Yes I think thats what Vitaliy was trying to say. Even then not all GH1 settings will work, but I'd venture to say a lot of them will, and loading the GH1 ini files is a good start. It's cool that the TZ10 can be hacked now, but I don't think a lot of testing has gone into it yet, so you might have to experiment a little. Good luck.
I think what Vitaliy was saying is the settings on this camera are similar to the setting on the GH1 and not the GH2. The GH2 is a different beast all together and the GH2 setting work differently than the other cameras.
@Brian202020 Thanks for your help. Yes I have public firmware: TZ10_V12. I did some settings and loaded saved .bin file in camera. So far so good. But see not so much of a difference in Quality. Maybe I just need to do different settings( trial and error)? I am a little bit confused by earlier reply by Vitaly that I have to use GH1 hack instead of GH2.
edit: I will do some tests tonight and add some Streamparser pics. Maybe then it makes more sense!
@Brian202020 Thanks for you reply. Where can I find these .ini files? I want to do some test with the TZ 10 but see not much of a difference at this moment.
>How about try first, before asking question :-) ?
bought a tz10 today and applied hack but I see no difference in quality at all. All I did was choose version increment and avchd compression bitrate SH 32000000 and overall bitrate of 52000000. Maybe I did something wrong, but I have experience with GH2 Hack (which is awesome, thank you so much for that!) so I do not understand. Please help
Thanks Vitaliy. Big thanks to you and others for doing this work. Am about to take the plunge myself for the first time with the hack - got my GH2 yesterday. Can I ask you - first I tried to open my saved Firmware update file (created with your PTool3) in the PTool3 app - but it won't do that because it's an already patched file. So if I want to get back to factory default firmware, do I open the original firmware in Ptool3 and then save out as a new version to load into the camera? Is that how it's done? Why can't we open saved patch files to edit and save out from that?
Hey - just got a GH2 so I can apply your amazing hack (waiting for fast SD card to arrive). Seen some amazing results on Vimeo. But now I see I can tdo the same for my TZ10. Awesome! Just donated more money. Where can I get the TZ10 base firmware - there has to a be a link here somewhere? Thanks
Mm ok that's the best way, but I don't need a great result, I need it decent. As I know, listening to my video, there's a limiter/compressor and this should be set in some way. I don't know if this is something you can set in firmware or it's hardly coded somewhere else, audio chip and similar.
Would be really nice if you can set better value of dynamic audio compression. I'm not talking about codecs, but this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression If you recorded a video in a rock gig with TZ10 you know it. Audio sounds distorted and compression or volume limiter works wrong. We need of more compression in a louder volume scenario (like concerts).
Just v quickly been researching a problem and came across this site.
I bought a TZ20 and on holiday got it a bit wet - after drying it out completely, it did seem to work fine for a bit but now I am getting the "this battery cannot be used" msg. The battery seems fine, as it turns the camera on fine etc etc, but from research looks like the ID of the battery may have failed or the sensor in the camera has.
I will be taking the camera back etc etc, but in the mean time wanted to find out if the TZ20 has been hacked? I am guessing not as I cannot find a topic on this here?
I guess if the firmware is hackable, the check should be able to be skipped?