Samsung NX300, NX500, NX1 Cameras Hack

Ralph_B

PV FAQ section, will be updated regularly - http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/start#samsung-hacks-information

Samsung NX500 / NX1 Mods

KS pack page and downloads:

https://www.facebook.com/NXKS2/

Otto team hacks pages:

initial installer - https://github.com/ottokiksmaler/nx500_nx1_modding/tree/master/nx-on-wake
hacks themselves - https://github.com/ottokiksmaler/nx500_nx1_modding/tree/master/video-bitrate-mods/nx-patch
general - https://github.com/ottokiksmaler/nx500_nx1_modding

Firmware format info - https://sites.google.com/site/nxcryptophotography/diy-firmware

Developers menu access information - http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/samsung-hack/developers-menu

Samsung NX300 Open Source Hack

As most of you probably know, Samsung has released the source code for their NX300 camera. This camera produces an amazing picture, as good if not better than the GH2/3.

And here's the link to download the source code:

http://opensource.samsung.com/

Type "NX300" in the search box and you'll go to the download page.

The archive is 2.2 GB and it expands to 4.55 GB with 282,385 files in 16,329 folders. It's massive. I have no idea how to navigate through this thing. I hope somebody more knowledgable will take a look at it. In particular, where is the code for the H264 compression?

Ralph_B

Reserved

Vitaliy_Kiselev

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/7016/samsung-publically-releases-open-source-code-for-nx-cameras-/p1

Ralph_B

I've been exploring the archive, and a lot of the goodies appear to be here:

TIZEN\project\NX300\imagedev\usr\include

gstreamer-0.10 and libavcodec are here.

Alteregoxxx

Hello everyone, in a few days I'll have my new flaming NX 300 :-) I think it's a great camera; video, to my eyes, is at least on par with pana GH2/GH3, even with its default codec compression; so I think this toy has a great potential to shine. Is someone starting to work on a firmware hack like the great work Vitaliy_Kiselev & Co have done for pana? I would like to try for myself, I'm an electronic engineer and I'm good enough on programming (a little of assembly code programming done on PICmicro, C, C++ and Java programming) but I've zero experience on this specific hacking firmware argument. If someone can give me some reading to start from, maybe I can try, with the collaboration of someone else interested on this topic, to start to do something.

Gaetano from Italy

Ralph_B

I share your pain. At the very least, one should be able to compile the code from the archive into a working firmware that the camera can actually run. But there is no instruction on how to do that. Making changes is out of the question until one can do this most basic task.

Alteregoxxx

Vitaliy_Kiselev where are you? :-DD

shrapnell

There are build and install guides for the firmware on the samsung webpage. Just on the right side.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

There are build and install guides for the firmware on the samsung webpage. Just on the right side.

Did you make suitable firmware using them?

shiranai

http://op-co.de/blog/posts/hacking_the_nx300/

Vitaliy_Kiselev

More useful links at

http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/samsung-hack/useful-links

Vitaliy_Kiselev

NX300 firmware hack to remove video recording limitations

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/56754944

https://mega.nz/#!kABT1IDD!vQZI7hYsqng3AotKiaDDr-v03cZsRTGTpEyf9iLnPFU

yskunto

Can the video recording limitation ported to NX30?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@yskunto

I think yes, but you need to talk to author to get info or ask him.

IronFilm

Anybody in this forum did the hack yet for the NX300? Curious, as I own one.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@IronFilm

What you mean? Removing video limit?

IronFilm

Yup!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@IronFilm

Well, on the link it is ready to flash firmware. As I know author no longer do anything and disappeared.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@IronFilm

It seems that method used for newer cameras also works on old, check top post here.

superlost2

Anyone that have removed the video time limit on a Samsung NX Mini?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@superlost2

I think that you must look at the info in top post, by idea dev menu must be similar.

superlost2

@Viraliy_Kiselev

The problem is that I do not have a exposure compensation button.

samuelcabral

Why people here are not intested on the amazing improvements that some guys (Vasile, Otto, Chant..) are doing on the nx1 and nx500?

In little time they disable the time record limit, are testing higher Bitrates and many more things to come (maybe a Magic lantern like..).

We could at least, update this topic... Nobody cares about the nx300 anymore.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@samuelcabral

Cameras are mostly out of stock. Plus they never had been highly popular.

I am big fan of NX system, but facts are hard.

chopnshoot

The bitrate hack has been unified for NX1 and NX500. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3989988

Look like GUI hack with multiple hacks at once is up next.

I've seen a couple of commenters say they've ran the high bitrate hack and have recorded 30 minute 4K clips without any issues.

samuelcabral

Got it, @Vitaliy_Kiselev... I tend to forget that camera geeks like many of us here might represent less than 10% of the market. But it's a shame, i really believe in the potencial of Samsung's hardware.

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