Sony VENICE Support
Support for the Sony VENICE camera is based on the supported version of its firmware. At the moment, firmware version 6 is supported.
Firmware version 2.0 focused on new X-OCN resolutions:
- 4K 6:5 (4096x3432 2.387)
- 6K 17:9 (6054x3192 1.879)
- 6K 1.85 (6054x3272 1.85)
Features in firmware version 3.0:
- New resolutions: 5.7K (16:9) and 6K (2:39)
- New X-OCN XT compression
- De-squeeze for x1.25, x1.3, x1.5 and x1.8)
- User Define XDROOT folder naming
High-Frame Rate support is the main feature of firmware version 4.0:
- 60 fps in 6K Full Frame 3:2 (6048 x 4032).
- 72 fps in 4K Super35 4:3 for full 18mm height anamorphic (4096 x 3024).
- 110 fps in 4K Super35 17:9 (4096 x 2160).
- 120 fps in 4K Super35 2.39:1 (4096 x 1716).
All of the High Frame Rates (except 6K 50/60p) support X-OCN recording, including X-OCN XT.
High Frame Rates (HFR) up to 60 fps support XAVC 4K/QFHD and ProRes recording.
Metadata Settings
- Tape Name box
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Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips.
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Enter Tape Name
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Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files.
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Tape Name from File Name
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Use the name of the imported file as the tape name.
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Tape Name from Directory
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Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined.
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Tape Name from Header
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Read the tape name from the header of the imported file.
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- Level field
- Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory structure.
Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this:
./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case, selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
- Tape Name field
- Enter the name to use as tape name when importing the clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape Name.
- Orientation box
- Flip (vertical) or flop (horizontal) the media when importing the clip. Camera uses the orientation defined on the camera during the shoot. Disable Flip to use the true orientation of the image, as it was shot.
Clip Settings
- Clip Name box
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Select how the clip is named when the file is imported.
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Activate the Clip Name field so that you can manually enter the clip name. When selecting multiple files for import, this name is used for all imported files.
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Clip Name from File Name
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Use the name of the imported file as the clip name.
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Debayering Settings
- Debayering box
- Select the resolution at which the media is imported. Higher resolutions require more processing and impact real-time playback. Other resolutions offer better performance at the cost of lower image resolution.
Not every debayering work for every camera. To maximize compatibility, use the relative settings: Full, Half, Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth.
If you cannot debayer a media file, you will see the following error message in the
Preview
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Error: output_resolution not available for bitstream_typ). In that case, use one of the numerical values such as HD, 2K or 8K UHD until the media debayers correctly.
- Quality box
- Select one of two qualities for the decoding of SonyRAW footage. While debayering resolution result in lower resolution clips, Quality affects the quality of the fully debayered pixels. Depending on your system configuration, Standard provides better decoding performance at the cost of lower image quality compared to High quality. The actual image degradation depends on the footage being decoded, but because of the Bayer pattern, expect to see differences in the red and blue channels.
The Quality box is only available to Debayering settings 4K and below.
- Decoder box
- Use GPU ensures the debayering happens on the GPU. This is the option to use for best performance. Use CPU if the GPU decoding causes issues such as image corruption.
GPU decoding is only available on CentOS.
Colour Settings
Note: When the MediaHub General colour management settings are in Auto Convert mode and the Input Colour Space is set to "From File or Rules", the Format Specific Colour Settings are ignored. The media will be decoded into ACES colour space and then converted to the selected Working Space. Otherwise, make sure to set the tagging in General colour management settings to correspond to your colour settings below.
- Colour Encoding box
- Select the colour space of SonyRAW media. Most settings implicitly convert the 16-bit RAW media to 16-bit half-float. Raw disables this conversion and allows you to work with the raw media.
- If you select the Raw option, you can always apply a colour transform later from the General tab, using one of the SonyRAW colour transforms available incamera/Sony.
See
Choosing a Working Color Space and
Applying Colour Management to Clips.