Clean Canon overlays (G7X II, G5X; EOS M10, M3, also M5, M6, M100 via script)

DaEdgeMan

psxpetey

srsa_4c
Simple Canon Basic script for the EOS M100, firmware 100a. Modified version of the M6 script, with firmware version check added.
UNTESTED, feedback is welcome.
[code]' clean rec mode palette
' EOS M100, 100a

DIM palette_buffer_ptr = 0x116f4
DIM active_palette_buffer = 0x116ec
DIM palette_to_zero = 0

public sub check_compat()
if Peek16(0xe1f20270) = 0x32d1 then
check_compat = 1
else
check_compat = 0
end if
if strcmp("GM1.00A",0xe047b5b1) <> 0 then
check_compat = 0
end if
end sub

private sub RegisterProcs()
System.Create()
'UI.CreatePublic()
end sub

private sub palette_mod()
adr = *palette_buffer_ptr
adr = adr + (palette_to_zero * 4)
if *adr <> 0 then
adr = *adr + 4
memset(adr, 0, 256 * 4)
end if
end sub

private sub Initialize()
RegisterProcs()
ret = check_compat()
if ret=1 then
palette_mod()
end if
end sub
[/code]Usage and notes (taken from my earlier post):
Save it as extend.m in the root directory of the card. The card should be prepared to run scripts.
Switch on the camera in playback mode and press SET. If the script does what is intended, the overlay should be mostly clean when you switch the cam to any shooting mode. There might be some parts of the overlay that remain unaffected.

alrighty i just messed something up lol i didnt put the correct line in script.req, or DC_scriptdisk, I changed it and retryed my dump and it worked, then i tried your script and it provides a 100% clean hdmi signal! no facebox nothing! great job dude ill repost this on the main thread of your post so people know it works!

for anyone out there who isnt familiar with chdk but wants to have clean hdmi and findds this post:

create blank file extend.txt paste the above script in this file
create blank file script.txt paste DC_scriptdisk in this file

rename extend.txt> extend.m
rename script.txt>script.req
put both files on the root of your sd card (not in a file just the main directory is what root means)
download eoscard if your on windows > https://pel.hu/down/EOScard.exe
run it
select your sd card
click save
>returns= write successful
put card in camera
boot using the green picture playbackbutton NOT power
click set a few times
if you have a lens like the 15-45 on keep it locked
when you switch to camera/record/or auto it will say "done" in green at the top. now you can unlock your lens and have clean hdmi!

I can't get this to work for the life of me. I've tried using a different SD card (1GB vs 4GB) and I've used the Eos card prep program each time. I've copied the script into a text file and saved it as a extend.m and made a script.req for the DC_scriptdisk and still nada. I'm using a Canon M100. What am I missing?

whim

@DaEdgeMan

Please note your file 'script.req' needs to contain: 'for DC_scriptdisk' (without the quotes, and with 1 space between 'for' and 'DC_scriptdisk' ).
No newline character after it should be necessary.

hope that helps,

whim

DaEdgeMan

Iâ€™ll give that a shot and see what happens. Thanks!

DaEdgeMan

I tried it again and nothing, still have the face box auto tracking. I also didn't get any confirmation that the script even took. No "Done" on the screen or anything. When I put the code into Notepad and then save it as extend.m and the for DC_scriptdisk I save it as script.req do I encode it as ANSI or UTF-8?

whim

@DaEdgeMan

Should be ANSI, I think.More stuff to check:
* SD card must be formatted as FAT32, not ExFAT (should not be a problem, in general it's just cards > 32 GB that get auto-formatted as ExFAT)
* SD card sector 0 must contain 'SCRIPT' (without the quotes) at offset 0x1F (can be done with EOSCard, or with any sector editor)

whim

DaEdgeMan

I think that did the trick. I changed the formatting to ANSI and that seems to work now. No face box but still auto focuses. So correct me if I'm wrong but every time that I fire it up and I want clean HDMI I have to put it in the green rectangle and push the play button and the set button a few times? I've tested this a few times and it seems consistent. If I turn it on the regular way I get all the data including focus grid and face tracking.

Guys, thanks for all your help. I really love the M100 and I didn't want to return it due to the live view turning off. I'll test it later when I stream and see if it stays on longer than 30 mins. It won't be recording (no encoding) so it shouldn't get hot as I'm passing HDMI into a capture card and my laptop encodes from there.

trackinman

Hi, I'm looking for a CHDK build for my Canon M6 100f so I can get clean hdmi out to my Atomos. Can anyone assist with a link or directions to find a build for this camera? thanks in advance.

I've done a lot of searching but can't seem to find a build.

rgds

reyalp

trackinman
Hi, I'm looking for a CHDK build for my Canon M6 100f so I can get clean hdmi out to my Atomos. Can anyone assist with a link or directions to find a build for this camera? thanks in advance.

