We have managed to successfully capture DV from a camcorder onto an Alpha host over IEEE 1394, thus overcoming a number of basic hurdles to the success of this project. Nevertheless, there are a number of tasks that must be accomplished before it is possible to declare victory, including:
- Development of stable codecs from DV to the compressed format of choice
- Porting of the Darwin Streaming Server to Alpha Linux
- Refinement of the camera control facilities
- Publicizing this work to the OSS community
- Finding a suitable Quicktime client for Alpha Linux
- Testing with different camcorders, Alpha hosts, and client types
If you would like to contribute to any of these tasks, please go to our ATSG SourceForge site, set up a userid, and ask to be added as a member, or contact Peter Soderquist by e-mail.
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