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You're welcome, thanks so much for your help! Well.. after 3 minutes it errored out. Although the warnings were far fewer on the console. The video file is at about 42-44 Mbit/s. Can we try maybe QP30 or QP40? I think if we can get it closer to 15-20 Mbit/s (as those worked for other mods)...

It's not too hard, but I've made a guide. Once you remove a few screws the whole motor/camera mechanism comes out in one piece. Then you can remove the board. Please read each step, as there are some easy things to break (like the ribbon cable for the button controls). You can view the guide...

Oh wow, any idea why it blasted to 111+ Mbit/s, is it simply the QP control setting? :oops: After just 2 minutes on QP12 it crashed again :( Recording at about 112+ Mbit/s (see screenshot below)... but the recording looked great! 😅 Sadly - it also fails at QP15 after a few min. (which seems to...

What's interesting is, I tried leaving the projector running for 10 minutes, and it was working with QP10. But - then all of a sudden it stopped (I only know because of the serial monitor, the digizter keeps chugging along). The resulting video file is nice (link to video here) but it looks...

I see, very interesting! :) I only have FW A and FW B units, so sadly FW C is something I can't test. However, I'm curious, QP10 works and gives this flags every once in a while. I wonder if it's calling out that there's a delay between the capture and writing to the SD card? I suppose small...

Yeah, here are two near identical recordings. The one with my standard modded firmware (Movie 20) versus the QP10 (Movie 17): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xizA1qN5kcgCmOA1dha1xsCl_uJeyLq2?usp=sharing Note: Due to the firmware being uploaded, these are set at the default picture...

FYI - QP10 works, but QP5, after a few moments, gives the same "ERROR!" calls in the serial monitor. It will save a file to the SD card, but it doesn't do it properly so it won't open with VLC or QuickTime. I'll do some recordings of my regular firmware and the QP10 for direct comparisons and...

Thanks! For my model A, it now successfully flashes. But while it does try to record, and the device gives no clear errors (it even says a movie file name when you press stop) - it seems the files don't save on the SD card. Here's the readout from the console which may provide some clues, I...

That may be it? Feel free to try using the Java version. Or direct message me the file before it gets compressed and I’ll try it with the Java app to see if it has a different result.

I'll try it on my model with the serial adapter to get a better understanding of where it's failing.

Thanks Joe, I'll try these now. I assume 0 is max quality? EDIT: I tried the QP0/QP10/QP15 on my B model and it starts flashing the firmware... but it never finishes. The screen stays black and it seems to never flash. As removing the power and SD card makes it boot normally. Also - if you...

I'd be happy to try it. But can you do the same changes to the "Firmware B" file? I do not have a unit that is compatible with "C" revision firmware.

You two are smart - thanks for your contributions! :)

Thank you. Can you explain what you did to modify the firmware? Since you don't have a Kodak unit to test this on, I'm very curious of the changes you may have done. Was it just to the resolution / bit rates? Because I've tried higher bit rates and it will crash during the recording process...

Yep! The images are certainly able to be modified. Attached is an example of me putting my logo on a screen. It's funny that all the menu options are actually images - you think it would be easier to build it with text for multiple languages... As far as the white balance and exposure - yes...

I'd like to share a special preview of my Kodak 8mm Reels video saga. This is only half of the video, and not all the shots and bits are complete. But I wanted to share it because I show and discuss the sharpness settings and the results of them. Later in the video I go into the resolution...

That's a good idea, however it would requite quite a bit of modification due to the way the camera and plastics are seated. Furthermore, I think when you are zooming the image via the menu it just performs a crop. I don't think it's performing any digital zoom. I've confirmed this (in my eyes...

Thanks for sharing your examples! Great work - I'm glad you were successful in your mod. And yes (at least in my tests) it doesn't seem you get too much of a quality increase if you go beyond a certain bitrate. However, it certainly improves things and reduces compression artifacts from the...

Yes, sadly the "About" screen is pretty useless. It has only displayed 1.0 (in very early units) and now displays 2.0. Externally the only difference is the number on the serial number sticker, and perhaps the LCD hardware inside the device. It appears (assuming the serial numbers are going...

I'm currently working on a video about this whole saga, including new comparison videos, etc. But in that process I'm re-scanning some film with higher settings. I thought I'd share an example. You can sadly see that the auto exposure and white balance put a blue tint to the opening shot here...