[ale] looking for a truly Linux friendly camcorder

[millia at panix.com (david w. millians)]

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.