[FFmpeg-user] Input to ffmpeg from Sony HDR-XR550 video camera

[tps]

Carl Eugen Hoyos writes: 

> Thomas Seilund <tps <at> netmaster.dk> writes: 
> 
>> Now I have a much better Sony HRD-XR550 HD camera and I simply can not 
>> find a way to get the output from the camera into ffmpeg!
> 
> How does the output of 
> ffmpeg -i file_from_camera
> looks like? 
> 
> Carl Eugen 
> 
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If I connect to camera using USB then the harddisk on the camera is mounted 
as /media/disk. 

Here is type of the files recorded by the camera: 

ffmpeg -i /media/disk/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00714.MTS
ffmpeg version N-39664-g6bfb304 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg 
developers
  built on Apr 10 2012 14:19:40 with gcc 4.6.1
  configuration: --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-gpl 
 --enable-nonfree --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora 
 --enable-libvpx --enable-parser=h264
  libavutil      51. 46.100 / 51. 46.100
  libavcodec     54. 14.101 / 54. 14.101
  libavformat    54.  3.100 / 54.  3.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 67.101 /  2. 67.101
  libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 10.100 /  0. 10.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
Input #0, mpegts, from '/media/disk/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM/00714.MTS':
  Duration: 00:00:59.30, start: 1.000033, bitrate: 6670 kb/s
  Program 1
    Stream #0:0[0x1011]: Video: h264 (High) (HDMV / 0x564D4448), yuv420p, 
1440x1080 [SAR 4:3 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x1100]: Audio: ac3 (AC-3 / 0x332D4341), 48000 Hz, stereo, 
s16, 256 kb/s
    Stream #0:2[0x1200]: Subtitle: hdmv_pgs_subtitle ([144][0][0][0] / 
0x0090) 

This way it seems to be easy to get the video files on the camera to my 
linux computer. 

BUT, I want to get the file on the camera to my linux computer as the video 
is being recorded. 

Is that possible?? 

Thanks 

Thomas S