Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 02:04 +, James wrote: > > Now on to converting them to Mpeg4-avc (h.264). I would be interested in seeing the command line (or program options) that you settle on for this process. I was using mencoder and ffmpeg a while back to do similar things, and I found most o

[gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-13 Thread James
Garry Smith computer.org> writes: > Hi James {SNIP} > Try the above. This is a great little camera and I am really glad I > bought it. > Garry Hello Garry, Last last night I got it to work, noodling around with it, I figured out you have to push several menu buttons before IVMAN picked up

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-13 Thread Garry Smith
Hi James i have a sony digital camera that takes movies, and it just shows up as a usb drive. Well, I went ahaed and purchased a sony DCR SR42. It does not show up with usbview, ivman or in the dmesg if I reboot and leave it attached via usb. I have a Sony DCR-SR32 that I use wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-12 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 04:24 +, James wrote: > I got a sony DCR SR42, but, if I cannot mount via the usb on the docking > station, then I'm going to return it. I would tend to agree - if it has a HD and USB, it should show up as a USB HD! (what a pain to have to install special software, like

[gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-12 Thread James
Iain Buchanan netspace.net.au> writes: > After playing around with video camera's for a few years, I have come to > the conclusion that the best way to go is the hard-drive based models, > such as the JVC everio series (their 3CCD model looks nice). Hello Iain, I got a sony DCR SR42, but, if I

[gentoo-user] Re: OT :video cameras and gentoo

2007-08-12 Thread James
Paul gmail.com> writes: > > > i have a sony digital camera that takes movies, and it just > shows up as a usb drive. Well, I went ahaed and purchased a sony DCR SR42. It does not show up with usbview, ivman or in the dmesg if I reboot and leave it attached via usb. Did you activate anythi