Underneath the text box in the search panel is a drop down menu. For now just click on search in the Synaptic Package Manager and look for a package called kino (without the quotes). It relies upon several other pieces of software to run properly though.
The main software we will use is called Kino. Next we need to search the repository for the software needed for capturing from a DV device.
Ubuntu's Software Component Strategy (link dead)Äownload and Install Packages Via the Synaptic Package Manager To do this take a look at AddingRepositoriesHowto The first thing we need to do is to configure the Synaptic Package Manager to look into repositories that are not in Ubuntu's main distribution. Ubuntu GNU/Linux 4.10 (The Warty Warthog): October 2004.
The purpose of this tutorial is not only to explain how to set up video capture but also to give practical experience for anyone wishing to learn how Ubuntu functions. This is a step-by-step tutorial that assumes that the reader has very little experience with Linux so many parts of the explanations can be skipped over by more experienced users.
This guide shows how to configure an i386 system running Ubuntu (Debian based GNU/Linux) to capture from a dv device through an ieee1394 (firewire) interface. How to Capture Digital Video on the Ubuntu GNU/Linux Platform Using Only Open Source Applications Please look at the Firewire page for current information. #title Capturing Digital Video This page is not current and describes methods which do not apply to current releases of Ubuntu and Kino. This article may not be appropriate for this wiki, and may be deleted.