Here<\/a> is a search link so that you can buy a similar card.<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo lspci | grep 1394
\nb2:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306\/7\/8 [Fire II(M)] IEE
\nE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ sudo lsmod | grep -i firewire
\nfirewire_ohci 45056 0
\nfirewire_core 81920 7 firewire_ohci
\ncrc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core<\/p>\n
The dvgrab program is available on Debian under the dvgrab package.
\nYou can also install the libavc1394-tools package to get the dvcont program.<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ sudo apt-get install dvgrab libavc1394-tools<\/p>\n
Turn the device to “VCR” mode, attach the firewire cable and wait about five minutes. Have you watered the cat today?<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ lsb_release -a
\nNo LSB modules are available.
\nDistributor ID: Debian
\nDescription: Debian GNU\/Linux 10 (buster)
\nRelease: 10
\nCodename: buster
\ncjac@server0:~$ uname -r
\n5.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64
\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo modinfo firewire_ohci | grep vermagic
\nvermagic: 5.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ dvcont status
\nWinding stopped
\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont rewind
\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont status
\nWinding reverse
\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont status
\nWinding stopped<\/p>\n
# make a directory to store the raw dv tape data and the
\n# transcodings<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ mkdir -p \/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006<\/p>\n
# I’ve found that each tape stores around 12 GB of raw data, so be
\n# sure to perform this on a partition with tens of gigs of spare
\n# space<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:~$ cd \/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006
\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ dvgrab –autosplit –timestamp –size 0 –rewind oscon2006-
\nFound AV\/C device with GUID 0x0000850000e043cf
\nWaiting for DV…
\nCapture Started
\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-37-44.dv”: 266.30 MiB 2327 frames timecode 00:01:17.26 date 2006.07.26 12:39:01
\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-40-59.dv”: 816.76 MiB 7137 frames timecode 00:05:16.01 date 2006.07.26 12:44:57
\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-45-06.dv”: 8420.56 MiB 73580 frames timecode 00:46:11.05 date 2006.07.26 13:26:01
\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_13-32-08.dv”: 2961.27 MiB 25876 frames timecode 00:00:00.00 date 2020.06.10 10:46:25
\nCapture Stopped<\/p>\n
During the capture, the dvcont status will be “Playing”:<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ dvcont status
\nPlaying<\/p>\n
In a different window of the screen session or I guess a new gnome-terminal, put together a transcoding environment.
\nlibx264-155<\/p>\n
cjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ sudo apt-get install libx264-155 libx264-148 ffmpeg libdatetime-format-duration-perl libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl libdatetime-perl
\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ wget https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/cjac\/dvscripts\/master\/transcode.pl && chmod u+x transcode.pl
\n# review transcode.pl, change $prefix
\n.\/transcode.pl<\/p>\n
The script will detect partial transcodes and do the right thing generally, so don’t worry too much about running .\/transcode.pl too often.<\/p>\n
Results are being stored in various places including<\/p>\n
http:\/\/web.c9h.org\/~cjac\/perl\/videos\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n
![PCI-e card<\/a> that has an old firewire port and some ASIC on board. The PCI card came up and loaded the correct kernel drivers.<\/p>\nHere<\/a> is a search link so that you can buy a similar card.<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo lspci | grep 1394\nb2:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306\/7\/8 [Fire II(M)] IEE\nE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo lsmod | grep -i firewire\nfirewire_ohci 45056 0\nfirewire_core 81920 7 firewire_ohci\ncrc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core<\/p>\nThe dvgrab program is available on Debian under the dvgrab package.\nYou can also install the libavc1394-tools package to get the dvcont program.<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo apt-get install dvgrab libavc1394-tools<\/p>\nTurn the device to “VCR” mode, attach the firewire cable and wait about five minutes. Have you watered the cat today?<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ lsb_release -a\nNo LSB modules are available.\nDistributor ID: Debian\nDescription: Debian GNU\/Linux 10 (buster)\nRelease: 10\nCodename: buster\ncjac@server0:~$ uname -r\n5.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64\ncjac@server0:~$ sudo modinfo firewire_ohci | grep vermagic\nvermagic: 5.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont status\nWinding stopped\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont rewind\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont status\nWinding reverse\ncjac@server0:~$ dvcont status\nWinding stopped<\/p>\n# make a directory to store the raw dv tape data and the\n# transcodings<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ mkdir -p \/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006<\/p>\n# I’ve found that each tape stores around 12 GB of raw data, so be\n# sure to perform this on a partition with tens of gigs of spare\n# space<\/p>\ncjac@server0:~$ cd \/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ dvgrab –autosplit –timestamp –size 0 –rewind oscon2006-\nFound AV\/C device with GUID 0x0000850000e043cf\nWaiting for DV…\nCapture Started\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-37-44.dv”: 266.30 MiB 2327 frames timecode 00:01:17.26 date 2006.07.26 12:39:01\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-40-59.dv”: 816.76 MiB 7137 frames timecode 00:05:16.01 date 2006.07.26 12:44:57\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_12-45-06.dv”: 8420.56 MiB 73580 frames timecode 00:46:11.05 date 2006.07.26 13:26:01\n“oscon2006-2006.07.26_13-32-08.dv”: 2961.27 MiB 25876 frames timecode 00:00:00.00 date 2020.06.10 10:46:25\nCapture Stopped<\/p>\nDuring the capture, the dvcont status will be “Playing”:<\/p>\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ dvcont status\nPlaying<\/p>\nIn a different window of the screen session or I guess a new gnome-terminal, put together a transcoding environment.\nlibx264-155<\/p>\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ sudo apt-get install libx264-155 libx264-148 ffmpeg libdatetime-format-duration-perl libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl libdatetime-perl\ncjac@server0:\/srv\/nfs\/cj.backup\/dv\/oscon2006$ wget https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/cjac\/dvscripts\/master\/transcode.pl && chmod u+x transcode.pl\n# review transcode.pl, change $prefix\n.\/transcode.pl<\/p>\nThe script will detect partial transcodes and do the right thing generally, so don’t worry too much about running .\/transcode.pl too often.<\/p>\nResults are being stored in various places including<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/web.c9h.org\/~cjac\/perl\/videos\/<\/a><\/p>\n\nTweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I am recovering some tapes from back in the day that some of you may enjoy. 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