MLV App [Cocoa] - AVFoundation and Sessions

New to this release

• Last release ever!

• AVfoundation export!!!!!!!!!

• Sessions: multiple clips can be opened. Can also be saved in the MASXML format (compatible with QtApp).

• Has chroma blur which can sometimes help reduce moire.

• Anamorphic stretching as well as 1.67x stretch for 60fps - however this is only in preview right now.

Problems

• Command+Q not working for Cocoa GUI.

• Export looks like a crash, however you should just wait for it to finish with the spinning ball.

• No audio support in export with AVFoundation yet.

Note About the Binary

• I compiled C parts with gcc-7 instead of clang for a minor speed increase:
  make app CC=gcc-7 -j4

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.12 alpha:

• Support for spanned mlv
• TIFF export
• Force bilinear export
• Resize resolution on (batch) export (overrides any clip resolution)
• File error handling on import
• Horizontal and vertical stretch per clip
• Cut in & cut out
• New profile "Film"
• Auto load white balance, if mlv was filmed at sunny, shade, cloudy, thungsten, fluorescent, flash or kelvin
• MASXML saves relative path additionally, so a session can be ported easy to different computers/locations/...
• Changed single frame export to (3x)8bit PNG, so libpng & zlib is not needed anymore
• Many fixes and detail enhancements

A full features list is here.

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

Problems:

• See issue #60 , see issue #40

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.11 alpha:

• better (corrected) AMaZE (artefacts minimized to a minimum)
• Cinema DNG export (uncompressed, lossless & fast pass), also working with dual iso
• H.264 & H.265 export
• receipt file import / export
• many fixes and detail enhancements

A full features list is here.

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

Problems:

• sometimes instability when caching is enabled and clip is switched
• caching crashes app (Windows 32bit version), no problem on Linux & OSX

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.10 alpha:

• chroma blur --> use it to blur moiree and/or noise
• 2 different sharpeners: RGB and Luma
• rendering is now done in a render thread --> so the GUI is much more responsive, also while playback
• audio problems on Linux (hopefully) fixed
• new "Edit" sidebar with collapsable group boxes instead of tabs
• new UI for "RAW Correction" with button groups
• many bugfixes

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

Problems:

• maybe still some small audio issues?! (hopefully not)
• sometimes instability when caching is enabled and clip is switched
• caching crashes app (Windows 32bit version)

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.9 alpha: (Linux version has to be compiled and uploaded)

• more RAW corrections, focus pixels working
• dual ISO working
• free zoom
• new caching
• sharpening
• pipe ffmpeg export (no more intermediate PNG, much faster)
• new export options for ffmpeg (ProRes 422 way faster with ffmpeg Anatolyi option)
• single 48bit (3x16bit) PNG frame export
• RGB parade
• dark style
• many detail enhancements
• many bugfixes

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

Problems:

• big audio (sync) problems on Linux, small audio problems on Windows (app may crash when looping very small clips with audio)
• maybe still some instability with caching (has to be tested more)

MLV App [Cocoa] - Now With Corrections + xyY

New to this release

• Wonderful RAW corrections by bouncyball are fully implemented in GUI 🍰

• Vertical Stripe Fix
• Focus Pixel Fix
• Bad Pixel Fix
• Chroma Smooth
• Pattern Noise Fix
• Dual ISO Support

• Experimental - Processing has xyY colour model - this model allows colour and luminance information to be separated. At this point it isn't doing much, currently it only improves quality of the sharpening.

• Caching has been rewritten, hopefully faster and less crashy.

Worth mentioning

• Can do "Open With" for .MLV files

• Has sharpening.

• Has 'Image Profiles' - Current options:

1. Standard
   Gamma corrected, harsh clipping.

2. Tonemapped
   Gamma corrected + Reinhard Tonemapped (Smooth highlights)

3. Alexa Log-C
   Alexa Log curve, based on this specification. EI 800 version of curve is used.

4. Cineon Log
   CIneon log curve, formula from this thread.

5. Sony S-Log3
   Sony S-Log3 curve from this document.

6. Linear
   If for any reason you don't want gamma correction

• Has support for lossless RAW

• Has ProRes 4444 export. It is however a temporary solution as it uses ffmpeg, not AVFoundation.
  Note: When you export prores, the app will freeze with the spinning ball, this is it exporting, not a crash. Just leave it until done for a few minutes.

• Has highlight reconstruction - Comparison

• Trendy icon.

