[mdlug] Digital camcorders & Linux

[R. Kannan]

Can any of the open source application read/transcode AVCHD format?

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Thuemmel <ldaphelp at thuemmel.com>
>Sent: May 7, 2009 6:16 AM
>To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Digital camcorders & Linux
>
>R. Kannan wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am looking for a digital camcorder and I was wondering if anyone had any experience (good or bad) while using a camcorder with a linux box. Basically, I may want to download from the camcorder to the Linux box an burning the video to a DVD (using Myth?) etc. I am not planning to do any fancy video editing. Any issues with proprietary format etc that I should be aware of?
>> 
>> Thanks for any help
>
>I bought a used Sony Camcorder with an i.LINK port for $100 on
>Craigslist.  Added a $15 firewire card to my pc and cable.
>
>This IEEE 1394 interface is also known by the brand names of FireWire
>(Apple Inc.), i.LINK (Sony), and Lynx (Texas Instruments)
>
>I do a "sudo chmod 777 /dev/raw1394" after plugging it in to talk to it
>on my Ubuntu box, but after that Kino works well for capturing the video
>off the camera and basic editing and then saving to mpeg.
>
>Takes a lot of disk space.  Transcoding isn't too bad on my dual core cpu.
>
>My kids make homemade videos and post them up to YouTube with it.


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