Me 2, so i use just 1080i/50 for now ...

Also...what is ExTele? Is that enabling the HDMI port to use for external recording?

@belfryman
ExTele is a feature it "doubles" your focal length, similar to digital zoom but not loosing quality,
as it crops directly from sensor keeping resolution.

HDMI it determines capability of your monitor or TV (or recorder)
if you shoot 1080i but your TV is not FULL HD than output i converted to 720,
it does not matter on your footage.

Also very glad you were reading! Thanks again, for the torch in the dark!

Just to expand on ExTele, If I understand correctly, it records from the center of the sensor, pixel-for-pixel (1:1) in full HD, 16:9. Result? No Moir and significantly minimized rolling shutter :)

Obviously, digital "grain" will be bigger, and from my experience, it is not always as "sharp" as a result.

Sorry, just meant 1080p, rather than 25p, have done my crying already. So assume people discussing 1080 50p.

Disregard my question. I found the answer.

I had used Winebottler to create a prefix. The Settings files were buried in the Users directory:
\\Library\Application Support\Wine\Prefixes\\drive_c\winebottler\*.ini

>Does the hack include support for mjpeg @ 24p 1080 or 720?

No.

@eyeBOX

from PTools topic....

Noob Version / fool proof.
1.is your battery fully charged? ok mount camera on your pc. (use the provided cable)
2, Run Ptools and load the firmware GH2 1.0E that you downloaded (looks like GH2__V10 after unziping)
3. Now you have options... just check the first box for version increment and then under Patches for end users ... click on avchd compression and from that drop down check all of 4 options there while your at it. when you highlight each option it literally pops up and tells you type in this number instead of current number. it tells... you.. what to type in. type in that number for each of these 4 options.
4.SAVE firmware. use same file name as original except change the last digit to anything else.
5.Drag or copy and paste or w.e you want, you're new firmware that you made over to camera's card patiently waiting for you grow some balls, now unplug and restart that camera once its on the card.
6. Once camera is back on, wait a second and push play/preview button. it asks you, would you like to update? hit yes!! DO NOT touch anything or mess with camera during update, that's the only danger... so press update and watch don't touch and guess what? Hardly a minute later you're set

There are two different settings one for recording and one for monitor, they do no relate ...

@aperturae: It seems to me that AVCHD is very processor intensive to create and while the camera should have ASICs to do this, the write speed error may be to the buffer in the camera not being emptied quickly enough by the ASICs or even that the camera cannot handle the intensive processing needs of creating an AVCHD conversion from the RAW signal AND writing to the SD card simultaneously.

why nikon can do the mjpeg 24fps?

I know it sounds crazy, but wouldn't higher bitrate use less compression thus less strain on Processor?