Problems

• Cocoa App still uses ffmpeg, time to implement AVFoundation

• Command+Q not working for Cocoa GUI.

• While the CoreGraphics display method is better than what was used before, it is slow, hopefully can replace it with OpenGL

Note About the Binary

• I compiled C parts with gcc-7 instead of clang for a minor speed increase:
  make app CC=gcc-7 -j4

MLV App [Cocoa] - Fixed View Refreshing + "Open With"

New to this release

• Focus pixel removal thx to bouncyball's amazing work, not fully implemented in GUI yet 😢

• Image will now refresh reliably (CoreGraphics instead of NSImageView)

• Can now do "Open With" for .MLV files

• Sharpening!!!

• Gives notification when done exporting (admittedly, this comes with a crash)

• Trendy new icon!

Worth mentioning

• Has 'Image Profiles' - Current options:

1. Standard
   Gamma corrected, harsh clipping.

2. Tonemapped
   Gamma corrected + Reinhard Tonemapped (Smooth highlights)

3. Alexa Log-C
   Alexa Log curve, based on this specification. EI 800 version of curve is used.

4. Cineon Log
   CIneon log curve, formula from this thread.

5. Sony S-Log3
   Sony S-Log3 curve from this document.

6. Linear
   If for any reason you don't want gamma correction

• Has support for lossless RAW... Enjoy, 5D Mark III users

• Has ProRes 4444 export. It is however a temporary solution as it uses ffmpeg, not AVFoundation.
  Note: When you export prores, the app will freeze with the spinning ball, this is it exporting, not a crash. Just leave it until done for a few minutes.

• Has highlight reconstruction - Comparison

Problems

• GUI (NSImageView) is buggy, sometimes app window needs resizing to make it update. FIXED

• Cocoa App still uses ffmpeg, time to implement AVFoundation

• Command+Q not working for Cocoa GUI, and closing window does not end the process.

• While the CoreGraphics display method is better than what was used before, it is slow, hopefully can replace it with OpenGL

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.8 alpha:

• RAW corrections
• Zoom 200% and 400%
• Actions to access previous and next frame
• Batch paste receipt
• Many bugfixes

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

Windows x86:

• includes all dynamic QT libraries

Windows x64:

• this mlvapp.exe release is one static binary
• focus pixel maps are included (EOSM, 700D, 100D)

both Windows releases include ffmpeg.exe

Linux x64 (thanks to revast for compiling):

• includes all dynamic QT libraries

MLV App [Qt]

New in v0.7 alpha (Windows version was broken at this time, please wait for next release):

• Image profiles (Standard, Tonemapped, Alexa Log-C, Cineon Log, Sony S-Log3, Linear)
• Framerate override for playback and export
• Uncompressed AVI export
• Audio playback on preview, Audio export, Draw audio track in GUI
• Some bug fixes
• New Icon

Problems:

• Audio may not be perfectly in sync
• Support for mlv_dump uncompressed MLV files seems to be broken
• Windows port broken (but will be fixed in next version)

Minimum OSX:

• OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks

MLV App [Cocoa] - More Logs + No Clipping

New to this release

• Log does not clip anymore. At all.

• Added more 'Image Profiles' - Current options:

1. Standard
   Gamma corrected, harsh clipping.

2. Tonemapped
   Gamma corrected + Reinhard Tonemapped (Smooth highlights)

3. Alexa Log-C
   Alexa Log curve, based on this specification. EI 800 version of curve is used.

4. Cineon Log
   CIneon log curve, formula from this thread.

5. Sony S-Log3
   Sony S-Log3 curve from this document.

6. Linear
   If for any reason you don't want gamma correction

...probably more profiles to come

Worth mentioning

• Has support for lossless RAW... Enjoy, 5D Mark III users

• Has Reinhard tone mapping - much more film like highlight rolloff

• Now shows slider's value, not constantly 1.0 like before.

• Has ProRes 4444 export. Finally! It is a temporary solution as it uses ffmpeg, not AVFoundation.
  Note: When you export prores, the app will freeze with the spinning ball, this is it exporting, not a crash. Just leave it until done for a few minutes.

• Has highlight reconstruction - Comparison

Problems

• GUI (NSImageView) is buggy, sometimes app window needs resizing to make it update.

• Cocoa App still uses ffmpeg, time to implement AVFoundation

• Command+Q not working for Cocoa GUI, and closing window does not end the process.

• Highlight reconstruction has limited dynamic range 😢