Ubuntu
kino package

  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #6290
  3. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 6290

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote : Re: use /dev/video1394, not /dev/raw1394

So there we go ;) access to /dev/raw1394 gives you access to the entire host machine ... which is why only root can do it