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Hi everyone

I have a very strange issue on my MacBook when I convert RAW files into Cinema DNGs with RawMagic Lite.

Here are my specs:

Canon 5D Mark III with firmware 1.2.3 and ML Nightly.2014Jul16.5D3123.
raw_rec.mo (v1.0)

RawMagic Lite 1.1.3

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2009, Mac OS X 10.8.5, 8GB RAM

I can view the RAW files with MLRawViewer without any issue. However, the playback is not smooth but I guess that's because of my older MacBook Pro.

But when I convert the raw files with RawMagic Lite and I try to preview the files in Finder, it looks like this:

When import the DNGs into Premiere Pro CC 2014, it looks like this:

But when I open the DNGs with Photoshop CC 2014, everything is fine.

On my MacPro, I don't have this issues.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you very much for your explanation.

My #1 piece of advice for you would be to have a sharp DIT who knows how to deal with ML footage. I think it's a key requirement if you're on a professional shoot. The DIT needs to know how to check data integrity, and convert the files with the best tool and to the specs agreed upon. I can not imagine surviving a professional shoot any other way.

I totally agree with what you are saying. It's always much more comfortable and less stressful, when you have professionals on set who can take care of their job. But the job is not that big - it's basically a one man show and I'm shooting not that much footage tomorrow. It's only about 12 minutes and I have enough time to setup everything, offload the files from the card to my Mac and do some data integrity checks and backups after each scene. But if I could afford it, a DIT would also be my first choice in a bigger commercial production.

Honestly, I think there are not many DITs in my area, who know how to deal with ML footage. Maybe this will change as ML becomes more and more popular.

Thanks to both of you. I will use raw_rec.mo tomorrow.

Hi everyone

I'm on a small commercial job tomorrow and I want to take the "risk" and shoot raw video with Magic Lantern. As I have enough time, I will also record every shot in normal video just in case anything goes wrong with ML raw video. I don't need to record sound.

I'm using a Canon 5D Mark III with firmware 1.2.3 and ML Nightly.2014Jul16.5D3123.

I read in the forum, that it is safer to use the old raw module raw_rec.mo (v1.0) instead of mlv_rec (v2.0). Is that still the case?

If I use raw_rec.mo (v1.0), do I have to downgrade my Canon firmware to 1.1.3 or is it safe to use it with 1.2.3?

My next question is about converting the MLV or RAW files into DNG on Mac OS.

Is there a difference in quality between using MLRawViewer (1.1.7) or RawMagic from Rarevision when converting the files into DNG?

Thank you for your help and support!