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Using Magic Lantern => General Help Q&A => Topic started by: nlp on July 01, 2017, 04:55:46 AM

Title: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: nlp on July 01, 2017, 04:55:46 AM
Hello all.  I am a long time lurker of the forums.  I finally made the plunge and installed Magic Lantern.  I am trying to adjust all the settings and I've noticed that I do not have the option to adjust bit depth anywhere.  I am running the latest nightly build on a 5D iii and 1.1.3.  Any thoughts? 

Thanks!
Title: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: walter_schulz on July 02, 2017, 09:26:14 PM
Top of page -> Downloads ->Downloads (Drop-downmenu) -Experiments
Title: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: Walter Schulz on October 19, 2017, 02:49:14 PM
Top of page -> Downloads -> Downloads (Drop down menu) -> Experiments

Ceterum censeo experimental build page esse delendam.
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: bpv5P on October 19, 2017, 03:30:12 PM
Or, click here and install it (build from Oct16 2017).

edit:  Link removed - old build links scattered through the forum annoy this moderator.  //Audionut
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: Walter Schulz on October 19, 2017, 03:36:41 PM
I would really prefer him reading all the disclaimers first ...
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: extremelypoorfilmaker on October 19, 2017, 05:36:57 PM
Quote from: Walter Schulz on October 19, 2017, 03:36:41 PM
I would really prefer him reading all the disclaimers first ...

Agreed..

p.s. medico6601

http://wiki.magiclantern.fm/faq
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: bpv5P on October 20, 2017, 01:12:06 AM
Let's be honest, a very little percentage of downloaders read EULA/TOS or sofware licenses.
If the individual wants to open legal prosecution on ML creators, they would already be legally protected, since it's already stated inside the package itself ("README" text file). No need to worry too much with these things.
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: dfort on October 20, 2017, 02:50:11 AM
@medico6601 have you figured out by now that the option to adjust the bit rate is only available on experimental builds?

Longer answer, the Nightly builds are compiled from the unified branch. That branch is the only one that works with all of the cameras currently supported. Not all cameras can work with the 10/12bit option.
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: Audionut on October 20, 2017, 04:01:24 AM
Quote from: bpv5P on October 20, 2017, 01:12:06 AM
Let's be honest, a very little percentage of downloaders read EULA/TOS or sofware licenses.

Absolutely correct.  However, direct links remove one step in the process in encouraging users to read the things that a1ex puts into these pages.  a1ex is a dev that I'm more then sure, prefers to dev, rather then spending precious dev time on fancy web pages.  The (very simple) fact that the information is even there, shows that a1ex deems that information to be important.

Direct links overestimate.  New user maybe has absolutely no idea what so ever about anything ML related, other then ML enables Canon cameras to do cool shit.  You have complete awareness of experimental builds, and lots of knowledge regarding their use because you are a long time user.  don't overestimate the needs, wants, desires of others.  This user might really want the feature that the experimental build provides, however, given the chance to read everything on the experimental page, might then make his/her own decision not to try the experimental stuff.  I don't know, you don't know.

We spend so much time encouraging people to use the latest nightly builds, for various reasons.  Directly linking builds that quickly become outdated and possibly harm the development progress in the future, annoys this moderator.  Sorry I don't have time to sugar coat, blunt and to the point (you did say, "let's be honest" :P).

Cheers.
Title: Re: Re: New Guy Here - Bit Depth Question
Post by: bpv5P on October 20, 2017, 07:58:40 PM
Good point Audionut. Agreed.