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Looks Clean & Sharp, what kind of Lens did you use?

@reddeercity Can't wait, but what is the atdg_gui build file for? So far the only way to use 10bit or your possible build is to push the magnify but for 5X to put in crop mode and you have to have a lens like 24-70mm 2.8L lens to view?

Very interested in purchasing, How Much?

I'm not great at coding but I'm willing to do what I can to Help on R&D. I use the latest build but I still use Feb142014 MLV2.0 & Oct232013 ML1.0, how stable are the Dec19,2016 in 1.0 and 2.0? I would love to film in audio but I have enough High Quality Audio Devices that I could easily record external audio with excellence, I need clean RAW Video. All day I will be doing a thorough test of Magic Lantern just so I can know which is good under pressure for some project I'll be working on for the next 3 months. Any Advice? Lastly I've decide post-process will be MLVFS to ACR In AfterEffects for White Balancing, AfterEffects for ProRes 4444XQ and Latest FCPX for editing and Grading. Is this the best post-process for Magic Lantern RAW?

@dfort Thanks for all your doing for The Goal of lower bit rate. I do have a question to ask and maybe its been asked before but why does the 5D Mark II stay at MLV 1856 and MLV Lite 1880?

This video is awesome, very informative and something I've been look for the last 4 years of Magic Lantern. I'm using 5D Mark II so I'm curious what lens did you use, what the highest ISO did you use and lastly do you prefer DiVinci over Adobe Raw and AfterEffects to process into ProRes4444XQ?

@reddeercity which build did you use for flawless 10bit 8min recording?

@dfort and @reddeercity for your help to make 5D Mark II even better, which build is the best so far Dec1, Dec12, or Dec18  I never got Dec9? I had some corruption with Dec18 but I'm going to do some more test, also will there be a update build from @dfort for 5DMarkIi soon?

Where Can I fine the file to test out, and is this the best build so far?

Make sure you format CF card in Camera
Then take CF card out of camera
Put in CF card reader
Then install nightly build
Put back in camera
Then go to firmware update
Then update then follow installed memos.....

I am prepping for a Pilot shoot and my research shows that House Of Card shot in 2:1 format, any tips for me shooting with my Canon 5D Mark II and what's you favorite Firmware to date.

ML you guys have taking my 5D Mark II to the next level so I wanted to first state that if the ML 5D Mark II firmware is at its ceiling I am very greatful and I Thank You Guys very much. Now for my leading project for this year is a Pilot Episode, I've use a lot of firmware version and I have a few I use for projects but up to date what are the best stable firmware version? I also want to shoot 2:1 format, does anyone have any tips on shoot in 2:1 because this is the format that was use for House Of Cards and I like it because it can be covered well for UHDTV?

@a1ex I've just sent my PM ROM Dumps to you via Dropbox link, let me know if you have any problem accessing  them. Thanks

Looks AWSOME, I see you guys didn't use Mattebox so can you let me know you Aspect Ratio of your film, your percentage of the film that you use the 50mm for and what is your final Resolution output from 1080p. I hope these are clear question, I just want to know my handicapp on my 5D Mark 2 to workout.

Thanks for the heads up @reddeercity and @Doyle4
I shot a couple of project this summer and I used the Feb 15 build and it worked well for me. I will be filming soon a music video and a pilot for a drama series, so I will do some pre-production test with this Aug 20 build to check for its stability. Is the Aug 20 build better then Oct 24 RAW or Feb 15 MLV Build, for me the best build is Oct 24 because you should never sacrifice pixel if you can. It's hard to explain to most people 2K and 4K is irrelevant if your not watching a 200 inch screen or Multiplex IMAX theater screen. Pixel equal Sharpness, Dynamic Range equal low light variation and Color Space equal RGB calibration. So the question after beating the human eye in distinguishing pixel, the only question remains is how are you processing the image? 1920x1080 is a large enough image that it will retain native sharpness to the image, Dynamic Range is up kept by having control of Raw image or lightning technique and, finally Color Space is the RGB up keep is determine on your colorist bit rate process that resembles x.v.YCC' colour specification. But I could be wrong so please anyone tell me why would 2K or 4K be so better then 1080p on 60, 70, 80 or 100 inch screen?

Full res RAW video but quite low fps numbers.

