Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 22:21:08 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Digital video camera + IEEE-1394 + Firewire: How? Message-ID: <41B85144.5080904@yahoo.com>
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Hi, First of all, I don't know much at about the firewire stuff. I've never used it before. A friend of mine has a digital video camera (SamSung SCD70) and wants me to transfer recordings to the computer. Before visiting me, this friend will buy a "IEEE 1394 add-on card" as the manual of the video camera recommends. Alas, no futher details on how to do the actual data/movie transfer. When I typed "apropos 1394" I found that firewire is related to this topic. Can somebody give me hints and help how to get this going? I'm running 5.3-stable. I saw that I need "device firewire" in the kernel config file, or load the firewire module. That part I understand. I suppose I will plug the EEE 1394 card into my PC, bootup and the kernel will find it. What do I need for transferring the movies from the video camera to my PC? Do I need software? Is that in the ports? Thanks very much! Rob.
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