@GH2_Fan There are some that are as stable in HBR as they are in 24H, but just be aware that the design limitations pretty much guarantee a lower image quality for it than for 24H. I will keep an eye for other settings that span flawlessly, but odds are you will have to use one designed for a lower bitrate.

Still, I wouldn't mind finding one that comes really close. :)

@Fohdeesha It's important to keep clear on these things, so I thought I would ask for more information. Which mode(s) were you using? 24H, HBR, FSH, SH? PAL or NTSC? At the moment, my approach (for footage where I want the high bitrate codecs) is to use Mysteron when I need spanning SH mode but Sedna for most of the rest.

@thepalalias 24h on a gh2, the regular mysteron. Never had that problem with sedna

@Fohdeesha Thanks. You're not the only person that's mentioned that issue with grading so I am sure it is something that @Driftwood is keeping an eye on for the next release.

But since you aren't using SH mode, sounds like sticking with Sedna should be easy for the time being.

@GH2_fan Like I said, Sedna Q20 C may perform better and the difference is subtle, so I would try it if you haven't yet.

In terms of what makes it less stable, Manual Movie was originally designed to work at lower bitrates than 24H - so it all begins at the design level. Some experiments were done with intra at 50P but they most definitely did not span, and efforts to develop SH mode have focused on GOPs ranging from 3 to 12 and above. These have been more stable. For many months last year, almost no Driftwood SH settings worked properly on my cards (SanDisk 16GB 30MB/s, 32GB 45MB/s, etc.) and I relied exclusively on Sanity for that. It's been a pleasant surprise to have more options luck this year.

HBR (as you probably remember) was only added to the GH2 with the last firmware update. Some have called it a "Panasonic hack" but this may very well be conjecture. What we do know is that we have not been able to push it as far as 24H and that there seem to be additional challenges associated with it. On top of that, it's a newer mode, which means that there has been less time to figure out what small issues keep it from working. See my above comments for how long it took to get SH mode working properly, then add on the fact that determining what will and won't span (and on what cards) has been an even greater piece of trial and error, and the scale of the problem becomes apparent.

Now, if I knew much more than that, I would probably be trying to work on visual settings of my own, but that's not my specialty. I'm just telling you what has been circulating around the forum. :) I will keep an eye out for other settings with good spanning HBR support.

Absolutely everything is stored when you save to a C button...except the shutter speed. Odd, right? It just stays at whatever last speed used, even after a power off and on

I tried Mysterion as my first patch setting (using a GH2 with SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s 64GB), but it turned out to be unstable for me. When using NTSC FSH 1080i60, the camera freezes and needs power cycling after few seconds of recording. NTSC SH 720p60 seems stable, also with ETC. 1080p24 HBR stopped recording randomly after 5 to 500 seconds. 1080p24 24L and 24H were recording stable, but 24H exhibited strange artifacts a few times. MJPEG 1080p30 or 1080p25 recording was stable.

I guess I'll try GOP3ZILLA next, 70 to 100MBit/s is probably enough for what I want to do...

Loving the Quantum stuff @driftwood !

Little acoustic shoot from a friend on Quantum X v2.

@Bueller have you tried mPlayerX? It's a free app on the app store. Never fails to play my hacked mts files.

@shian yes, mplayerx is the only one with less issues when using the high bit rates...but have you been able to get rid of the time imprint on the left? its quite annoying especially if one wants some screen grabs. also it doesn't handle playlists and if you want to play a sequence of files it does play them but it stops if there is a missing number( let say 055, 056 ,058 it will play only the first two then selection is needed again...)

@Bueller there is also a panasonic "fix" : https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/dload/avccam_impt/agree_e.htm

it will let you play mts files in quick time, where you can see the bitrate as well, see the files in preview directly and import them into fcp without any transcoding etc... its quite handy , but quick time is slower to open them up if longer files and some people have reported issues with finalcut pro. i also had to reset the fcp once, otherwise it wouldn't start. but then was ok.

@thepalalias I am in Colombo srilanka,.. I captured some beautiful footage here with Sedna AAQ1 the most detailed beast,... what about canis majoris any news from our maestro ??

@thepalalias I will upload them in a week I don't have Internet in my lap,..I am using edge through my ifone,..I will reach home on 28th ,..Sedna aaq1 is a definite winner when it comes to stones and woods,..

@jfro I know it isn't as popular, but I have found the SMBU series to be a good "go-to" for spanning intra. Even EX24H spanned on the Transcend 64GB SDXC with SMBU v2 (tested for 70 minutes on a painting), and my memory is that it is slower than the card you mention.

@DeShonDixon This one is fine to answer here since it is more of an issue for Driftwood zip files than others. :) If you open each INI file up in NotePad or TextEdit it will tell you the name of it.