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protyposis / yi-mirrorless-firmware-tools

Firmware tools / unpacker for the YI M1 mirrorless camera
GNU General Public License v3.0
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I’ve submitted a request to YI technology #9

Open negativesymptomatic opened 2 years ago

negativesymptomatic commented 2 years ago

Hi all! I know that this repo is not doable with nothing in our hands.

I'm one of the many of us that bought the YI M1 but, i really don't use it because of many limitations.

I've requested today the sources to YI tech, hoping that they will release them, in order to have something to work! I'm not an "expert" dev, i mainly work in frontend, but the fact that i can't use this camera drives me crazy.

I really hope that YI respond!

Keybored02 commented 2 years ago

That's great to hear! I'm really interested in this project, given the raw potential of the sensor itself. Keep me updated!

CodeMangler commented 2 years ago

I sent a request to Yi support, and received this response:

Thank you for contacting Kami Vision/YI Support!

Unfortunately we do not have the source codes for that particular product anymore since it has already been discontinued. You could check other 3rd party websites out there that may have the source codes available.

Sorry, we could not help you with concern. Should you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Have a great day ahead!

I don't quite believe that any company in this time and day would just be able to lose source code to one of their products. I'm guessing they're just not keen on sharing it. It would be quite unfortunate if that were true though.

Keybored02 commented 2 years ago

It's nonsense. No company would throw away the source code for a camera firmware (or any source code that was used on a commercial product). It's simply too valuable: autofocus, auto white balance, HDR are all features that aren't easy to implement. And the fact that third parties might have access to it instead is concerning to say the least. I don't think it's true anyway.
The only solution I can think of is to track down the employees that worked on the project trough LinkedIn and ask them directly.

blyamur commented 2 years ago

I sent a request to Yi support, and received this response:

Thank you for contacting Kami Vision/YI Support!

Unfortunately we do not have the source codes for that particular product anymore since it has already been discontinued. You could check other 3rd party websites out there that may have the source codes available.

Sorry, we could not help you with concern. Should you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Have a great day ahead!

I don't quite believe that any company in this time and day would just be able to lose source code to one of their products. I'm guessing they're just not keen on sharing it. It would be quite unfortunate if that were true though. Judging by the lack of an answer, the result is not very good?