[Motion-user] DV 1394, named pipe?

[xtophr99 <xto...@gm...>]

Hi,

I've successfully used motion with an old Logitech USB camera (so I've got
a good install), but would like to use a 1394 camera.

I'm not aware of a way, with current kernels, to get a 1394 camera to work
as a /dev/video device.

I can capture video with dvgrab.

I've piped the output of dvgrab to ffmpeg and then to an mjpeg file, which
motion is able to access.  However, the file gets large quickly, hence the
desire to use a pipe.

When I direct the stdout of ffmpeg to the named pipe, it waits there; once
motion tries to access the file it dies.

Any suggestions?