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#1
Ah, well to be honest I didn't come accross that thread.

But even after looking at it, It took me a long time to figure it out. Here's a few tips for those who are extreme windows newbies.

1. It doesn't matter what you name the command file, it just hast to END with the .cmd (suffix?) ending. So I called mine processingMLV.cmd

2. Place the MLV_DUMP.EXE file in a place where it's not going to move. You'll need this folder path to tell the command where to go.

Mine looked like this:

@echo off
for %%a in ( %* ) do ( md "%%~na" 2>nul )&( "C:\Users\Deming\OneDrive\Documents\MLV_Processing\"MLV_Dump.exe -o %%~na\%%~na_ --dng %%~na.MLV )


So, I put the MLV_DUMP.exe file in my Documents folder. Also note that the end qoutes need to be BEFORE the MLV.DUMP.exe -o%%...

Hope that helps someone else!
#2
I went out and shot a bit with the new lower data build. I was shooting on the 5dIII, 10bit, MLV.

When I got back, I tried to use the MLVRawViewer (as I've been used to using for a while - this is a great post on using that) Of course, it didn't work.

So, I looked into the MLV_DUMP.EXE and as someone who has never used the CMD prompt before, I was a bit over my head. Anyway, with the grace of God (!) I figued it out (thanks to this post here). I screen grabbed my workflow, it's a bit cumbersome, but boy is it fast.

Here's what I do.

1. Separate each .MLV file into a folder.
2. Copy the MLV_Dump.exe to each folder
3. In that folder, I select the MLV FILE, and then go to file/Open Command Prompt/Open Command Prompt
4. It opens with that file path connected to the .MLV File
5. Type in: mlv_dump --dng mXX-XXXX.MLV (in the images below I'd type in m15-1026.mlv)


Hope that helps someone!

1. Separate each .MLV file into a folder.
Separate into folders by sdeming, on Flickr

2. Copy the MLV_Dump.exe to each folder
Copy mlv by sdeming, on Flickr

3. In that folder, I select the MLV FILE, and then go to file/Open Command Prompt/Open Command Prompt
2_Select MLV File by sdeming, on Flickr

4. It opens with that file path connected to the .MLV File
3_CMD pops up by sdeming, on Flickr

5. Type in: mlv_dump --dng mXX-XXXX.MLV (in the images below I'd type in m15-1026.mlv)[/b] 4_Type in this by sdeming, on Flickr

There are your DNGs!
5_There's the DNG's by sdeming, on Flickr
#3
General Help Q&A / 43690x21841 file size via RAW
September 26, 2014, 07:23:52 PM
All of the other files are fine, it's just this one shot. I've included a screen grab. I think this happens if while recording you accidentally zoom in. Curious if there was a way to fix this file.

Shot on a mark 3


]Link to screen grab on Flickr-->https://www.flickr.com/photos/39595230@N08/15338364156
#4
Okay! It works!! Again, I'm going to post a tutorial but here's a quick fix if someone finds this same problem.

1. Yes, read the links provided by Walter above.
2. Read this post http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7337.0
3. Finally, watch this guy (it's on a mac, but you get the hang of it.) https://vimeo.com/68473652

last if you still can't figure this out, email me through my site www.sethdeming.com and I'll be happy to help you.

Cheers!
#5
Man. Did another file joiner (with four split up files) and check out what raw2cdng is showing for the resolution, frame rate, etc.


I'm going to try re-naming the split files in reverse order, merge them that way, and see if that changes things. I'll post back as soon as it's done merging.

Any ideas on this?

*EDIT no dice. :(
#6
Ha. Okay sorry (another question) what happens when you merge the files and raw2cdng shows this file as having a Resolution of 5282x47112?
#7
WHEW!

Okay, so glad you helped me. I want to let you know that tonight you were a huge blessing to another real person, namely, me. Thank you for your kindness. I also would like to pubiclly state that I will be posting a tutorial and pm'ing you with it on how to do this (for windows users).

You rock.
#8
Walter, you are amazing.
So, it does appear that the files are split, but I'm having a difficult time getting the File Splitter & Joiner program to even see the files I need to join together.

I think the problem is that my files don't have the .001 specification, instead they look like this:
#9
First, thanks for responding. Secondly, the files that I'm able to convert to CDNG have a .RAW file extension. These files have a .ROO file extension.

Also, can you point me into a direction as How-to merge the files? Thank you!
#10
So, here's a screen grab of what I'm talking about.



The files show various file sizes and seem to have date but raw2cdng will not recognize them. Any thoughts?
#11
Well, no big. I'll just wait. I got it working on the markII pretty well.
#12
So, I purchased Andrew Reed's ebook on shooting raw with the Mark3, and I'm excited to try this out.

I'm trying to install ML aug2nd build. Here's what I've done.

