yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
6d + wifi + video = impossible

Hey! The second one. After turning on video you get a prompt to either turn off WiFi or go back to stills mode.

If there is a way to bypass this I would be grateful to hear about it. :)

Regards,

Marios
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Interesting they put in that limitation, because it can work ... I use it with my 5DmkIII + WFT combination all the time.

You should check using the camera over Wi-Fi with EOS Utility (Canon's PC remote control software) . If EOS Utility can't do it, then DSLR Controller can't do it either.

Still, I'm pretty sure somebody told me once they had this working, though I can't seem to find that now. Maybe I just imagined it ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tsachi:
I'm having a problem with the latest version (0.98.3) connecting my s3 to a rebel xsi. At first I thought it may be Rom related, but I can see extendable memory sticks and the diagnostic didn't show problems (uploaded with ref 143147). Is there a way to download an older version to verify that it is indeed the update? I didn't have problems with 0.96, but didn't try 0.97.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Contact me through the website contact form for this.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] nbc2:
canon 7d 2.0.3 - note 8.0

2.0.3 also works

:laugh:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mediacom860s2:
DSLR Controller works on tablet Mediacom 860s2 with root and custom rom Cyanogenmod 4.2.2 (search "[rom] Trio ParanoidAndroid / AOKP / CyanogenMod 4.2.2" on Google to find information about the installation). I think it works also with other Mediacom tablets or similar tablets with other brands (Mediacom rebrands "China made" tablets) with custom rom. I'm very happy! I have a and Canon 550D. :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ANGEL4RIM:
Ok I'll try now and give my feedback later
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] cobra98:
Which Custom Roms working

I was wondering which Custom Roms work together with DSLR Controller?

Or maybe special kernel required?

Please your ROMS you are using, i am using HTC Sensation with VIPERS, Android 4.0.4 working with Sebastian Kernel:cyclops:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] defroster:
So I just bought a surface pro - is there a windows equivalent of DSLR controller?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
EOS Utility ? Comes on the CD in the box with your camera.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
Several. Best is by Breeze Systems
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] theobill:
instant review?

I'm starting to use this app, so forgive me if I've missed it, but when I turn off live view on the camera, then use the tablet as a "review" device (take a photo, then see the picture I've just taken on the tablet), is there a way to automatically see the last picture taken? What's happening now is the review screen shows there are pictures, but I have to click on them - can this be done automatically?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stone13:
Hi,

i have a problem with Focus Bracketing using Canon 7D and HTC One.

If i use middle steps everything works find, but if i want to use small steps the focus is on every photo at the same place.

It doesn't matter if i use 1 step or up to 100 steps.

Thanks Stone
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chilipilot:
Intel Atom Clover Trail and other X86 CPUs with android

there are a lot of android-tablets with X86 CPUs (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, Asus MeMO Pad FHD 10) released these days. is there any chance, that dslr-controller will run on X86-Android-devices?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Feature request

Gday.

I've got DSLR controller on a Galaxy Note N7000 and a Canon 6d with ML. It works. It's a bit unstable. Often dropping out at random and losing the connection to the camera. Even though they're less than 2 meters apart.

I'd like to request some features though:

- Ability to rate image on the review (or follow-shot) view mode.

- Ability to save all images just shown (in follow-shot mode) onto the Android device as they are shot.

- Ability to save images (jpeg and/or raw) to the Android device in the background, as they are shot.

- Ability to specify the directory where images are saved.

My intent is to use DSLR controller and dropbox to automatically take photos and upload to the cloud, and deliver to a customer.

For this I need follow-shot to review/rate and save automatically to the dropbox folder.

Ta!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Go to options (cogwheel icon, bottomright) and select the followshot option.

That sounds strange. In liveview, when you press the button marked "AF" in the app, so it changes to "R-MF" and you get the arrows (see http://dslrcontroller.com/guide-rmf_focuspull.php), does the small step have any effect on your focus?

Currently it does not work on x86 devices. I don't have one for testing either, I'm sorry to say. I do not have enough fingers to count on my hands the number of times an Intel engineer has told me they'd get me one, but I still don't have one.

If anybody does have an x86 device, I'd be happy to work with you to get it to work, but you'd have to do some testing. I'll get an x86 device eventually no doubt, but not before they're sufficiently popular.

What exactly is unstable? Does it crash with an error message? If so, please post logcats.

1) Rating images is not yet supported. Not sure when it will be, low priority as very few cameras support it, and it requires modifying the image files itself which is dangerous

2) Use followshot in gallery mode -> cogwheel icon -> transfer multiple to local storage -> transfer all

3) Cogwheel icon in main DSLR Controller screen -> scroll down -> configure the "storage" section

4) You can only currently specify internal or external storage, I do not plan to add directory configuration
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stone13:
NO, just middle and large!

