NikonD5100 1080i live streaming Success

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

As this video continues to get views, I would like to add a point of clarification. In order to get live streaming from the HDMI in full screen 1080i resolution BOTH "HDMI Output 1080i" AND "HDMI Output 1080i Full Screen" must be selected. My assumption (which proved wrong) was that only one of these selections were possible. With both selected the resolution is set to 1080i and the output frame is extended to "FullScreen." ========UPDATE============ This information is now out of date. The two options have been merged into 1 as per Simeon Pilgrim.

[@adrianflorearo]

Thank you John! I'm so glad I can use the camera now for streaming. No capture card was accepted before the firmware update.

[@melwinantony9529]

Thank you John for this awesome help. It worked like a treat!! Stay safe and take care...

[@purnomosidi09]

Thank you very much John🙋

[@shouvik87]

HI John - Thanks for the wonderful Video - i applied the firmware update and still see the max Live View set to 15 min. even after the update. can you help me out? Thanks!

[@dubju]

hi john, i am a musician, not a photo guy. you helped me very much. the d5100 did not show any signs of smoke yet. Maybe a helpful hint for others: i use a AVerMedia - GL310 LGP Lite to grabb the hdmi signal. against manufacturers hint, that it works only with win10, it also works with win7. the drivers can be downloaded from avermedia's side

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

I can’t believe five years on people are still finding this video. I’m glad you found it useful. Oh and in 5 years no one has reported overheating their D5100.

[@kodykj2112]

@@JohnBrown-CRSI I just used your video to update my wifes camera, she is going to use it to stream. Thank you! Have you only used the HDMI to stream the video? I'm using digiCamControl Virtual webcam and it gets the preview over USB without any updates to the firmware. I only get 720x540 though over the USB. Once we get a capture card I will try the HDMI and hopefully get the full 1080i. I used the firmware file you shared in a comment reply and it worked good but I still get 720x540 over USB so must only work on HDMI out. Thanks again.

[@SimeonPilgrim]

you are correct that the bitrate settings are only used for recording to SD media.

[@davidsauvage9126]

Hi John, Just try to install the modified firmware on a D5100, but it doesn't work. I can still take picture, and only 3 seconds for a video. And when I try to connect the camera to the Atem mini pro, nothing. Black screen. When I connect the hdmi cable to the camera with the liveview for movies on, it's changing to picture mode. We can hear it. And Can't do anything else. When I search in the menu, nothing to access to a different mode for streaming, liveview or anything else. Thank you for your help David

[@ricomaryjeanb.4012]

Hi John. I just bought my Nikon D5100 last month and I also wanted to use it for livestreaming, Thanks for this. May I ask if what cables did you use to connect your camera to your computer? Sorry, I'm a newbie user of DSLR and I don't have any idea how to use this but i want to use this for my livestream, Thanks in advance.

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

Mary Jea, the camera has a mini hdmi female slot under the rubber cover. If you download the manual from Nikon they will show you the location of that port. Buy an a cable of appropriate length with a standard hdmi male on one end and an hdmi mini male hdmi on the other end. If you have a video capture card in your desktop computer or usb video capture device connected to your laptop you should be able to make the connection. Have fun!

[@johnkrolpodcast1368]

Thank you! This worked for me with the D5100. I was able to find an old Nikon D5000 as well that I’d like to use for streaming for multi-camera setup. Would this hack also work for the D5000 ? Thank you!

[@fernandomeinero2]

Good night John. I visited recently the Nikon Hack tool and they doesn't show anymore the option HDMI Output 1080i. They only show "HDMI Output 1080i Full Screen". If I select this last one, the image produces a "lag".

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@fernando Meinero I'd suggest visiting NikonHacker.com and join the forums. Perhaps other users can suggest what has worked (or not worked) for them.

[@fernandomeinero2]

@@JohnBrown-CRSI Thanks John. I'll do this.

[@fernandomeinero2]

@mrdrm Unfortunately no. If you do, please tell me

[@fernandomeinero2]

@mrdrm I'll try asap. Thanks!!

[@arepb]

Hi John -- did you have any problem seeing two black bars on the side of the frame when doing liveview? I seem to have that issue

[@julianmiguelcac3917]

when doing live streaming is it normal that my D5100 in OBS looks stretched? it does not look like a normal 16:9

[@Hanigun]

Hi. On my D5100 camera, after the firmware, from the site, and from yours. 1080i does not work. Black bars around. Could it be in the settings? How to fix it?

