Install/Config problems with DV camera

[Jason D. <jas...@my...>]

Hi everyone: 

I hope my problem isn't too "newbie"... I'm just starting to dive into
the video editing hobby, and I figured what the heck, I'll use my Linux
box.  I'm attempting to send recorded data from my camera, across the
firewire, and store it on my hard drive (for future editing).  If I can
get capture to work, that's icing on the cake. 

I built the drivers previously, but just now got around to playing with
them.  They appear to work fine, as you'll see by the output below. 
However, I can't seem to get any capture devices to a) recognize the
camera device on the ieee1394 bus, or b) recognize captured data from
the bus.  In the case of the former, I start coriander but get this
error: 

"Warning: could not find a Digital Camera on the bus. 

Please check that: 
- the cables are properly set 
- the bus and/or camera are powered 
- the repeaters/hubs are powered 
- your camera is compliant with the Digital Camera specs v1.20 or later
(see http://www.1394ta.org). 

NOTICE: 
All consumer grade cameras in which you can insert a video tape are NOT
compliant with the above mentionned specifications and therefor cannot
be controlled with Coriander. (These cameras can be controlled with the
AV/C protocol, please refer to http://linux1394.sourceforge.net)" 

In the case of the latter, I was able to capture(?) data using dvgrab,
but none of the typical suspects (aviplay, xine, Quicktime Player,
Windows Media Player) were able to recognize the file.  Both my camera
and firewire card as listed as "Works Great" on the linux1394 site. 

FWIW, yes, I did have the camera powered on and sending a signal at the
time I started coriander.  The funny thing is, gscanbus has no problem
at all finding the device and even *controlling* it (using AV/C, I
assume).  After re-reading the coriander error, I can only assume that
this camera is not compliant with the v1.20 specs (whatever those are). 
If this is the case, can anyone suggest an application that *will* grab
and display my DV?  I've attempted to use xawtv (with the -c flag
pointing to /dev/video1394), but it doesn't see any valid capture
devices.  Xawtv's hardware scan confirms this, only listing my STB TV
PCI (bttv) card. 

I apologize if I'm missing something ridiculously simple... hopefully
someone here can clue me in.  :-) 

Thanks! 
Jason Dixon 
RHCE 


Sony DCR-TRV120 
Western Digital FireWire PCI Adapter (WDAD002-RNW) 
kernel = 2.4.17 
ieee1394 = ? (sorry, whatever version was part of that kernel) 
libraw1394-0.9.0-1 
OHCI driver 

dmesg: 
ieee1394: Device removed: node 1:1023, GUID 0800460102705912 
ieee1394: Device added: node 1:1023, GUID 0800460102705912 

output of /proc/ohci1394 = N/A 
adapter card model/chipset = see above 

lspci: 
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): NEC Corporation: Unknown device 00cd (rev
01) 

applications attempted: 
dvgrab, MainActor (macap, maseq), coriander, Kino, xawtv, xine, aviplay 

gscanbus info: 
SelfID Info 
----------- 
Physical ID: 1 
Link active: Yes 
Gap Count: 44 
PHY Speed: S100 
PHY Delay: <=144ns 
IRM Capable: Yes 
Power Class: None 
Port 0: Connected to child node 
Init. reset: Yes 

CSR ROM Info 
------------ 
GUID: 0x0800460102705912 
Node Capabilities: 0x000083C0 
Vendor ID: 0x00080046 
Unit Spec ID: 0x0000A02D 
Unit SW Version: 0x00010001 
Model ID: 0x00000000 
Nr. Textual Leafes: 1 

Vendor:  SONY CORPORATION LTD. 
Textual Leafes: 
Sony 

AV/C Subunits 
------------- 
Tape Recorder: 1 
Video Camera: 1