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I just hooked up an external monitor and enabled mirroring. When I record H.264 there is no glitch when beginning but when I stop the recording the video freezes for about 1/2 a second. Didn't check to see if that behavior happens when not running ML. Any thoughts anyone?

After installing the version Marek compiled I get nice ML overlays on the internal screen. Yes! BTW, when I start raw recording there is a 2-3 second outage on the external screen (SmallHD AC7), but stopping the recording does not seem to effect the video transmitted.

Cheers,

Andrew

Hi again,

I just hooked up an external monitor and enabled mirroring. When I record H.264 there is no glitch when beginning but when I stop the recording the video freezes for about 1/2 a second. Didn't check to see if that behavior happens when not running ML. Any thoughts anyone?

BTW, much of what made me take the plunge and get a 5D mk3 is due to the energy that all you contributors put into ML, usability enhancements, the raw video option and all. My work so far could not have been done without this. Thanks so much for your time and effort! I'll try to make it up by working at creating even better videos :-)

Cheers,

Andrew

Hi there,

is there a way to get rid of the "FPS override: ..." text when recording RAW? Except from disabling this function ;-) I tried searching this forum but didn't find any clue.

Many thanks in advance,

Andrew

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6. Not 50D specific, but I find it a real pain to autofocus in video mode, and usually only do it at the start of a shot. So what I tend to do, (if not manually focus0 is turn liveview off, autofocus the camera the 'normal' way, (as this works very quickly) and then switch it back to liveview and go from there. Would it be possible to automate this sequence? Live view off > autofocus > focus confirmation > liveview on? Assuming anyone else would find that handy of course. If that could be automated to a half shutter press or something, it would be freaken sweet.

You need a high resolution external monitor to get the focus right when filming HD video. I believe there's no way around that.

hmmm...i'm using a cheap-o bower usb2.0 reader i bought in chinatown.  i expected it to be the culprit so i bought a USB3.0 off newegg and it should arrive soon.  i wonder if i'll have better luck or if this is a more persistent problem.

komputerbay is getting back to me with tech support.  fingers crossed there's a solution i'll be able to share.

The 32GB SanDisk Extreme works fine in the Transcend reader that would not let me access the 64GB KomputerBay. Some speed tests tomorrow.

Hi Roman,

When you are shooting a regular H264 movie with the 50D, there are no manual controls.

it does not seem to be so for me. I can set ISO, aperture & fps just fine.

Hi eattheblinds,

and here's my first noob question: i'm trying to put the ML files onto my komputerbay 64gb CF and for some reason i can't even get my macbook pro to read the card.  tried the same card on my gf's mbp and it won't read it either.  is this a dead card or am i missing a step to make the card readable?

NOTE: the other CF card i have (an old/slow lexar that came with the 50D) works/reads just fine and allowed me to install ML 2.3.  haven't bothered to try to install the raw modules/autoexec.bin files on a card this slow.

I had the same problem: the FAT32 filesystem of the 64 GB (KomputerBay 600x) not being accessible via a Transcend USB 3 CF card reader--but through an old Microtrack (at abyssmal "speed"). Possibly it's the size! Trying a 32 GB card soon. Let's see if that solves the issue.

Just a basic HAMA USB 3.0 reader. On Windows, don't know how that works for MAC. Should be no problem, card reader = card reader... it's just usb... as far as I know.

That's what I thought, but the card usable by the 50D is not readable by the Mac OS: Unrecognized File System. Might a different card reader work? I am able to access the card through a M-Audio Microtrack, at an abyssmal speed...

Regards,

Andrew

Hi JulianH,

Advertised speeds are maximum read speeds. Write speeds are typically lower.

Just benchmarked my cards with CrystalDiskMark in the USB 3 card reader: [...]

which reader are you using? I tried one from Transcend on my Mac running OSX 10.7.5 but the DOS file system could not be mounted. ExFAT worked on the Mac but not on the 50D.

Regards,

Andrew