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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mk86:
Hey! One question before I'am going to buy a host cable and the software: Is it possible to make interval photos with this app (for creating time lapse videos?)

This is the only thing I'am really missing at my 600D...

Maybe it is the feature "Continuous capture"??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GadgetCheck:
Chain tell me if this is possible.

Can we add wifi or Bluetooth triggering for shutter closing?

Imagine we have 2 phones one is connected to the Dslr with Dslr controller app open. And we have another phone that has been wifi or bluetooth paired.

Now say we are taking a group photo and I also need to be included in the photo and I made all the settings in the app and set everything and join the group can I use the second phone to trigger shutter on the camera wirelessly?

Or image this can I use the secondary phone which is pared via wifi to stream the live view via the phone that is connected to the Dslr and control DSLR controller features wireless?? Ahah what do u think about it?

Haha may be its possible but it's going to be a really difficult task to implement it :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ixtlan007:
There's a workaround for Razr Maxx but is it safe for camera?

There's a workaround to enable USB host on Motorola Razr / Maxx - there's a video on youtube by KurtzmannDK or just search for "otg razr"

Unfortunately I cannot post outside links here due to forum rules for new users.

However it requires to use a Y USB cable to provide power from Motorola charger to phone in order to activate USB host feature. I wanted to know if it is safe to still connect the whole system to the dslr camera? I mean could the extra power damage camera electronic cicuits?

If you had time, please take a look at the video link and post your expert opinion.

Thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Yes, all of these things are ultimately possible - even planned - but really tricky to make.

I don't think I can damage the camera but I cannot guarantee it. There are a fair number of people using a solution like this to get it working. Many phones can support USB host but do not have the power and require a powered USB host or a powered Y cable, and there are a few users here and there who use it like this. I don't advertise or support this method because it's tricky, and not very practical for an average user, but I know it can work. I've not heard of any negative side effects as of yet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ixtlan007:
Thank You!

Thank you for taking the time to reply. It is a good news that some users were able to use this workaround. DSLR Controller is really a useful and valuable app for photographers and even though this workaround limits the movement to some extents, still it worth trying.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mighkey:
Contoller not working

You say that the kernal is not correct, i assume this is my issue with the nexus 7, any ideas how to get it working, i cannot get the software to recognize my t3. I noticed others have had it working on nexus 7. any ideas?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheHighlightGuy:
I had it working on stock 4.1.1, so if you can't get that to work, I'm willing to bet it's something else. Maybe bad cable?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
No... the specific issue I was responding to is a kernel issue - the user I was responding to DOES have it working but it only works with a certain sequence of connecting the cable and running the program. THAT is the kernel problem.

If it doesn't work *at*all* on your Nexus 7, it's probably something else, like using the wrong cable - or doing the wrong procedure.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mighkey:
Oh Ok, i tried 3 cables and ran through the FAQ on the software's website...not sure what else to try. does anyone have a confirmed t3 working?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gkar3:
I made a quick reply on otg cable ... i think they aren't equal for detecting camera

i bought a cheap one and could use it with usb stick, combo keyboard mouse on my Galaxy Note (Android 4.0.4 with CWM) but i can't use it to control my EOS 5D Mark3 with the standard USB cable that came with the camera but if i use a very small cable (~ 10cm) it works.

I bought official Samsung OTG cable and i can control my camera each time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GadgetCheck:
Some one made this great video of your app ;)

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you should include it somewhere in the main OP ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dennishhh:
Not bad but he missed half the capabilities of DSLR Controller like HDR, focus stacking, timelaps and many more. Maybe next time he uses it he will push on the lower right button to access these. I've been using this option to mount the Nexus 7 by attaching it to a magic clamp and clamping to my tripod. Works great and is inexpensive. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00585CLSQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] daledsm:
Awesome app! First OTG cable i bought was cheap imitation junk. Second from amazon did the trick! Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] archyme:
I have a powered mini usb cable, Cables To Go #28107 on newegg that will power your device in my case a kindle fire while providing connection between the camera and device. Plug the mini usb end to the camera and the proper end to the otg cable and the "power" end to a charger. Worked first time with no problems.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
If it does, the OTG implementation on the device side is non-standard. The power pin is shorted for OTG device detection, that's why the host device (Android) cannot get powered from the USB cable, only the client device (camera) can.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] archyme:
Are you talking about the two center pins of the otg cable? None of the pins on my otg cable are shorted, i checked with a voltmeter. I can charge my HTC rezound with the otg cable as well although I cannot use the app due to no host support.

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] franchu29:
Sorry, my English is very bad.

