So forgive me if this has been asked before, but I can't find mention of it... is it possible to allow this hack to open up the current 29 minute limitation the 5d Mark III has? This is all I am interested in as I have to record long meetings every quarter on my 5d Mark III and by no limitation of the camera itself, it shuts off at 29 minutes due to a European tax law penalizing video cameras with an additional 5% tax. I don't live in Europe, nor do I find this to be something Canon itself cares about past it's bottom line - As such, I am hoping the good people at Magic Lantern can correct this nonsensical limitation.
Just to clarify, currently the camera actually cuts the clips every time they reach 4GB, but these are seamless cuts that will only last until the 29 minute mark is reached. I have been recording meetings up to 2 hours long, non-stop, without any hardware problems so I know this is not a limitation (despite the rumors of overheating that some less-than-intelligent users have been spreading.) I have gotten pretty good at this, leaving only a .5-1 second gap between the 29 minute marks, but it's frustrating to have to baby sit a camera, and on occasion I miss the mark and we lose footage which makes me look very bad in the eyes of my peers despite the reason I missed it being that I was paying attention to the meeting. It would be AMAZING if this frustrating, and silly problem could be overcome with a bit of helpful hacking.
Please let me know if anyone here has some information on this topic - this is a feature that film buffs dismiss due to a lack of a need, but the rest of the community generally struggles with. In the end, as there is not a good reason for the limitation, I am hoping that we can eradicate this problem caused by crooked European laws.
Just to clarify, currently the camera actually cuts the clips every time they reach 4GB, but these are seamless cuts that will only last until the 29 minute mark is reached. I have been recording meetings up to 2 hours long, non-stop, without any hardware problems so I know this is not a limitation (despite the rumors of overheating that some less-than-intelligent users have been spreading.) I have gotten pretty good at this, leaving only a .5-1 second gap between the 29 minute marks, but it's frustrating to have to baby sit a camera, and on occasion I miss the mark and we lose footage which makes me look very bad in the eyes of my peers despite the reason I missed it being that I was paying attention to the meeting. It would be AMAZING if this frustrating, and silly problem could be overcome with a bit of helpful hacking.
Please let me know if anyone here has some information on this topic - this is a feature that film buffs dismiss due to a lack of a need, but the rest of the community generally struggles with. In the end, as there is not a good reason for the limitation, I am hoping that we can eradicate this problem caused by crooked European laws.