I tested only PAL mode.

Case 1. Default bitrate for FSH/SH and 1080p MP4 worked fine. In-Camera-Playback (ICP) passed. Video Bitrate FSH/SH=16000000, Video Bitrate 1080p MP4=20000000

Case 2. Raising FSH/SH failed ICP for MP4 file. Video Bitrate FSH/SH=32000000, Video Bitrate 1080p MP4=20000000

Case 3. Raising MP4 bitrate failed ICP for MP4. Video Bitrate FSH/SH=16000000, Video Bitrate 1080p MP4=35000000

Case 4. No FSH/SH bitrate selected. Rasing MP4 passed ICP, but the overall bitrate remained only 20Mbps instead of 35Mbps. Video Bitrate 1080p MP4=35000000

That'll give some idea to those who want to test more to find more clues for VK.

I have a suggestion. Just release it as a final patch. At least the default bitrates work. It might seem pointless, but you'd get a lot more testers... almost instantly.

@stonebat

I have a suggestion. Just release it as a final patch

Sorry? What is "final patch" ?

Did you noticed words "public beta" ?

I meant official version :)

Still do not understand you.

PTool is publically available.

Of course, it is beta, as we need to figure out this MP4 stuff.

I'll test!

Nick Driftwood, any chance to apply the 'GalaXian' settings to G3 ? I'm a relative newbie to hacking, but a Driftwood patch for the G3 is what i was hoping for.

I don't seem to see an option to enable manual mode for any of the firmwares I've loaded into PTool. Am I missing something?

Otherwise everything works fine, with the above caveats (MP4 playback, etc)

EDIT: Apologies, just read the G3 hack forum and understand now.

Hi..i´m new at this forum..i have a G3 and did the firmwareupdate with mr JOFO ´S settings ,the camera did update but the version number still says 1.2..(i did download and install the latest panasonic firmware on the camera 1.2 about 4 weeks ago) how do i know that my new firmware that i named 1.3 is on my camera?..everything looks like it done before...

Ok..thanks

Where can I find PTool v3.65d?, I'm still using v3.64d '200212'. What's new in v.3.66d beta?

MP4 is GX1-only, is that right? :)

Hello, any simple instructions to change my Lumix GX1X japanese menu into a spanish one? Thanks (I'm quite amateur in that)

Something strange. I used Driftwood's GalaXian patch and recorded the MP4 video, which is failed ICP. Then, I downgraded the firmware with my lower bitrate setting (AVCHD high bitrate only). I can playback the same MP4 file (higher bitrate) in camera. It seems that something is linked to the playback mode by Ptool. BTW, the GalaXian patch is really impressive! Well done.:-D

Nope.

@stonebat and @ rlima

Thanks for the information.

i tested 3 times different ways to get the hack. i played it on the sdhc card - installed it. but everything is like before! could somebody help me? :(

Like Failflow, I'm confused. I thought this should give me the option to shoot in 1080p? The firmware version is still listed by the camera as 1.1?

@pixelie

Check FAQ links on top, and post questions to Beginners topics.

@g_sadamoto only change the numbers. ex: GH2__V12.bin to GH2__V13.bin

@rudym
sorry about that I meant to type *I'm typing GH2__V13.bin and I've tried GH2___V13.bin, the computer prompts with with this message wrong file name, camera wont be able to read such file?

@g_sadamoto

Guys, please note that you use wrong place for such discussion

This is proper one

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/categories/beginners-hack

Why? (为什么呢？) Copmputer language - English.
Only English! And no other.

G3 has 16MP sensor. 17MB RAW doesn't sound weird at all.

I hacked my GX1everything is good but the Languages is Missing Chinese Characters but fix or help me how to do....thx.....i family need......

Hey guys this is my first post so forgive me if I sound dumb... I ve hack my gh2 a couple times now so I'm not really amateur status. But after I downloaded 3.66 ptools, imy older patches (the go to vaulted ones) will not load in ptools for anything. I can however make my own changes via ptools. Is this a glitch that will be updated or will redownloading the popular patches enable them to work with the new version of ptools? Thanks again Vitaly and company... You guys work wonders.

