[vlc] FireWire Interface Problem?

[Jason Simms]

Hello,

Today I was trying to stream video from several different FireWire 
cameras (Sony and Canon models) over UDP transcoded to various formats 
(mp2, mp4, mjpeg, mpeg) to another machine.  No matter which camera I 
tried, I always had very strange behavior.  For instance, I would the 
receiving end would see nothing but several colors.  Or, the screen 
would be entirely gray.  Most strange, sometimes the video would feed, 
but the receiving end would see a split-screen (the bottom of the video 
would be on the top and vice-versa).  In all cases, the video was 
unwatchable and full of artifacts.  The audio was either inaudible or 
accompanied by a massive delay and a high-pitch constant static.  I 
repeated the experiment on another machine with exactly the same 
results.  Both machines are running Windows XP and VLC 0.8.1.

However, when I tried the *exact* same settings using an inexpensive 
Logitech USB 1.1 webcam, everything worked great.  Are there known 
problems with using FireWire cameras for this purpose with VLC?  Thanks!

All the best,
Jason Simms

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