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Canon Vixia HV30

Manufacturer: 
Canon
Model: 
HV30
Video format: 
HDV 1080 (mpeg2)
Recommended harware: 
Dual-core computer
Level: 
Full support

I do all my grabbing using this command line:

dvgrab --autosplit --format hdv --timestamp capture-

I use the HDV30P setting normally on the camcorder.

Kdenlive 0.7 works great with footage captured.  I have a dual-core which works okay,  but editing this footage makes me want a better dual-core or quad-core computer.  I'm also using Ubuntu 8.10.

Re: Canon Vixia HV30

HV30 and HV20

Sometimes grabbing of the DV gets interupted and stops for no clear reason.

Grabbing of HDV seems to be fine. When the tape transitions to DV to HDV or HDV to DV there is an interuption. The best work flow is to keep different shooting settings on different tapes.

Re: Canon Vixia HV30

Kdenlive 0.7.1 (today SVN) allows to acquire video transparently. This works great on my Canon HV20 camcorder. There was a little bug in Kdenlive 0.7, which was fixed lately. Kind regards, Jean-Michel