how to install dvgrab 3.1 in kubuntu

Hi nicP,

It's always advisable to stick with what's in the distrobution, as it'll be patched etc. But if you wanted to you could download the tarball from

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kino/dvgrab-3.1.tar.gz

Then when you save the file to your machine, use the following command to uncompress it:

tar xfz dvgrab-3.1.tar.gz

this will create a directory called dvgrab-3.1
 go into that directory with

cd dvgrab-3.1

You'll need a couple of extra tools, to get them now do this:

sudo aptitude install build-essential pkg-config

This will get the compilers etc. Then run

./configure

If this errors out this is where it get's tricky as it may require extra libraries etc. best to check the requirements page, or let me know and I can try find them for you.

If it does work ok, then run the next command to compile the code:

make

Then if that completes ok then run the following:

sudo make install

This will install it to your machine. This is a bit tricky to follow (This is the advantage of a distrobution packaging for you as they do all this for you).

Or you could wait for Intrepid which will likely have it prepackaged.

Sorry if this isn't exactly what you are looking for.

Best regards,

Félim

Thanks Felim. I followed your instructions and got ver 3.1 installed ok. I can now capture from my Canon XM2 even though kdenlive doesnt control the camera perfectly.

Hi Neil,

Glad it helped, maybe in next version kdenlive will work better for you, can only hope ! :)

Could you do me a favour and mark this as Solved ? Just in case someone else has the same issue.

Good luck with the Camera.

Félim