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Blackmagic Libre
Notes and scripts for using Blackmagic Design hardware with libre software.
No proprietary applications, SDKs, or similar are used.
Video
The camera can acquire video in two main formats:
.braw, a proprietary format from Blackmagic..mov, a format that can be read freely.
There is some software available to use .braw files on Debian,
but they require using the proprietary SDK.
There is one unmaintained hackish project that can read .braw
with ffmpeg.
Still
The camera acquires still pictures in .dng format.
Out-of-the-box neither Darktable or Gimp can read these files. They can be read by Rawtherapee.
Hardware
Tested with Blackmagic Design 6K camera, acquired used.
Software
Tested using Debian Bookworm (Testing).
Various applications used from Debian repos:
- Rawtherapee.
- Darktable.
- Gimp.
- Kdenlive.
- FFMPEG.
- mpv.
Disclaimer
I'm a computer sysadmin, not a video or camera expert. This is just to explore how to use a free toolchain.
Copyright
Unofficial project, not part of Blackmagic Design. Upstream sources under their respective copyrights.
License: CC By SA 4.0 International and/or GPLv3+ at your discretion.
Copyright © 2023, Jeff Moe.