I am late to the party on this, but does the hack allow for manual app controls with the GX1?

I noticed something that I didn't pay attention until now:

I see this option "Sensor" for very first time, obviously because it doesn't appear when PTool is running on my computer. Is that normal?

Do we have to manipulate with this option and how? Sorry if I'm the one who couldn't find info about it.

Hi I just got GX1 and used Ptool (thank you for the great tool!)

I have a question though. Is the NTSC-PAL switching not enabled for US (NTSC) GX1 models? I see 'Video out' menu but it is greyed out. Any plan for enabling this in the near future? (If not I'll have to sell this off and buy European version.)

Thank you.

So no hope of enabling 25p / 50p in NTSC model? :-(

@Vitaliy_Kiselev oh thank you!

Hi @Vitality_kiselev and @ elee can you please let me know as well ? would love to know if possible to have the PAL working on a NTSC GX1 camera as well.. I can beta test it if needed thanks again :)

@Vitaliy_Kiselev If I remember correctly, there is no menu item at all. Might be grayed though. Can't remember.

@elee, @simone9it, @Mordae Guys, did you for sure check in the Ptool option PAL/NTSC before saving the new firmware? I dont own GXx, but for GHx firmwares that option must be checked in the Ptool, otherwise no way of switching between PAL and NTSC.

I have GX1 NTSC model. After applying the hack with PAL <-> NTSC on, 'Video Out' menu in the setup is still greyed out and not selectable.

It i closer, but still not complete.

Your camera is Japanese NTSC, right?

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Sorry for the too many posts. One last thing - the freezing on movie playback I mentioned happens only when I touch the avchd bitrate. Mp4 bitrate change doesn't seem to affect the playback.

Thank you.

Nevermind. It seems freezing keeps happening as long as I want to increase any bitrate. Even if I don't increase AVCHD's rate, I need to check the menu to have mp4 bitrate change affected and movie playback freezes.

@elee, please use proper place

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2902/official-gx1-hack-development-topic#Item_229

@tetakpatak, @Vitaliy_Kiselev Just checked and the menu was there, I guess I just missed it last time. The good news though is that the menu works on the PAL version (Finland bought).

@vitality My camera was bought in NY it is NTSC and shows japanese on it the video out option comes up on menu only after the patch is applied but it is grayed out and cannot be selected I reverted to original firmware and disappared from menu then reapplied the firmware, I tried the firmware that gives the option on a PAL GX1 of a friend of mine in europe he gets the PAL -> NTSC I do not I only get the video out menu grayed out, as far as video hack going anywhere between 24 and 32 megs AVHCD and MP4 I get random errors of recording cancelled due to speed of card if I put it at 20 megs not a single error I tried several SD card formatted in camera including HSI 45 MB write/read speed all same Issue however when it does record I can play back files in camera no problem both AVHCD and MP4

Hey, this is my first time hacking my GH2. I've searched for anyone having this issue and it seems I'm the first?

My whole PC freezes when 3.66d is loaded and I'm browsing the different patches (A, B, C etc)

It's happened 3 times so far, always when reading the patch descriptions, have to do a hard reset.

I'm running windows 7 on a quad core with 8gb of ram, it never really lags or crashes at all.

I'm loading popular patches from Driftwood, Drewnet T9, moon T7, SpizzT6, NebulaT7, red shift etc. and a couple from Mysteron.

I'm not super confidant about hacking my GH2 with this happening. Is it the normal instability of a Beta, if so I haven't found a link to download 3.65 which according to the release notes is the last time anything related to GH2 was affected.

Despite my troubles, thanks for all your hard work! As a filmmaker I'm greatly appreciative of your work even if I haven't yet managed to benefit from it!

• Dam

@Dam4ge you're not first who had that problem. I remember some months ago somebody wrote about that. But I've read it briefly and no idea in which topic it was, use zhe search field (right, up)

deleted.. sorry for OT...

