Hi cpc, you are welcome.
I use Raw2cdng, so I can't convert to 14 bit. Only - 12 bit maximized, 16 bit and 16 bit maximized.
I converted to 12 bit to save space, I filled up 6 TB these last 6 months and I recorded 3 hours more of footage from the Play, so 3 hours in MLVs and converting them to 16 bit just don't fit on my drives. I am looking through the Compressed footage and so far no errors or missing frames, so I will delete the MLV's when I have checked all of them. First half of the footage I didn't have the Verification Pass checked, but can you tell me what the Verification Pass actually verifies. Is it doing the job for me, that I am doing right now?
The play doesn't require any colour grade, just colour correction and some contrast to make the look natural. So 12 bits is more than enough for that.
And another question, the Cdng's are not playable in MLRawViewer after compression, It plays a few frames and crashes. I also see that top half of the image is "broken", only in mlrawviewer. Not sure how Mlrawviewer works, might be it "expects" a certain uncompressed footage.. I don't know. With CC compatibility, the Compressed footage runs smooth in PP.