LG Tom
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Some times DSLR controller stops receiving follow-shot images from the camera. Sometimes it recovers, sometimes it just says, "an error occurred" and after restarting camera+app it works again. I'll read the forums, etc on how to get "logcats".

1. OK no plan on supporting ratings for now.

2. I was asking for a feature when pictures taken on the camera (with the camera's buttons) are automagically displayed (as implemented currently) and automagically downloaded to the phone at the same time (rather than me have to later press buttons around to download it. From what I could see, the images are transferred to the phone for display purposes, but are not stored until the users actions the 'transfer (multiple) to local storage' The transfer-all functionality as is implemented only transfers all the already-taken photos. It doesn't transfer any new photos taken, automatically.

3. Request 3 was similar to two, except without the reviewing. Simply noting that the camera captured a new image, and downloading it to the phone silently.

4. OK at only internal/external storage. For this example, what is 'external'? Is external the microSD card on the device? or is external a USB stick plugged in via USB OTG? (my OTG cable is on its way from ebay and I can't test it out)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Which exact lens are you using ?

From your note about OTG it sounds to me like you're connecting over Wi-Fi. Once your USB cable comes in, see if the problem persists if connected over USB.

(2) If under storage options in the main DSLR Controller screen you configure images to be saved to your Android device, this will also work in follow shot mode ... Try it. Set "image storage location" option to "both on camera and local device" and "internal storage", then go into followshot mode, take a few pictures, go back to the liveview screen, go into image review, press the cogwheel icon, change "current location" to internal storage, and you will see the images are there.

(3) To what purpose? You could just go into follow shot mode and turn off the screen if you don't want to review. Or in the liveview screen, turn off liveview (top-left button) to save battery, then go into full-screen mode. All you'll see is image transfer notifications.

(4) Internal storage is generally the phone's embedded flash memory, external storage is generally the microSD card if present. USB storage is supported only if the OS mounts the drive correctly and DSLR Controller has permission to write it. So yes, on some firmwares and Android devices you can use that, on others not. You'll just have to wait and see and test if it works for you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stone13:
Yes you are right it believs to the lens.

The Sigma APO MACRO 180 1:3,5 doesn't work with small steps.

The Canon Macro 100 1:2,8 works fine.

LG Tom
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Yep, I'm on wifi. I'll try the cable when it arrives. Thanks for storage location clarification.

3) Good point .. screen off would be okay for me.

2) I have "both on camera and local device" set, and "internal storage" set (i have no memory card on it, so it's the only option). I go into any of the three follow shoot modes and take some pics I go back to the main screen and go into image review and selecting internal storage. The images I took while in follow shot mode are not there.

I'm shooting small jpeg on a 6d with wifi to galaxy note 1 using version 98.3

That said, I must confess, I keep getting the warning about AF-ON button not being set to AF-On. I have it set to FEL. But, I don't think this would affect follow shot and recording images. Edit: I re-ran the test with AF-ON set to AF-On and it follow focus store to device didn't work either.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] buggz2k:
I haven't really gave it a work out, but is working on Sprint S4 and Canon 5DMkII, I tried the Remote Release first, then bought this.

Oh, I'm using cheap eBay OTG cables.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Gday

I tried DSLR controller on a 550d and using the USB cable.

I saw that images taken in follow shot mode are indeed copied onto the Android device.

Eventually, next week, when my ebay cable arrives I'll retry on the 6d with the cable.

However, in the meantime it may be a wifi-only bug where it won't copy images in follow-shot mode.

*shrug.

Hope the extra info helps.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Sorry, I meant to get back to you on this earlier. Why can't you try the cable you used with the 550D with the 6D ?

I suspected this may be a Wi-Fi issue. But if you're using the 6D over Wi-Fi, will it transfer photos taken in liveview mode if you press the capture button on the Android screen ? It would be strange if it worked there but not in follow-shot mode, though I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work anywhere (then at least it would be consistent). The 6D disables some more stuff in Wi-Fi mode, so ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Gday.

I tried the cable and the 550d with at work with a dude who magically happened to have the cable and 550d.

I'll take my camera to work tomorrow and try it out with the cable.

