dvgrab version 1.01, August 08, 2001
(c) 2000-2001 Arne Schirmacher <dvgrab@schirmacher.de>
dvgrab website: http://www.schirmacher.de/arne/dvgrab/


To use the program, turn on the camera and run the program:

dvgrab --frames 200 myfilm

If you have properly configured your kernel and your ieee1394 device
drivers, you should end up with about 30 MByte of DV image data nicely
packed in a file myfilm001.avi (digits and extension automatically
appended), which can be displayed with the Microsoft Media Player or a
similar program (remember to install the required DV codecs, software
should be included with your hardware).

Use the program at your own risk. The ieee1394 subsystem is still
experimental. Do not use any ieee1394 related software on a system
that you cannot afford to lose.

My personal hardware / software configuration:

	- a Linux 2.2.18 or 2.4.0 kernel or later

	- the latest ieee1394 related drivers and libraries on the
	  GNU IEEE1394 website (http://linux1394.sourceforge.net)

	- an EX-6500 interface card (http://www.exsys.com.tw
	  or http://www.exsys.de)

	- a Sony PC100E digital video camera (PAL)

	- a PC with 64 MByte RAM, an AMD 333 MHz,
	  a 10 GByte disk drive solely for the movie files.
	  The load is approx. 50% with this configuration.

Please send any fixes, suggestions or flames to dvgrab@schirmacher.de .
New versions will be announced on dvgrab's website.


Arne Schirmacher