Driftwood Quantum Series: **New Releases** Orion, Rocket and β Pictoris

lpowell said:
As you've no doubt concluded, that kind of detailed technical information is intended for people who enjoy trying out and testing experimental hacks. They look forward to the next version, as it gives them an opportunity compare and contrast a wide variety of potential solutions. Many of the most diligent hack testers have made important discoveries and gone on to develop their own patch variations.

That level of involvement requires a serious time commitment to absorbing information and testing results. Since that kind of project doesn't appeal to you, I'd humbly suggest clicking on the link in my signature below, and trying out my GH2 Flow Motion patch. It will take you to a single post that contains all the information you need to know to install and use it. This patch is designed to be failsafe rather than experimental, and has been stress-tested in all NTSC and PAL video modes. If you want to read further, I've provided a variety of video samples, with downloadable original GH2 MTS files. In my experience, this is about as user-friendly as hacking your camera is going to get, and you are always welcome to come back and report your results or ask for clarification on any of the details.
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Thanks for your ongoing contributions Ipowell. Great work
 
Fresno Bob said:
Exactly the kind of post that makes me embarrassed to be part of online communities sometimes.

I've put an accumulative total of DAYS into following and testing these hacks, but I still appreciate when an effort is made to state the main advantages of a hack in laymans terms.

No, I don't like it either when someone demands hand-holding when they arrive on the scene - I believe everyone should do their own homework.
But this is not what this is about. It's about sharing the wealth of information and experience - discussing each patch and highlighting what it does compared to others. Instead, certain people childishly play their cards close to their chest and fling out 'noob' insults to anyone who dares want to join in on your secret hobby.

There's a middle ground to be found here. This is supposed to be a collaborative community.
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Bob, I salute your willingness to tolerate an entitlement mentality. Jimmy Korea was the only persistent voice in the thread by the time I jumped in, but my comments were also directed at several of the early commenters who also expressed dissatisfaction for the manner in which a free lunch was delivered to them.

The admonition to lead, follow or get out of the way puts you on the surest path to realize what you really want to accomplish. Thank goodness people like Vitaly and Driftwood lead in a way that benefits so many.
 
Ryan Farnes said:
Bob, I salute your willingness to tolerate an entitlement mentality. Jimmy Korea was the only persistent voice in the thread by the time I jumped in, but my comments were also directed at several of the early commenters who also expressed dissatisfaction for the manner in which a free lunch was delivered to them.

The admonition to lead, follow or get out of the way puts you on the surest path to realize what you really want to accomplish. Thank goodness people like Vitaly and Driftwood lead in a way that benefits so many.
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Vitaly and Driftwood are legends, and that's who I follow. It's their work I appreciate, and make as much effort as I can to spread the word and help others receive their gifts to the communtiy.
You seem to think it belongs to you and should be kept a secret. Good for you.

Anyone, move on, a mod should delete all these comments, and we should concentrate on the hacks.
 
There is some type of bug or something going on with the Orion V4b setting. I wrote about it several times at personal view and quite some people mailed me about the same problems.

The issues we're having is that 720 50p is HIGHLY variable with the bitrate. One clip can have less than 10.000 kb/s while the next one can be above 40.000 kb/s (depending on the ammount of movement and iso and so on).
This patch should be a CBR, while 1080 25p works great, 720 50p does not.

Many have told me that this is all about user error but I have tried everything you can imagine to restore the stock camera settings and firmware, but nothing helps.
I ask users to check their 720 50p footage and see what their averege bitrate is, don't be surprised if you find out the same thing as me.

Anyway, big thanks to Driftwood and Vitaly for all their efforts!
 
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Fresno Bob said:
You seem to think it belongs to you and should be kept a secret. Good for you.
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Don't be daft. :huh:

Please do not disturb my inner tranquility again by requesting that Driftwood or other people working on this incredible and free hack, devote time to dumbing it down for the WYSIWYG drag and drop drones of the world. There is no conspiracy to withhold this hack from the unwashed masses. Instead, you've conspired against yourself by expecting simplicity at every turn.
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When Driftwood himself, comes to DVXuser to post, lets not entertain those that expect more from his already generous time and energy.
 
Fresno Bob said:
I would advise deleting all these posts. They detract from the subject matter
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Agreed. This thread should be about the new patches mentioned in the original post. Now that Driftwood kindly edited his post with simple explanations of what each patch does, there's no need to keep beating the dead horse.

Back on topic... Has anyone found any glitches shooting on Orion in 1080/24p highest quality setting? I'm going to be purchasing the 64GB Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB card soon, so until then I'm relying on y'all to let me know how it works. I'm not interested in 720p, 1080i or in 25p.
 
Hahaha. Just released. It's a patch for lowlight shooting.

After trying it, I'm gonna stick to V4. Not sure what it's doing but my eyes appreciate V4 a bit more.
 
So what's now a good patch now for shooting 24@100H/50L with useable 60i, 720p60, ETC, and 80%, and spanning on basic class 10's? I had used TerraQuake in the past, but probably don't need the highest bitrates for most things.
 
Excellent...

...next quick question, are Panasonic Golds compatible with the higher 1.1 patches, or just the SanDisk Ex?
 
mcbob said:
...are Panasonic Golds compatible with the higher 1.1 patches, or just the SanDisk Ex?
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I tested Flow Motion v1.11 to work reliably with any Class 10 SD card. I've also found fast Class 6 cards, like the Transcend 16GB, to work reliably as well.
 
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