I archived all my MiniDV tapes using a cheap firewire card and dvgrab on Linux, it can be set to automatically split noncontinous clips into different files for easy viewing. It's very straightforward to use and can be done unattended.

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geerlingguy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just thinking back 10 years ago when I was arching all my DV tapes on my Dad's old G5... I did it all by hand through Final Cut Express. It would've been sooo much easier had I known about dvgrab back then!

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HoldOnAMinute an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel so I had to switch to Mint Linux to accomplish the same thing

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parl_match an hour ago | parent [-]

> Firewire support was removed from the Linux kernel

This is very much incorrect. Maybe the subsystem wasn't built into a custom kernel you're using?

edit: google says improvements through 2026, support through 2029

	▲	geerlingguy a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Many distros (including Raspberry Pi OS) don't enable `CONFIG_FIREWIRE_OHCI` in the kernel, so support isn't built-in, unless you build your own kernel. But yes, it will be supported through 2029, and then after that, it could remain in the kernel longer, there's no mandate to remove it if I'm reading the maintenance status correctly: https://ieee1394.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/#maintenance-sche... > [After 2029, it] would be possibly removed from Linux operating system any day