@arvidtp

If you have to revert back to 3.61, the 65mb extreme settings will span. They look as good as the new 44 (better to my eye) but at least they'll span until the new 3.62 settings are sorted.

(ps Im a hack newbee!)
Ive just hacked and tried out "a new Setting @cbrandin 1080p/ @Butt 720p B-Frames
GOP12" against normal camera settings, for a spesific dark picture and shooting situation. 24p 1080 H.

Used Scandisk 16gb gr10.
Stability, for me no problem. Thou it stops at 4gb file(tried 3 times). Camera will playback files that was stopped by me(not those stopped by 4gbsize). FCP log transfere will convert all files except 4gb files. VoltaicHD converts the 4gb files.

Picture:
Same light, position,nostalgic(-1,0,-1,-1), iso 640, voiglander, f2, generally underexposed, out of focus darker area, resolution chart in focus.

Result: less banding/areas with one single color, more detail,
and much more noice all over, thou noise is small grained, its very prominent.. This acounts also for test in 160iso, white surface, (smooth setting -2-2-2-2) which makes for a lt of green red noise. Too much for my liking.

Any oppinions experience on this noise?

Ill try standard 3.62 settings and AQ: 2.

And Big Thanks for all great work by Vitaly and testing and settings done in forum!

@kae thanks for the tip about 65mbit extreme settings spanning. would that be this post? http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/10555#Comment_10555

@arvidtp

Yes, those are the ones. They are all stable except for 1080i 50 mode which is buggy because the low gop is locked to 1080p and 24L won't work. Remember to reformat your card when you start using them and if a clip won't play in cam, just turn the cam on and off and it usually will. The 10 frame glitch in 1080p will be in the front of each clip. But, so far at least, these 1080p 24h settings still look better to me for motion than anything I've seen posted from 3.62.

Do the video buffer and audio buffer get set automatically with 3.62 when you change the bitrate? Might increasing these help with spanning?

Apologies if this is a foolish question, but the only version of PTools available is v3.62, correct? The web link on the 3.61 page ( http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/414/ptool-3.61d-topic/p1 ) is directed to the same page where version 3.62 is hosted ( https://www.personal-view.com/faqs/gh2-hack/ptool-software).

I just ran a test with Vitaily's recommended settings (those that are in the notes of Ptool) span. The only thing I changed was the GOP (from default 12 to 6). Need to run Streamparser but at least the spanning does work above 32mbit. Needs more testing.

@arvidtp
Thanks for the info. I was going to try lower Mbit setting in ptool 3.62. I had erased the earlier ptool. No looking back just have to wait for the new ptool.
@sohus
Are you getting as good a look compared to the GOP 12? Just asking because of the bug with lower GOPs.

@arvidtp Thanks man, might take ya up on it. I think I still have mine at home though. If I do I'll try and host it.

@sam sorry, I compared unhacked and hacked(settings:"a new Setting @cbrandin 1080p/ @Butt 720p B-Frames GOP12"). But I think the noise thing was a question of AQ settings. guess there is a balancepoint where AQ add noise in dark areas, instead of detail, but it may be just a taste question?. (seems like nostalgia filmode adds noise too.)

thanks for tip, Im trying it out.

ptool 3.61 is here: http://arvidtp.net/browse.php?dir=/dropbox/gh2-hack

I don’t have the official zip anymore, so you get my setting files also :) set h is my current conservative setup where spanning seems to work (32mbit max for 1080p24 and 720p). I may test 36mbits tomorrow but tried 44 today with these settings otherwise the same and it didn’t span on my SD card.