link you told me about but i was wandering can i get it to update its self or do i have to do it manually. because when opend kino clicked on view then clicked on capture it said "drivers not loaded"
thanks nige

master · 09-14-2004, 04:20 PM

iv gone to that link u gave me in the process of installing thanks iv just got a few "dep-" to install ill let u know tomorrow how i got on thanks for your help

mykrob · 09-14-2004, 05:29 PM

any time

make sure you've got the 1394 drivers installed, also dvgrab. These are all on the CD too. Yast may do an online update of these, but i don't know if they'll be as up to date as the ones at the packman site. Yast is good, but it doesnt always have the most current versions of software.

master · 09-15-2004, 01:35 PM

hello iv installed "dvgrab" &

"libavc1394"
"libavc1394-devel"
"libdc1394"
"libdc1394-devel"
"libraw1394"
"libraw1394-devel"
i thought that was all of them
yet i still get a message at the bottom left corner of kino saying "drivers not installed" can u help any more

mykrob · 09-15-2004, 02:40 PM

grab this too:

http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=304

Also, check out this link. This is the "Requirements" section at the homepage for Kino. Maybe you can spot something you didn't install.

http://kino.schirmacher.de/article/static/3

Keep me posted, i can check mine out when i get home form work.

later,
-myk

mykrob · 09-15-2004, 03:02 PM

just out of curiosity, have you hooked your camera in yet? Have you checked your hardware manager to verify that the firewire card is showing?

master · 09-15-2004, 03:09 PM

i have hooked my camera up no i havent checked to see if my fire wire is showing iv gone in to hardware info but not sure what it would come under

master · 09-15-2004, 04:03 PM

thanks 4 ur help gota go to bed back tommorow thanks again 4 ur help

master · 09-15-2004, 04:13 PM

hello again 1 last thing i get this new error message
"the ieee1394 subsystem is not loaded all ieee1394 options are disabled" allso i went to the "Requirements" section there were things i did not have but i have them all now cya

master · 09-16-2004, 12:52 PM

hello iv done some checking and my firewire is not being detected any ideas

mykrob · 09-16-2004, 01:47 PM

what is the make and model of your firewire card? Shouldnt really matter, but just in case. In the meantime, i'll do some searching on hardware detection and setup. You might just try going through the hardware "thing" in Yast and see if you have to do some additonal setup to get that card funtioning.

-myk

master · 09-16-2004, 02:57 PM

not sure i brought my lead from ebay so i dont know i thought all firewire cables were the same? iv looked in yast cant see any thing to help me out

mykrob · 09-16-2004, 03:14 PM

i'm sorry, not the cables, but the card itself. Or is the firewire port built into the motherboard? If so, please provide the model of the motherbaord.

I'll be heading home in a few hours, i'll see if i can find something. Google is coming up empty handed today

-myk