GH2 Recording times with different hacks

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Ian Stark

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I wonder if there is a resource anywhere that shows and compares the recording times available for different hacks and different recording modes. I'm new to the GH2 and I am weighing up the alternative hacks available. I have read great things about a number of the current hacks but I'm concerned about file sizes. Thanks in advance for any guidance.
 
not sure about a database of the info, but i'm running Orion V4b, which is an all I-frame codec (GOP of 1)
In 24H mode, I get about 13 mins on 16gb card.
 
I made my own based very much by just loading a patch (all my patches have Pasedena Pulse Audio settings with the, is it 392kbps), and then looking at the recording times available in each mode. I found that the MPEG mode is ridiculously out of touch - almost all patches I tried show it can only record about 2 minutes in HD MPEG, but I tested and it kept recording well past 6 minutes and then I got bored.

Not sure how accurate this is, but that is my base, all on 8GB cards.
 
Lee Powell's excellent FlowMotion ver 2.02 patch provides about 2 hours of recording time in 24H mode with a 64GB SDXC card. ( FlowMotion is a variable bit-rate patch so you may obtain longer times when recording shots with little or no movement )
 
I prefer the Cluster v7 'Apocalypse Now' 12/15 GOP (DREWnet) with cbrandin '444 Soft Matrix' patch myself. Still some of the best image quality out there, I think.

I average about 90 minutes on a 64 Gb card in 24H. I shot an event last might using the SanDisk Extreme (not Pro) 128GB card ($130 at B&H). The card performed flawlessly. It spanned, the media played back in-camera, and it gave me 3 hours record time at 24H.
 
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