[lug] Camcorder that works well with Linux

[shart at colorado.edu]

I have a 4-5 year old Sony Handycam DCR-SR62.  It's not high def but it 
has a 30GB hard drive so no tapes, disc, etc to change out.  The video 
quality is great and the sound is good.  Sound is even better with the 
extra gun microphone attachment.  When you plug it in via usb to Ubuntu, 
it mounts like any external drive.  No extra software needed to pull off 
the videos.  If you let it run for a long time, it automatically starts 
a new video file when the files reach the 2GB size limit.  On the 
highest quality setting, it's about 30 minutes of video for each 
individual 2GB file.

I'm sure the newer Sony handycams will interface with Linux in the same 
way.

cheers

Steve


On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 21:20:26 -0700, Richard Hollos wrote:
> I'm looking for a camcorder that works well with Linux.  Something 
> that can
> make decent quality videos. If anyone can recommend one, I would 
> appreciate
> it.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard Hollos
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