actually an idea comes to me, look into VLC (video lan client) it has a crapton of codecs built in/brought in with it. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I had this problem last year using ubuntu (don't remember the version or > what programs I tried.  The .mov was on my Kodak Z812.  I did not try super > hard so there is probably a better solution, but what I did was to use > MovieMaker in Vista which was able to import the .mov file.  I then did some > simple edits and exported the result as another format.  I was able to use > THAT as input on the Linux system. > > The .mov type is a container type like .avi and others.  You probably do not > have the codec (or something) required to process the contents.  In ubuntu, > you could install ubuntu-restricted-extras to get many of them.  I have > found Handbrake useful to trasform some video types into another and even > fix some problems (I did not know of it when I had the .mov). > > Lastly, you could try just getting the file off the camera and onto your > hard drive without trying to treat it as a video.  It will then be easier to > experiment on.  IOW try to use a copy command from a terminal or a file > browser like Nautilus to simply copy or move the file to somewhere in youor > home directory tree. > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Stephen wrote: >> >> I think all of this is pointing to the way the camera is connecting to >> your system, and how the hardware is connected. >> >> i would take a look there and make sure the Os is really seeing the >> media correctly, then i think any app you use will be good to go. >> >> i know the output of lspci and... err i forget the other.. should have >> some clues. >> >> bot to keep it from being horrible boot the system. wait a min then >> plug in and then do lspci so it will mostly be at the bottom of the >> output. >> >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:47 PM,   wrote: >> > I can't figure out how to copy videos off of my Kodak M863 Digital >> > camera >> > onto my Linux system. >> > >> > I was able to use gphoto2 to copy still photos onto my older Mandriva >> > Linux system, but neither gphoto nor gphoto2 work on my newer Linux >> > system. >> > >> > Eventually, I found that I could get the photos off using digikam, but >> > while a video (.MOV) appears in the digikam list of captured images, >> > when >> > I try to copy it off, an error results: "Failed to load image ..." >> > >> > Screen cap of the problem: http://www.upquick.com/linux/digikam.jpg >> > >> > Under multimedia applications on my system, there are 15 apps listed >> > under >> > graphics and 14 apps listed under video, and while I have used several >> > of >> > the graphics apps, I have not yet used any of the video apps. >> > >> > Screen cap of apps available: >> > http://www.upquick.com/linux/graphic.video.jpg >> > >> > Hope some of my plug friends can advise me how to get my videos copied >> > off >> > my camera onto my Linux box, and which video apps might work best. >> > >> > Recently someone on the list recommended "Open Movie Editor" as perhaps >> > the best video editor, but I have not been able to get the video on my >> > camera imported into it. >> > >> > Help! >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >  - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss