Hack Tip for OSX users. Use Chrome.

russroca — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:13:11 -0400

Just spent about two hours thinking I was going crazy trying to download patches from PV :) I would click on the image of the supposed hack zips and nothing would happen. Tried it on Safari and Firefox. Finally downloaded Chrome and low and behold it worked.

Any other Mac OSX users have this issue?

Russ

Difference between a Hack and a Patch ?

TruHype — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:02 -0400

Could someone explain me the difference between a normal hack and a patch please ? (if there is one ?) On this site they say how to hack the camera (Ch.3), but on Ch.4 it tells us how too use patches, like "Spanmybitchup v1".

http://osgfilms.com/gh2-quickstart/

So is there any difference ?

Thank you.

GH3 RAW Video Possible? Now for Canon 5D MkIII....

AdamT — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:16:01 -0400

According to EosHD, Magic Lantern is on the verge of releasing a hack that will make it possible to record RAW video on Canon DSLRs, rivaling if not surpassing the quality of the BMC. Go to Voldemort hideout...

What do you say, Vitaly? Up for the challenge? :-)

TC-252 Remote and Flow Motion v2.0 Hack Help

golson — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:27:24 -0400

I have a TC-252 remote for my GH2 with a v2.0 Flow Motion hack and it seems that the burst mode is not working right. When using the shutter release to start burst mode, it seems to just take a single picture like in single picture mode. I am unable to burst with this hack using the remote. I will try to go back to original firmware later to see if it happens then. But just letting everyone know in case they have this issue or figured out a workaround...thanks

GH1 4:3 Ratio Settings

AlbertZ — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:13:07 -0500

I am going to shoot my next work in 4:3 ratio with my GH1 (I love this ratio) however it seems to me that the only "native" 4:3 mode is MJPEG 640X480. Too low, indeed. Of course, I could record in 16:9 HD and then crop in 4:3 with software...however it would be great to record watching directly through the viewfinder in 4:3 in order to frame each shot.. can you suggest any patch for 4:3? Both MJPEG and AVHCD... Thanks!

Canon XA20/XA25 - AVCHD codec- hackable?

wielkiczarnyafgan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:37:44 -0400

Hey. Canon just showed new, great pro videocamcorder with new avchd 50/60fps 28mbit/s codec. I am wondering I it could be hacked in future?

GH2 60p For slow-mo lyrics video

thougts2uk — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:57:54 -0400

Hi guys, can anyone recommend a 720 60p setting for the GH2. I have Intravenus currently installed for 1080p but need a good 720p 60p setting. I will be filming a music video in a wooded area amongst lots of trees.

Thanks for you help guys,

Settings idea

VK_Editing — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:28:59 -0400

I know there are TONS of hack threads discussing all different hacks and all the details relating to each hack... but let's get a quick, at a glance, thread where we can see what the BEST of the BEST are... And what's most stable.

Specify with short keywords -- Good spanning, great low light, VERY stable, etc.

Hereeeee we go!

Want list of patches with descriptions

T1000 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:06:29 -0500

Hello everyone! I'm new to the site. Is there or does anyone have a complete list of all patches with descriptions and links on one page?

Where to find the latest version of the gh2 hack?

Jens94 — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:42:26 -0500

Hello! I'm very intrested of installning the hack to the gh2!

Where can I find the latest and best hack to my camera?

Best regards Jens

Looking for very RELIABLE PATCH with INTENSE COLORS

simonhestermann — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:20:12 -0500

Hey everyone,

I've been quite impressed by the great image detail the all-new 4:4:4 hacks produce, but I still have problems with their RELIABILITY, colors don't look that great for me and I also have to deal with HORIZONTAL WAVES that destroy the image. Unfortunately, I'm also quite new to hacking and don't really know which patch to choose.

Is there anyone who could recommend a patch with a bitrate around 40MBPS and INTENSE COLORS (e. g. similar to Canon 5D Mark III or GoPro Hero Silver Edition) and that could be used BOTH WITH a LUMIX G Vario 14-140MM and a SLR MAGIC HYPERPRIME 12MM?

Thanks in advance. Simon

I P B Scaling Tables?

kseaq — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:09:39 -0500

Hello,

First time user, simple question.

Based on the various hack settings, I'm instructed to input a variety of values for Scaling I P B. However, I'm becoming frustrated because under the quantizer scaling tables section in Ptools the only options I see are Scaling high, med, low T1, T2, T3.

What am I supposed to do about these scaling settings? No problems other than this.

Thanks.

Suggest me cinematic settings

DaveVegas — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:25:08 -0500

Hi there!

I know this has been discussed over and over but I don't find a simple answer to that. What is the best cinematic hack, with best quality image (I have 95mb/s 64gb card) I just need to know.

I'm shooting a short tomorrow with quite a lot of VFX and I tried some hacks and from what I've read Canis Majoris is the best? I also tried Sedna Q20 which I liked but I'm not sure...

Can someone assist?

Thanks! Best Dave

Cluster v7 'Apocalypse Now - DREWnet Soft Noise?

jramos — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:30:12 -0500

Hello!

I haked my GH2 last night and I shot the first test and I saw some noise on the image. The noise changes from light pink to white while the video is playing.

I was shooting at f22 ISA 160. Is the noise normal?

Help Finding a Hack

emynach — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 09:14:35 -0500

Hi, I'm New to the GH2, and i would like to try the hacking process. i've tried the cake 2.3 and it's nice, but i think it has more noise than the original firmware. i see lot's of newer hacks with different matrix and i don't really understand what it means. can someone explaine to me about the new hacks. or give me a link to a thread about it. and can you recommend me a good hack with around 80mbps that would'nt have too much noise and have good quality.

thanks in advance emy

1 line resolution hack

tarkovsky — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:49:44 -0500

Would it be possible to hack a camera to only record a 1 pixel horisontal line, but at a very high speed??

thx Morten

ENG Camera Hacks

jjavelar_25 — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:38:19 -0500

Does anyone know any hacks for any traditional cameras? I would be really interested in getting a hack for my Sony NX5U that would increase the bit rate of my footage. Currently it records 24mbps MTS (AVCHD) files, I would really like if I can get that bit rate up higher. Intra or something that will give me a stable bit rate would be awesome.

Using multiple patches

emynach — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:37:21 -0500

Hello, I'm New to the GH2, I would like to know if it's ok to install patches multiple times on the camera (if i want to try different ones).

Thanks in advance Emy

Been using FlowMotion and now can't go back to Factory Firmware 1.1

TVardalos — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:38:36 -0500

We were getting stops in recording and also unable to play back video in camera with FlowMotion using SDXC 95MB/s cards. We've tried everything to the exact steps to go back re-install the latest Factory Firmware and all we (both) keep getting is "No Valid Picture" instead of "Version Up?" Any advice please? Thx, Ted. tvardalos[at]gmail[dot]com

24p Tests: CM Night, Cake 2.3, Sanity 5, FM 2.02, Stock GH2, ALLI, and SGOP4.

Ashun — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:18:53 -0400

While I was working on ALLI and Simple GOP4, I was constantly looking at other patches in order to better understand the various PTool parameters. In the course of that work, I thought I'd do some comparison testing of the 24H modes of Canis Majoris Night, Cake 2.3, Sanity 5, Flow Motion 2.02, the stock GH2 firmware, and my two incomplete settings. I would have tested one of bkmcwd's patches, but he releases too many :)

Each was tested with the 14-42 mm kit lens at 42mm, f/7.1, ISO 320, focused on a CRT screen with a rapidly changing color pattern. All were stable on a SanDisk 45MB/s card. I've uploaded a five second clip, Stream Parser Snapshot Report, I, P, and B screen grabs (if applicable) and a StreamEye quantizer frame.

I'll start with the highest bit rate first. As you'll see, bit rate is hugely important.

ALLI 1.0 (150,113,176 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/02_ALLI.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/02-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/02-DC%20I%20Q.png

Canis Majoris Night (148,454,022 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/03_CMNight.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/03-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/03-DC%20I%20Q.png

Simple GOP4 (132,283,819 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/01_SimpleGOP4.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/01-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/01-DC%20I%20Q.png
P frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/01-DC%20P.png
P frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/01-DC%20P%20Q.png

Flow Motion 2.02 (120,587,686 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/05_FM2.02.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/05-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/05-DC%20I%20Q.png
B frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/05-DC%20B.png
B frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/05-DC%20B%20Q.png

Cake 2.3 (60,094,762 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/07_Cake2.3.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/07-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/07-DC%20I%20Q.png
P frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/07-DC%20P.png
P frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/07-DC%20P%20Q.png

Sanity 5 (36,991,314 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04_Sanity5.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20I%20Q.png
P frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20P.png
P frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20P%20Q.png
B frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20B.png
B frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/04-DC%20B%20Q.png

Stock GH2 (23,096,427 bps)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06_GH2.MTS
I frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20I.png
I frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20I%20Q.png
P frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20P.png
P frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20P%20Q.png
B frame: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20B.png
B frame Q: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23922406/GH2Tests/06-DC%20B%20Q.png

OK. Information overload? Keep in mind that you will never (or should never!) film anything like this. Some cursory analysis:

Canis Majoris Night is awesome, better than my ALLI. Flow Motion 2.02 is also really good, better than my Simple GOP4 while using less bandwidth. The rest have considerably lower bit rates, so expect a drop in quality. Cake's 60Mbps seems to be about as low as one can go without the image turning to crap. Sanity has nice I frames, but it's starved for bandwidth, so the P and B frames are bad. And the stock GH2 firmware completely falls apart.

Of course there are things other than 24H that you'll need to consider before choosing a patch, but in general, use the highest bit rate you can get away with given your shooting constraints. I've used Sanity to shoot at 45 minute speech, and it looked fantastic. If you're shooting a psychedelic nighttime rave, maybe use something else.

Take a look at the .MTS files. They're all under 100MB.

What hack is optimized for highlight detail?

hay — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:22:27 -0500

edit: what 80+ mbps hack works best for maintaining max detail in the highlights?

Best hack for filming live music

athirdeye — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:00:04 -0500

I recently filmed a performance in a small venue where I had no control over the lights. I used the most recent (sharp) drewnet hack with a 50mm canon FD lens on 720p. I noticed in post that the lights caused my video to come out choppy. Meaning each time the lights changed it would split the video in 3 horizontal bars. Still great quality but wtf.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a hack that would work best in a live music setting with constant changing lights and what not?

Alternative to StreamParser for Mac?

willosaauur — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:41:24 -0500

Hello all,

I'm curious as to whether there is an alternative to StreamParser that I can use on a Mac? In particular I would like to check that my hack has been correctly applied on my GH2.

Thanks.

Is there some sort of database for the available hacks?

Sttras — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:11:31 -0500

Hi, There are so many hacks or patches and so many versions that it's so confusing. The only one I have tried is flowmotion. It's nice but I have seen so many videos made with driftwood that look much sharper and overall nicer. But there are so many driftwood hacks too. Is there a database that says for which situations each hack is recommended? I saw somewhere for example that there are driftwood hacks for night, day, skin, landscape and so on. But not which ones are for what. Google doesn't help. Just brings a thousand topics about driftwood in general, but nothing specific. Where can I find this info and also about other hacks? Thank you.

Settings apply to stills as well as video?

matt_gh2 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:23:58 -0500

Rookie question: do the settings like Apocalypse Now Boom, Sedna etc. affect/apply to still pictures in addition to video?

Help!

Dr_Mabuse — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:38:00 -0500

I've mainly used my GH2 for photography up to now but I want to use it to shoot a short film in 1080p, 24fps at high bit rate because it'll be shown of fairly large screens. Could anyone recommend which hack would be best for the purpose. And I freely admit that I have no idea what I'm doing.

Reverse Lumix G3 hack

lamacchiacosta — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:34:56 -0500

Hello I would like to know if there is a way to reverse the hack on my G3 to normal. I just inserted the sd card with the standard firmware but after pressing Play the "Start version up ?" window won't appear. Battery fully charged.

Any clue?

GF5 firmware enhancements on GF3?

coldmack — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:54:02 -0500

Not too sure where to put this, but I thought I'd ask here. Is is possible via a hack to add the firmware enhancements, like the extra creative filters & interface tweaks of the GF5 on to the GF3? Thanks.

Searching GH2 Hack 1080p 50p

Marown — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:52:41 -0500

Hello every one. I hear from many frends there is a 1080p 50p hack outside there but i just cant finde it. I have many hacks for Mbit boost but all off the amre 24 or 25 ...

Can anybody say to me if there is a 1080p 50p hack?

Thanks for you help!

Highest quality most stable hack for 95 mb/s sdxc 64gb

Nero — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:11:18 -0500

I know for the most part hacks are entirely subjective of viewing choice, but I need a start, or recommendations. I'm going to be filming primarily people and probably car rides.