Connect Digital8 Camcorder to Linux PC
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1568331/connect-digital8-camcorder-to-linux-pc
I am trying to connect a Sony DCR-TRV120 Digital8 camcorder (from ~2000) via its FireWire iLink DV In/Out interface to an Ubuntu PC to transfer old Digital8 / video Hi8 tape recorded video to my PC. I am receiving an Error: no camera exits message with each dvgrab attempt. I have be following several of the Ask Ubuntu Q&As, but have not been successful.
Here is some information on my setup:
- Sony DCR-TRV120 Digital8 camcorder, using digital tape
- Intel based desktop PC
- IEEE-1394 PCI (plug-in) card (Installed after Linux installation)
- Cable connections: FireWire 400 4-pin into camcorder; FireWire 400 6-pin into IEEE-1394 PCI card, installed in PC
- Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Results of lspci | grep -E -i "firewire":
03:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 \[Fire II(M)\] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)
Results of lsmod | grep firewire:
firewire_ohci 65536 0
firewire_core 229376 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 12288 1 firewire_core
Results of sudo dvgrab -i card=0:
- NOTE: Tried card 0 & card 1
rom1394_0 warning: read failed: 0x0000fffff0000414
error reading config rom directory for node 0
Error: no camera exists
EDIT:
Number 1 command from the comments result:
[ 734.215574] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: giving up on node ffc0: reading config rom failed: bus reset
[ 734.343983] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: rediscovered device fw0
[ 734.344000] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: phy config: new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
[ 734.344507] firewire_ohci 0000:03:00.0: node ID not valid, new bus reset in progress –
Number 2 command from the comments result started with the following and repeated:
[ 734.215574] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: giving up on node ffc0: reading config rom failed: bus reset
[ 734.343983] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: rediscovered device fw0
[ 734.344000] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: phy config: new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
[ 734.344507] firewire_ohci 0000:03:00.0: node ID not valid, new bus reset in progress
[ 734.345439] firewire_ohci 0000:03:00.0: node ID not valid, new bus reset in progress
[ 734.847984] firewire_core 0000:03:00.0: rediscovered device fw0 –