From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 19 17:59:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14042 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:59:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp.enteract.com (thor.enteract.com [207.229.143.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA14037 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:59:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrs@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 24012 invoked from network); 20 Oct 1998 00:59:01 -0000 Received: from adam.enteract.com (jrs@206.54.252.1) by thor.enteract.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 1998 00:59:01 -0000 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 19:59:01 -0500 (CDT) From: John Sconiers To: Steven C Blair cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Software In-Reply-To: <199810200043.UAA13651@red.seas.upenn.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello: > > I have been casually running FreeBSD as a development > platform for some time. I would like to use FreeBSD on my > desktop machine however I need certain types of software. > Can anyone tell me if software exists for video capture > and nonlinear editing, if so where. Also does FreeBSD I believe there are a few to choose from in the ports. > support a smart & friendly 4006 cd writer. If so where Is it SCSI or IDE...If its SCSI you will most likely not have a problem however if it's IDE(UDMA) etc I belive you would have to run 3.0-Release to get it to work and it may no even work then. > can I find that software tool(s). There are alot in the ports. For a list of the prots go to http://www.freebsd.org/ports/master-index.html > I guess the more general question is where can I > go myself to find these answers. I have tried searching > the online documentation but not been successful. FAQ, Tutorials, FreeBSD handbook and "The complete FreeBSD". If you download and print the FAQ and handbook and buy the book you could find alot of answers alot quicker. > Thanks in advance, No problem > Steve john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message