Keep up the good work guys. We are all pulling for you, and praying you get no bricked GH2's. Clean uncompressed 422 1080 and 720 signals in standard modes and in both the 2.6 and 3.9 ETC modes would be a god send. I will be checking this thread several times a day awaiting updates. Thanks again.

@pixel_pilgrim
This is team topic, use proper HDMI topic please.

I sent an emai to chief engineer in Japan (usuki.naoshi@jp.panasonic.com) and got an immediate call back from UK Panasonic.
I asked why the 720 HDMI output was not operational. Only to be told from Mike at Panny UK via a left msg that the GH2 doesnt support 720 in live view, "unfortunately, the output in live view mode is ONLY 1080, thank you"

Nice fellas arent they!

That's really interesting! So no issues with the irregular cadence that apparently cripples 24p material output through hdmi? I wonder if/how it would work with the Ninja? Thanks for the test!

@Vitaliy oh my gosh.. they are blind or what?! you wrote like 4 times that this is a HDMI team topic and they are still posting videos here.. just delete it!

Hi Guys, Great work so far! And an internet Hi5 to VK!

Just wanting to clarify @HenryO and directed at @driftwood:
Is the cadence issue effected by the new ST:HDMI hack? (Ie working nowish? or towards a solution anyway?)

Cheers!

Theorically the cadence issue is due a problem with AVCHD codec- HDMI output signal should be a "raw" video signal.

@paglez
I'm not aware of an issue with the AVCHD codec... I am only aware of the HDMI issues with repeated frames - cadences etc... Just was interested in if driftwoods findings - (ie: video working) translate to - working and fixed... or just working as in Hello World...

I am guessing that this is currently a Hello World phase -considering that @VK has re-written the HDMI code... (The saying: "I want to marry your mind" comes to mind... )

:D

Keep us posted, I'm excited!

Just for the record, the hdmi outputs to Ninja at 1080 30fps - see Final Cut Pro 7's Item Properties.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev No. Still doing heavy testing.
The Ninja records from the hdmi out of the gh2 in 24p mode at allegedly 1080i60 but it actually gets 30fps recorded onto the Ninja's hard disc. This is probably the same for other recorders.
The pattern, for arguments sake, is 2 frames of 'interlaced' and 3 frames of 'progressive' (in a repeating pattern lets call it 'i' for lines and 'P' for no lines as in 30 frames from frame 0 to frame 29 = PiiPPPiiPPPiiPPPiiPPPiiPPPiiPP).
This has been tested with a ptools setting of GOP1, GOP3 and default GOP 12. Everything comes out 30 frames. Ditto with your recent ptools HDMI ST settings - no change!

Update: A reverse pulldown has to be used to get the pictures sorted.
"Telecine, Pull-Down, and Reverse Telecine: ...Once the video is captured on disk, software can perform reverse telecine, or reverse pull-down, to restore the original 23.98 fps film frame rate."
Source: http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=E%26section=2%26tasks=true

The Ninja (and some other devices) are not or probably not performing any pulldown by my tests. This has to be performed by the NLE or specialist software. Or we have to perform a reverse telecine to get it back to 24p.

I will be showing a typical example video of HDMI Ninja v SD card recording video shortly.

Basically Vitaliy, out of the hdmi, I see no changes to the material in frame order using the new ptools settings. No switching to other video modes happen either. I will be finalising the chrominance and YUV tests between the two to see if any other changes happen later.
Added Note: Also could the GH2 be performing some kind of overall 'for all modes' conversion with normal pulldown process to spit it out of the HDMI for general TV playback? Which is why 720p is greyed out.

Cool.

Incidentally.one of the reasons why I adopted GOP1 on 220M is that the Atamos Ninja recording any NTSC 1080p24 signal encodes at upto 220Mbps so its interesting to match bitrate for side by side comparisons.
Any PAL 1080p24 GH2 recording off the HDMI becomes Apple ProRes 422, 1920 x 1080, 25 fps interlaced, at upto 120 Mbps on the Ninja.

@driftwood "gettting the 1080p24 gh2 recordings which record at 30 fps hdmi .mov in the Ninja out of post at 24p, as Its probably different for other hdmi recorders I'm wondering if my solution on the GH2 + Ninja thread is quicker than using your AVIsynth variation/less painless for Ninja users?"

The only way to answer this question is you must do some work...

1) Simultaneously record in-camera and to the Ninja for at least one minute. Make sure something is always moving in the picture.
2) Do your pulldown removal.
3) Place the in-camra clip on the timeline in your editing program. Place the pulldown-removed clip on a track immediately above it. Align them so the exact same frame is at the beginning. You can do this by either setting opacity of the upper track to 50% or by simply toggling the upper track on and off.
4) Step through the timeline frame by frame, checking that each frame on both tracks remains identical. If they lose sync, or if you see any interlace artifacts appear on the upper track, then your pulldown removal has failed. A correct pulldown removal will maintain a perfect correspondence between the two clips, indefinitely. If your pulldown removal holds up for one minute, try it for three minutes.