[@SimeonPilgrim]

super glad you got it sorted, sorry that I was lazy, and didn't merge the two patches into one patch. my bad.

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

Simeon Pilgrim I was so happy to figure that out! So often my assumptions are completely different than those of programmer (especiall MS programmers!) Counterintuitive computing. Perhaps a note in the page describing the settings would be in order for other myopic users like me. By the way, I contemplated using a Cam Ranger with a pivoting base to remotely control and aim the Nikon D5100. However, their tech support told me that Nikon disables HDMI output if anything is plugged into the USB port (which CR uses) on the camera. Given your superior knowledge of the firmware do you think this is an arbitrary decision (which has potential to be overridden by NH firmware?) Or, is there a technical reason why USB control of camera and HDMI must remain mutually exclusive? It would be really cool to be able to pan the camera and change focus from across the room while live streaming.

[@SimeonPilgrim]

John Brown I can override the HDMI/USB on my D7000, so it is "workable", but there are some issues in how it's tricked that escape me presently. Also I haven't tested much so there could be gotchas. It's for reasons like this that the HMDI video patches where posted separate, to help point the finger if there where issues, but it just cause hassles.

[@Hanigun]

Hi. On my D5100 camera, after the firmware, from the site, and from this channel. 1080i does not work. Black bars around. Could it be in the settings? How to fix it? Please help ! :)

[@JohnBvoice]

Hey John Thank you and God bless U!

[@ScienceofExcellence]

Hi John I am can fined the file to down load to my D5100 - I have a Mac computer any help will be much appreciated blessings

[@VideoArtist]

Hey John, my only issue is I can't seam to get 1080i on Wirecast, it looks like it is squashing 4:3 in to 16:9. The work around is to film in 720p is fine tho. I'm wondering if I should have tried your older patch (I used the link in your edited comment from 6 months ago) Thanks.

[@deafprof]

I'm having the same issue. Wondering if there's a work around that doesn't involve a scaler... hmmm. Good luck! :)

[@Pedro-sd6mt]

@@deafprof I am also having this issue. The clean HDMI output removes the cluttered info but leaves black borders around a roughly 3:2 video output. It could be cleaned up in streaming software but I'm not using any. Were you able to solve this?

[@kodykj2112]

I'm using digiCamControl Virtual webcam and it gets the preview over USB without any updates to the firmware. I only get 720x540 though over the USB. Once we get a capture card I will try the HDMI and hopefully get the full 1080i. I used the firmware file you shared in a comment reply and it worked good but I still get 720x540 over USB so must only work on HDMI out. Thanks again.

[@eventanythingeverything646]

i already update now i want to use ur method what to do ?

[@StefanoSpritz]

Hi John and thank you for this video. I have a question: would it works also if i connect the D5100 to my pc with the USB port? Thank you

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

Stefano, not directly. It will with any hdmi to usb capture device. There are many inexpensive ones now being sold. For example on Amazon “MavisLink Audio Video Capture Cards HDMI to USB 1080p USB2.0 Record via DSLR Camcorder Action Cam for High Definition Acquisition, Live Broadcasting”. Around 18.00 US.

[@StefanoSpritz]

@@JohnBrown-CRSI thanks for your answer. Yes I already saw these devices and I will buy one a.s.a.p. Now I'm streaming on Twitch using my Reflex connected to my pc directly with the USB but the resolution is very low (640x*** I don't remember). The reason of this low resolution is the connection with the USB cable, right? Using the HDMI and the capture device (and also your hack?) I should obtain an higher resolution?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@@StefanoSpritz can’t think of any way the cable would change (reduce) resolution. I’d carefully review the camera’s manual to see if there is a control to set streaming resolution. Your point about speed of transfer is a valid one as usb has progressed through multiple versions each with different throughput. But if you are simply connecting a cable between camera and pc there wouldn’t be any intermediate software to modify the resolution (in my opinion).

[@StefanoSpritz]

@@JohnBrown-CRSI I’ll review the manual, for sure. Maybe it could be the program I’m using to transfer the video from the reflex to OBS... I don’t know 🤔 With the video usb video capture card definitely I would solve. Thanks for your precious advices!

