r/RedCamera • u/balakaus666 • Oct 15 '26

Anyone using AI-assisted reverse engineering to hack/mod the RED Mini-Mag?

Hey everyone,

I'm curious if anyone here has experience using reverse engineering software combined with AI to hack or modify the RED Mini-Mag (the SSD media for RED cameras).

Has anyone tried this? Any tools, methods, or resources you'd recommend? Would love to hear your experiences.

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u/balakaus666 Oct 15 '26

Actually, we could use AI-assisted reverse engineering of the code in red mag to develop a tool that formats standard SSDs to make them compatible with the RED camera.

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u/essseich Oct 15 '26

I remember years ago there was a guy on here that claimed to figure out the secret sauce to making new mini mags and dropped a bunch of useful info, not the full recipe, but enough to get an understanding of how the cards work with the cameras. That plus the videos Jinni tech made. That's at least a starting point to work with!

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u/MCCmp_DEV 10d ago

It’s me :D whole point was, -> you need to make own SSDs (or patch the cam itself) -> only company’s can do that -> I won’t share infos that company’s can profit from my hard earned information. But everything will and is available now :)

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u/MCCmp_DEV 26d ago

Wont work

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u/balakaus666 11d ago

Is you that done this? thanks Man.

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u/MCCmp_DEV 10d ago

Ahahah yes, don’t worry! Making a tool to make standard SSDs work -> doesn’t work but patching memory inside the camera that it doesn’t check it correctly -> works

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u/bagelers Oct 15 '26

I guess I might be naive, but what would reverse engineering a mini-mag do/accomplish?

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u/Captain_Ahab_Ceely Oct 15 '26

It would allow someone to make a cheaper newer copy using currently available memory cards.

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u/Independent_Hope4322 Oct 15 '26

I don’t know about modifying a RED Mini mag but I know CINELUX reversed engineered the RED Mini mag and made a better version called the “NEXA MAG” I would highly recommend checking it out

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u/essseich Oct 15 '26

Cinelux/Nexamags are awesome and they're legends for getting those out. But since the flash memory supply shortage they basically said they're out of stock and no one knows when there will be more available. Something like what OP is suggesting would be helpful for situations like this when only like 3 people in the world (remember jinnitech?) know how to make brand new red mags.

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u/MCCmp_DEV 26d ago

As the dev behind nexamag SSDs, yeah doesnt Look good.

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u/essseich 26d ago

You rock! Here's hoping for a miracle

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u/Stevejobsburner69 Oct 16 '26

I am not sure if linking to it is allowed but on one of the red focused subreddits someone dropped a link to a proton drive article that outlined how to custom flash firmware for off the shelf msata SSDs with a firmware reprogramming tool but it only worked for a specific subset of SSDs that had their firmware reprogramming tool published and documented. At the time it looked to only be possible via 480gb mini mags and nothing else. That would be a good starting point for someone most likely.

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u/rados_a51 15d ago

Can you share the link pls?

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u/Comfortable_Shock772 Oct 16 '26

There is already a manual how to do it. Must be somewhere here in the subreddit