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Hi there
Would anyone getting continuous shooting at 25fps at 1920x1080 on the 5d mkIII mind sharing their settings, I'm getting that no problem with raw_rec but not managing to get anywhere close with mlv.
It'd be good to know if others have had a bit of success with those settings.  I'm not card spanning at the moment as I'm recording to CF cards and keeping magic lantern on the SD.  Any other tips or advice from MLV users? Thanks in advance

Hey everyone,
Thanks for the advice ill test that tomorrow.  On another test last night I noticed that the connection of my smallhd ac7 via hdmi was causing regular issues, both in RAW rec and MLV, it certainly seemed to be slowing things down and locking things up.  It's more stable in RAW only creating slight issues but totally unusable in MLV, every time I hit record the screen would lock up and I'd have to turn the cam on and off to reset. 

Okay a little bit of my experiences from testing today.  I tested the mlv with sound, both plugged into a monitor and not on a 5d mk iii with 1050x 128gb cards.  In the older RAW module I can record constant 1920x1080 @ 25fps.  In this mlv module the camera only runs for a few hundred frames then cuts out, I have to record at a lower resolution 1728x972, and sometimes even then it isn't continuous.  The sound however is perfectly in sync.  The sound cuts out a second or so before the cam starts to skip frames.  The other issue I noticed is that when connecting a monitor sometimes the monitor screen freezes up, when pressing record when this happens you see nothing but a frozen external monitor screen, but when processing the file you get a strobe type effect where you're seeing a constant flicker between the frozen screen and the thing you're recording. 
The biggest issue I have is it not being able to run 1920x1080 @ 25fps.  Any advice on settings that people recommend for getting the best bang for the buck on the 5d 3?
Hope the above info is useful to someone?

Thanks for your help guys :-) I'm up and running :-) I'll let you know if I come up against any problems :-)

Hey g3ggo!
Thanks for the help
I do have mlv_snd enabled in the modules, in the audio tab I have mlv sound switched to ON, when I press Q on MLV sound I only get three options, debug, trace output and sampling rate.  I wasn't sure whether I should be expecting to see digital and analog output, headphone level etc as per the usual magic lantern or not? Is this right? Thanks again for all your hardwork, it's MASSIVELY appreciated!

Hey Danne,
Thanks for that info.  Great I seem to have it all up and running.  My only issue is that I have MLV audio running, but aren't seeing any options for audio under the audio tab.  I'm seeing audio bars though on the main screen, but in the menus there's just three options, speaker volume, beep test and MLV sound - is this normal? on the 5d 2 mlv i know i've seen a screen with more audio options. 

Just to clarify, I presume I'm overwriting all the .mo files from the first post here into the 5d mk iii latest build (from 9th Jan)? If so, where does the 5d3_113.sym file go? MLV dump is the post processing program (ie. not for the SD card in the camera) is that about right? Sorry for the stupidly basic questions :-)

Hey everyone, hoping for a bit of help here, I'm really interested in trying out the new MLV raw with audio for the 5d mk III but looking for a bit of help with installing the files. 
I know there's a few others also having difficulty figuring out how to get the latest MLV developments working on their 5d Mk III's as I've seen step by step instructions for the mkII,
would anyone who's gone through the process be able to give us a step by step guide to installing these latest developments.  I've got the October ML with Raw working at the moment,
and I've downloaded the modules kindly provided by G3ggo, do I just drag all the .mo files into the modules folder I currently have? Or is that totally wrong.  Huge apologies in advance for asking but hopefully someone with a bit more ML experience out there won't mind walking me through it.  Thanks guys!

Hi there,
I'm relatively new to the world of ML Raw but I'm trying to find a decent board to keep up to date with any in camera audio developments.  Does anyone have a good idea of where we are, if its possible and how far off audio implementation may be.  Slating is always an option but in a few situations I'm in (doc type situations) it's not always possible or appropriate.  It'd be amazing to get some good info on RAW audio from someone in the know really appreciate your help in advance. 

Well bad news.  None of the four Komputerbay 1050x 128gb cards I bought are able to record at 1920x1080 25p without dropping hundreds of frames :-( Looks like these are going to have to go back, unless anyone has any suggestions?

Okay cool, so if I test each card by recording 25p, 1920x1080 with global draw off and it manages it three times that's a good benchmark to the 1050x cards doing what they're supposed to do?

Hi I've just purchased 4 of these from 1050x 128gb cards from Komputerbay, but I'm trying to find a reliable way to test them and to find out if theyre a god send or duds.  Some are benchmarking them at 24p others 25p, some with live view and global draw on, some with both off.  Could someone give me a few ideas as to the settings I should be selecting when benchmarking these cards and ill post up the results I'm getting. 

I know the easy answer is just shoot until it fills the card and if it does without dropped frames its a winner, but there's so many options it'd be good to know what to benchmark it against (eg. Some people are shooting at 1920x1080, others more cropped, some 25p, others 24 etc etc).  If I knew a single set of standards to select it'd make comparing the cards much easier thanks in advance for your help!

Hi there,
I've just purchased some of the new Komputer bay 1050x cards.  I need to double check the workflow for benchmarking them though as I know different settings can have wildly different effects on the end result.  I'm getting quite low scores (so I suspect I may have a setting that's interfering) but I'm able to record 1920x1080 @ 24fps for the whole length of the card without any dropped frames.  Can anyone advise me (and all of us) as to the right settings to be benchmarking our cards with?
Many thanks !

Hey Hirethestache!
That sounds really promising, forgive the questions but I'm just trying to make as educated as decision as is possible.  Have you any idea of a timeframe for when you imagine your prototype may go into production? And do you know if its a massive add on requiring external power etc. or would it be something battery grip sized for example that doesn't add too much extra weight.  Again apologies for the questions, it just sounds like you've gotten the furthest so far, which is such promising news that I'm wondering whether to not go the cf card route at all and to wait for the ssd route instead if that's something that's not too far away.  I imagine there are many more in the same boat

Hi there, ld love to know how developments are going too.  I'm about to pull the trigger on a few cf cards so it'd be really handy to know how everyone's  hard work is panning out? I'd obviously love to support one of you guys in your ssd cause, but I'm thinking that the cf card route may be the only way to go that's on the horizon? Many thanks for all your time and efforts I've followed this thread daily since its inception.