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@Daniel: if you right click on the app and show the package contents then you can see the programs terminal window by going to : Contents/MacOS/MLVMystic
If you do a conversion with this terminal window open then a detailed report of what the program is doing will be print out there.

@Nautilus: I haven't found a method for CDNG yet that I like. I might be swayed to include it if I come across one, but it's not a main focus.
RAW Conversion uses a different algorithm than MLV, so it would take some time to replicate the options for RAW and Mystic is intended as mainly an MLV converter.

Hey Daniel. Which OS are you running Mystic from?

-Gavin

Hey dub,

not being able to deselect is a side effect of making the buttons auto-exclusive, so for now selecting no smoothing is the same as having nothing selected. Perhaps i should make no smoothing selected by default, but otherwise I haven't thought of any smart workarounds yet.

-Gavin

Hey Danne,

I've come across this issue recently and it seems to stem from some of the older code which I will be updating for my next release. I will tell you that I have been able to fully convert some Dual ISO MLV's and open the finished product. Perhaps I will post my settings soon so that if people want to emulate they can give it a go.

RAW Dual ISO might be a great idea, I'll try to fit it in for the next update.

-Gavin

The latest update is now online! All the details and new features can be found in the topic post.

-Gavin

[@redfitz]

@redfitz You could be right, It may simply be a clash of conversion algorithm and build version. Perhaps an older nightly build might get you better results. We did use g3gg0's mlv_dump as the basis for our code, but since the mlv format is still in beta and being constantly updated there might be times when things go out of sync. In our subsequent update we will do a complete update of the conversion code to incorporate all of the ML teams updates.

@filo99 This fix was incorporated after our initial build, and as such will not be available until we overhaul our code to match the ML teams latest. With any luck it won't take too long, but wont be available until our subsequent release.

[@andy kh]

@andy kh No problem. We we add the option to convert without sub folders to the next release.

@czdodo We will be implementing a workaround that will hopefully alleviate the app hanging in the next release. We also expect it to lessen the current issues with the progress bar and skipped files. These all will be given a more thorough debugging for future versions.

-Gavin

[@NChaparro]

@NChaparro Make sure you have the MLV Sound module loaded and enabled and the option in you ML sound menu is set to ON.

@redfitz We have encountered only one such experience where we had to remove all traces of the software files and re-install. Give that a test, if not it may be a version compatibility error.

@mageye & Midphase We will try to include Resolve compliance for the next version.

@dubzeebass I think you're pointing me to the metadata post. This might be possible for the future, but the next version will only contain metadata log texts.

@silvertonesx24 & SteveScout Output directories will be a part of the next release.

The latest version is coming along nicely and will hopefully be ready for release soon.

-Gavin

@Canon eos m : This sounds like a permissions error. Where are you extracting your files to? Try extracting the project to your desktop or public folder and running from there.

@kgv5 : We hadn't played around with DualISO too much in the past, but it seems really interesting so definitely possible. We will start testing it out in alpha stages as soon as we get the chance.

@arrinkiiii : The vertical banding is done by correcting luma amplification and not related back to the noise levels as with dark frame subtraction. Here is the write up from the code

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/**
* Fix vertical stripes (banding) from 5D Mark III (and maybe others).
*
* These stripes are periodic, they repeat every 8 pixels.
* It looks like some columns have different luma amplification;
* correction factors are somewhere around 0.98 - 1.02, maybe camera-specific, maybe depends on
* certain settings, I have no idea. So, this fix compares luma values within one pixel block,
* computes the correction factors (using median to reject outliers) and decides
* whether to apply the correction or not.
*
* For speed reasons:
* - Correction factors are computed from the first frame only.
* - Only channels with error greater than 0.2% are corrected.
*/

@dubzeebass : metadata dumps will be available in the next update!

@Midphase : CDNG is not part of our current plans. However, we will take a look into the format and see if it would be possible to integrate into our system.

It's great to hear back from you all. Keep the comments coming and we will continue to do our best to meet the communities needs.

[Mac Build]

Thanks for all the response from everyone so far. Were currently looking into the reported bugs. There is also a new release, as due to the steady request we've now compiled a Mac Build!  We hope you all enjoy it. Leave us a comment to let us know how you like it.

Thanks for the heads up Mario. I will do a sweep of the stripes fix to find the mix up.

Gary, the latest build was actually made on a windows 7 64 bit system. Could you give me any specifics on the files you are converting and the version of magic lantern you're running?

[Latest Updates version 0.5-Chroma smoothing-DUAL ISO-Drag and drop-Destination folder-Naming convention selection-Metadata LOG files-Sub Folder selection-Progress bar fixed-Program hanging while converting fixed]

Hi Everyone,

We've just completed our beta build of MLV Mystic, a Windows/Mac based GUI MLV/RAW to DNG batch converter.

It is a lightweight converter built upon g3ggo, a1ex and hudson's mlv_dump and raw2dng code.

We are happy to be able to share this converter with the magic lantern community, and hope you will weigh in with your suggestions, requests, or experience of bugs so we can make this software awesome and tailor it to best help the community.



Currently Supports

-Batch MLV to RAW and DNG + WAV

-Batch RAW to DNG

-Batch Dual ISO

-MLV reindexing

-Vertical stripe fix (for banding introduced by some cameras)



Planned Updates

-Compression

-Linux build? (based on demand)

Latest Updates version 0.5

-Chroma smoothing

-DUAL ISO

-Drag and drop

-Destination folder

-Naming convention selection

-Metadata LOG files

-Sub Folder selection

-Progress bar fixed

-Program hanging while converting fixed

Source code is available here: https://github.com/GTempler/MLVMystic

The latest builds for Windows and Mac can be found at our website: http://secondsparkproductions.com/index.php/blog


-Gavin