XYC: Xiaomi Yi Configurator

If I want to do hdr or similar stuff, where do I trigger it from?

There is no support for hdr in the app from xiaomi.
 
File size limitation not working on 1.2.13 35mb firmware Z23L .Also breaks bitrate after creating the second file. Sorry I've replied for help but now I have to say...THIS DOES NOT WORK
 
I had some problems tonight when trying out the HDR script, it would only take one picture and then stop. After some trail and error I found out that you need to have photos as startup mode, would it be possible to change that setting automatically when starting HDR-script?
 
I haven't gotten my Yi yet, please let me know, can I custom set the timelapse interval to really long settings? like 1 snap every 300s ?

Just went through the link, but it's not conclusive.

Another question. On option "run once only" ... n = multi. Does that mean it will keep on going continuously? (that is my goal, very long timelapse that takes months to finish)

Did you ever get an answer to this, can you set to 300s? Trying to figure out the same question. Thanks
 
Hi everybody.
A huge thankx for sharing your great work guys !
My question is simple, is there is any way to capture Raw TimeLapses with a 5 sec interval ?
As @ml72 suggests, the camera seems to need a long time to save the raw files, which causes the timeLapse to stop if the TimeLapse interval is too short.
Any idea of solution ?

Thankx

Tom
 
Hey @Totochiro what writing speed does your microSD have? Sounds like it's to slow for writing RAW files in Time Lapse mode?!
 
Hi @zwybel, I have a samsung evo class 10 which is supposed to be able to write up to 48Mb/s...
Did you manage a RAW TimeLapse with 5 sec interval or less ...?
 
Hey @Totochiro I've no problems with mine (Samsung Extreme U3) doing TL.
 
Hello Everybody!

Could anyone help me, as I have a problem with Alexs' xyc-client.
When I set time-lapse through client, I only get 1 image. Doesn't matter whether it's RAW or JPEG. If I use Raw the image size is ~30mb. And it's not that the interval is too short beacause i have tried everything between 5s to 60s and it always acts the same. It takes 1 image and after that it only beeps at correct intervals but no more images. And also shutsdown automatically after correct amount of cycles if I have auto-power off enabled.

If I set camera to take raw through client and start time-lapse from the Yi app, the time-lapse works correctly but the file size is only ~13mb.

And btw if I use Nutseys rawlapse v2 script, the same thing happens, no matter what the interval is.

Edit.
I'm replying to myself. Found out what was the problem. I had to set default start mode from the app to Photo and not Video. I haven't seen that information mentioned anywhere.
 
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Is it possible to modify the YiMAX script slightly so that I can set it to shoot at 1920x1080p50 with a bitrate of about 25Mbps with a knee breakpoint of 80%? Presumably I can just change the value written to a register?
 
Hello, thanks a lot for this set of programs

I set up my xiaomi camera to obtain raw picture (XYC repository https://github.com/alex-agency/XYC)
I am working on ubuntu and i had to compile a raw2dng binary (see http://pastebin.com/hKVUKMii).

Code:
#for 64bit systems:
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 gcc-4.8-multilib mercurial
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern
cd magic-lantern/
hg pull && hg update unified
cd modules/lv_rec/
make raw2dng

The camera is able to generate the raw picture. However, i failed to convert RAW picture to dng (http://www.fatpigtures.com/software/XiaomiYiRAW-v2.zip). Using raw2dng leads to this error: Error: This ain't a lv_rec RAW file. I also tried to raw2dng on windows but i got a similar error.

I uploaded my raw picture on dropbox. Could someone may try to convert this picture in order to know if the problem is on the file side or program side.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tqszzy5gm6p5oxz/AADTDY8X_U3ps-X8kksY-wwZa?dl=0

Model; YDXJ_v22
firmware:1.2.13

for information, is there someone that succeed to work with raw files generated with xiaomi yi camera on ubuntu/linux and with wich applications (i also tried with darktable).
 
However, i failed to convert RAW picture to dng (http://www.fatpigtures.com/software/XiaomiYiRAW-v2.zip). Using raw2dng leads to this error: Error: This ain't a lv_rec RAW file.

it seems that the raw2dng version that i compiled from https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern doesn't accept the command options as proposed by the batch file:
"%RAW2DNG%" -n -i "%RAW2DNG_INI%" "%~1"
exemple:
raw2dng -n -i raw2nef.ini YDXJ2298.RAW
Error: could not open -n

any idea where to find updated raw2dng version or static binary for ubuntu?
 
it seems that the raw2dng version that i compiled from https://bitbucket.org/hudson/magic-lantern doesn't accept the command

for information i installed rawtoppm, available from standard package. Here is the command line
usage: rawtoppm [-headerskip N] [-rowskip N] [-rgb|-rbg|-grb|-gbr|-brg|-bgr] [-interpixel|-interrow] <width> <height> [rawfile]

I was able to give width height values but not the others value. Did someone succeed to use it?
 
Whenever I run a timelapse on "invinity" it stopps after a few minutes (10-30). The camera is still on, it just doesn't take anymore pictures.
Is there any solution for this?
 
Whenever I run a timelapse on "invinity" it stopps after a few minutes (10-30). The camera is still on, it just doesn't take anymore pictures.
Is there any solution for this?
I really don't understand why, but this exact problem was fixed for me when I tried different sleep times in the end of the script. If the sleep time was too long it would do this. I think 9 was the longest that I was able to get working.

You also have to remember that sleep time can't be too short or the camera won't have enough time to process the images. For me the when sleep time is between 5-9 it's working the way it should.

I tried doing the timelapse with XYC and with nutseys rawlapse script. And also tried shooting only JPGs instead of raw. Every time had the same problem if sleep was too long.
 
Thank you for your prompt reply. I played around with different times, but I am still running into the same problem (I tried 5,7,8 and 9 seconds).
Any other ideas?
 
Hey guys, i am on XYC 1.0.1 and i am unable to do time lapses with high exposure. it only takes 1 photo and stops there.
 
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