Mastodawn

Look what I found when rummaging in the loft earlier today. 2 JVC #MiniDV cassettes still in their wrapping.

So so weird! Using #dvgrab to capture footage from old DV video tapes and all seems to be going well. But using the dv2 format I get clips where audio is sped up with several clips. So I tried dv1, seemed fine, but #FinalCutPro doesn't take these files. Neither does the mov format. So I tried the raw format and that worked fine. But now there's one clip where audio is pitched down by more than 2 steps. So weird!

#video #camera #firewire #miniDV #Apple

Hacker News Apr 1

Bring Back MiniDV with This Raspberry Pi FireWire Hat

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/minidv-with-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat/

#HackerNews #MiniDV #RaspberryPi #FireWire #TechRevival #DIY

Bring back MiniDV with this Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT

In my last post, I showed you to use FireWire on a Raspberry Pi with a PCI Express IEEE 1394 adapter. Now I'll show you how I'm using a new FireWire HAT and a PiSugar3 Plus battery to make a portable MRU, or 'Memory Recording Unit', to replace tape in older FireWire/i.Link/DV cameras. The alternative is an old used MRU like Sony's HVR-MRC1, which runs around $300 on eBay1.

Jeff Geerling

James Stegall Mar 26

Today I learned Apple dropped firewire support in OS 26 and Linux plans to drop it in 2029. I still have several miniDV cameras that are fun to record on. I guess I can continue with the old iBook I've been using to pull the video, but is till a bummer. The aesthetic isn't as strong as my Sony FD cameras, but recording in 4:3 is a fun challenge.

Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi - Jeff Geerling

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/

#miniDV, #retro, #raspberrypi, #actionretro, #apple

Using FireWire on a Raspberry Pi

After learning Apple killed off FireWire (IEEE 1394) support in macOS 26 Tahoe, I started looking at alternatives for old FireWire equipment like hard drives, DV cameras, and A/V gear. I own an old Canon GL1 camera, with a 'DV' port. I could plug that into an old Mac (like the dual G4 MDD above) with FireWire—or even a modern Mac running macOS < 26, with some dongles—and transfer digital video footage between the camera and an application like Final Cut Pro.

Jeff Geerling

Justin Derrick Mar 16

Okay #hardware #nerd types and #DataHoarders or #DigitalArchivists...

I'm using #Ubuntu #Linux on an old #iMac with #dvgrab to download the exact copies of all my #MiniDV tapes in #DV format.

But I have to say... This thing is a monster.

Can anyone recommend a laptop with #Firewire 800 that also runs Linux well?

Frédéric Pont aka Mystral Feb 2

An #abstract #experimental #film i made.
https://vimeo.com/830680536
Feedback is welcome :)
#artwork #videoart #art #minidv #nature

Experimental film - "Amble" - Frédéric Pont aka Mystral

Vimeo

Pendell 🔜 TFF Jan 30

If you "digitize" your MiniDV footage by plugging a $20 box from China into the red/white/yellow composite outputs of your camcorder so it can record a 2.5mbps 480p30 MP4 get out of my house. we dumping the raw 12GB DV stream over Firewire and upscaling to 1080p60 with AviSynth bitch

#minidv #camcorders

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