[linux-audio-dev] miniDV audio format

1)Does anyone know what format digital audio is stored in for miniDVs? I know the audio can be 12 or 16 bit and I know that (at least for the tapes I have) SP is about 60 minutes and LP is about 90 minutes. So, I figure the sample rates are probably something like 48kHz for SP and 32KHz for LP, but I haven't found a definitive reference, yet. I ask because I've had a canon zr60 miniDV camcorder for about a year and have recently started using it to collect sounds. For now I'm recording from the analog output of the camcorder into my delta66. Obviously, this is less than ideal, but far superior to the handheld voice recorder analog cassette tape solution I've been using for the past 8 years. :-] 2)I've briefly glanced over the web page for kino: http://kino.schirmacher.de/article/static/2 It appears kino will handle recording the video from a ieee1394 connection and also includes a tool for stripping audio out of the video to a wav file. Anyone here have any experience to share in using kino, or any other package, to do something like this? 3)Does it matter what ieee1394 interface I get, or are they all basically the same as long as there's kernel support for them? Thanks in advance, Eric Rz. PS appologies if this has been discussed recently. I've been away on vacation and haven't had time to follow the lists closely for 3-4 weeks. -edrz