Hello, I am sorry if this is being a bit OT. I am thinking of getting a digital miniDV camcorder for the first time. So let's say I am absolutely clueless. I've never had to deal with Firewire either. Although I've been doing linux sysadmin for a while, so I am not afraid of tweaking and messing around with my system. Basically, I just have couple questions. 1. Is Firewire / IEEE 1394 supported in FC 3 out of the box ? 2. Does it matter what kind / brand of miniDV digital camcorder that I buy ? ie. do the "transfer protocol" of any digital camcorder that use this IEEE 1934 differ from one brand to another, or they just basically the same ? If they're the same, then it should not matter what brand that I buy because if I can get Firewire support for one brand that means I can get it for any brand. If they differs, any suggestions as to what brand works better with linux / FC3, or even to be more specific, anyone has any good / bad experience for connecting this device with FC 3 that you can share ? Thank you in advance for any responds / comments / suggestions. RDB -- Reuben D. Budiardja Dept. Physics and Astronomy University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/MU/P/S d-(++) s: a-- C++(+++) UL++++ P-- L+++>++++ E- W+++ N+ o? K- w--- !O M- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X R- tv+ b++>+++ DI D(+) G e++>++++ h+(*) r++ y->++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
