Magic Lantern (RAW) Video format v2.0 (mlv_rec.mo)

[g3gg0]

And as someone hinted - will there be raw container support for sync-sound?

the container is designed to get perfect sync between audio and video.
there is just no implementation for audio yet.

anyone wants to implement?

about performance:
yeah, the new format sacrifices a few MiB/s, but i think there is still some room for optimization.
but the numbers are not always that important - with the new format a lot of other advantages come up - metadata on nearly per-frame basis

[RenatoPhoto]

the container is designed to get perfect sync between audio and video.
there is just no implementation for audio yet.

anyone wants to implement?

I love RAW but all my videos are muted!  I will not carry additional recording audio because it is too complex for wildlife videos.  I really would love to have this implemented or to bring back the out of synch video-audio option.  There is a lot of people like me that could use it!  Not all video recording is done in a studio!

[Muf]

I love RAW but all my videos are muted!  I will not carry additional recording audio because it is too complex for wildlife videos.  I really would love to have this implemented or to bring back the out of synch video-audio option.  There is a lot of people like me that could use it!  Not all video recording is done in a studio!

Then you'll have to wait. RAW video is after all still experimental.

[xNiNELiVES]

An audio thread pertaining to the current sub-discussion: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7890.msg70058#msg70058
It would should also work for the H4N...

[1%]

yeah, the new format sacrifices a few MiB/s, but i think there is still some room for optimization.

There definitely is... write test LV open in play mode gives 91.8MB/s... something is using the CPU/taking edmac time.

[Doyle4]

Im sure there was a build for 600d that had the mlv module with it... cant seem too find it anymore 

[oddname]

So how is this module coming along? Feels like it is some time since one read news
Still waiting eagerly for the 5d2 version

[RenatoPhoto]

@ g3g00:  When I compile the modules in https://bitbucket.org/g3gg0/magic-lantern/commits/all  I get the same error in all modules:

Any help would be appreciated.

magiclantern@magiclantern-VirtualBox:~/G3GGo/magic-lantern/modules/autoexpo$ make clean
[ RM ]  autoexpo.o autoexpo.mo autoexpo.sym autoexpo.dep module_strings.h *.o *.d *.bmp *.dep *.sym
magiclantern@magiclantern-VirtualBox:~/G3GGo/magic-lantern/modules/autoexpo$ make
[ README   ]   module_strings.h
[ DIFF     ]   module_strings.h
/bin/sh: 1: ../module_hginfo_create.sh: Permission denied
make: *** [module_strings.h] Error 126

[escho]

Make module_hginfo_create.sh executable

or change Makefile.modules like this:

Code: [Select]

diff -r e428f411e2ca modules/Makefile.modules
--- a/modules/Makefile.modules  Sun Sep 15 10:55:26 2013 +0200
+++ b/modules/Makefile.modules  Sun Sep 15 14:50:52 2013 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 module_strings.h: FORCE README.rst
        $(call build,README, $(PYTHON) ../readme2modulestrings.py > $@)
-       $(call build,DIFF, ../module_hginfo_create.sh >> $@)
+       $(call build,DIFF, sh ../module_hginfo_create.sh >> $@)
 
 README.rst:
        $(call build,README,echo -e "$(MODULE_NAME)\n========\n\nPlease write a one-page description for your module here.\n\nYou may also add some metadata:\n\n:Author: <your name here>\n:License: <your license here>\n:Website: <your website here>\n\n" > $@)
Edgar

[g3gg0]

Make module_hginfo_create.sh executable

can you provide a patch for this?
on windows i cant do that

[escho]

Oh, Windows, I see! I didn´t realize, that there exist a operating system called Windows, too.
My solution is for compiling from a Linux-machine.

I´m not sure, Windows can understand bash-scripts (foo.sh) natively.

Using Windows I cannot help, because I only use Linux

Edgar

[1%]

MSYS is really nice... like power shell + cmd + bash all together... it let me use wildcards in cr2hdr when normal cmd wouldn't. Would probably execute the .sh scripts.

[AnotherDave]

Been out of a loop for a bit here... wondering where I can find the newest compiled version.

Things in this forum are getting a bit hard to follow...

[kaktus]

Cant use mlv_rec.mo on 6D. Message "OldAPI". I dont known why... Using "DualIso-FullPack" at 2013-08-11. What am doing wrong? What do I need to adjust?

[g3gg0]

in the main post in this thread thread is a _very_ simple and hackish MLV viewer to check your footage
it will read uncompressed MLV files and display the frames with just a few frames per second.
this tool was programmed in C# on windows, but it uses nothing windows-specific, so it should run on any OS using mono.

please remind:
 - this tool is just a PROOF OF CONCEPT
 - it is not meant as productional tool
 - i used it to check what is necessary to decode and view MLV files, its just my playground
 - it has bugs!
 - it will most likely not be continued
 - i shared it as a last resort tool in case you need something like that


notes:
 - shows the video in half resolution to simplify debayering
 - ramps exposure up/down if there is under/overexposure (so it may not be accurate enough for some of you)
 - has no white balance algorithm
 - just tested on 5D3, other cameras have different bayer patterns - didnt check them yet
 - it uses the coefficients from the raw info block, so color weighting should be correct
 - the scene is scaled to TV black and white levels (16..235) for a better looking playback

thanks to alex for giving me a lot of hints on how to process raw data efficiently

[arrinkiiii]

Sweet  THANKS 

[britom]

NICE!

[oddname]

That is awesome, allways wanted to be able to preview files before extracting etc =)

[Stedda]

Awesome work!

[RenatoPhoto]

here is a _very_ simple and hackish MLV viewer to check your footage
it will read uncompressed MLV files and display the frames with just a few frames per second.
this tool was programmed in C# on windows, but it uses nothing windows-specific, so it should run on any OS using mono.

Thank you g3g00, and Alex for the help!

I tried it with mlv files from 5D3 and 7D and works very well at all resolutions, cropped video, and 60 fps.  Also payed spanned files!

In windows 7 64 bits I open the program and the drag the file, after a little delay the player functions properly.

I hope your pull request is merged to unified soon!

Thanks for your great work and support.

[g3gg0]

thanks for the feedback.
the initial delay is when the tool scans all MLV chunks and creates an index.
so it knows the order of the blocks to process.

[g3gg0]

update:

 - fixed some crashing situations e.g. when pressing alt (downside: inefficient code)
 - use color matrix from the raw info instead of hardcoded, so the colors should look better
 - scaled colors to TV range (16..235) for a nicer look

[hookah]

Wow what a great tool !!!! VERY useful..
Just cleaned-up/deleted all my small test MLV videos 

[oddname]

Does one dare to ask if there is a module that works on the 5D2 yet? =)

[g3gg0]

i dont know what is wrong on 5D2. there were just reports of "hanging" module.
can you explain the problem in detail?