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2014/09/19

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00:14
intracube
and some of the cameras from big name manufacturers have some rather odd design decisions
00:15
intracube
I was just looking at Sony's NEX-VG900 and it has a 24 megapixel sensor but has a maximum video res of 1920x1080
00:15
Bertl
you can't have enough megapixels on the paper :)
00:15
intracube
sure it takes stills, but that's not really the purpose of a camcorder, and then you get all the downsides of having to deal with those extra pixels
00:15
intracube
Bertl: true :( salesmen love it
00:16
intracube
VG900 seems to have quite noticeable moire/false colour issues and isn't that sharp
00:16
aombk
yes but videores needs a lot of processing and bandwidth thats why they dont use the full potential of the sensor
00:16
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intracube
aombk: right, they can't. then suffer the consequences of poor downscaling. even though it takes nice, sharp stills...
00:17
aombk
sony charged 1000usd for a firmware update that unlocked 4k i think, some days after a hacker had unlocked that that feature
00:17
intracube
they should've put in a 3 or 4k sensor, properly downsampled
00:18
intracube
and would've got better low light as a bonus
00:18
aombk
before that, sony sold a much more expensive camera for 4k
00:18
intracube
heh
00:20
aombk
the thing is, corporations are a departments mess
00:20
aombk
they have very skilled technical departments but they dont make the decisions
00:21
intracube
yep, the marketing men do
00:21
aombk
yes and thats a pity.
00:21
intracube
or at least have too much influence
00:31
derWalter
so much to read again :D - nice!!
00:31
derWalter
btw... how will scottland vote, what do you think??
00:37
intracube
derWalter: it's going to be close. but the 'no to separation' votes have a slight lead
00:37
derWalter
looks like, yes :((
00:38
intracube
that's a bad thing? :)
00:39
intracube
even if you're in favour of separation, the forward planning if that were to happen is almost non-existent
00:40
intracube
imo if yes vote won, it should've been a staged separation over 10 years or so
00:40
intracube
but anyways, off topic :)
00:44
derWalter
mhhhhh the mp4 looks so much different from the original uploaded one....
00:45
derWalter
sometimes i miss the contrast, sometimes its to much (the grafiti scene)
00:45
derWalter
but nice grading in general
00:46
aombk
youre talking about the link i pasted?
00:53
intracube
aombk: did you add a mist filter to your grade?
00:54
aombk
yes, is it obvious or hard to spot?
00:56
aombk
gotta go. be back later. i intend to continue the grading of footage. so, any feedback appreciated
00:56
intracube
more noticeable on a few shots - the graffiti and owl
00:57
intracube
it doesn't look wrong
00:57
intracube
just stylised
01:02
intracube
I used a similar filter and dialled it up quite high on a couple of shots
03:04
derWalter
Bertl: what are you working on at the moment?
03:05
Bertl
a breakout board
03:07
derWalter
designing or welding?
03:08
Bertl
designing at the moment, I did some soldering a few hours ago :)
03:11
derWalter
hrhr :) i am just writing to pirate bay to promote the corwdfunding campaign
03:34
derWalter
und jetzt schreib ich noch vimeo an *fingers crossed*
03:50
derWalter
Bertl: wie lautet dem sebastian seine emailadresse?
03:51
derWalter
ah, now i start talking german cause its so late :D or would it better to use philippes email adress for contactinfo @vimeo?
03:52
Bertl
*email address removed* should be fine I guess
03:56
derWalter
kk
03:58
Bertl
thanks for your help!
03:58
Bertl
off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!
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Bertl
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04:05
derWalter
yo, me too...
04:05
derWalter
job done..
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06:38
se6astian
good morning
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07:30
danieel
aombk: i would not say hacker to a guy who edited a preference file and run md5sum over it :)
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08:09
aombk
danieel, what are you reffering to?
08:13
danieel
sony f5 "hack"
08:30
aombk
how would you call that?
08:34
aombk
preference file edit
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11:55
derWalter
asdf
12:38
Bertl_zZ
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12:39
Bertl
morning folks!
13:11
derWalter
moin
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theuberkevlar
aombk, I believe the term people use is "script-kiddy". If it really was as simple as danieel makes it sound.
13:32
theuberkevlar
It's a like a way of saying "wanna-be hacker"
13:33
Bertl
in any case, AXIOM Beta is for hackers and script-kiddies :)
13:34
danieel
theuberkevlar: http://provideocoalition.com/images/uploads/Hallett%20pics/Screen_Shot_2014-08-29_at_9.01.20_PM.png
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seku_
that's good, i'm more a script-kiddie than a hacker :)
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theuberkevlar
I'm like a wanna-be script kiddie, I can follow instructions from a script-kiddie
13:39
theuberkevlar
danieel, that's really cool that the unlock is so simple
13:43
aombk
anyway, i have no problem with him, if some people want to call him script-kiddy or wannabe hacker or watever i dont care. he altered something in his proprietary camera and he unlocked locked features
13:44
danieel
he probably used an F55 formatted media in his F5 camera :)
13:46
danieel
anyway, the reaction of sony was good - better than in PS3 hack era
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Bertl
they've probably learned a bit since back then ...
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theuberkevlar
how did they react to the ps3 hack? I've always been a pc gamer so I totally miss out on console news etc.
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Bertl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz
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14:28
se6astian
good evening/afternoon
14:30
mars_
hi se6astian
14:31
se6astian
hi mars_
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16:33
theuberkevlar
Another percent up! :)
16:33
mars_
go go go!
16:34
theuberkevlar
I'm tweeting like crazy! I hope you guys are too, except for those of you who are actually making stuff. ;)
16:40
Bertl
great! keep up the good work!