[@DennisBuckley180]

Hello John, Am I correct that your patch will not allow me to use non-branded batteries?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@DENNISBUCKLEY180, The file I shared is set for Nikon batteries. You should be able to configure a file to your needs (allowing the use of non Nikon batteries) at SimeonPilgrim.com as shown in the video.

[@paxxtor]

Hello John, Thank you for your video, I managed to do it with my nikon, but there is a small problem, the image does not have the infinity edge, the sides have the black stripe, could you tell the reason for this?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

the Nikon's aspect ratio does not match that of your typical monitor (16 :9).

[@Tom-Winters]

Hi! quick question! the live view will auto shut off after set time. Max is 15 min. Can this software turn that off?

[@artgingo5494]

Yes

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5nYdYJ-oNZnl80 shows the setting on the Nikon Hackeer firmware that turns this off.

[@omarestrada9788]

Did you fix this? i have the same issue y patch the firmware but still can´t get more than 15min

[@edomsquared]

Hi. I downloaded your hacked firmware link but its not working. I still cannot see the manual mode on live view. Thanks. Need help.

[@noni4242]

thanks for the tutorial. I have updated the firmware. the ugly icons/markers are gone from the screen. Do I need to do anything further as I still see a 'boxed' display not wide fullscreen?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@Sabahat Ullah - If you were to look through "live view" before hacking the firmware, you would see 4 tiny white lines near the corners which are indicators of where "movie" mode would crop the image to produce a 16:9 aspect ratio. Still photography on the Nikon results in 3:2 aspect ratio. You'll want to crop the image in your capture software (OBS?, Wirecast, etc.)

[@YprChannel-un6xg]

Can i ask something? What can i do if the update is error? Cz im want to hack but im so affraid

[@l.l.6949]

Hey John Brown I am late to the party, thank you for your video. I tried all methods and patches you suggested but still get in the 1080i HDMI stream a slight flickering. In 720p that is not a problem. I just wonder what could be the reason for this behavior, the HDMI cable but only in 1080p or is it the camera which can't probably output a FULL HD (only Interlaced) signal and therefore feeds an image with atefacts?

[@groversu]

Have you got any solution to this as i have the same problem

[@FacuMCosentino]

Hi! Do you have any solutions.

[@danielbartz3441]

Hi John, thanks for the interesting video. Do you happen to still have a copy of your patched firmware? If yes - I would love to get a copy to try it out. I just experimented with the patch and the HDMI Output option you used seems to be gone from the current version of the patch tool. Only the Live View options are there but LV will switch off after some minutes - not solving my problem for long recordings over HDMI.

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

Daniel, I think this is the bin file prepped back in 2015. I've not confirmed it as my camera is down at the moment (not due to bin file!) Use at your own risk. drive.google.com/file/d/0BxDd4z9QgwyycTFhNzZ6TTNCZ00/view?usp=sharing

[@danielbartz3441]

John, the file actually works. Thanks a lot!

[@bernvergara]

​@@danielbartz3441 so the no timeout on liveview works on d5100 using the link? which option in the c2 setting did you select?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@Daniel Bartz it looks like Simeon Pilgrim updated the tool a couple years ago and consolidated the two selections into one. There is also a new tool that doesn't require Silverlight!

[@deafprof]

Yes, the hacks are a great resource. I'm finding that the HDMI output is stretched. Anyone know how to resolve this without scaling on a capture card? Cheers in advance...:)

[@entitiniiii]

Hi John, is there a possibility to remove the black bars without cropping out with obs? Thank you

[@lando227]

ever found a solution friend?

[@LeandroMenzen]

Link to download the firmware?

[@daau5300]

Hey John was wondering did you still have the firmware download it on your computer I am willing to purchase it the website is no longer available to get the firmware can you help me out

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

DA AU you'll find a copy here: drive.google.com/file/d/0BxDd4z9QgwyycTFhNzZ6TTNCZ00/view?usp=sharing Use at your own risk.

[@rmax4446]

This was fantastic information! Thanks so much for the information

[@demetrialiles7116]

I also have a d5100 when my camera is being used as a webcam it keep automatically taking a shot every now and then, any thoughts?

[@27oslec]

mine says, "waiting for device to be ready"... still looking for solution

[@ramonhernandez1802]

Great video but have had nothing but problems attempting to get this patch. I have already updated my firmware, however, my web browser and most contemporary web browsers do not support Silverlight. I have attempted to use Mozilla firefox esr but no luck either. Any suggestions.