So does this mean the 5D Mark II can do Full Res 23fps
(Let's take the 5D2 first. The main clock, from FPS override, is 24 MHz. Timer A is configured at 0x5db+1 = 1500 units. In the second part of the exposure, timer B is configured at 0xdf+1 and then at 0xedc+1. Exposure time is 1 / (MainClock / timerA / timerB), so the timers are programmed to do 1/71.42 + 1/4.20 seconds = 0.014 + 0.2378 seconds).

Didn't know that it is that usable already 
The long delay is no problem, I'm mostly interested in nighttime time lapses, skies full of stars.
Normally I would have 15 or 20 seconds between pictures for nighttime time lapses
Do you have a 6d build with full res silent pictures option, or should I ask somebody else to compile it for me ?

I'm confused about this new develop in the Silent Pictures, so what does it allow for you to do higher DNG VIDEO Then the RAW or MLV?
In laymen terms what is the new development.

Don't forgot about the 5D2 it's has very few limitation and is the Most stable of all the Camera, Can shot up to 2K in Crop,
you can monitor and record the HDMI while recording raw @ near HD resolution (1872x936 or 1856x928) .
The price is coming down for Used, seen them anywhere from $800.0 to $1500.0 for a low activation units (less then 5000), still cheaper then a 5d3
I'm shooting a low budget feature in the Last 2 week of August with my 5D2, more then likely I will be filming @ 2K Crop depending
on the scene thou. 

Good luck on the Feature David, I will start shooting a couple of projects in the middle of July till the end of September so what builds are you using?

MLVMystic has been working well for me!

Thanks Jimmy
OK I have MLVMystic, Is it better than the Mac version of RAWMagic?

I bought RawMagic, It Good no problems with 5D2. But I  still Prefer to use raw2cdng & convert on the PC, edit on the Mac.
I use my PC Laptop with USB 3.0 with external drive and convert,  plug the drive in to the mac as it will read the files or copy over
a simple network share.  The PC cdng work right in fcpx, but rawmagic ones don't . If you don't work with fcpx  it's not a issue.

So what's the recommended conversion for a MAC Moment Taker that wouldn't dare touch a PC, and I will be filming some projects from July 7 to Sept 19 2014 are the Oct 24 for RAW without Audio and Feb 16 MLV with Audio still the most stable build, I don't want to look Ghetto to my Low Budget Crew?

It all depends on your CF card, I use a Lexar 1000x 64, 32GB. I found in Crop Mode to get the needed speed for continuous, Buffer fill rate "0"  78-79MB/s with audio,  In 1:1 "1" is ok unless you use a HDMI device then you need that write speed again .
Some of the cards like the komputerbay's are better at fill rate of "4" as per Ted's test on the first page of this thread.
Also on my one Sandisk Extreme 32GB 90MB/s works better at fill rate of "0".
On smaller frame sizes thou it may not make that much differences, so play a little bit with it 

What's up with all the Failed Build links, I'm going into preproduction all June. Are the most stable builds for 5D 2 still Oct 24 for Raw and Feb 16 build for MLV?

The easy answer, have a look at Film Convert Pro it a plugin that can give you different looks with out having to know about advanced grading techniques.
The long answer is to learn about color space, from photo to film and all formats , and pay extra attention to the A.C.E.S. work flow 
http://www.oscars.org/science-technology/council/projects/aces.html 

When I use Film Convert Pro These are the setting I like to use :Camera Source "Red One", Film Stock "Fuji 8543" and adjust from there.

Maybe A.C.E.S (Academy Color Encoding System) actual workflow dialog went over my head, now I read the ACES booklet that standardize bit rate and resolution. I've even watch some uninformed video that let you know what the want to accomplish with A.C.E.S , but now workflow. So the diagram explains that the A.C.E.S workflow would be implemented after you capture the image then output footage into A.C.E.S workflow. So my question is A.C.E.S a format unifying software for converting all formats to a single format or is it a format that will be standard in all hardware that's in development stages.

