Here is Chronos 1.4 Software V0.3.2-RC2. Do not use this software version if you are capturing something that is not easily replicated.
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| Chronos V0.3.2-RC2 Changelog |
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Notable Changes:
- Automatic ADC calibration during black calibration, which should reduce column banding across a wider temperature range.
- Add a storage tab to the util menu to view, eject and format the attached storage devices.
- Speed boost at most resolutions, with a top speed of 1069fps at 1280x1024, and 40420fps at 320x96.
- Configurable automated power-on and off depending on the AC adaptor status.
- Option to disable the ring buffer when in segmented recording mode.
Minutiae:
- Factory black calibration is now user accessible from the Factory tab of the util window.
- The software update button has been moved to the storage tab of the util window.
- Shipping mode to disable power-on by battery until an AC adaptor is attached.
- Add a watchdog to reboot the camera in case of a power-on boot failure.
- Display descriptive error strings instead of number on failure.
Minutiae (relative to RC1):
- End of recording from lack of free space generates a warning dialog.
- Revert to a valid resolution when focus is lost while editing the H/V resolution widgets.
Fixed Bugs:
- Gated burst record mode may lock up after several trigger edges.
- Gated burst record mode unreliable when trigger debounce is enabled
- Memory leak in the M3 video coprocessors which could lead to a crash after lots of H.264 encoding.
- Ignore video which was recorded during zero-time black calibration (which happens after changing resolution).
- Stuttering issue on the playback window on new production LCD modules.
- Fixed deadlock in camera when restoring user settings from external media.
Fixed Bugs (relative to RC1):
- Corrupted overlay text at narrow resolutions.
- Video stream would remain in playback when starting recording via auto-record.
- Opening and closing the white balance menu can lead to an unexpected change of the custom preset.
- Bug in calculating the trigger delay on boot (segmented mode only).
- Ensure a minimum of 0.25 bits/pixel when encoding h.264 video.
- Crash can occur when saving extremely short videos.
- Lag when focus peaking or zebra stripes (focus and exposure aids) are enabled
- On the save file settings window, the bitrate as listed above the resolution may be lower than the actual bitrate, if Saved File Framerate is lower than 60fps
Fixed since V0.3.2-beta-6:
- Changes to focus aid or exposure aid (zebra stripes) would have no effect until resolution is changed.
- Changes to exposure may be overwritten during black calibration.
- Bad image quality at 336x120 resolution
- Util window, storage tab - bottom of text cut off if device has multiple partitions
- Factory black cal (black cal all resolutions) would get overridden by old user black cal, if a user had done their own black cal, even before.
Known bugs still in V0.3.2-RC2:
- Video system may crash after about 200-300 saves, on average. (bug present in RC1 and RC2)
Updating Your Camera
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- Extract the `.zip` file into the root directory of a FAT32 formatted USB drive.
- Turn on your camera and insert the USB drive into the USB/eSATA combo port, not the one labeled 'OTG'.
- From the main window, tap the `Util` button to open the utility window.
- As a precaution, tap the `Backup Calibration Data` button on the utility window before starting the update.
- When the backup is completed, a pop-up window will be displayed.
- Tap the `Done` button to close the pop-up window.
- From the utility window, tap the `Apply Software Update` button to begin the software update.
- A warning message will be displayed, tap the `Yes` button to confirm and begin the update.
- If a pop-up that says 'No software update found' is displayed, even when a USB stick containing the update in the correct location is connected, reboot the camera and try again.
- During the update, the screen will go blank and an `Applying Update` message will be displayed.
- After approximately 60 seconds, the update will be complete and the camera will restart.
