[clug] Re: Re: Sony handycam

[John Hodge]

>From http://www.asia.cnet.com/reviews/videocam/0,39032967,39019706p,00.htm
(part of a not very flattering review that gives the Sony DVD101 a 6 out
of 10)

"
 The DVD101 records to write-once DVD-R or rewriteable DVD-RW discs. Using 
the latter discs, you gain some basic editing capabilities, including the 
ability to split, reorder, and delete scenes. When you finalize the disc, the 
DVD101 creates a DVD menu that you can use to navigate your clips on a set-top 
player. It can also create a video slideshow of any images on the disc. The 
camera lacks a Memory Stick slot, instead storing still images on DVD.

If your computer can read DVD-ROMs, file transfer is a snap--just drop the 
finalized disc in the drive. Otherwise, you can use the included USB cable to 
move video and stills to your PC; the camcorder mounts as a drive for easy 
transfer. Mac users are out of luck: Sony doesn't include any Mac software, 
and the DVD101 lacks a FireWire (or as Sony calls it, iLink) port. "


And from the specs tab "...Connectivity USB 2.0, USB Mini B, DC In, Multi AV,
Remote In" (not sure what Multi AV is, perhaps svideo)

Your original message is not clear about what you want to do.
You do need to find the file and video formats from your manual, 
if you have it rather than trying to guess. Your options then include:

To simply play your video:
-  mount a finalised mini dvd disk from your videocam in your ordinary 
   dvd reader and use say xine or other video player to play the (presumably)
   mpeg2 file(s) on (possibly) an iso9660 disk format

To edit your video on your Linux computer:
-  work out how to connect and mount the videocam via USB 2 as Brad is
   leading you to, then use one of the Linux video editing
   programs to read your video in, picking one that can read
   your actual video format.

See Non Linear Video Editors (NLE)and video capture at:
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=125

and/or Non Linear Video Editors at
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=video+editor&trove_cat_id=256&section=trove_cat

--
Regards
John Hodge


> Re: linux Digest, Vol 30, Issue 5 Topics:
>
>    1. Sony handycam (Adrian Blake)
>    2. Re: Sony handycam (Brad Hards)

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> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 13:32:56 +1000
> From: Adrian Blake <A.Blake at physics.usyd.edu.au>
> Subject: [clug] Sony handycam
> To: CLUG <linux at lists.samba.org>
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> I have a sony handycam DVD101E.  It has a miniDVD and a USB port. With
> Linux I cannot access either. I do not know the type of filesystem used.
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> Any assistance would be grateful.
>
> Adrian
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> Adrian Blake
> Molonglo Radio Observatory
> University of Sydney
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 14:56:43 +1000
> From: Brad Hards <bradh at frogmouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [clug] Sony handycam
> To: linux at lists.samba.org, adrian.blake at ieee.org
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> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:32 pm, Adrian Blake wrote:
> > I have a sony handycam DVD101E.  It has a miniDVD and a USB port. With
> > Linux I cannot access either. I do not know the type of filesystem used.
> I don't know "miniDVD" (do you mean 4 pin IEEE1394 aka firewire aka iLink?),
> but if you plug in the USB device, what is shown if you type "dmesg" after
> that? What is in /proc/bus/usb/devices?
>
> Brad

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