[@VideoArtist]

Hey Ramon, where did you get up to with this? I was able to get it working with my D5100...

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@Ramon Hernandez it looks like Simeon Pilgrim updated the tool and it no longer requires Silverlight. See it at NikonHacker.com link in the upper right hand corner of the home page.

[@BrandonPeccoralo]

I don't like the quality... maybe be the lens? I think SparkoCam makes this much easier and sharper.

[@helfibnhelm8035]

Sorry I am a late comer. Did you use a capture card or just the HDMI straight to your system?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

Omolade Oluwafemi 5 years ago I had to use a capture card. Capabilities today are quite different. I saw info today that Canon is building usb direct to PC connection into their DSLR cameras now. Beta streaming software on their website. Search for EOS Webcam Utility Beta at their website to see the list of supported Canon models and download the software

[@FloSappBoxingChannel]

Thanks you

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

+Leandro Menzen drive.google.com/open?id=0BxDd4z9QgwyyMGlfSzVsLTVFQ1U

[@身赤-w3w]

hello! how do i open .bin file? i'm not good with technology

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@@身赤-w3w You don't open the bin file. Refer to "updating your firmware" in your Nikon user guide.

[@ScienceofExcellence]

When i try to open this it says its an unsupported formate ?? Any ideas

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@@ScienceofExcellence you don’t open the file, your camera does. Download the manual from Nikon’s website and read instructions on how to update your firmware. Use that process to load the hacked firmware.

[@felexarmandonovela8552]

hi i got nikon d5100 and i would like to use it for streaming with my Elgato HD60s,would you please help how i do the Firmware update and where i may download it

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

If you look at my response to Daniel Bartz you will find a copy of the Nikon hacked firmware I produced in the vid. Go to Nikon site download user guide for your camera or search their support pages for firmware upgrade instructions.it is easy. Put the firmware on the sd card and use the camera menu to execute the application of the hacked firmware.

[@felexarmandonovela8552]

John Brown thank you sir

[@noni4242]

@@felexarmandonovela8552 after updating the firmware, do you do any other thing to be able to use it as full screen 1080?

[@felexarmandonovela8552]

Sabahat Ullah i got canon d 80,so I didn’t update after anymore!

[@estremobikesph2726]

Thanks it works on my second hand nikon d5100 :)

[@sathyanpalakkad]

can you teach me ?

[@theblackpowerguitar]

Just what I need, tanks a lot!

[@TheXadur8r]

Did this work for you and does this end up stuffing up your Nikon camera if you wanted to use it as a normal DSLR in the future...??

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

@@TheXadur8r you can always reflash the firmware to the factory original. I keep two sd cards in my camara case for just that purpose.

[@eNeruFPSsecondary]

How did you manage to disable the auto-off and not risk overheat?

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

eNeru, I noted the breathless concern of so many on various forum sites claiming that disabling the 20 minute limit would result in overheating and failure of the camera. I further noted that no one seemed ever to say that they had actually experienced such a failure. Given that the 20 minute limit was predicated on European tariff rules (over 20 minutes and the device is categorized as a motion picture camera with higher tariffs), I decided to risk it. I've not experienced any problems. Admittedly, I'm taking a risk, but I'm willing to do so. My camera is a second hand D5100 I bought on eBay so there is limited down side. If I do manage to burn it out, I'll be sure to post a statement to that effect on various online forums as "proof of the rumor".

[@___xyz___]

Wonderful

[@PraiseHymnWorship]

thanks very helpful!

[@curiosoincidente]

Excellent hack! thank you so much

[@skydrone7078]

Thank You ... view video in 2023 :)

[@VideoArtist]

It worked, thanks!

[@tarango8954]

Thanks i used for a podcast :)

[@toeebe]

Thak you!

[@brianpaul838]

Thanks

[@matthew-tk7yc]

I’m. Not able to update it for some reason

[@deafprof]

Hi, perhaps the camera is not seeing the card? Or, perhaps the file name has been changed in such a way that the camera does not recognise it? Try using the original file name... Just some thoughts. Good luck!

[@CapCaloyEtc]

old as you

[@JohnBrown-CRSI]

The problems discussed in this video, (wherein the output was distorted) can be viewed in this earlier video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/foa8f5topr9pfLc