Is firewire still supported on FreeBSD?

[Leveret]

I ask because fwcontrol onlhy produces an empty file of 0 bytes when capturing from a dv camera. I'm using FreeBSD 13 and used the fwcontrol in the past to capture in DV format with an older version, probably 10. Can anyone help with this?

 

[Phishfry]

Did you load the firewire module?

Solved - HDV/MiniDV capture in FreeBsD?

I have a dedicated fairly low spec machine (Core 2 1.8ghz, 4GB ram) for video capture from tape and I have windows on it. Unfortunately Windows 10 is ridiculously slow on this machine and I am wondering if this is possible in FreeBSD. I am planning to capture both HDV and MiniDV. Thanks

forums.freebsd.org

 

[Leveret]

Did you load the firewire module?

Solved - HDV/MiniDV capture in FreeBsD?

I have a dedicated fairly low spec machine (Core 2 1.8ghz, 4GB ram) for video capture from tape and I have windows on it. Unfortunately Windows 10 is ridiculously slow on this machine and I am wondering if this is possible in FreeBSD. I am planning to capture both HDV and MiniDV. Thanks

forums.freebsd.org

Yes.
firewire_load="YES" in in /boot/loader.conf.
I suspect it is the firewire adapter that I use. It's very old and I have ordered a new one.

 

[oOiOo]

Be aware that there is a good (or bad) chance that firewire support will be deprecated in FreeBSD 14:

View: https://youtu.be/KRz_KQmvgtM?t=5107

 

[msplsh]

Yeah, I'm not very pleased with this possibility.

 

[SirDice]

Firewire is huge security risk because your device (any device) has direct access to all the machine's memory.

Firewire: the forgotten security risk

 

[msplsh]

I mean, ok. I knew this, but it's kind of an esoteric physical attack and doesn't Thunderbolt have the same problem? Does FreeBSD even do secure boot, signed bootloaders and kernels? Aren't supply chain attacks for people compiling ports root easier to do?

Just saying this is a good reason to not include it in the default built kernel, but not to remove the loadable module.

 

[msplsh]

I suspect it is the firewire adapter that I use

It works for my adapter. What's the chipset on it?

 

[Phishfry]

Just saying this is a good reason to not include it in the default built kernel, but not to remove the loadable module.

I use a dedicated HP Ivybridge Laptop with firewire these days. I like having the capability. My DSR-20 is still roaring.
Many hours of footage never captured.