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se6astian
hurray, just retweeted
16:51
theuberkevlar
:D
16:51
theuberkevlar
did you retweet the one where I gagged about the iphone?
16:51
theuberkevlar
haha
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se6astian
sure
16:53
se6astian
I saw the iphone can now shoot 4k :)
16:53
se6astian
and the app that does it costs only 1000$
16:53
Bertl
we should make an app which does 8k for only 1500 USD :)
16:54
Bertl
there is no limit to what interpolation can do :)
16:54
theuberkevlar
haha
16:55
intracube
hi all
16:58
Bertl
hey intracube!
17:00
aombk
are you people aware of other options for field recorder
17:00
aombk
appart from atomos and blackmagic
17:01
intracube
hey Bertl :)
17:01
Bertl
se6astian: what was the gaming capture device which worked before the atomos?
17:04
aombk
Bertl, it captured to h264 or something?
17:04
Bertl
no, actually it captured raw data IIRC
17:13
se6astian
its called "elgato"
17:13
se6astian
it does capture H264
17:14
se6astian
but you can at least choose the datarate in their software (windows only of course) :)
17:15
Bertl
so it uses a hardware codec?
17:16
aombk
you tested it with alpha?
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aombk
atomos products seem to be the only option atm
17:25
aombk
but they are not cheap
17:25
se6astian
aombk: yes with the alpha
17:25
se6astian
probably some h264 hardware encoding acceleration inside the device yes
17:26
se6astian
atomos are not the only option
17:26
se6astian
there are quite a few recorders out there
17:26
se6astian
and with hdmi to sdi converters even more
17:33
aombk
you think it will be possible to monitor the video and have zebras and focus peak etc with an android phone or tablet or there are limitations?
17:35
se6astian
there are no plans currently to stream video to an android device
17:38
Bertl
but it would be possible to do with a fast encoder (preferably on the arm cores) and some streaming protocol (RSP) plus an android app/applet of course
17:38
Bertl
just not something we will focus on
18:05
intracube
can you guys see any practical way of recording 120fps straight to h264?
18:05
intracube
is there any existing product that can do it?
18:06
intracube
if 50Mbit/sec is needed for decent quality 24p, then 120 would be something like 250Mbit/sec
18:07
intracube
all the proprietary devices seem to be limited to standard framerates
18:07
intracube
(**all the ones I've looked at)
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intracube
HDMI/SDI interfaces would be a limitation I suppose
18:13
skinkie
intracube: at the IBC EBU meetup BBC showed that they used an AJA compressor at 8K resolution
18:16
intracube
skinkie: any idea what framerate?
18:21
skinkie
intracube: i know the NHK stuff is 120Hz but I guess BBC was doing 60
18:22
intracube
50Hz would be more likely for UK/EU equipment
18:32
danieel
intracube: there is a bitrate limit in h264 for each level... not sure if there is one covering 250Mbit
18:34
danieel
hardware encoders are usually 1080p30, with few exceptions which do 1080p60, and there are then some dsp's for multiple streams of that
18:37
intracube
I was wondering if it would be possible to distribute the raw frames across a number of hardware h264 encoders, then mux into a single stream
18:38
intracube
and it would need to be I-frame only
18:39
intracube
having a GOP structure with multiple h264 encoders likely wouldn't work
18:40
danieel
jvc did it that way for 4k/30
18:40
danieel
by quadrants and overlap
18:42
intracube
didn't they also split the encoded stream across multiple SD cards?
18:47
skinkie
intracube: i heard that Adtec was using a similar technique
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19:22
aombk
i am very impatient i think i am going to get the 20k perk
19:24
aombk
will the whole team come to dinner?
19:27
Bertl
depends on where you live I guess :)
19:38
aombk
it doesnt say so in the perk description
19:43
intracube
the campaign needs more coverage! €2211/day avg will be needed to hit the target
19:43
intracube
unless aombk goes for the deluxe dinner date :D
19:47
intracube
sites like blendernation.com blenderaritsts.org would be worth posting to
19:47
intracube
anywhere where indie film makers lurk
19:48
intracube
assuming the site admins allow it
19:51
intracube
slashdot ?
19:53
se6astian
I posted to slashdot
19:53
se6astian
let me check how far down out post has been voted already :)
19:55
se6astian
hmm cant even find the submission
19:55
se6astian
maybe it never made it into the system
19:55
se6astian
please feel free to repost :)
20:17
intracube
se6astian: oh ok. I'm just checking with google. maybe it isn't indexed yet
20:18
se6astian
na I guess it was never posted
20:19
se6astian
but here I just reposted
20:19
se6astian
http://slashdot.org/submission/3858453/linux-powered-open-source-cinema-camera-now-crowdfunding
20:19
se6astian
please upvote :)
20:32
intracube
done
20:35
intracube
there was also this from 2010: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/08/30/1639248/apertus-the-open-source-hd-movie-camera
20:36
intracube
a lot of the discussion focused on whether apertus would get hit my MPEG-LA/h264 licensing issues...
20:36
se6astian
yes there were lots of comments at the time
20:36
se6astian
lets hope people are still that interested in it now
20:37
se6astian
"Well, the name "Apertus" suggests it's supported by both Aperture Science and Hogwarts."
20:38
intracube
those mpeg-la comments are incorrect I assume?
20:38
intracube
since you won't be developing your own recording device for the Beta?
20:39
se6astian
and since we will avoid H264
20:43
Bertl
yes, I think slashdot, despite having lost a lot over the years, would be nice :)
20:44
Bertl
so maybe send them an email whenever you get around :)
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se6astian
time to go to bed
21:21
se6astian
good night!
21:21
Bertl
night!
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