Re: sony and pci and pcmcia 1394 cards?
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From: Andreas M. <and...@iv...> - 2000-12-29 03:04:59
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On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 01:18:48PM -0500, Pete Toscano wrote: > i'm thinking of getting a sony dcr-trv20. i'd like to use it with my > linux pc and my linux laptop. i've heard that sometimes sony plays > dirty with standards and i'm concerned about being able to use it with > linux. anybody have any experiences with this? I have tried Sony camcorders and a Sony DV recorder and they obviously implement all relevant standards correctly. Same is true for the Panasonic devices I have tried so far. The situation seems to be far better than with other so called standards. This is what I like most about 1394. The specifications leave very little room for different interpretations and the vendors really implement them correctly. One problem you will encounter is, that there are not much useful applications for using a DV camcorder with Linux yet. So you should check if these applications suit your needs before buying a camcorder. Preferably you could contribute code. :-) > i see from the list and other docs that there is some support for pci > ieee 1394 cards, but i'm looking for a list of "known good" cards. > listing the working chipsets is nice, but afaik, vendors don't usually > list what chips they use. is there any known list like this? Somebody is working on that IMHO. What card do you intend to buy? Most cards are OHCI compliant these days and should generally work anyway. > finally, from the list of "known good" pcmcia cards, i get the feeling > that there are no 1394 cards for x86 laptops. is this true? if not, > what do you suggest? Someone else should comment on this one. There is support for PCMCI in the drivers so someone should be able to list a working configuration. -- Andreas Micklei IVISTAR Kommunikationssysteme AG Ehrenbergstr. 19 / 10245 Berlin http://www.ivistar.de |