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#1
Raw Video Postprocessing / Re: MLVProducer for Windows
October 31, 2015, 04:38:40 AM
Working on creating a Mac Version (via Wine Bottler and Wine Tricks). This app looks like it is the new best thing for "developing" MLV files into Prores files for editing (since MLrawViewer stopped working for me). Got everything working UNTIL I click on the "..." to set the output path, which results in a "Runtime error '445'" and the app crashing. Very keen to get this working as it outstrips other programs by a mile.

I would be fine to continue working on packaging MLVP using Wine Bottler, but if you're using Free Basic and VB6 then I might be able to compile a native Mac app using the sources (Free Basic is cross platform and Mono supports VB for Mac). Would love to collaborate and make MLV Producer the end all utility!

Alice
#2
Turns out it is two separate issues. Playback was fixed by nVidia's, just released, f2 driver for OS X 10.11.1. Deleting the (hidden) preference folder fixed single exports. Batch exports are still broken. No amount of file cleanup and deleting MXRs will fix it. Be careful updating to 10.11 everyone!
#3
Still having issues with Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and MLRawViewer 1.4.3. Slow choppy playback and crashing on batch exports.

As recommended, I turned off SIP (csr-active-config 0x67) on both my hackintosh (with a RAID0) and MBP 15" (with a SSD), and it's still Chop City. If anyone has any advise on getting this great application to work on Apple's latest OS, please share. MLVFS plus Resolve play back smoothly, and MLRawViewer was perfect too under Mac OS X 10.10.

Both machines are using the latest nVidia web drivers, latest CUDA (for Resolve), with a GTX 460 1GB in the hack, and a GTX 750M 2GB in the MBP. Fast storage, fast CPUs, gobs of RAM all around. Wish I knew what to do!
#4
Has anyone else had issues with 1.4.3 and the new Mac OS X El Capitan release? MLRawViewer was humming along well in Yosemite, but since the upgrade, playback is choppy (on a powerful RAID workstation) and batch export (the "C" key) freezes the app (spinning beach ball). Working on a otherwise stable GTX 460 / i5-4690K hackintosh, with the issue reproducible on a 2014 15" MacBook Pro.
#5
Raw Video Postprocessing / Re: Son of Batch [REPOST]
October 27, 2015, 08:30:39 AM
Sorry matiasnp, my hosting provider never sent me a renewal notice and my hosting lapsed. Everything is back now, and the original link is back up.

I've switched over to MLrawViewer for most Prores transcoding, finding the builtin LUTS and visual exposure/colour balance tools to be better, and the batch functions to be... tolerable. MLVFS is my tool of choice for Resolve RAW work on projects that get extra effort. With the release of Mac OS X El Capitan, MLrawViewer's (v 1.4.3) stability and performance have taken a nose dive (unable to smoothly playback, and prone to freezing up), so I might be back to Son of Batch, which still works fine!
#6
Raw Video Postprocessing / Re: Son of Batch [REPOST]
September 21, 2015, 09:45:21 PM
Where to begin...

Thanks so much for replying DeafEyeJedi with the different solutions. I'm really trying to put MLRAW into a professional workflow, where time is money, clients are looking over your shoulder, and the whole solution better work every time with the fewest possible moving parts. I've tried a few of the solutions you've listed (all within the last few weeks).

MLVFS gives me DNG frames full of "sparks" (white or brightly coloured dots on areas of low light with lots of detail- dark hair for example). These sparks only happen with MLVFS, and changing values on the webpage it serves up has no effect. And then a separate app for CDNG to Prores would be needed.

How do I put this... I don't understand cr2hdr-r. I struggled with it for a while and got it to move MLVfiles around, create folders full of .cube files, and make DNGs. Also there is no progress bar, just a spinning Automator gear, which kills it for me as I have no way of telling a producer or client how long its going to be (approximately).

MLRAWviewer freezes when i hit "C" to convert an entire directory, but works like a champ when I convert individual clips. It's the closest to perfect, but batch is broken (tested with 1.3.3 and 1.4.3). I love the ability to quickly apply a "one-light" and export. I've tested with different footage, Mac setups, and hard drives.

I would LOOOOOOOOVE a utility that: batch converts to Prores (selectable, like Son of Batch), detects the white balance from metadata, lets you bake in C-Log or 709 (like MLRAWviewer), and has a progress bar.

I've been searching for a solution. I'd pay for a solution. I've tried coding and scripting my own solutions with mlvdump and ffmpeg. And yet I still end up firing up that son of a batch  :D
#7
For those looking, Son of Batch has been reposted (not by the original author).

Thread:  http://magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=15884.0

Direct download:   http://www.alicemcgown.com/sob.zip

Not a new version. All the same issues. But it deserves a live link somewhere  :o
#8
Raw Video Postprocessing / Re: Son of Batch [REPOST]
September 20, 2015, 07:55:43 PM
MLVFS/Resolve is my workflow for high value content.

I use SoB on set to create fast half-res Prores proxies and strike CinemaDNGs for post. The interface is simple enough for a green camera PA, unlike the multistep workflows MLVFS and CR2-whatcha-call it need. Also, sometimes I just need to put Prores HQ files in a clients hands with the fewest steps. The app is self-contained (no installing services and setting up directories) so it can be run on other peoples' setups (important when hiring local media managers on away shoots).

I wish there was a RawMagic like app that converted straight from MLV to Prores (selectable Proxy, 422, HQ, and 4444). There are so many shoots that I do that need better than muddy H.264, but don't have the post budget for full on CinemaDNG colour grading. This gets me closer to the mythical 5DmIII than shoots Prores  8)
#9
Raw Video Postprocessing / Son of Batch [REPOST]
September 20, 2015, 08:52:13 AM
So the links for the very useful tool "Son of Batch MLV" have gone dead. I am not the original author, but I still use this tool for creating Prores 422 HQ files all the time. Figured I would share the last posted version with the forum. Hosted from my personal site, zip'ed Mac version, tested 10.8 to 10.10.5.

If there is a more up to date version (and I've looked) please tell me and I'll host it. If you're the author of SoB and are outraged at me hosting it, I'll pull it down. But it's a still very useful tool that can get you to Pro Res files and through post ASAP. Also strikes DNGs in the process. Just wish it had a 23.97 fps option (rather than straight 24).

http://www.alicemcgown.com/sob.zip
#10
Has anyone seen these videos? They're for the KineRAW, but other than the CDNG conversion step, it seems like an easy to follow guide to using Resolve to manage your workflow. Check it out:

http://www.kinefinity.tv/workflow/
#11
As lon as you are using a card that can do 20 MB/sec (the limit of the camera) you can do:

16:9  960x540  (this is pushing the camera to its max. don't count on more than 3-4 minute takes)

anything larger and the running time your takes can be plummets.
#12
Raw Video / Re: Pocket camera vs. 5D II Raw
October 11, 2013, 08:43:56 PM
At this point, ML is delivering new features and fixing issues faster than BM seems capable of.  I have been hemming and hawing over the BMPC4K and the 5DmkIII. Large sensor beats 4K crop sensor, especially when it has better low light and dynamic range. Sound will come, MLV will come, and I'm willing to bet that both will arrive before BM starts to reliably ship large quantities of cameras. I'm getting into steadicam work, and preserving the ability to do wide shots is clutch. When faced with a VistaVision format camera that shoots 1080p24 (and with spanning, soon to be higher) 14bit RAW for around $3000, every other camera starts to look less impressive.

I always said that the biggest looser in the MLRAW breakthrough was Black Magic.