I ran the test you suggested. Indeed, images taken with the capture button on the android device are also NOT copied to the android device as they are shot. So it's consistently not working. Tomorrow I'll know whether it works wired.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] eddul:
Firmware was too old. I flashed KG6 and now it installs fine. Sorry for the noise. Hopefully this helps someone else.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jaoropez:
if anyone is interested, here is a vid of tab10.1 w/ canon 450d(rebel xsi), illustating what works and doesnt work.

forgot to mention in vid that tapping on a area on the tablet will not focus camera there, and that aside from manual focus adjustments working, so is the preview zoom(2x, 4x). tested with 2 usb cables,original canon, and a shorter one from one of my HDs

apollogies for crappy camera work/lack of editing, first video

http://youtu.be/Ja7ra_Dr4Ts
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Once I have my sister's 400D to play with I should be able to figure this out :)

(I suspect it may have different codes, hence the empty views)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ryusen:
by hit is bit, i think they meant gain popularity. Being the first DSLR under $1000 the 300D hit a magic price point that helped start the craze for many people.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] photounit:
Chainfire...... I have been waiting for a program such as this..... I have to say you are off to a great start..... As a result of this program I have ordered a Xoom (Which I never intended to buy) and it should be here today at which time I will buy your app...... For those of you who are whining about the $8, suck it up...... This will probably be the best $8 I have spent in a while and I consider it an investment as when this program is fully debugged and developed has tremendous potential..... I found this on the web, It's a direct competitor to Chainfires program.... You need to ad the "www" I/F/O the text below because the forum rules for noobs won't allow me to post the full link

camera-control.com

Maybe those who are complaining about the $8 will prefer this individuals business model..... He's looking for donations with a goal of $16,000 by November:eek:

Chainfire, Thanks and keep up the good work!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
Darn, got now a SGS2 however I can't WUSB because I have to wait for the 2.34 firmware and I hope that it is a KF3 is no problem to install the software then.

I just can't yet buy the programme in the Andriod Marketplace. :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Bazar617:
Talk about broken English... they'll take your $45 and run with it... $16k in 2 months just to develop an app??? I'd pay $8 for this three times before I go to that site... But alas, this does not work for Nikon :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Don't hold your breath ... I have 2.3.4 (Lite'ning ROM, ninphetamine Kernel), an SGS2, a 5DII, a 1DmkIV, a cable and only can't download the bloody thing. And the question "why" was asked about 5 times the last few pages and nobody here seems to care to answer :rolleyes:.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Maybe because nobody bothers to do anything with the answer any time I give it. All I get is a constant barrage over PM, email, IRC, etc, that I just should do magic and make your firmware support it. No. Your firmware needs the needed Android parts. If you are running a firmware that doesn't have those parts, it will not work, and you cannot download it. Period.

Unless you are running a stock Samsung KG* 2.3.4 series ROM, it will not work. Not any custom ROM (maybe Villain, though), not CyanogenMod, etc etc.

Reading the first post, reading the app description, searching the thread - all these would have let you to this answer.

Now, if you are running a Samsung stock 2.3.4 KG* series ROM, and you still can't download it, then maybe it needs to be looked at.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] svenk:
Good video, demonstrates pretty much what I experienced with my 450D and the Galaxy SII right now. But I was not even able to get the focus working. I had a FC, too (but no freeze). However, I was not able to test for long, since, as nothing was working, I got my market refund some minutes later and uninstalled. I would be willing to support this app (really!) but I think, something at least *should* work...

My other findings so far: The image quality was quite good (but not focused, see above) and the frame rate was good, too. When turning the camera on, the image is displayed on the phone only, and the camera screen goes black. You can have the image on the camera screen, too, if you press the set button.

I will follow this thread to see if the 450D gets more features working. If so, I will definitely purchase this app. Keep on going!

CU
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Now, these ARE two answers, thanks alot. I didn't read them before.

Not really - where does it say "no custom ROMs"? It says 2.3.4 - not stock 2.3.4. - with KGx. I am on 2.3.4 ...

But hey, I don't want to argue, I have my answers ... even if I'd still be interested, which 'parts' your app needs that are not included in my ROM and whether I could also have caused that, by freezing some stuff. First app with that problems, oh well.

But again, thanks alot for your time and answer.

EDIT: BTW, your app just appeared on the "heise news" in Germany. That's really a good 'boost' for the app, heise is the publisher of c't, also c't foto. Alot of people read it. And guess what, they don't read neither. According to their article, you need at least Honeycomp 3.0 :D ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] svenk:
I can confirm that my rooted SII with Villainrom 2.3 and KG3 works -- at least with the restrictions I mentioned before, i.e. it does not work much...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] msatter:
I have found the firmwares and that also answered my question about the KF3 and the 2.34 firmwares have KG1,2,3,5 and 6.

I bought my phone this afternoon and did not even made yet a phone call with it and then to flash in an alternative way, to the new version which will be offered through KIES soon, is at bit to fast for me.

