I have just installed the latest unified 88 EOSHD firmware on GH2. (From EOSHD Firmwares Vault) (in order to enjoy European "HBR" 1080/25p mode) I have just purchased a Sandisk SDHC 8 Go "Extreme" Class 10 card. (30 Mo/sec) It seems GH2 is unable to play the files on camera LCD ("unable to read movie..." displayed on screen)

Each time I reboot the camera the files can be played on LCD... pretty weird. I wonder if I should buy an "Extreme [Pro]" Class 10 card wich transfer speed is 95 Mo/sec (higher than the one I have) 95 Mo/sec speed may be help to record and play 88 Mbs Intra AVCHD Excuse my naive question... if someone can help Best

Thanks Vitaliy, I have deleted the forbidden word from my post :)

I'm not sure Andrew makes pat*h to have more clicks on his site, he always respectfully refers to you :) I think he wants to bring some help for end users or cinematographers that are not familiar with technical issues. I'll try to find the Setting Vault topic... Thank you for answering me anyways.

I know that it take a long time. I don't work in the same field but I know what meticulous and time consuming work is... I really bless you for bringing such unbelievable quality on GH2. Discussing with people from Panasonic France I know that are far from realizing the exact value of your researches. When I was ask to directed GH2 first French Shoutout in San Francisco I was a bit sad that GH2 image was not as good a my GH13 image :) GH2 is now brought to the next level.

Most of my cards are class 10 with 20/30mb transfer rate (SanDisk). So obviously I can't use the awesome top end patches, but I would love to know what I am actually capable of using. I am slightly confused regarding the read/write speed on these cards. I am able to easily use a patch like cBrandin's 44M spanning patch, very basic and decent upgrade from stock, but my card has 20/30mb listed as the transfer rate. I assume that is the read speed and not the write speed.

How can I discover the write speed? If this is not the right place to ask this question then please point me in the right direction or PM me, but can someone recommend a mid-range patch that isn't 100M+ but instead in in the middle ground between a basic patch and the top end.

I used Driftwood's Spanmy patch (I think, gotta find it again) without issue at one point and I love his patches, just don't want to get out in a bad situation where a card crashes or I am unable to do my job because of recklessness on my part! And yes, I have looked on the thread that contains all the popular patches, but I am still learning.

Thank you in advance for your help. Love this forum and I am learning every day regarding the hack. Vitality, I will be donating soon. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

@lunalobo75 Where can I find SpanMyBitchUp? I have looked around and I don't see an updated version of it for the new ptools. I did use it at one point with great results, but I did have one of the insane high end (100M+) patches fail. Almost every high end patch fails with EX or 720p/60, for me.

@lunalobo75 Thanks! I am loading that patch now and will see if it works for me. As a side note, I just tried Driftwood's 66M Long GOP patch and it crashed immediately. I was using a SanDisk Extreme Class 6 20MB/s 16gb card. Cbrandin's patches work just fine with that card (my slowest card) but not Driftwood's. I did NOT test it on my 30M cards, which I have several of, and I speculate my slower card was probably to blame. As Driftwood and Vitality both say on a regular basis, the patches are tested on high speed cards. My goal is to get a middle of the road nice patch that will work on most of my cards.

@davidlean I suggest you try a Topic that the experts visits more often or create a new topic with a challanging title so the experts looks into it. This way I think you get the right answers faster as your need is for next week. I think you sould look into Topics by @driftwook , @LPowell, and many others.

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2477/driftwood-quantum-x-series-settings-orion-v4d-inc.-hbr-fix-rocket-%CE%B2-pictoris-series-2#Item_187

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2099/100mbps-flow-motion-v1.11-failsafe-patch-with-hbr-25p-50p-modes#Item_359

Maybe this question had been asked but I could not find any answer for it. What is HBR mode really? According to StreamParser and Sony Vegas, a clip shot in HBR mode is the same as 1080i except that the clip has higher bit rate (24mbs). Am I understand it correctly?

