GH2 Possible new hack for Panasonic GH2 G3 (includes how to diagram)

[rc444]

Hey DVX friends,

I think I've found a *new* bitrate hack for the GH2. If this works (and I've already tested it on my handycam), but if this works for the GH2, it means G3 owners will be able to get their reward in heaven with an increased bitrate for their camera too.

Windows MovieMaker is without a doubt, the worst editing program ever, however, it comes with one secret advantage: it allows you to export your movies in virtually any bitrate you want, up to 1080 mbps.

I've tested this hack on my Panasonic TM200 budget Camcorder, and the results looked magnificent.

I've put a diagram below showing you how I figured it out how to hack it.

The idea being that you shoot your movie on your DSLR or mirrorless camera, then run the clips through MovieMaker (to max out the bitrate) and then 3), import all your clips in FCP (to edit and finish as you normally would).

As I don't own a GH2, but I want someone reading this forum to shoot a 10 second clip on your GH2 or G3 and then follow the steps in my diagram (by importing your GH2/G3 footage through MovieMaker) and then tell me what the footage looks like afterwards by posting a still.

The first person to do this experiment for me, will receive an Executive Producer credit (and chance to collaborate with me on my feature film The Perfect Scholar).

rc444

Okay, oh and if I'm wrong with this theory (I only know it works on my handycam), then I apologise in advance.

 

[b_k]

I tried it. It made my footage look better than a Red Epic at 6k with the Dragon sensor. Can't believe how shitty the Red looked.

 

[John Caballero]

Isn't it the idea that a high bitrate's effectiveness is at the time of acquiring the footage in-camera? This makes no sense.

 

[L1N3ARX]

Isn't it the idea that a high bitrate's effectiveness is at the time of acquiring the footage in-camera? This makes no sense.

I think grains of salt are in order... Congratulations OP, I had a pretty good laugh.

 

[Jim Simon]

The proposed method will not improve original footage at all. At best you get a copy with minimal, but still some, degradation.

To improve on the original, you need to make those improvements before recording, not after.

 

[Gary Huff]

Yeah, I hope the OP wasn't being serious.

 

[J.F.R.]

I think grains of salt are in order... Congratulations OP, I had a pretty good laugh.

I sent you a PM . what adapter do you use on your Sigma Lens to GH2, thanks?

 

[Park Edwards]

Eh, cut em a break. He could be new to the realm of video. Believe it or not, not everyone who signs up on DVXUser is a super video genius...ya know?

 

[L1N3ARX]

I sent you a PM . what adapter do you use on your Sigma Lens to GH2, thanks?

Oh, just noticed that pm now. I use a Kipon EOS to M4/3 adapter. The adapter has aperture blades built-in so that you can stop light. http://www.amazon.com/Kipon-EOS-m4-Adapter-Aperture-Control/dp/B004XGFIZY
If you have other ef(s) mount lenses, this adapter is a must for the GH2.

 

[J.F.R.]

Oh, just noticed that pm now. I use a Kipon EOS to M4/3 adapter. The adapter has aperture blades built-in so that you can stop light. http://www.amazon.com/Kipon-EOS-m4-Adapter-Aperture-Control/dp/B004XGFIZY
If you have other ef(s) mount lenses, this adapter is a must for the GH2.

Isn't it true that you cannot use your lens stopped down as it vignettes? Also sorry for the off topic in this thread, If anything please respond via pm

thank you.


Also to the op, you must record the quality first. POst really doesn't make better what already has been recorded.

 

[Lpowell]

I think I've found a *new* bitrate hack for the GH2.

Right off the bat, you've made a misleading claim. What you're describing is not a hack for the GH2, it's a post-production transcoding workflow. If you like the way MovieMaker filters your video footage, that's fine and there's nothing wrong with posting your subjective appraisal in an appropriate forum. This forum is about the GH2, a camera with which you evidently have no direct experience.

 

[VMT]

The first person to do this experiment for me, will receive an Executive Producer credit (and chance to collaborate with me on my feature film The Perfect Scholar).

lol. Love it. I think this is better than the VK hack. I'm going to try this "hack" and post some footage soon! Get ready.

 

[Gary Huff]

lol. Love it. I think this is better than the VK hack. I'm going to try this "hack" and post some footage soon! Get ready.

Screw that noise. You can use After Effects to not only export higher bitrates, but also higher frame sizes.

Watch out, bitches. GH2 8K footage comin' at ya! :cheesy:

 

[atarijedi]

Right off the bat, you've made a misleading claim. What you're describing is not a hack for the GH2, it's a post-production transcoding workflow. If you like the way MovieMaker filters your video footage, that's fine and there's nothing wrong with posting your subjective appraisal in an appropriate forum. This forum is about the GH2, a camera with which you evidently have no direct experience.

It's a joke.

 

[JeffHarriger]

This post is like the Hiroshima Mon Amour of DVXUSER posts. I'm pretty sure it's a joke, and a funny and well directed one at that, yet somehow I'm not convinced. The diagram is the stroke of genius at selling it. But "The Perfect Scholar" and whatever that was about a slice of bit rate heaven are laying it on pretty thick. Plus he posted it twice, so he's fond of his joke... or does he just want to spread the word...

 

[Gary Huff]

It's a joke.

I don't think so. He also posted the same process again here.

 

[L1N3ARX]

Guys... taking this seriously is doing a disservice to your intelligence. Nothing wrong with making a joke now and again, I laughed quite heartily.

 

[rc444]

Eh, cut em a break. He could be new to the realm of video. Believe it or not, not everyone who signs up on DVXUser is a super video genius...ya know?

thanks Car3o -- sick of people shitting on me. 1) I don't know everything 2) I have directed three shorts so have some idea 3) If people were reading my post carefully, I said this hunch of mine was a *possible* hack and as such, wanted to test my hypothesis, that's all. stop treating me like a Baby Einstein for all the non-believers out there Cheers rc444. This theory worked for my camera so wanted to see if this eory worked for the gh2, that's all. Wasn't a "I'm the brightest contest" at all.

 

[b_k]

You were being serious?

 

[Tolin]

thanks Car3o -- sick of people s*%tting on me. 1) I don't know everything 2) I have directed three shorts so have some idea 3) If people were reading my post carefully, I said this hunch of mine was a *possible* hack and as such, wanted to test my hypothesis, that's all. stop treating me like a Baby Einstein for all the non-believers out there Cheers rc444. This theory worked for my camera so wanted to see if this eory worked for the gh2, that's all. Wasn't a "I'm the brightest contest" at all.