I've done a lot of searching but can't seem to find a build.

There is no CHDK for M6.

There is a clean overlay script for the stock firmware, see this post https://chdk.setepontos.com/d/13489/89

The script is reported to work for 100f https://chdk.setepontos.com/d/13489/63

EazleWing

For the Canon M100 I made a tutorial on how this works, just in case people are struggling a bit. I know I struggled a lot to get it to work. so hopefully this helps out a bit.

trackinman

EazleWing
For the Canon M100 I made a tutorial on how this works, just in case people are struggling a bit. I know I struggled a lot to get it to work. so hopefully this helps out a bit.

Thank you and thanks reyalp for the initial reply. I have it all set up but can't figure why it not running. either I don't have the script flag set properly on the card or I am not running the script correct (i.e. its not running the script at all) on the M6. I'm trying the basic 'hello world' script in the extend.m file to start with . I'll watch yoru video. thanks and regartds

trackinman

oh, that's awesome.. all working now and I have a camera that has a usable HDMI output. thank you.

The problem was my fault. It was in the EOSCard app. I was clicking on the CHDK button assuming that was the 'enter' key . I didnt realize you had to click on the 'save' button top right (thanks for that clarification in the video). Once I did this I was up and running. 😀

waterwingz

trackinman
It was in the EOSCard app. I was clicking on the CHDK button assuming that was the 'enter' key . I didnt realize you had to click on the 'save' button top right (thanks for that clarification in the video).

Sadly, it's a common problem may people have with EOScard.

EazleWing

trackinman

oh, that's awesome.. all working now and I have a camera that has a usable HDMI output. thank you.

The problem was my fault. It was in the EOSCard app. I was clicking on the CHDK button assuming that was the 'enter' key . I didnt realize you had to click on the 'save' button top right (thanks for that clarification in the video). Once I did this I was up and running. 😀

You're welcome! I also had that issue with clicking the CHDK button instead of save as well. Really hoping canon just releases an update for the m100 to just unlock this ability. But i doubt it since they are pushing m200 sales.

Mattionals

Hello! I'm new here and I'm just unable to get the script to work on my EOS M6 MK1. I double checked the card and it seems to be formatted correctly, and I believe my script.req and extend.m files are correctly written in ANSI.

I think my hangup is how to turn the camera on into playback mode. I've heard that turning on the M6 regularly isn't correct and it won't run the script which makes sense since nothing changes. I'm on 1.0.1 firmware.

srsa_4c

Mattionals
Hello! I'm new here and I'm just unable to get the script to work on my EOS M6 MK1. I double checked the card and it seems to be formatted correctly

It has to be the card. Try low level formatting it and setting it up again.
There are circumstances when the camera's card handling routines get confused and fail to find either a file or the script flag.

If the card is set up correctly, the script can be started by a single press of the SET button while the camera is in playback mode. The script will only start once, there is no need to press the button a dozen times (like in some videos).

Mattionals

srsa_4c

Mattionals
Hello! I'm new here and I'm just unable to get the script to work on my EOS M6 MK1. I double checked the card and it seems to be formatted correctly
It has to be the card. Try low level formatting it and setting it up again.
There are circumstances when the camera's card handling routines get confused and fail to find either a file or the script flag.

If the card is set up correctly, the script can be started by a single press of the SET button while the camera is in playback mode. The script will only start once, there is no need to press the button a dozen times (like in some videos).

Well I tried it all over again and it didn't work, BUT I'm an idiot! I realized that my script.req and extend.m files were saved as .txt files. Windows was hiding the extension, so once I enabled that (dumb me didn't do that to start) and I saw that both looked like this

script.req.txt
extend.m.txt

Went in an renamed them by dropping the .txt and voila! Now everything works great! Well, I haven't tested shutoff time, but I bet tomorrow during a conference call that one will get tested out!

Cool stuff and thank you all!

Stein

Re M3.

Freshman here. As I am wandering off (as normally) - where should I look for a complete download with the required script for EOS M3 to get clean overlays? I think I got the grip on the formatting requiremement - but will need something to put on the card as well... 😳

srsa_4c

Stein
where should I look for a complete download

I have updated the first post of this thread. Hopefully that's a good starting point.

cadilhac

I can report that the Basic script adapted for G15 works as is (with values from the proper stub https://app.assembla.com/spaces/chdk/subversion/source/4888/trunk/platform/g15/sub/100b/stubs_entry.S ). Thanks a lot!

Mars

Amazing work. Thank you very much to all.

Just wondering, are there any scripts to do the following on an M100 ?
1. Force video resolution to 2560 x 1440 30 fps ? Since the camera can do 1920 x 1080 60 fps, there is enough bandwidth to do this.
2. Exposure bracketing for HDR.

Many thanks for any info.

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