Sorry to ask the same question again.

Would you be able to assist @driftwood.

Is there a way to 'mix' the settings into one hack/setting? What I'm thinking is Moon T8 for 24p and Spizz T7 for HBR/FSH....and something for 720p50/60 (your shout on the 720!!)

@JayUKB No. Its impossible to mix All Intra moon settings with a longer GOP like Spizz as Encoder Settings 1 = 1 (All I or Intra) sets the encoder for 25p/FSH1080i too. In ptools, with Spizz notice Encoder 1080 Setting 1 = 3 (for IPB). If you set GOP to 1 and then Encoder Setting 1 1080 = 3 you'll get erratic playback of frame order within recordings so its a no go)

Mixing the two would give All-i moon style for 24p and 25pHBR/1080i50 but a 3 GOP 1080i60/HBR30p whilst the encoder setting = 1 forces it to ipp (not ibb). Try it you'll see.

Its much easier to mix 3 GOP or greater settings (e.g. mix Spizz with Nebula) but you still have to check buffers and allocated bitrate accordingly. This takes time and trial. I have released some GOP mixups (like ClassiX recently) and may well do Spizz/Nebula mashup (3 GOP PAL/6 GOP NTSC) shortly.

@driftwood

Ok Nick, I thought I was done with testing any other patches, but your pitch for Nebula T8 is irresistible ;-) Specifically, Thee BEST HBR modes around ;-) Thank you sir for this patch I will test it this weekend when I have some time. I am surprised that you where able to get the HBR 30p mode stable at those bit rates (62-70 mbps), I will test it extensively and report back.

DRIFTWOOD 'moon T8' Nice Patch @driftwood. but, A humble request to the creator. Most clips failed to play in camera. this is really a worst thing. please sir do something to resolve it. i hope MOON T9 will have all the improvements with a in camera playback working :)

@Maya
My take on moon T8 is that it is the best yet. Spans & plays back in camera. Not experienced this level of stability before. T5-7 all unpredictable & I began to suspect the camera. AVCHD 1280x720P 50P (PAL) SH Card 64Gb 95Mb/s Sandisk.. No luck with Nebula T8 though.

@driftwood additional donation sent Thanks for your devotion to the GH2.

I ran some basic tests with Moon T8. It spanned fine in the Sandisk Extreme 128 GB card, which is no surprise. T7 always did as well, even at higher bitrates.

It is curious that T8 seems to use lower bitrates than T7. My impression with this first round of rudimentary testing is that T7 produced the overall superior image. I did notice some slight artifacting in T8 that I don't recall every seeing from T7, no matter how complex the scene I threw at it.

While I did test FSH and SH to see if they spanned, all the image quality tests were done at 24H, as that is the mode I use almost exclusively. As 30p is a non-standard, I never use and didn't check HBR mode so I'm thinking if the only improvements in T8 are for HBR mode, I may stick with T7.

@Jim_Simon Would you mind posting your Moon T7/T8 comparison footage?

Here's the files in question.

http://depositfiles.com/files/m9kxx1xqc

HBR mode offers 25p for PAL and 30P for NTSC.

when i shoot in hbr it´s automatic 25p??? thx

@AlbertZ Yea the actor's clothes were ruined that day! :)

@martinnzII Then hack does not effect the way the camera is set up. The mode you are looking for is set from the camera setup menu. If you need 25P make sure you set the camera to PAL. If you unchecked any ticked boxes under 'movie related restriction' whilst preparing the 'bin' file then menu options may not be available. Reading the manual 25P seems to appear under 'variable movie mode' and audio is not recorded. It's not a mode I have used.

@gardner nice frame, looks great. That will colour just lovely.