Just use .ini files made for you by our sleepless heroes!

Hi,

I have a question regarding these settings:

"Video Bitrate 24H=44000000
1080p24 FB1=1566720
1080p24 FB2=1968046
1080p24 Frame Limit=15728640"

I have put in all the setting into the PTool as described. Video Bitrate 24H=44000000.
But I cannot find anything regarding the next three lines: FB1, FB2, Frame Limit etc. Don't know what it is, don't know where to activate it in the PTool. Cannot find any explanations about it. So I cannot finish my first hack.

Can anybody please help.
Thanks to all you guys for the enormous effort and for one of the most amazing revolutions in modern filmmaking. Cheers

I have a question regarding shooting 1080p 24p video with the GH2 hacked GOP1 176Mbps.

I set the shutter manually at 1/50. In order to make everything not over/under exposed, I've been adjusting the F-stop. Is there another way to do it? If not, is there anything I should avoid doing while setting the F-stop? I have the highlight feature on while recording so it shows me overexposed areas, I adjust the F-stop using the dial until the blinking disappears.
Oh and about the ISO - I set that to whatever is needed first. I shoot outdoors in daylight nearly all of the time, so my ISO is 160 or 320. Haven't tried any higher.

Any replies are appreciated. Love the camera and the hack ... truly wonderful effort.

@starstuff considering how far VK and Team has been able to push this camera- who knows!

But realistically 12-bit is not going to happen. As for the 12-bit codec- that is also a big ask. Its remarkable that AVCHD has been able to be beaten into the shape of AVC-INTRA!

i found the answer "Firmware version will not change. I think you have the settings you did load. The behavior of the camera when updating the firmware is exactly as you described. After completion it goes back to business with the new firmware but the same version as the original used for the hack(currently 1.0).

Thanks

@jpchavez It stays at Ver. 1.0, you're doing nothing wrong.

@andycorleone Yes, if you applied a patch with bitrate parameters set higher than the stock settings

@act You can use the same filename such as "GH2__V11.bin" over and over again if you wanted to. No worries of "exceeding".

Sorry for the stupid question but how can I check the patch was apply? the bitrates of the MTS would be higher?

What body firmware will it show after the GH2 its been hacked? ver 1.0 or ver 1.1

Thanks

I need help!

First of all, for a amateur like me, should I hack the GH2?

My goal is always to make it look like cinema!
Second of all, when I shoot 24P on my PAL camera I can only choose 1080i in the camera? shouldn't it be 1080p? Will this be different with the hack?

And if I shall hack the GH2 what hack would be good for a beginner like me? something that is stable but still good!

The question is, and that I can't find, how much will the hack improve the camera? Could I, an amateur even tell the difference? Or is it mainly for people who are "extreme"?? And if it is a big improvement on the camera, would the, for example, 44 stable hack be sufficient?

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Most important question for me now is:
How possible to recover files 0kb created by low battery problem?
Same problem after message about "writing limitations due to the memory card" - after that camera freezes there are only option to remove the battery. I heard there are some programs helps to recover these clips.
I tried program for recovery that comes free with Panasonic AF100, it recovered all clips from my Transcend 64SDXC, but not desired missed clips. I don't feel safe that I shoot important event on GH2.