Events FAD: Need another fw/mini-dv system?

[Clint Savage]

Mel,

I could suggest
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2271481&CAWELAID=107593179
as a good purchase.  I don't think it's too big of a deal because we
could go down to the MicroCenter nearby and pick one up for a good
price too.  However, I don't have Firewire on my laptop and would like
to use the dv cameras for a while to get the commands right for things
like full video, combined computer screen with picture-in-picture,
etc.  A firewire camera would provide the second input for that to
happen.

Cheers,

Clint

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Andrew Ross <aross at fosslc.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> For what it's worth, I have had great success with Logitech Orbit AF web
> cams with Freeseer and other software. It produces a great picture.
>
> I haven't put time to get the software driven pan, tilt, and zoom working
> under Linux yet but I expect it is feasible with enough elbow grease and
> thus making the cam even more useful.
>
> Thus, this makes for a very affordable usb camera solution. Also works well
> with a 10ft USB extension cable offering more flexibility for camera
> placement.
>
> Andrew
>
> 2010/1/27 Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
>>
>> I'm bringing my FW-equipped laptop and miniDV too.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:54:14PM -0700, Clint Savage wrote:
>> > Yes, that'll be awesome.  Plus I was thinking that Mel had already
>> > planned to pick up a couple cardbus firewire cards.  Did that happen?
>> >
>> > Clint
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > I'll be bringing my Thinkpad that has a FW interface if that's needed.
>> > >
>> > > On 1/27/10, Clint Savage <herlo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> I think there is value in bringing your miniDV camcorder.  If you
>> > >> want
>> > >> to bring your lightweight laptop, that should suffice as well.  I'm
>> > >> guessing your netbook has enough juice to provide what is needed to
>> > >> encode video...
>> > >>
>> > >> Cheers,
>> > >>
>> > >> Clint
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Chris Tyler
>> > >> <ctyler at fedoraproject.org>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>> Is there any value in bringing a Firewire-equipped laptop + miniDV
>> > >>> camcorder to the Events FAD? I would prefer to bring my (much
>> > >>> lighter,
>> > >>> with webcam and with a useful battery life) netbook, but could bring
>> > >>> the
>> > >>> FW/MiniDV system if it would be useful to have.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> -Chris
>>
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