I really haven't gotten firewire to work under linux.  here is a site tht tells you how to get everything running:

http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/start_install.html

On Mandrake 8 firewire in already compiled into the kernel, so you just need to make the devices and load the modules and dependencies.  It detects my card, it sees my camera when I plug it in, but when I try to capture video I get and error.  I am not sure if my firewire card is not 100% compatable or what.  I have been doing most of my video editing work in BeOS.  I have tried importing some of the work into MainActor and Broadcast2000, but I didn't like what I saw.

Dusty

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> 
> Hey Dusty,
> 
> How'd you get your firewire to work in Linux?Any HOWTOs out there?
> 
> Rodney
> 
> On Thursday 26 July 2001 10:10 am, you wrote:
> > No direct X might be a problem.  Premiere requires Direct X for DV.  I
> > might be able to capture in something else (dvgrab or bcast), export to
> > some other format(mpeg), edit in premiere and after effects, and use
> > something else to get it back out my DV.  The problem is that I am pretty
> > sure I will have quality loss and that is a lot of extra steps and places
> > for error.  Plus Win4lin only uses 64mb ram, not much when you start tyring
> > to render 28 minutes (~30GB) worth of dv.
> >
> > Dusty
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > Hi Dusty,
> > >
> > > I am currently running Win4Lin and I think you'll like it. Win4Lin runs
> > > Windows faster and is more stable than a regualr installation of windows.
> > > I run photoshop on it with no problem, but I have yet to try any video
> > > editing software, but i'm pretty sure those should run fine. I know that
> > > Win4Lin does not support DirectX or CD burning yet.
> > >
> > > Rodney
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dusty" <dusty@sandust.com>
> > > To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau@maile.hi.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:08 AM
> > > Subject: [luau] Win4lin and Wine
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have any experience with Win4lin and/or Wine?  I am
> > > > thinking
> > >
> > > about trying to run my Adobe stuff in one of these.  Win4lin says it
> > > supports Photoshop, so I am hoping that it will work with After Effects
> > > and Premiere.  I have never had any luck getting anything to run under
> > > wine, so I am not to confident in that.  VMware is not an option, because
> > > it is just too slow.
> > >
> > > > Dusty
> > > >
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