Gphoto2

Use gphoto2 to get those files from your digital camera.

= Install it = Install it by means of your distribution as described here e.g. for SUSE Linux open a console and enter yast -i gphoto

= Run it = Start like this: mkdir camera cd camera gphoto2 --get-all-files This will obviously get all files, pictures and videos, from your camera to your current directory. Very advanced users can go on like this: gphoto2 --help man gphoto2

= TroubleShooting =

Symptom
When trying to access the digital camera you get an error message saying it is locked, like this one: linux-qgla:~/cam # gphoto2 --get-all-files An error occurred in the io-library ('Could not lock the device'): Camera is already in use.
 * Error ***
 * Error (-60: 'Could not lock the device') ***

For debugging messages, please use the --debug option. Debugging messages may help finding a solution to your problem. If you intend to send any error or debug messages to the gphoto developer mailing list , please run gphoto2 as follows:

env LANG=C gphoto2 --debug --debug-logfile=my-logfile.txt --get-all-files

Please make sure there is sufficient quoting around the arguments.

Solution
Find out what processes have the camera locked: linux-qgla:~/cam # lsof | grep usb usb-stora 527       root  cwd       DIR       8,17      4096          2 / usb-stora 527       root  rtd       DIR       8,17      4096          2 / usb-stora 527       root  txt   unknown                                 /proc/527/exe hald     2400  haldaemon  mem       REG       8,17    357258    5673238 /usr/share/usb.ids gvfsd-gph 5360      root  mem       REG       8,17     35420    5641079 /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.4.4 gvfsd-gph 5360      root  mem       REG       8,17     22008    5771692 /usr/lib/libgphoto2_port/0.8.0/usb.so gvfsd-gph 5360       root    8r      CHR      189,5       0t0      16806 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 Kill the processes linux-qgla:~/cam # kill 5360 And try again: linux-qgla:~/cam # gphoto2 --get-all-files Downloading '100_0001.MOV' from folder '/store_00010001/DCIM/100KM341'...     Saving file as 100_0001.MOV ...

= What comes then? = After you have downloaded your images from the camera, you may want to convert them to share them on http://www.facebook.com or so.

= See also =
 * http://www.gphoto.org/ - Official homepage