From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 17 10:28:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFB016A4CE for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 10:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts5.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D8D43D45 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 10:28:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from techservices@onlinehobbyist.com) Received: from freebie2.perlnerd.com ([65.94.48.93]) by simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <20040517172838.NRCZ28433.simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@freebie2.perlnerd.com> for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 13:28:38 -0400 Received: from onlinehobbyist.com (monster [192.168.1.181]) i4HIUOc5050299 for ; Mon, 17 May 2004 14:30:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from techservices@onlinehobbyist.com) Message-ID: <40A8F645.3050504@onlinehobbyist.com> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 13:28:37 -0400 From: Clint Gilders Organization: OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en, fr-ca, de, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200405152013.15034.ben@spooty.net> <20040517191620.3da8dc2c@apircalabu.dsd.ro> In-Reply-To: <20040517191620.3da8dc2c@apircalabu.dsd.ro> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: digital video cameras? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 17:28:41 -0000 Adrian Pircalabu wrote: > On Sat, 15 May 2004 20:13:15 +0100 > Ben Paley wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>Anyone know anything about digital video cameras and freebsd? I've got >>usb but no firewire. What might be a good choice? And what editing >>software should I be looking at? Is there something in the ports that >>people like? > > > I'm using Minolta Dimage X on 5.2-RELEASE. It connects to > USB, it is automatically detected and configured as da0, there is > actually no need for any sort of plugin, I simply mount it using > msdosfs. > Besides, the pictures look damn well, the quality is astonishing. > And yes, Gimp is the choice for editing. You'll notice that the oringal poster says "digital video". Everyone is talking about flash cards, the Gimp, and DIGITAL STILL cameras etc. Easy enough mistake to make. I'm sorry I have no answers for you Ben. I was following this thread hoping there might be some. I'm just starting to use a digital video camera and wouldn't mind being able to edit video under FreeBSD. Clint -- Clint Gilders Director of Technology Services OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc.