On 2012-04-27 02:44:19, Augustin wrote: > I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never > bought > this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the > linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to > $500, > more only if specific features are worth the price difference).
We purchased a Canon Vixia HF200 a while back. It records AVCHD format to .mts files, but both ffmpeg and mplayer had problems converting to formats suitable for editing (audio/video sync, or resulting video would be at 5x the speed or something). Not sure if things have changed for the better. I have tried the video editors in stable, and the ones in multi-media (with the exception for Blender, there is no way I can teach my wife to use that). They either did not work well, or were unstable. Kino was the best of the lot. It only works with .dv files so you have a lengthy conversion step, and the editor usually crashes during use. As for specs I would look for 1080p, obtain a sample file, and make sure you edit it. I like external memory cards for storage, and then it becomes becomes (size of card) / (size of file per minute) and then you figure out how many minutes you need on a card. If things change you get another card. Finally, I am into photography, and the DSLRs have or are getting HD video support. You may want to at least consider this before going for a dedicated video camera. Smart phones have video if quality is less important. /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC <http://lifeintegrity.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120426194927.ga11...@lifeintegrity.com
