#apertus IRC Channel Logs

se6astian, yesterday around noon we decided to stop the experiments unsuccessful experiments with the axiom beta

right!

Are these *tested* or just a list of cards someone found in the internet?

these are just found on the internet

now we drive hdmi directly from the fpga

are github issues a good way to file bugs in e.g. mimg?

se6astian, i have problems with the mimg 1.8 version you uploaded two days ago

its widely untested so far

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I would like to know if it's late for an idea for the Gamma's form factor.

Anyways, first of all congrats for your great work! Seeing all the development team has made is inspiring to say the least!

The idea is a simple concept, but having read/watched many camera reviews, a common trend I see is that given the great image quality cameras are achieving nowadays, form factor has become a deciding/important factor for many people who have had experience with proffesional video cameras before.

What I come to say is that the Apertus cameras do not need to be reserved to the "cine" market. If a simple consideration can push them into the ENG/TV world, that's a win-win and a huge customer base (as the Apertus cameras can essentially have a "controllable color science", live productions can really benefit from that, with custom in-camera output luts for example).

This is essentially one of my gripes with the Gamma's design. I know the primary objective for the Gamma is to have a powerhouse of a camera that can do everything. But if it's hard to carry on your shoulders, many will overlook it in favour of others.

And thus, reduce the weight of the product. Take one of the Phantom Flex cameras as an example, they are boxy and utilitarian, but nevertheless, that doesn't influence in their usability at all

sebix: it worked with new images created via "convert input.png rgba:output.rgb"

hi rgon

I had a quick sketchup model testing the concept, whenever I get Sketchup running on my linux machine I'll send a picture if anybody's interested on what I mean by that

Yes, kinda. The hardware can be simple (well, in comparison). Just an FPGA receiving the TDMS HDMI signal (a Spartan can do) or an Artix (which has got transceivers) for an SDI input, and then a MIPI DSI LCD (cheap and readily available in 1080p+ resolutions)

A module that screws on top of another module, if you will

But the monitor would serve the simple purpose of being an in-camera remote control

se6astian, the parameter -D is mentioned in the help page but not implemented

** When i said "i don't know if the beta body will have SDI/HDMI output" i mean the Gamma body, just to clear up.

I think the best place to make suggestions is the lab in deed

Yay, I managed to display a histogram as overlay :)

Pretty useless tough, because I use the output of cmv_hist3 in a python3 script with matplotlib and then imagemagick to convert it to rgba... It takes 14s all in all

still cool :)

BTW, I've listened to the latest team talk and noticed a developer "in the UK" is developing the Apertus Remote. Is he here?

rgon: no he doesnt use IRC

Anyways, I'll also post it in the lab just in case

by checking the code how mimg writes overlay data

of course. And I also can "extend" cmv_hist3 to read the data from memory, process it and write the overlay.

https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/beta-software/tree/master/cmv_hist3

jep, I'm aware of it

commited all Beta internal software to github just 2 days ago

patches are welcome

but working on it

the c code could then also provide the python bindings

are there docs about the used registers and there purpose?

e.g. for the overlay, there's the scn_addr = 0x00000000. Which one of the maps is the relevant one here: https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/CMV12000_Register_Blocks

the base addresses can be seen in the bash functions

for the registers themselves, it largely depends on what kind of registers they are

the register size can be 16 or 32bits wide, (for LUTs and Matrix a special bitsize applies)

https://github.com/apertus-open-source-cinema/beta-software/blob/master/cmv_hdmi3/top.vhd

good night

off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!