Camera Raw not recognizing dng files from MIRawViewer.

[muskrat]

Hi,
I am trying to work out a good work-flow for shooting RAW video (7D, ACR in PS CS5, FCPX).  I have had good results with shooting in RAW, converting using RAW2DNG then to ProRes 4444 with MPEG Streamclip and importing resulting file into FXPX. I have been trying to streamline my workflow and also have the option to EITHER convert to ProRes by shooting MLV and converting in  MIRawViewer OR use the ACR/DNG route.  I can convert MLV to ProRes successfully using MIRawViewer but the DNG files are not recognised by Camera Raw and will not open. I just get an error saying the files are not supported.  DNGs from RAW2DNG will open fine. I was under the impression that DNGs are DNGs and would always open? Can anyone explain to me what is happening here?
Thanks.

[so-rose]

The DNGs that come out of MLRawViewer have never worked for me - last I tried, it had a pink cast, suggesting an incorrect black level in the metadata. These things are unlikely to get fixed, as the project is deprecated.

MLRawViewer is still a great previewing tool. But the good news is, there are a lot of quite mature projects here that solve your entire workflow problem:

Any platform, MLVFS gives you clean working DNGs. Take a look: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=13152.0

Windows: MLVProducer is great. http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=15271.0
Mac/Linux: MLP is wonderful. http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=13512.0
Mac/Linux: Shameless advertising convmlv does a lot of stuff. http://magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=16799.0 (my personal workflow is, shoot MLV, convmlv, edit)

Setup of these takes some effort and research, but it's certainly worth it for the final output. No need to shoot in .RAW!

[Licaon_Kter]

@muskrat: See my comment here: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=9560.msg142928#msg142928

This is not yet fixed: https://redmine.darktable.org/issues/11398

[muskrat]

Wow! Thanks for the info Guys.  Very helpful.
Licaon_Kter re. the post that you linked to. Is editing MLRawviewer something I can do in TextFiend? If so where will I find the file? Or do I have to be a Python programmer in order to do this?