From: Álvaro A. Novo
I received a Sony Mavica FD85 for Christmas, the jpeg photos and mpeg saved on a regular 1.4 floppy with a .htm file work great with SuSE, and kfm. I clisk on the .htm file and it lists all the photos on the disk, just click on a link and the phot is brought up with kview and I use MTV to view the mpeg video.
Sony sells a memory stick and floppy adapter to work with this camera, does anyone know if that will work with linux as well or does it require windows software? If windows only, does anyone know of any work being done to port a linux product?
I have a Sony DCR-PC100E (2-in-1, video + photo) and I have been loading my photos to Linux with a wonderful program called gphoto (included in the CD's, but there's a more recent version on the web)... now, I have a Sony Handycam Serial Port Adapator MSAC-SR1, which might be different from what you've (or are planning on getting) I suggest that you download the latest version of gphoto and see what cameras and devices are supported... there are several Mavica's there... IIRC, their website also has a list. Let me know if you need further hints... gphoto is still on the "developing side" and can be tricky! I stopped using W&*%$ altogether since I discovered gphoto on this priceless mailing list... Hope it helps, Alvaro Novo SuSE 6.4 -=- Kernel 2.2.17 -=- KDE 2.1.0-Beta1-0 11:59am up 6 days, 10:26, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00