Is there a way to transfer photos from the camera to the phone.

Thanks in advance.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mighkey:
Do you have a link or a cost so i can buy the correct one, there are tons of cables on Amazon, thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] franchu29:
i can control my camera, but, i want transfer The photos from camera to The phone

Enviado desde mi GT-N7000 usando Tapatalk 2
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] wwjoshdew:
I use this app almost every single day! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79nntltk8E

[YOUTUBE]k79nntltk8E[/YOUTUBE]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] theGentle:
Cheap Tablets for DSLR monitoring

Hey there!

I'm a total noob on the Android area - just know it as an enduser. I'm a filmmaker and got super stoked when I saw this app, downloaded it and wanted to play with it as soon as the cable arrived from ebay - but surprise, I didn't read the description well, and my HTC Evo 4G doesn't work with it. I researched a little bit (with not even the slightest idea what the hell a USB host is) and got a bit smarter; however, so far I could only find the information that nobody was able yet to come up with a USB host solution for the HTC series in general and the HTC Evo 4G in specific .

Does anyone have more current information, was there any USB host/master developed for the HTC Evo?

More importantly, I figured it looks like a lost battle to use my smartphone, so I wanted to buy an Android Tablet for the sole reason of using DSLR Controller :D

I wanted to buy one under $100, and I figured a bunch of people here in the forums have experience with cheap, sub $100 tablets that support USB hosting and work with the application. Do you guys have any recommendations?

I was looking at the Innovatec InnoSoul, the Idolian IdolPad and the GPad M758A or the Gpad G17.

Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch!

Toby
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Don't expect this to ever work with existing HTC models. Some can do it with some hackery, external power, etc, but don't consider these "proper" solutions.

As for cheap-ass Android tablets, do yourself a favor, don't buy one. I've seen at tried to use a number of them, yes DSLR Controller does work on some of them, often depending on firmwares, but USB host support is often flaky (== lots of crashing going on) not to mention that the tablets themselves are usually not much quality wise (spontaneous reboots, massive battery drains, etc etc).

If you want it on the cheap, get a Nexus 7. It'll be $199 instead of $100, but trust me, you'll regret buying a $100 tablet.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] knoxploration:
I wouldn't expect the Nexus 7 to be a model of stability either. It's built by Asus, who've had significant software and hardware issues with many of their tablets to date, and in some cases, still haven't fixed them after getting on for six months or so.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] wwjoshdew:
It's Asus's hardware, with Google's software. Google will be the ones responsible for the updates, not Asus.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] knoxploration:
I wouldn't bet on that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] theGentle:
Whoa, that was quick! :D

Ok, thanks a lot for your feedback Chainfire, super-honest! :)

Toby
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I have a Nexus 7 myself, have had one for almost two months, as I got one from Google at Google I/O. While it certainly isn't 100% perfect, it's the most stable cheap tablet money can buy, and definitely has the highest bang for buck ratio in the Android tablet space.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] knoxploration:
I'm just saying from bitter experience, Asus aren't worth the hassle. I would rather pay twice as much for another manufacturer. I've already seen numerous reports of the Nexus 7 facing the exact same random reboot problems previously seen on both the Prime and the TF101. I believe they were eventually fixed on the Prime, but they still haven't been fixed after six months on the TF101.

It is extremely rare that I can get through a single day without a random reboot on both of my TF101s, and common that each will randomly reboot multiple times per day. (And that applies even with a completely stock, wiped, unrooted tablet with not a single app installed beyond what Asus put on there.) They also get progressively more unstable over a period of 2-3 weeks after each wipe, to where apps just refuse to start up at all. (Apps launch and then vanish with no error message or force-close dialog.)

Both tablets were completely stable on Honeycomb, but got flushed down the toilet with ICS. And so far after six months of this nightmare, Asus hasn't even provided a way to roll back to Honeycomb without invalidating your warranty, let alone fixed the problems it created with ICS. (And that warranty has now been more than half wasted on what is effectively a pair of doorstops.)

What I'm saying is: friends don't let friends buy Asus.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
Well I can't say I've had the same experience with the Nexus 7. Initially it was rebooting a lot, but the first update (hours after I got my hands on the device, well before public release) fixed that. Really don't agree with a number of Google's choices regarding the software running on the N7, but that's another topic.

What this does do is bring us to a horrible truth. I've been following Android since it's inception, and IMHO the first *usable* Android phone was the Galaxy S. The first *good* Android phone was the Galaxy S2, and the first *great* Android experience is the S2 with ICS.

