[ale] looking for a truly Linux friendly camcorder

[Robert Coggins]

I like my wife's flip.  It plays on my ubuntu with no problem


david w. millians wrote:
> Daniel Howard wrote:
>> I've had a tough time getting HD videos to play on my wife's Ubuntu 
>> laptop that are Quicktime's version of H.264 (AVC), something 
>> proprietary in the container is preventing the usual medibuntu 
>> repository codecs from working.
> 
> Does VLC play it?
> 
>> I'm looking for a new HD camcorder for her, does anyone know of one that 
>> does not use the Quicktime format, or is proven to be playable/editable 
>> in Linux?
> 
> I already am missing firewire's simplicity at grabbing video. We almost 
> always have to use the stupid converter programs that come with each of 
> these devices, and that's just idiotic.
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