First I have to get a virtual credit card to pay in on the Android Marketplace and I thought PayPal was accepted. Will see and by then maybe the software will be not beta any more.

I don't think anyone has suggested the following feature before and that is called "focus peaking". It is implemented on the the Sony NEX 3 and 5 and when you focus manually the parts that are in focus will be a single colour.

For an optimal lightning in the photo you can use "zebra" and then will blown-out details also coloured in a single colour.

I think that Magic Lantarn have move programming information about those two functions.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Yup, it seems like everything that starts with a 3 or 4 (30D, 40D, 400D, 450D) currently isn't working much. They appear to be using a slightly different protocol. I will start work on making that compatible as soon as I can snatch my sister's 400D for a week or so (she lives on the other side of the country and is currently on vacation, neither of those come in handy). In the meantime, there is still enough to fix for the newer models.

Well the thing is, it appears a lot of these custom ROMs are only using half of the KG* base, some parts, some parts not. All in all, nobody from the porting/modding/custom community has much experience with this, as the original Android APIs for USB Host have not been out for more than a few months at best, and the SGS2 support it for less than two months (on leaked firmwares). Aside from that, as far as I know, DSLR Controller is the only app out there at the moment that even makes use of these APIs. The custom ROMs will fix support sooner or later - some work already, like Villain, apparently. Custom ROMs built from full source (like CyanogenMod) I don't know - as Samsung ported this functionality from Honeycomb, for which there is not yet any source available. It will be tricky for them to support it.

I doubt freezing would have anything to do with it, though.

If you just got the phone, I'd wait a bit. The rumor is that the KG* 2.3.4 series will officially roll out this month, so it shouldn't be a long wait, if the rumor is true; then you can just let KIES install it for you and no tricky stuff.

I'm not sure how to envision this focus peaking though. Have a video ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
@all

I'm completely redoing everything that related to focus control and busy/wait states, which unfortunately will take me quite a bit of time in reverse engineering again. I had hoped to release an update today with the fixes done the past few days, but I'm going to try to fix this first. So next update probably not until the end of the week, but if all goes well, it should among other things give a significant performance increase on several tablets and fix a bunch of issues. Probably no new features, though.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Now this is a very nice answer and clearifys alot, thanks again. But what you say is basically, that it's not you blocking cerain ROM 'flavours', but the market _knowing_ that my device is missing certain parts of the APIs? That's very sophisticated, didn't expect that ... well, you never stop learning, sigh :).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
It's not that sophisticated really, it's a simple comparison. Android is made up out of a number of packages. These packages may provide a feature. In this case, that feature (and the package) is called "android.hardware.usb.host".

Market simply asks your phone, "which features do you support ?", and the phone provides a list of these.

In turn, when I release my app on Market, I tell market my app needs "android.hardware.usb.host".

When you open the Market and go search or browse, it simply cross-checks the features listed in the apps, with the features reported by your device, and it hides the ones that don't match.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ED101:
Unfortunatly, the market still say, that this app is not compatible with my Galaxy SII, is there any chance to get this app in another way? I can sent the money via paypal or something like that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] serrnovik:
Looking forward to it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pspilot:
Well, 'sophisticated' surely is a relativ word, but AFAIK it's the best I'm seeing so far. Apples store is dreaming about that, consequently you always have discussions about the necessary platform.

Thanks again for your explanation. Beeing quite new in the Android world, I really appreciate it ... even more since I know it's not only not your job but also totally OT what I initiated :o.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] oscaroo.au:
Gday.

With the cable the 6d works without issue.

Would be swell if you could fix the wifi operation. Ta.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] nolegs1967:
[Android 2.3.1/3.x/4.x][25.04.2013] DSLR Controller v0.98.0 BETA [USB HOST REQUIRED

I just bought a galaxy tab 2. I had to buy a female to female usb adapter to connect the cables (camera to tablet}. The dslr controller is not seeing my t3i. After reading several post I downloaded the USB Host Diagnostics and it still doesn't see my cam. I tried the remote release software and it doesn't see it either. I know the software works because I can work it with my galaxy s2 with no problems. Could it be the female connector? I luv, luv your program! I am paralyzed and have no finger movement so this makes shooting pictures sooo much better!

Thanks in advance

Nolegs
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MrDill:
Android Device for 2 things?

I want to use an Android device with bluetooth to run an Automate Camera Head made by The Gadget Works and I also want to use this same Android device with a USB cable to run the DSL Controller software. It will be used with a Canon 5DIII.

I have no experience with Android devices so don't know if this will work.

I don't really want to buy a $850 Wi-FI attachment for my camera either.

It would be nice to have one piece of software that could run a Camera Head, do time-lapse, have camera control and live-view.