If what you are asking is, if there are Linux programs to import HDV video, typically through a
IEEE1394 (firewire) port on the camera, and capture it in a file on the computer, I would answer, sort of.
This Ubuntu Linux user was able to compile a test program called test-mpeg2, from the
libiec61883 library download from the IEEE1394 / FireWire Linux drivers
website, and successfully import HDV video from their video camera, a Canon HV-20, and save it as a m2t file (mpeg-2 transport stream). They then used
Cinelerra for editing of the video.
Additionally the
Kdenlive program mentions full support for HDV camera control, (including import), such as the
Canon HV-20. They do
mention that the video capture is done by the
dvgrab program that's part of the
Kino package. Even though Kino will probably never be rewritten to support editing HDV video, there was a
patch submitted to the Kdenlive team that would enable dvgrab to import HDV video. So I would assume that the current version of dvgrab includes the patch.
However, depending on your situation there's a much easier way to get the video from the camera, and save it to a digital file. Just use a camera that saves the video footage in a digital file, and then copy the file to your computer. There are HD cameras today that save the video footage to an
internal hard drive, which you can connect to your computer via a USB port and copy the files over. There are also HD cameras which save the footage to
memory cards, which typically are SDHC cards. You can connect the camera via a USB cable, or simply remove the SDHC card and put into a reader on your computer, and copy the file over from there.
Good Luck..
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
