[gentoo-user] should /dev/dv1394 be a device or a directory?

[Robert Persson]

I have just managed to force cinelerra-cvs-20051005 to start up.  However I am 
not managing to import any DV from my camcorder.  When I open the capture 
window I get the following message in the console:

	Device1394Input::open /dev/dv1394: Is a directory

followed by

	Device1394Input::run DV1394_IOC_WAIT_FRAMES: Bad file descriptor

endlessly repeated until I force cinelerra to terminate.

However I can send control instructions to the camcorder (start, stop etc.).

When I ls /dev/dv1394 I find that it is indeed an empty directory.

In kino, when I open the capture window in dv1394 mode, I get the message 
"dv1394 INIT ioctl: Invalid argument" repeated endlessly in the console, and 
the camera controls don't work. 

I would use raw1394 if that worked in cinelerra, but cinelerra, although it 
first started up in (non-working) raw1394 capture mode, stopped offering this 
mode as an option in the preferences once I had switched to (non-working) 
dv1394 mode.  raw1394 capture works in kino for some reason.

Am I right to understand that the dv1394 problem is to do with my system, 
while the raw1394 problem is specifc to cinelerra?  How do I fix either of 
them?

Thanks
Robert
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Robert Persson

"Don't use nuclear weapons to troubleshoot faults."
(US Air Force Instruction 91-111, 1 Oct 1997)

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