Messages

Hello, folks,

There´s a ML parameter called Sticky Shutter that is often used by many people to overcome the "problem" that all canon DSLR have, which shut down the mirror in live view mode after 30 minutes.
I intend to use my cameras ( mostly 5D Mark II and 700D ) for HDMI output and direct streaming, but I´ve seen articles claiming that the own camera shuts down to protect the sensor from high temperatures amd damage, Well...using Magic Lantern, it´s possible to record over 30 minutes. I myself have made many 1 or 2 hours recordings using this facility, but there´s always this question not answered, that using the camera in live view mode, or HDMI out mode, could be risky to damage the sensor, or create hot or dead pixels due to high temperatures ?

BTW, I have another question: My 5D Mark II, when using sticky shutter, displays a red HS inside a box. How could I get rid of this red box, because I want to stream directly from HDMI output ? I have disabled all overlays, which is set to "Always", but this square remains on the screen.

Thanks in advance

A1ex wrote:

"Looks like it's also disabled on 650D and 100D, and marked as "Glitchy" (not by me). Don't remember the reason, so it's probably worth enabling it and checking what exactly the glitch is. So, it was disabled in the first 650D port, and then it wasn't re-enabled because - I guess - nobody missed it. For HDMI out, we actually have found a cleaner method of disabling LiveView - it's used during raw recording, but it's not yet on the user interface for HDMI out. What about proposing this as an easy coding task?"

( sorry, I didn´t find the quote bottom, may be I stayed too many years away from foruns ), but I´d like to greatly thanks A1ex for the nice answer to my question. He brought good information regarding the subject and a the best of all: A possible solution. I don´t use RAW recording, but perhaps this should be the right way to overcome the problem of 30 minutes on the 700D, kind of tricking the camera to enable HDMI out while "supposing" that it´s recording without actually being. How to I propose this as an "easy coding task" or is there more information about HDMI OUT during raw recording ? Thanks. Indeed, we hope for a solution from the guys of ML. Only they can bring us.

Walter, thank you so much for indicating the answer. I would never find it. isn´t it a pity I purchased several cameras for the sole purpose of broadcasting through HDMI trusting that Magic lantern would clear all my overlays and make that sticky halfshutter as in my 5D Mark II ? I hope that ML guys soon could put this feature that I need it so much. I just can´t believe it´s true !!!

Hello, friends,

Excuse me for question about this, I can´t find on this forum the correct answer to 700D sticky halfshutter.
I use 700D mostly for streaming videos, and that 30 minutes limit is driving me crazy !
So, after some research I discovered that the feature  "sticky halfshutter" that normally would be on the PREF menu
would solve it. The problem is that with the latest ML firmware at least, there´s no  sticky halfshutter on the PREF menus or submenu. Am I blind ?
Any help on finding it is welcomed !

Thanks

Hello, fellows,

This is my first post here after many years. Currently, I am planning to use some Canon T5i and 5D Mark II cameras for live broadcast using live view and preview mode along with softwares like wirecast, or even Xsplit to youtube. I never had plugged an HDMI on my cameras before, and to my surprise, when I did it, expecting I would see the whole 16:9 screen filled with image, No way! With 700D, image is letterbox in any 1080 monitor, it´s just a rectangle in the middle of the screen. Using 5D Mark II, even using Magic Lantern 2.3 the image is blurred upon the rectangle and under it, and cropped on the sides ( black bars ), which anyway transforms usable image into a rectangle also. With magic lantern I got to remove the overlays on preview, but can´t get the image to fill up the whole 16:9 I need to broadcast. If I´m not mistaken, I´ve seen people using these cameras for live broadcast through HDMI, and I haven´t seen any letterbox images on it. What´s happening here ? Is there any way magic lantern could fix this, some parameter I am forgetting to set ? BTW, what´s the HDMI outputs of these cameras on preview mode ? 1080p or 1080i ? I connected to an avermedia 1080i PCI capture card and it worked. Some people say that if you plug an HDMI 1080p into a 1080i will not work, or the contrary, plug a 1080i into a 1080p capture card won´t work, is it true ? I´m deciding what a second and a third card should I purchase in order to connect all of them. Thanks in advance.

Hello, Alsey7, thanks for the answer, but do you have any idea if there is a way to set up 720p on 5DmarkII ?
BTW, I wouldn´t like to spend more money on a camcorder. I´ve spent so much in buying different cameras recently, so
I´m trying to figure out ways to use what I´ve just got here. Thanks.

Steal
Choose 720p at 60fps in the canon menu, and then use fps override to your desired frame rate

Hello Painya,

5DMark2 doesn´t have 720p on the Canon menu. That´s the problem. I thought that ML could enhance this somehow.

Thanks,

Dihelson

Hello, Alsey7, thanks for the answer, but do you have any idea if there is a way to set up 720p on 5DmarkII ?
BTW, I wouldn´t like to spend more money on a camcorder. I´ve spent so much in buying different cameras recently, so
I´m trying to figure out ways to use what I´ve just got here. Thanks.

Hello, friends,

I installed v2.3 on my 5Dmk2 and I would like to know how to record videos at 720p 30fps ( if it´s possible, since I continue to get only 480p and 1080p, but not 720p ).
For my daily tasks, 720p is better than 1080p, besides the fact that we have that 12min limitation on 1080p which is awful.
It would be amazing if we could record videos at 720p and over 30 minutes without stopping. I often need to work with interviews, so, it would be nice having more than 30 minutes.

-> IT DOESN´T NEED TO BE IN RAW

Thanks any help

Dihelson Mendonça