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Firewire-based professional cameras

NOT TESTED WITH GALICASTER 2.X
This page is updated to the 1.4.2 release

Drivers & information

Firewire-based professional cameras recording in Digital Video (DV) are compatible with Galicaster. Cameras with a DV or miniDV output may also be used through a Linux-compatible firewire interface.

Technical data

  • Vendor: Multiple
  • Resolution: PAL/NTSC
  • Format: DV
  • Connector: Firewire
  • Signal: RAW
  • Drivers: pre-installed on Ubuntu 12
  • Plugin: firewire

Driver installation

The driver is included in the Linux kernel – firewire-core and firewire-ohci.

Device identification

  1. Find the Device name attribute:
udevadm info --attribute-walk --name=/dev/fw0 | grep name

Device configuration

Module configuration

Admitted values:

  • name: Name assigned to the device.
  • device: Device type. (firewire)
  • flavor: Matterhorn "flavor" associated to the track. (presenter|presentation|other)
  • location: Device mount point in the system. (e.g. /dev/video0 or /dev/webcam).
  • file: The file name where the track will be recorded. (default: CAMERA.avi)
  • vumeter: Whether the audio input should be represented on the VU meter. (True|False)
    • Note: This parameter should be set in only one device at a time.
  • player: Whether the audio input should be played on preview.
  • format: Input DV video format. (dv|hdv|iidc)

Example:

[track1]
name = Camera
device = firewire
flavor = presenter
location = /dev/fw0
file = CAMERA.dv
vumeter = True
player= True
format = dv

Troubleshooting

FAQ