Sadly, with Android tablets, it seems we're still in the *usable* times, and not even near the *good* or *great* times :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Dennis.se.foon:
ASUS Transformer

I have heard of the ASUS problems. However, we must have received from a "lucky" batch. Our TF101 is almost a year old. We were very happy on the Honeycomb OS and fairly impressed with the initial ICS. Initially, ICS had some quirks, mainly in the IU and WiFi stability. However, there were a number of updates and ICS is as stable as Honeycomb ever was, on our machine. We have luckily never experienced the "random boots" that so many other users have experienced. :fingers-crossed:

We have never done a factory reset in the year we have had the Transformer either.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Apachi2k:
Not sure if this has been reported already but I get distorted live view preview on my Xoom with Jellybean. Never noticed this before I switched to Jelly bean - I am on a non-official ROM so it may be the system itself.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
It's a problem with Jelly Bean... I have already built a work-around that will be in the next version. In the mean time, go into app settings and set rendering to quality (instead of performance). This will temporarily work around the problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SeimaDensetsu:
Motorola Xoom not detecting

Hello all, hoping for some advice here. I have a Motorola Xoom running 4.1.1. It's the stock, OTA update, unrooted. I think it's a Xoom 1. It was sold on woot several months ago. There's so much information here and everywhere else that it's difficult to sort through what applies to which version of which device. The more I try to figure it out the more confused I get.

From what I can tell with the latest string of updates the Xoom should be able to act as a host for this software and detect my camera. It should also be able to detect and use USB sticks and harddrives. I cannot get mine to do any of that.

When I plug a camera if via my OTG cable it does not detect at all on either device. I plugged a harddrive in and it does get power, lighting the LEDs, but again there is no further response. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if there's additional software I need or if it actually does need to be rooted. Like I said, the more I try to investigate the more confused I get.

I did see one thread somewhere about a Motorola Xoom OTG cable not working on a Samsung, but the Samsung cable working on everything else. Did Motorola cross how things are wired so they could make their OTG cable proprietary? My Xoom is refurbished, so could the port just be bad (it does work for PC file transfer so I doubt it)?

What am I missing? I'm sorry if I'm just stupid, or if this has been answered in the last 150 pages of this thread. I tried searching for "Xoom" first and narrowed it down to 4 pages, but still couldn't find an answer. I was so excited when I found out about this software I bought it on the spot. Now I'll be even more excited if I can just get it to function. :)

Edit: The camera is a 600D/T3i, if it matters. I ran the Chainfire USB Host Diagnostics. Both the Kernel and Andriod API claim support, but neither detects a device at the moment. All I have handy right now to test is a wired mouse.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
Sounds like a bad or incompatible OTG cable. Until you can get a thumb drive to mount, you will never get a camera to work. I have the same Xoom you have running JB. The only difference is I am rooted. If you search thread with my Nick, you will find my post with my configuration.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SeimaDensetsu:
All righty, thank you, that's an easy fix. :D Just ordered 3 different OTG cables for under $3 off Amazon (what sort of crazy subsidized shipping does China have anyway? They ship these overseas cheaper than I can send a letter to the next city over). I would break down and buy the official Motorola one, but I don't want to drop $20 on a $1 cable and have that not be the fix.

Will report back once those arrive, in the mean time if anyone else has other suggestions my ears are open. :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gadgetfl:
I got mine off EBay $3 USA ship
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] theGentle:
IdolPad works for $100 with DSLR Controller

I just couldn't resist the temptation and bought a cheap tablet that had decent reviews :D

I went for the $100 IdolPad Plus from Idolian (CA-based company, all the tablet's components seems to be made in China, judging the poor grammar in the mini-manual ;) ).

Tablet feels nice, have it running for half a day now and had no problems. Installed DSLR Controller, plugged in the USB host cable that came with it (has USB Female Host to Mini USB Male), plugged it into my EOS 7D and ... it works!

The viewing angle of the tablet is OK (bad from below, decent from above, left and right), the pixel density for the resolution of 800x480 on 7" is really pixelated compared to the iPad or my HTC Evo, but totally does the job of judging focus. The screen brightness is around 65-75% of my HTC evo - not good, but not bad either. Need to play with it more to see how good the Android system is implemented, and how rootable the tablet is.

I don't know how "future-ready" this solution is, or how good the pad ends up being .. but for now, it's a really cheap solution, and feels like a solid tablet (in terms of mechanics). Here's a photo for "proof" that it works on the cheapo-pad :P (see attachment)

By the way, chainfire - amzing work! Totally smooth, stable, intelligent program with a freaking buttload of features! Instead of buying a $400 external monitor, I can buy a android device with USB host capability and your software, and have a much more flexible, future-ready combo in my hands!