Thanks.

Hello everyone. This is my first post. I recently purchased a GH2 to function as a secondary cam to my AF101. I primarily shoot weddings. I've been delighted with the stock images resolved from the GH2 and even more delighted with the improved settings made by folks on here. I'm aware of, though I will probably never fully understand, the hard work of Vitaliy that has made these hacks possible. I'm very grateful to Vitaliy for creating this resource. Thanks also to driftwood and LPowell (and many others) for all their hard work in creating settings that so many end users are benefitting from.

I live in PAL land and shoot @ 25p. I have studiously followed the devlopments since the launch of the latest stock firmware and I have been impressed with the settings made available for PAL users particularly: Flow Motion,Sanity,24p25p-NINE &Driftwood baby Quantum X.

It is my understanding that these 4 settings represent the only viable options for 25p shooters.

I have been using 32GB Class-10 Lexar Pro cards but their read/write speeds are insufficient to deal with the above settings. I have had write error freezes with all settings above. Sometimes I can shoot for 1 hour, sometimes only 2 minutes. For this reason I have ordered some of the highly regarded 64GB Sandisk Extreme cards as replacements.

In my line of work, reliability is probably most important. I cannot afford any card errors. Card spanning is also important. Being able to record approx. 2 hours on a 64GB card is also important. Being able to reliably use ex-Tele mode would also be very useful (although not a deal breaker).
I understand that there is no certainty with any of these settings or cards but I would appreciate some feedback as to what other PAL users are using, specifically those users who prioritise reliability and need a healthy ratio between record times and image quality.

I would also like some advice on what setting would be best purely for image quality. I know 'quality' is subjective and the approriate setting may depend on whether static or moving shots are mainly used. I will be shooting both static and moving shots so a compromise between both would be great. I would like the option to use such a setting for certain nature shots and b-roll footage where the shots can be repeatable and it is not a disaster if there is a card write error.

As a noob, I must admit I have not done any scientific testing. I have mainly been evaluating footage with my eyes and using streamparser to confirm bitrates etc. What has worried me is extremely low bitrates in low light situations. Could some kind soul explain to me the benefits of using MJPEG in these settings and how I exactly I could do this?

To summarise, for 25p, with latest firmware/ptool,using the SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB card, what is the:1. Best setting for relaible,spanning, long record-time with ability to use ex-Tele. 2. Best MJPEG setting for increased variable or constant bitrates in low light and how exactly to configure such a setting. 3. Best setting purely for image quality at the expense of reliablity,record times or aiblity to safely use ex-Tele.

I realise the answers to these questions are buried somewhere (and maybe I already know them) but, given my line of work, it would really help if a qualified person could just confirm things for me. It would give me peace of mind to know I'm on the right track.

Thank you all so much.

Little question of which I'm sure it had been asked before. Just can't seem to find the right words to find anything via search.

Am I able to shoot 720p60 instead of 720p50 with my hacked PAL GH2? And if yes, how do I do it? The PAL<>NTSC switch which comes with all hacks is turned on by standard, isn't it? Those 10 extra frames really make a difference.

Thanks guys.

Hi guys this seems like a ridiculous question just can't seem to find an answer, Are all GH1's hackable? Or is there a specific firmware that needs to be avoided? you help would be really appreciated.

@ghostlayer, My camera is NTSC and I have this HBR mode too. I tried it out and looked the clip in StreamParser and found that it was also 1080i. The HBR mode in NTSC camera is about 24mbps and 17/13mbps for FSH/FH modes if unhacked. But when the camera is hacked, the FSH/FH modes are about the same as HBR mode, I think. But I am still not sure though that HBR is 1080i. I thought I read it somewhere that the HBR mode for NTSC cameras is actually 1080p at 30fps. I just hope someone knowledgeable can chime in to clarify.

Thanks.