For bigger project I go to CDNG's to ACR with After Effect, (Pre-Grade) bring color to video legal color space(16-245) (high-light recover) 
then export to 32bit float ProRes4444 which will yield a 12bit Mov, you will lost a little bandwidth but that's why to burn in your adjustment
with A.E. and 99% time that's all you really need (no scaling leave that to fcpx) , and then editing is a breeze in FCPX, I'm on 10.1.1 and I love it, one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse and away I go . But if the project is small ,lets say 10 to 15 or more minute then I would by-pass ACR and directly
import as a Cdng image sequence and make your Compound Clip then work for there, that when I use Film Convert Pro and use the "Red One "
For Camera source and FJ film stock emulation or just grade it normally .Try and keep the Cdng sequence to about 2000 frames per compound clip,
or unless you are on a New ProMac with dual GPU's (I wish).
Tiff are to big to work and unless you are scaling to 4K there no need to weigh down the system resources as there are 3X larger.
FYI If you go to your Info tab on the Inspector window on your Cdng files in the Setting view and you can override the default color-space  from
Adobe RGB(1998) to rec709, sRGB or (601 EBU (pal) & 601 170m smpte (ntcs) SD color space).
I find this is the most effective way when you are under time constraints and have no time for file ingest problems or long watch periods.
I need quick turn around times and there is nothing faster at this quality level, but I have hi-hopes for  Drastic's MediaReactor with a direct MLV plugin
for FCPX there are working on.

Thanks for the info
Can you please explain your Pre-Grade method in afterEffect(do you mean your image filter choice)? Also I'm working on Mac so can you explain the Inspector Menu option, is that in the finder option of the file?

@ dariSSight , MLV is changing all the time I think there is going to be a v3.0 soonner or later, and hopefully with the return of 1880 included but I'm not holding my breath on that thou. I would use what you are conformable with, and if that's oct24th with out audio then use it.
I don't what people to stop trying the latest builds as there are some real interesting stuff now.
But for Paid Work there cannot be a second of doubt and ever thing has to be rock solid and for me I choose to use the feb16 NB(but really feb15)MLV+Audio
with rock solid hdmi support for evf or recorders. At close to full HD at 2:1 1872x936 with about only 7-9% scaling or non at all. If you don't need audio then the v1.0 raw from Oct24th is still superior specially in Crop Mode at 2K (2048x930)  or  1:1 at (1872x1014,1856x1004) 1.85:1 A.R.
Because I need HDMI & Audio with raw and 1872x936 2:1 fills my needs just right I use MLV & Crop modes Ok but at a lack of performance you are
limited to 2048x872 2.35:1 23.976p. continuous  with audio thou .
I'm booked to film a Total Green Screen Music Video  and I plan on Using the feb16 NB because I need hdmi recorder for backup  I Know I will not have a Problem on Set.
I always error on the side of caution.

THANKS for Your Quick response back one more question.
I will definitely keep using and testing new ML NB, I was just inquiring on stable on set builds and it seem we are on the same page. Now, your saying with Feb. 16th Build I can shoot at Aspect Ratio 2:1 1872x936 with MLV+Audio and only 7-9% upscaling to FullHD? Lastly have you use any of the new MLV converters and do you still stand by your workflow .RAW into RAWMagic output DNG to ACR output Tiff into FCPX? I've been very please using your workflow but just wanted to know do you stand behind this workflow even in the progress ML has made since you post last?

Reformat you card, and reinstall ML. If on a windows machine use the card reader and do a right click go to "tools"
and do a "Error-checking" if that Ok you can try 16kb allocation unit size instead of 32. I know on my 32GB 60MB/s Sandisk
I reformat to 16kb allocation unit size to get a faster stable write speed , I thinks 1600x800 (50MB/s write speed needed) or something like that.
After you reinstall start with a smaller size like 1600x800 23.976 or smaller until you get continuous then slowly increase the frame size,
plus play with you buffer fill rate. Usually 0 or 1 but 4 my also works.
Your card is faster so there must be a setting not right, in the canon menu I have my photos set to SRAW2 (2784x1856 5.2M) and no Jpegs.
But Yes you are limited that why its recommended to use a 1000x card, personal I have 2 Lexar 1000x 64GB, 32GB, continuous at
1872x936 (older build Feb 16 no longer available after that date) or 1856x928 on newer builds.
You only need 4 Modules to get Raw video with audio,   5D2_212.sym, file_man.mo, mlv_rec.mo, mlv_snd.mo.

So let me sum up ML Raw, .RAW best output was Oct. 24th 2013, .MLV RAW best output was Feb. 15th that shows up as Feb. 16th 2014 and it's official ML has decide for standardize format is to 5D Mark II from continuous 1880x800 to 1872x936 now 1856x928. Do I have this round up right? So what does this mean for reaching toward closes possibility of FullHD, we will never have 1920x1080 24p but the closes is .RAW Oct.24th 2013 build? Reddeercity please give me your Oct 24th UP to DATE break down on RAW availability. I have a short and Pilot with 3 additional episode I will be filming in ML RAW next month so I will take my testing and your word on my best and worse case.