1. Formatted the card to ExFat  (64gig sandisk 45MB/s).

2. I put the Alpha for the MarkII (ml-5d3-113.fir with the accompanying ML folder) onto a SD card.

3. Put the SD into the camera, turned on, full battery, all that.

4. Updated firmware. Went through some percentages and the screen went black, came back and I had ML on my camera.

5. Turned off camera.

6.  Went and got the August 2nd build. Grabbed the zip file from google drive, unzipped.

7. Plugged my SD card back into my computer. Deleted everything except for the Cannon folders.

8. Put the 5D3-113-bootflag.fir, the ML folder and the autoexec.bin file onto the card.

9. Placed card back into camera.

10. Ran the firmware update. And I got a screen saying the following:

Firmware Update Program
Update file
cannot be found.
Please check the memory
card and reload the
battery and try again.


Not sure what to do from here. I've tried the method on Cinema5d's site and got the same results.

Thoughts?
#13
Sure, I'm not exactly sure how to change the header in post with out re-interpreting the footage.

Like I said, this question comes from me shooting on the sony fs100 which does indeed repeat frames. quite annoying. Thanks for your help, I'm very very excited about this feature!
#14
Ahh, so I am missing something and it's completely obvious. Makes sense, So I just tell my NLE (Premiere) to interpret the footage as 22fps and then I can conform that BACK to 23.976, correct?
#15
Hmm. I'll try it again, but that was not my experience while shooting at 22fps. The file type (when pulled off the card and onto the computer) showed as being 23.976. Am I missing something?
#16
This is more of a frames per second question than anything else.

So I could be using a Canon 5dmII with the Magic Lantern hack, or a Sony FS100 where the frame rates can be selected manually. At the end of the day, the file on the card shows the footage as being shot in a 23.976 capture. You with me?

Now, lets say for instance I shot a sequence at 3fps. The way the footage comes off the card is like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 -FRAMES
A A A A A A A B B  B   B    B   B   B   B   B   C  C   C  C   C   C   C  C  -IMAGES ON FRAME

So even though I'm shooting at 3fps, I'm actually getting 24 frames with many of the frames repeated to get me down to 3fps. Still tracking?

My question is how do you go about REMOVING the repeated frames so the footage can be remapped to an actual 23.976 time line.

Obviously, if I'm shooting at 3fps and I do this the footage will be very much sped up, but of course, if you're doing a dangerous stunt (like a car driving by a person's hand in the film Brick) you don't want the mustang driving past at 40mph, you film it slower and then speed it up. I have no idea how to do this when the footage is stored in a 24fps wrapper of sorts.

The same (and more relevant to everyday shooting) question is for filming at 22fps to then speed up to 24 for fight scenes, which is one of the many reasons to get magic lantern.
#17
General Help Q&A / Re: 5dmII FPS override question
July 29, 2012, 03:32:01 PM
a1ex, okay that makes a lot of sense. The interpolation between his frames looked so good, I wasn't sure if it was actually that. Thanks so much for all of your help this weekend sir.
#18
General Help Q&A / 5dmII FPS override question
July 28, 2012, 09:10:03 PM
After getting Magic Lantern on my 5dmII, I was searching for HDR video examples and came across this test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOST5270fS4&feature=related

I'm looking to understand the FPS control better. I've read the manual on this, but it appears that you can achieve 24fps HDR footage   (so filmic!) I'm guessing the footage needs to be shot in 48fps and then converted to 24fps. However when I film in that mode, the footage is (of course) imported as 23.976 footage. This whole process is a bit perplexing to me. Is there any resources or anything anyone can do help me understand this amazing feature more?

thanks in advance!
#19
General Help Q&A / Re: 5DII power on question
July 28, 2012, 05:02:31 PM
Okay. I feel like a dolt. I wasn't waiting long enough after opening the card door ( I thought that you only had to wait after powering down).

One of my pet peeves is people who don't read before asking. I read the best practices section but misread the card door section. Now I'm everything I hate

I'm going to go hide under a rock now.

Sorry A1ex, and thanks for everything!
#20
General Help Q&A / Re: 5DII power on question
July 28, 2012, 08:30:11 AM
If I do not enable live view, it does not freeze.

And if I power off by opening the CF card door, but leave the man switch on, it does not freeze.
#21
General Help Q&A / Re: 5DII power on question
July 28, 2012, 02:15:41 AM
A1ex,

1. after the camera powers down (after enabling live view), the LED next to the jog wheel blinks once by itself and after the 'sensor cleaning' screen it and the blue LED (the live view button) flash together.

2. If I power the camera down by opening the CF card door, and then turn the camera off, it still freezes (meaning I have to take the battery out again)

3. It does NOT happen if I keep the card in the camera after powering down.

I want to point out that I removed the .fir files for everyother camera BESIDES the mark2 - could this be causing my troubles?
#22
General Help Q&A / 5DII power on question
July 28, 2012, 12:59:38 AM
I just donated/installed the newest version of the Magic Lantern Firmware.

After turning my live view back on (which took me a min to figure out how to do that again...) I'm having one little annoying issue.

After I power the camera down and remove the CF card, the camera will not power back on until I remove and re-insert the battery.

Full Disclosure: I'm waiting at least 5 seconds before pulling the card out after the camera powers down.

Any thoughts?