videomancer beta program

Before you test

• Install LZX Connect 1.3.5 and enable Show pre-release firmware
• Flash 1.0.0-rc.46 (Connect update or .uf2 from Downloads)
• Confirm 1.0.0-rc.46 on the SYSTEM screen
• Optional: RGB-capable HDMI sink or mixer input (e.g. Roland V-4EX input 4) for the SD color check

Testing goals

• SD YUV HDMI — true colors on RGB sink

  high

  1. Routing = Standalone (or HDMI In); timing NTSC or PAL. 2. Load Colorbars (YUV core — not Colorbars RGB). 3. HDMI out into an RGB-expecting monitor or mixer input. 4. Confirm white bar is white (not pink/salmon) and primaries look correct.

  Pass: Colorbars look correct on RGB sink; no pink-white / false-color scramble.

• HD YUV + RGB programs — no regression

  high

  1. Load Colorbars or Passthru at 720p60 or 1080p30. 2. Load Passthru RGB / Colorbars RGB at NTSC if available. 3. Confirm colors remain correct (HD YUV path and GBR cores unchanged).

  Pass: HD YUV and RGB-core programs display correct colors; no new artifacts.

• Dual analog smoke — 720p60 passthru

  medium

  1. Routing = Dual; Passthru color bars at 720p60. 2. Spot-check your usual analog leg (YPbPr, composite, or RGsB).

  Pass: Picture locked; bars aligned; no regression vs rc.45 on that leg.

Previous RC testing instructions

• RC 1.0.0-rc.45, rc.44 dual analog firmware with desk HIL gate at 180/184; confirm anchor legs and heavy HD Dual programs on your bench
• RC 1.0.0-rc.44, Dual analog loopback fixes (RGsB, composite/S-Video, YPbPr AC EXT sync at HD) and Gate E 27/27 program scan; flash rc.44 and verify anchor legs on dual loops
• RC 1.0.0-rc.43, H Phase Out/In dual IO trim, unified Sync Out LC fix, and full 27-program HD Dual rebuild; flash rc.43 UF2 and verify h-phase + heavy programs on dual loops
• RC 1.0.0-rc.42, HD progressive dual passthru fix (ADV7181 CP + RTL sync delay); flash rc.42 UF2 and verify 720p/1080p dual analog loops plus PAL 576i regression
• RC 1.0.0-rc.41, PAL dual 576i passthru fix (ADV7181 CP + RTL sync delay); flash rc.41 UF2 and verify PAL/NTSC dual analog loops and program pack install
• RC 1.0.0-rc.40, Program-library upload reliability (watchdog during SD writes); verify Connect pack install and no dual RGB 1V / HDMI regression vs rc.39
• RC 1.0.0-rc.39, Dual-mode RGB 1V accuracy — EXT sync delay + encoder CSC; verify dual loopback bars at 720p60/1080p30 and no YPbPr AC / HDMI regression
• RC 1.0.0-rc.38, MCU-only ADV7181C SD YPbPr lock fix — clamp/STDI/PLL thrash; verify DVD component reads NTSC (not 480p) with stable lock
• RC 1.0.0-rc.37, Sync timing hardening — Sync Out v_eff_lines wrap (Fix C), FPGA-load vsync watchdog gate, HDMI sync/pixel co-timing; verify 1080i Sync Out and no blank/drop on program switch
• RC 1.0.0-rc.36, Analog I/O mode expansion — YYY out (triple luma + sync on all), RGsB label, YPbPr 1V and YYY 1V analog in on the DC jacks
• RC 1.0.0-rc.35, Sync Out eq/VBI phase advance fix — uniform horizontal sync compensation on tri-level eq/VBI paths; verify 1080i5994 external ramp strobing resolved
• RC 1.0.0-rc.34, Processing-delay chroma inversion fix — Sync Out phase advance uses truthful program_top I/O latency (÷4); verify chroma phase on former odd-delay programs
• RC 1.0.0-rc.33, Unified sync phase compensation — external sync output pre-compensates for program pipeline delay across Analog, HDMI, Dual, and Standalone routing
• RC 1.0.0-rc.32, Dual Mode sync output alignment — dedicated sync output tracks ADV7393 analog video timing when HDMI provides sync to the decoder path
• RC 1.0.0-rc.31, Audio/CV input stability — per-line CV sampling fixes, ADC DMA recovery, and extended-soak validation for rear input monitor + modulators
• RC 1.0.0-rc.30, Standalone RGB 1V input sampling — ADV7181C remains master pixel clock while rear analog RGB is passed through the pipeline; 480p/576p standalone vid_clk fix
• RC 1.0.0-rc.29, rc.25→rc.29 cumulative field test — video sync & boot routing, USB host stability, settings persistence, program library, AudioIn modulator, Pendulum fix, and new MOTION diagnostic pages
• RC 1.0.0-rc.28, USB host stability, program library install, HDMI cold boot

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