[05:10] <stochastic> Hey everyone, who in here is currently running a firewire audio device?
[05:27] <ailo> stochastic, I have one
[05:27] <ailo> focusrite sapphire pro 40
[05:28] <ailo> Works fantastic on Oneiric with a -lowlatency kernel
[05:28] <ailo> I had to recompile my own. Going to see if I can put it up on my PPA later
[05:33] <stochastic> ailo, it's been a while since I've had a working firewire-enabled computer and I'm trying to get my presonus firepod working on my new laptop
[05:33] <stochastic> what steps are needed to get things rolling out the gate?
[05:33] <stochastic> 11.10 install - fresh
[05:33] <ailo> stochastic, Since 11.04 firewire cards work out of the box
[05:34] <ailo> You only need to be a member of audio group in order to run jack
[05:34] <stochastic> okay, well I get nothing but crashes over here
[05:34] <ailo> One thing I had to do to get mine working was having to have the card on while I stuck in the cord
[05:34] <stochastic> is jack set to 'realtime'?
[05:35] <ailo> Just use standard jack settings
[05:35] <stochastic> I always boot up with the device on and plugged in
[05:35] <ailo> Now, mine is behaving differently for some reason, so I can get it working by first injecting the cord, and then turning the device on
[05:36] <stochastic> hey what do you know, unchecking 'realtime' in jack set it up fine, now to run some audio tests
[05:37] <ailo> Ok, then you were not a member of audio group?
[05:39] <stochastic> yes, I was a member of the audio group
[05:39] <stochastic> I did remember that step in earlier config tests
[05:41] <ailo> stochastic, Did you logout login? Cause, that would be the only thing I can think of why realtime would not work.
[05:42] <ailo> stochastic, Here's why your device works out of the box "/lib/udev/rules.d/60-ffado.rules"
[05:42] <ailo> So, you don't need to set any rights for the firewire device itself
[05:42] <ailo> However, in order to get jack to run it in realtime, you need to be in audio group
[05:42] <ailo> If you want to double check, just run jack as root
[05:44] <ailo> stochastic, So, in short, to get a firewire device working, generally the only thing you need to consider is being a member of audio group
[05:48] <stochastic> ailo, well I have the card hooked up, trying to record into an ardour session but the track won't record (nor will the ardour transport start - or the jack transport for that matter) any suggestions?   I also see no levels in the ardour track inputs.
[05:55] <ailo> stochastic, I would double check with the onboard card, and if all else fails, try the firewire device with OSX or Windows
[05:55] <ailo> I mean, double check that everything works fine with alsa, and the onboard card
[05:56] <ailo> Don't have any specific knowledge about your device
[05:57] <ailo> I would also make sure it works in realtime, which is kind of essential I believe in order to get any kind of good performance
[05:58] <ailo> stochastic, Good luck. Gotta go now :)
[06:56] <intenzo> hi!
[06:56] <intenzo> does anyone here know it its possible to start a capture at a specific smpte time in dvgrab?
[06:57] <holstein> anything is possible, but i would probably try and 'do it in post'
[06:58] <intenzo> do it in post?
[06:58] <holstein> yeah
[06:58] <holstein> grab, edit afterward
[06:58] <intenzo> ah
[06:58] <intenzo> well i got 4000 dv tapes to copy so i realy need to automate
[06:59] <intenzo> ;)
[06:59] <holstein> whats the issue?
[06:59] <holstein> you'll need to set the grab times per tape then
[07:00] <intenzo> theres 2min of colorbars and black picture in the beginning of every tape
[07:00] <holstein> i still think any editing would be easier than anything during capture
[07:01] <intenzo> for some reason i can set the end time but not the start time
[07:01] <intenzo> just thought that was wierd and was afriad i had missed something in dvgrab
[07:01] <holstein> not sure
[07:01] <holstein> im not sure who's maintaining that package
[07:02] <intenzo> do you know any alternatives to dvgrab?
[07:02] <holstein> not sure who would know either
[07:02] <holstein> not a lot of video folks here unfortunately
[07:02] <holstein> and what i do , i just edit
[07:07] <intenzo> think I'll have a look on the dvgrab code to see if I can do something clever
[07:08] <intenzo> thanks!
[07:08] <holstein> intenzo: good luck
[07:09] <holstein> intenzo: feel free to comment on the mailing list
[07:09] <holstein> i see some video chatter there sometimes
[07:09] <holstein> VERY rare in this channel though...
[07:10] <intenzo> well it was a long shot, but thought that some here would have some knowlige about it
[07:11] <intenzo> i'll get back if i find a good solution
[14:31] <intenzo> holstein: I solved it
[14:31] <intenzo> a fried made a custom build of dvgrab ;)
[14:31] <intenzo> it adds a startcapture option
[14:32] <intenzo> https://launchpad.net/~rawler/+archive/ppa
[14:46] <holstein> intenzo: w0w
[14:46] <holstein> sometimes i tell people the software is open, and they technically can make it do anything
[14:47] <holstein> rarely does someone actually do it though :)
[14:47] <intenzo> hes f_ing great
[14:49] <intenzo> also, it was a rather easy patch so all other functionality is there and should work as espected