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How do I install ML onto my 650D?

This is what worked for me:

Create a magic lantern folder on your hard drive

Download http://nanomad.magiclantern.fm/650D/magiclantern-v2.3.NEXT.2013Apr30.650D.PreAlpha2.zip (unzip all files to your ml folder on your hard drive)

On your camera select menu, first wrench icon, format card

download https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/99bd629f7c5712346369840e64c04fd2d4576520/platform/650D.101/devkit/650D-safe-dumper.fir?at=unified, then copy the .fir file to your card and put it back in the camera.

With the cam in manual mode, go to last wrench setting before star, fimware ver, set,  select ok, then my menu settings will read enablebootdisk

Put your card in the computer and download http://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe and run this program

Check EOS Devlop and Bootdisk boxes, save

Check the card, if EOS card wrote any files, delete them

Copy from your ML folder these files: ML folder, autoexec.bin and 650D-safe-dumper.fir to your card

Put card in camera and press the trashcan button after it boots, then the left arrow button to the left of the set button

I went through all this struggle and registered myself just to write this single post!

I can't seem to figure how to successfully install ML.
What i did:
1. Low level format
2. Put the FIR-file on the sdcard and then put the sdcard back in the camera
3. In Manual photo mode, go to the fourth wrench and do a firmware update.

Here's where the problem occurs, when it's done it says "Update file cannot be found. Please check the memory card and reload the battery and try again". 

I got firmware ver. 1.0.1

maybe you have a bad copy of the .fir file for some reason

download again and try

download https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/99bd629f7c5712346369840e64c04fd2d4576520/platform/650D.101/devkit/650D-safe-dumper.fir?at=unified

And on a Mac?

sorry, I'm not a mac person. Anyone?
there prob is an equivalent. Can you find the file and right-click?

How/where can you see the actual bit rate that your recording at?

Is it displayed on screen or are you checking the footage afterwards?

Thanks

if you're on a pc, go to the start icon and right-click to open the explore file utility. Find the file and right-click on it. Then select properties, then details.

GOT IT!!!

A million thanks to all

donjames150 - you were right. just had to repeat steps. think maybe i missed the 'delete EOScard-created files from card' part...

Great! Took me a couple of times as well 

To anyone who is willing to help this newcomer,

I carefully followed the instructions generously given by the following two members:

- wild05kid05 (May 05, 2013, 07:11:58 AM) - forum PAGE 49

- donjames150 (May 05, 2013, 04:09:55 PM) - forum PAGE 49

... and after running EOScard, getting the 'success' message, and re-inserting my SD card, my camera does not boot. Nothing. Black screen. No light telling my the card is being accessed. Just nothing. This has me pretty nervous, of course. I'm running Windows 7, if this matters.

Can anyone PLEASE help?

Ed B, I'm pretty sure these instructions are complete so try them again

Create a magic lantern folder on your hard drive

Download http://nanomad.magiclantern.fm/650D/magiclantern-v2.3.NEXT.2013Apr30.650D.PreAlpha2.zip (unzip all files to your ml folder on your hard drive)

On your camera select menu, first wrench icon, format card

download https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/99bd629f7c5712346369840e64c04fd2d4576520/platform/650D.101/devkit/650D-safe-dumper.fir?at=unified, then copy the .fir file to your card and put it back in the camera.

With the cam in manual mode, go to last wrench setting before star, fimware ver, set,  select ok, then my menu settings will read enablebootdisk

Put your card in the computer and download http://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe and run this program

Check EOS Devlop and Bootdisk boxes, save

Check the card, if EOS card wrote any files, delete them

Copy from your ML folder these files: ML folder, autoexec.bin and 650D-safe-dumper.fir to your card

Put card in camera and press the trashcan button after it boots, then the left arrow button to the left of the set button

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What settings did you use to make it work?

i just set mine at 60fps to see if it worked at all. Haven't tried any of the non-standard framerates

FPS over-ride does appear to be working

Aborgh, are up and running yet with ML?

Did you try running EOScard from a pc?

If not there's a MAC version
http://www.zenoshrdlu.com/macboot/macboot.html

So you need to extract files from Pre-alpha2 onto the formatted SD Card and put the safe-dumper.fir, then upgrade the firmware?

then make the card bootable by running EOScard

the .fir file makes the camera able to boot from the card and the EOScard program makes the card a boot drive basically

then the autoexec.bin file runs ML

How did the camera behave when you updated with that .fir?

the screen went to "my menu settings" and displayed "enablebootdisk" with a smiley below it

I can try booting in PC in a minute and do the different steps. What exactly does the 650-safe-dumper.fir file do?

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the .fir file makes it so the camera boots from the SD card

Step by step now if I will try again:

1. Low format the SD card
2. Put the safe-dumper fir on SD card
3. Put the SD card in camera and then put it in M photo mode.
4. go to fourth wrench menu and update firmware.
5. Pull out the SD card and put in the computer again
6. Use macboot and choose "Canon-scriptable"
7. Put ML folder and AUTOEXEC.BIN on SD card
8. Put it in camera and it should be fine?


Does it matter that I've tried to make EOS card before running the .fir file?

I didn't, the camera is just looking for the .fir file. BUT, I think we may need someone
who is a MAC person to jump in here who has successfully installed this because
I'm on a pc. Did you try with a new copy of the .fir file?

also you should try "clear settings" (selection above firmware selection) as Nanomad suggested

maybe you have a bad copy of the .fir file for some reason

download again and try

download https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/99bd629f7c5712346369840e64c04fd2d4576520/platform/650D.101/devkit/650D-safe-dumper.fir?at=unified

maybe "clear settings" (selection above firmware selection)

rather than have to figure out where all these files are at..........

Create a magic lantern folder on your hard drive

Download http://nanomad.magiclantern.fm/650D/magiclantern-v2.3.NEXT.2013Apr30.650D.PreAlpha2.zip (unzip all files to your ml folder)

On your camera select menu, first wrench icon, format card

download https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern/src/99bd629f7c5712346369840e64c04fd2d4576520/platform/650D.101/devkit/650D-safe-dumper.fir?at=unified, then copy the .fir file to your card and put it back in the camera.

With the cam in manual mode, go to last wrench setting before star, fimware ver, set,  select ok, then my menu settings will read enablebootdisk

Put your card in the computer and download http://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe and run this program

Check EOS Devlop and Bootdisk boxes, save

Check the card, if EOS card wrote any files, delete them

Copy from your ML folder these files: ML folder, autoexec.bin and 650D-safe-dumper.fir to your card

Put card in camera and press the trashcan button after it boots, then the left arrow button to the left of the set button

I tried the HDR video function and it works great