[Shotwell] Bug? Importing from Sony camcorder doesn't always work

[Lucas Beeler]

Hi Richard,

The Shotwell video import feature is not designed to work with
camcorders, only with PTP- or MSC-type digital cameras. The reason for
this is that the underlying tool that we use in Shotwell for camera
access, a common Linux device library called GPhoto2, has at best only
spotty support for camcorders. That said, the line between digital
cameras and camcorders is increasingly becoming blurred. As I'm sure
you know, almost all consumer point-and-shoot digital cameras now
support video; likewise, many camcorders allow grabbing frames as
still images. So more complete camcorder support is something that we
might need to consider for an upcoming version of Shotwell. Just to
get a bit more information here, what model of Sony camcorder are you
using?

Regards,
Lucas