Can you convert a .MLV without the .MRX

[toakerson]

I had a hard drive failure and I was able to recover some shots I needed from my memory card. I was only able to get the .MLV file though. I don't have the associated .MRX files. Is there a way to convert this to a .dng sequence without the .MRX? The MLRawViewer won't recognize it. Thanks for your help.

Tom

[DeafEyeJedi]

Assuming you're running OS X? Have you tried other converters such as MLVFS or MLP?

[toakerson]

Sorry. I'm on windows but I have a Mac too. I haven't used those other converters but I'll try them out. Thanks.

[dfort]

According to the developer of MLRawViewer :

Since 1.4.2 is actually the development/testing version with new features and bugs, I would recommend to you to start with the stable series, e.g. 1.3.4. You may need to delete all the generated .MRX files next to the raw files, and the $HOME/.mlrawviewer directory to be on the safe side.

So maybe try a newer version of MLRawViewer and it should run without the .MRX files. I'm running 1.4.3 and it doesn't create .MRX files.

[DeafEyeJedi]

That's right I remember running into this years ago and deleting all current .MRX file within the directory did in fact solved the problem for the most part on the latest 1.4.3 MLRV -- good catch Dan!

[Kharak]

.mrx files are basically the Player Settings of MLRawViewer for each MLV/Raw file that it has played. It has nothing to do with Conversion and in the cases where MLRawViewer doesn't play a MLV/RAW file it is most certaintly because the .MRX file is from an older/newer version of MLRawViewer.

So no worries in deleteing a .MRX file, as soon as you play the MLV again in MLRawViewer and  you do some changes to Curve or add LUT's etc., a new .MRX file will be generated.