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video_editing:dv_camera_footage [2020/06/07 11:06] – davidvideo_editing:dv_camera_footage [2020/06/07 11:17] – david
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 ====== The old Laptop ====== ====== The old Laptop ======
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-I dug an old laptop out of the garage (not used since 2014, it was old then). Which had a Firewire socket on it. I tried a copy of Debian, without luck. I tried a copy of Ubuntu without lick, I found a copy of Windows XP and installed that, still wouldn't recognize the camera properly and download video. +I dug an old laptop out of the garage (not used since 2014, it was old then). Which had a Firewire socket on it. I tried a copy of [[https://www.debian.org/|Debian]], without luck. I tried a copy of [[https://ubuntu.com/|Ubuntu]] without lick, I found a copy of Windows XP and installed that, still wouldn't recognize the camera properly and download video. 
  
 Clearly there was an issue with the laptop, and I wasn't going to get anywhere with it. Back into storage for now. Clearly there was an issue with the laptop, and I wasn't going to get anywhere with it. Back into storage for now.
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 ====== The old Desktop ====== ====== The old Desktop ======
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 I got an old PC out of the garage (last used in 2015, somewhat newer than the laptop). Found that it too had a graphics card and a network card using its slots... Oh well, I can use the onboard graphics, I'm not editing videos on it and I'm not playing games. I got an old PC out of the garage (last used in 2015, somewhat newer than the laptop). Found that it too had a graphics card and a network card using its slots... Oh well, I can use the onboard graphics, I'm not editing videos on it and I'm not playing games.
  
 The machine was a bit dirty and dusty, when I tried to start it up it beeped at me repeatedly, and did nothing else (blank screen, no POST or BIOS screens). After checking the manual, it said this beeping pattern was a power issue, I fortunately cleaned around the PSU, connections and fans. When I plugged it back in, it all seemed to work happily! Result. The machine was a bit dirty and dusty, when I tried to start it up it beeped at me repeatedly, and did nothing else (blank screen, no POST or BIOS screens). After checking the manual, it said this beeping pattern was a power issue, I fortunately cleaned around the PSU, connections and fans. When I plugged it back in, it all seemed to work happily! Result.
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 The next issue was that the copy of Linux on it (Ubuntu 2016) didn't boot. I'd cannibalized the machine when I got a new one (disks and a few bits) and I presume the hardware configuration wasn't sufficiently consistent (I'd just taken out the graphics card to use the socket for my firewire card). I wasn't precious about the old OS, and I'd had a separate /home partition on the disk (the smartest move you can make if you are tempted to change linux distributions). It's much quicker to install a new OS than it is to try and work out why the old one doesn't want to behave. The next issue was that the copy of Linux on it (Ubuntu 2016) didn't boot. I'd cannibalized the machine when I got a new one (disks and a few bits) and I presume the hardware configuration wasn't sufficiently consistent (I'd just taken out the graphics card to use the socket for my firewire card). I wasn't precious about the old OS, and I'd had a separate /home partition on the disk (the smartest move you can make if you are tempted to change linux distributions). It's much quicker to install a new OS than it is to try and work out why the old one doesn't want to behave.
  
-It turned out that the latest Debian and Ubuntu/Lubuntu installations don't support the older wifi card... The new kernal doesn't have the modules ready and I wasn't about to start trying to compile stuff ([[https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1076/|Most frequent questions when installing Linux driver of Wi-Fi Adapter]]). I'm not that precis about running the latest kernal, especially when I remembered that in 2016 (the distribution installed on the machine) Ubuntu did support the network card without any modifications. Fortunately (at the point in time of writing) the 2016 and 2018 LTS versions of Lubuntu were still being supported (I'd be able to use them, download packages etc...). [[https://lubuntu.me/downloads/|lubuntu downloads & Release cycle]]+It turned out that the latest Debian and Ubuntu/[[https://lubuntu.me/|Lubuntu]] installations don't support the older wifi card... The new kernal doesn't have the modules ready and I wasn't about to start trying to compile stuff ([[https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1076/|Most frequent questions when installing Linux driver of Wi-Fi Adapter]]). I'm not that precis about running the latest kernal, especially when I remembered that in 2016 (the distribution installed on the machine) Ubuntu did support the network card without any modifications. Fortunately (at the point in time of writing) the 2016 and 2018 LTS versions of [[https://lubuntu.me/|Lubuntu]] were still being supported (I'd be able to use them, download packages etc...). [[https://lubuntu.me/downloads/|lubuntu downloads & Release cycle]]
  
 So, now I have a PC, with a new firewire card, a freshly installed Lubuntu 18 LTS and the camera gear ready to go. I can now start following guides online, and start to use ''dvgrab''. For those not familiar with getting footage off a DV tape, this guys experience and description is pretty useful for windows and Linxu: [[https://bergs.biz/blog/2017/01/26/capture-minidv-tapes-via-firewire/|CAPTURE MINIDV TAPES VIA FIREWIRE]] So, now I have a PC, with a new firewire card, a freshly installed Lubuntu 18 LTS and the camera gear ready to go. I can now start following guides online, and start to use ''dvgrab''. For those not familiar with getting footage off a DV tape, this guys experience and description is pretty useful for windows and Linxu: [[https://bergs.biz/blog/2017/01/26/capture-minidv-tapes-via-firewire/|CAPTURE MINIDV TAPES VIA FIREWIRE]]
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 ====== Filenames ====== ====== Filenames ======
  
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