Really outstanding job on programming this. Went through most features (playback etc) - so awesome.

The only real drawback I could see so far is the ~15fps playback, which would make the use of the tablet difficult on a real filmset with a strict director or demanding clients (whaaaat I can't watch it smoothly?!). As far as that is concerned, I first thought about the processor of the tablet being too weak, but then noticed that in the introductory video of the app, it is mentioned that the app runs with 15fps.

I tried playing with the "Quality<>Performance" thing, as well as the max. framerate for rendering, but couldn't really see any changes in the results. Does the 15fps limitation arise from speed of the USB cable, or does it have other reasons?

It works guys, like crazy!

Toby
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] RickGates:
Playing back video

Great tool! I use it all the time, and most functions work great! I'm using it with a Galaxy Nexus and a 550D

One problem I have run into though, is that if I try to play back videos that I've shot I get nothing at all. Still images can be played back, but not video.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Rick Gates
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] manirana54:
+1

Great tool...:good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gazjlfc:
Just spotted this thread and noticed there was talk about Pentax support a while ago. Any development?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] majorpappy:
I hear you about Android updates... My SGS2 is stock ICS from Orange UK and it is much less reliable than GB was... I'm praying that Samsung release JB for the SGS2 and Orange don't mess with it too much so that is functions properly... we can all dream...

That said, I am the proud owner of a Nexus 7 and it is by far the most trouble free device I have owned. I've had it about a month now and have NEVER rebooted it except to install the 4.1.1 update... Also, when I installed DSLR Controller, it just worked... PERIOD... again, no reboots, nothing... Thank you Chainfire for your stellar work!! Looking forward to the full release version!!! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] knoxploration:
There are some people who make the same claim about the TF101; we've never been able to ascertain what the difference is. Two prevailing theories: it's either that their use case doesn't trigger the unreliability (ie. there's something in the stock ROM that's triggering the problem, but they don't use their tablet in the way that triggers it; for example shutting down every night, not using particular stock software or hardware, whatever) or that it's a hardware thing (eg. Asus are shipping tablets with poorly-tested RAM).

I tend to believe the former theory, because if the latter were true then these tablets would be equally unstable on Honeycomb, and they're not. Honeycomb is rock solid, ICS is unusable.

I've certainly seen more than a few posts from Nexus owners reporting near-identical random reboot problems to the TF101 though, so there's every chance you're basically experiencing the same thing as TF101 owners. You're the lucky one, but others have issues.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] srachamallu:
Does this has foucus/pixel peeking like in other apps

Hi I am planning to get this app for my canon 7D with asus Tf300 with dock, I wonder does this app has picel/focus peeking (showing area in focus) feature, I saw this feature in one of the apps of similar type.

Secondly any body using usb dongle for asus tf300 with this app, how good is it and is there any delay on capture click (regular not in lapsed mode).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] peejayw:
Wow !

Just found and purchased this. Installed on my A500 ICS tablet and plugged in to my 1100D, everything just works, amazing! Best $10 I have ever spent .
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zpeverman:
Version Update

Hey Chainfire, Its been a while since I was on here, but I remember way back you used to give us updates on the features you were working on and how things were coming. Sometimes even giving us an idea of when to expect updates. I was just wondering if we could get one of those posts again. According to the site, the app has not been updated since April which gives me 1 of 2 feelings:

1:Its about due for an update and its going to be a big one since it has been so long...

or

2:The development of this app has dropped on your priority list

I am hoping feeling 1 is the correct feeling, but if feeling 2 is more correct then I have a hard time backing the app and suggesting it to fellow photographers and cinematographers.

I understand that there is more work that goes into this app than i have the knowledge to even understand, so I understand if it is taking a while to get the next update out. I am just asking if we can get periodic updates as to how things are going and what features you are adding.

Thanks for your time, and as always, great app. I love using it and love the reaction my clients have when on a shoot. I am excited to see where it goes in the future.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mrbuddy:
Haven't had much time to play with the app, but so far works great with acer a510, 7D and 5Dii.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] socrated13:
Love this app :laugh: Works perfectly with my Transformer(TF101) and Canon T1i!

REALLY want the Bramper working though, I love timelapsing sunsets...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Falipene:
450D AF not Working

With Canon 450D and Nexus 7, AF not working, I can adjust focus with the arrows perfect, move the Focus rectangle everywhere, zoom. (10x zoom distort the image).