Will be plans for G6 Hack? :) Regards.

@Haberdasher

Please check my message above. It is wrong topic.

@NURBS

Same thing. PM or Development topic.

I jsut went through all the steps correctly to my knowledge, when I put the sd card into my camera and hold the green play button it looks like it flickers for a split second to the firmware panel but then just says NO VALID PICTURE TO PLAY. I tried to do this a couple months ago but did not have the bi. in the root folder. I was able to attempt to load firmware but nothing happened. Could my problem now be a result of that? I tried installing the stock Pana firmware to, same issue. How can I fix this??!! Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Thought you might all be interested to hear this - and sorry if it's something you already know a lot about, but I've only recently bought a GX-1 as a second camera to complement my AF-101 (same lens stock for both, same AVCHD codec etc.). And I've only just now signed up to this excellent forum. Using PTool I uprated the video bitrate to the recommended level, which matches the bitrate comning from the AF-101, and I've used it quite happily on several shoots in the UK. Great pictures, same Panasonic look, exactly what I need. And then I come to Zimbabwe, which is where I am at the moment, doing a covert shoot for an NGO in that country. I use SanDisk Extreme cards, never any problem, but in the 30-degree sun in Zim, after a few seconds the error message comes up "MOTION RECORDING WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF THE WRITE SPEED OF THE CARD" (or something very close to those words). That doesn't make anybody happy in the middle of a shoot in what you could call "sensitive circumstances". After checking everything at least three times, then testing a SanDisk Extreme Pro card with the help of a Harare photo store, full HD recording was fine in the cool of an air-conditioned house, shop or car, but as soon as the camera went into the sun, the error message came up. After a lot of head-scratching, I went into PTool and lowered the data rate back to Panasonic's original, and the camera now records quite happily in full sun and 33 degrees. Interesting. We all know about batteries behaving differently in different temperatures, but SD cards? They and the camera were faultless in the 20 degrees of the UK, but unstable to put it mildly in the heat of an African summer. I hope this little bit of hard-won knowledge may save somebody a sleepless night!

Vitaliy, it is already more than 18 months after the release of latest PTOOL 3.66D. Do you plan to release a new version of PTOOL in a near future? What would be your suggestion if I would like to buy something for pocket size video camera? Would it be the old TZ10 that is already have firmware hack or other camera such as LX-7 that is still in progress of hacking? Thanks

Just having an issue trying to use 3.66d. I've downloaded the tool and the Panasonic firmware. Previous PTools have works for me, but in this case I'm getting the following error.

Any suggestions?

Seen my mistake! PTools remembers where it last put firmware!

Hey, I'm following these instructions from @cblock to merge Sanity with Pasadena but it doesn't work. Could it be the Ptool v3.66? When I press alt+click the merge option doesn't pop out. I tried with Wine under Mac and Windows 7 with bootcam

Thanks

Put the original firmware, ptool exe, Sanity ini & Pasadena ini in the same folder - make sure both ini files are labelled differently (eg: seta.ini & setb.ini)

Run PTool

Load original firmware

Click the corresponding green circle with a letter in it to load Sanity. Sanity is now loaded.

Hold 'Alt' then click the corresponding green circle with a letter in it to MERGE Pasadena.

Save Firmware

Load firmware onto a blank SD card that has been formatted using the GH2

Boot up your GH2 with fresh battery and the SD card with the firmware on it

Go into playback mode and agree to 'Version Up'.

I tryed to open the panasonic's g6__v12.bin (31'983'104 Bytes from 2014/02/04) in the ptool v3.66d (3'105'280 Bytes) and got the message: "wrong file or trying to use a already patched file"...

Looks like panasonic is using Your tools :)

Is there a solution to try?

Thanks a lot Oliver

I do not think that there will be a new PTOOL. It is pity, but I think hackers and patch developers seem abandon the project because no need to spend hours of hacking and patching when Panasonic start to include most what people need in Lumix newer generation camera.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Hope this "you never know" will bring us something new. You never know :)