dvgrab

Use DVGRAB to capture dv files from camcorder.

make sure /dev/raw1394 has permissions of 777 

play video from camcorder

enter the following command:

Capture from a DV camera then convert to MPEG-2:
dvgrab date_name.avi

to convert to mpeg2:
ffmpeg -i date_name.avi -target pal-dvd date_name.mpeg

source:

http://womble.decadent.org.uk/talks/dvd-ukuug06/dvd-talk-ukuug06-paper.html