NEX-5 support

[criskurtin]

Greetings,

I wonder has there been any progress in gen1 cameras. I own NEX-5 and I'm willing to provide my time to figure out the linux subsystem and get to the settings. I have motivation because I'd really like to disable the rec display on HDMI output and sleep timeout to use the camera for live shows. I already have a dump of nflasha and bootloader which I can provide, as well as last firmware unpacked.

[criskurtin]

Also, if there is need, I can do some poking around in IDA, at least with elfs in /usr/bin

[jeanthom]

Hi,

I'm going to do some work on my NEX-3. I'd like to enable 1080p recording or at least tweaking video profiles, but clean HDMI output could be cool.

For the moment being, I have some Sony executables loaded in IDA. I may have some ideas on how to implement clean HDMI.

Drop me an email at nex@jeanthomas.me

[thegallivanter]

Hi Jean Thomas,

I`m also trying to work on my nex-3. Trying to find out how to use the pmca-console to find and change certain settings. Mungewell shows the 'bk.elf r' and 'bk.elf w' commands here.

He points at the id '0x003e0005' to be the 'model name' and the value '49 4C 43 45 2D 35 30 30 31' to be the model a5001 (which he changed from 49,4C,43,45,2D,35,30,30, which meant a5000). But how does he know that an id stands for a certain option, and what value for that id means what setting exactly?

Which ID stands for the enabled recording modes for example? And which value might possibly allow 1080p recording in other cameras?

[jeanthom]

The value is an ASCII string encoded in hexadecimal : 49,4C,43,45,2D,35,30,30,30 is "ILCE-5000".

I don't think we can get 1080p recording simply by editing a value because the code seems to differ between the NEX-3 and the NEX-5, perhaps we should try flashing a NEX-5 firmware on a NEX-3 ?

[thegallivanter]

This issue has a useful discussion: ma1co/fwtool.py#6

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On 23 June 2018 at 10:09, Jean THOMAS ***@***.***> wrote: The value is an ASCII string encoded in hexadecimal : 49,4C,43,45,2D,35,30,30,30 is "ILCE-5000". I don't think we can get 1080p recording simply by editing a value because the code seems to differ between the NEX-3 and the NEX-5, perhaps we should try flashing a NEX-5 firmware on a NEX-3 ? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#98 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJr0F6qmVRYZJLaSA1DupSo9fOfv0X0Dks5t_ffRgaJpZM4T96B2> .

[jeanthom]

I opened this repository so we could speak about non-PCMA cameras : https://github.com/jeanthom/NEX1stGenRE