On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 01:02 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > Sean Bruno wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 23:28 -0400, Robert L Cochran wrote: > > > >> Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> > >>> I gave my wife a Canon Elura 100 camcorder for Christmas. I just > >>> watched her download her very first movie to Windows XP. Can I do the > >>> same in Fedora Core 5? If I just plugged in the camcorder to my > >>> onboard 1394 port, will an application come up recognizing the > >>> camcorder and offering to download the movie from the DV tape? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> > >> Can anyone offer me updated advice for doing the above under Fedora 7? I > >> connected my Elura 100 camcorder to my Fedora 7 system over a 1394 > >> cable, and nothing happened. Can Totem do this by itself? Or do I still > >> need additional software? Which repos should I get the software from? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> > > > > It looks like your camera is a canon and it supports PTP. So you > > _should_ be able to use 'gphoto2' to get the movies out of your > > camcorder: > > > > http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=OSCompatibilityArchiveAct&fcategoryid=2115&keycode=macdr > > > > Something like 'gphoto2 -L' should work with your camera. This should > > give you a list of what's on your camera. 'gphoto2 -P' should pull all > > the files on your camcorder onto your computer. > > > > According to gphoto2 --list-cameras, your model 100 isn't supported yet, > > however you may be able to 'trick' it into working with some of the > > 'expert options': > > --port=FILENAME Specify port device > > --speed=SPEED Specify serial transfer speed > > --camera=MODEL Specify camera model > > --usbid=USBIDs (expert only) Override USB IDs > > > > > > If it doesn't work out of the box for you with gphoto2, but does work > > with some of the expert options, contact me off list and we can get it > > directly integrated into gphoto2. > > > > Sean > > > > > > > Hi Sean, > > Thanks for the tips. According to my owner's manual for the Elura 100, > PTP works only for still images (JPEG only). I have a whole movie. Is > there a way to pull the movie off the tape media in the Elura? > > Thanks > > Bob > > Hmmm...PTP supports movies, but oh well. When you plugin the camcorder, nothing 'pops' up on the Desktop? That's odd. Can you plugin your camcorder, fire off a terminal and run dmesg? Copy/paste that terminal output and fire an email back to the list. Maybe some other folks will see something obvious. Sean
