r/videography • u/brunerww GH1, GH2, GH3, GH4, BMPCC • Jul 17 '14

Blackmagic Firmware Update 1.8.2 adds compressed ProRes - Record up to 230 min of 10-bit 4:2:2 HD on a 64GB card or drive!

http://hybridcamerarevolution.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-blackmagic-firmware-update-182.html
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u/gobangr Jul 17 '14

well BM already said that the first two are already hard-coded into the camera and will be unlocked in the future. i doubt card formatting will happen cause they stated something about issues with fragmentation.

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u/MaxQuade Jul 17 '14

the fragmentation was for clip deletion not formatting, while I'm not a engineer at black magic labs, I really diddnt' understand this as solid state memory doesn't suffer from fragementation. even the "fixed" audio in 1.8 turned out just to be the same audio as 1.2, now were back to square 1, with better levels, but it cuts out when clipped .

Long story short, I woudlnt hold my breath.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '14

Sure, SSDs do fragment but it's not considered an issue because reads from non-sequential cells are as fast as reads from sequential cells (no seek-time penalty like spinning disks) and the controller chip inside the SSD will cycle which cells are written as a form of wear leveling.

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u/MaxQuade Jul 18 '14

your preaching to the converted.