The 'perfect' project

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MarekV

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Ok, I want to talk about this project little bit ... BUT first ...

With my settings you will not shoot some super-high bit-rate video! :violin:
My settings are just about the stability and quality ... !

I have also one important message for you ...
I did all my tests also by shooting the most detailed and problematic scenes like grass!

So my conclusion about this .. I can guarantee to you that you GH1 will fail (stop or freeze) recording if you shoot a grass with bit-rate over +- 23-24mbit/s at FHD/SH! (AVCHD)

Yes, you can achieve much more higher bit-rate with AVCHD but again I can guarantee to you that if you shoot high detailed sceneries (like grass) you GH1 will FAIL at AVCHD + if you add some movement to the camera it will fail even fasted :engel017: !

Next thing .. You can´t achieve a totally mud-free footage without writing errors and freezing camera!! If you shoot a high detailed scene you camera will stop recording!! :embarasse

Of course the goal of this project is to avoid all the errors, freezing, stop recording at all time!!!
.. Settings that never fail at any moment or any scene ..

These settings are on top of AVCHD full stability (recording, playback)!
Of course don´t expect some totally amazing quality!

If you want to shoot perfect quality video just change it to MJPEG mode ..
I did small research about MJPEG by myself but I must say now that the Ipowell´s settings are the best MJPEG 4:2:2 stable settings of today!! You can´t get any better stable results.. so I decide to use his amazing settings for MJPEG with max. bit-rate of +- 34mbit/s .. (thx bro' for your MJPEG settings and research ;))

I can guarantee that with this settings your GH1 can´t fail! (AVCHD at +- 23mbit/s and MJPEG at 34mbit/s)
Don´t expect mud-free footage! Its 23mbit/s!
But 23mbit/s is top limit of AVCHD stability on GH1!

There is also checked a 30 min. removal .. (only for PAL users as I said)
Settings are tested with SandDisk 30MB/s Edition ... and with Kit-Lens 14-140mm.. I don´t see a reason for testing on other lenses now (like my 20mm one) .. But fully working only on tested kit-lens :-P ;-)

Also I want to point out that my settings are for 50i .. not native patch.. There can be problems if you tick a native 25p patch!

btw. The good thing also is .. That my settings are not for the best quality so you can have more recording-time available ;)
Also guys... The factory settings are with bit-rate about 17-18 mbit/s so if this is 23mbit/s it is still very good improvement with keeping the stability at the top! ;-)

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DOWNLOAD
View attachment ThePerfectProject(fixed2).zip
*This is fixed version!
- Stability problem improved
- New AVCHD compression values
- Quality little bit lowered (you may see 23mbit/s now)
*This is fixed version 2!
- There was ticked VERSION INCREMENT - fixed
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These settings files can be used to import preset patches into the 'A' button in PTool 3.40d.
Extract the INI file from the ZIP file into your PTool folder and it will be loaded along with the firmware. Check a version increment or prevent version compare and save the firmware and load it in to GH1 .. after flashing the firmware just format the memory card in camera...! everything should work fine ... :-)

If you have any problems just send me a message or feel free to ask me here in this thread.. ;-)

Mark
 
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Today

Today

Settings will be available today .. sometime during the day ... I hope in next 5 hours .. :happy: .. stay tuned! :Drogar-Shock(DBG):
 
what is this exactly? I hope your not planning to host modified firmware for download. You know it is illegal to do so hence the reason why ptools was created so you can do it at your own risk. Something tester pointed out very early on.
 
Like he said, I am sure it is his setting that he is going to share not his modified firmware.

MR Fanny said:
what is this exactly? I hope your not planning to host modified firmware for download. You know it is illegal to do so hence the reason why ptools was created so you can do it at your own risk. Something tester pointed out very early on.
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MR Fanny said:
what is this exactly? I hope your not planning to host modified firmware for download. You know it is illegal to do so hence the reason why ptools was created so you can do it at your own risk. Something tester pointed out very early on.
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Of course not! :-)
 
So guys! Check out the first post now! :-)

MUST HAVE UPDATE IS OUT! STABILITY PROBLEM IMPROVED! .. SEE FIRST POST!
 
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JUST BE AWARE THAT THIS INI FILE HAS A VERSION 58 INCREMENT TICKED ..so if you are only using VERSION COMPARE (like i am) you need to untick the version increment box and tick the version compare box.

Nice work MarekV, this almost caught me out so i thought best to bring it to everyone's attention.

MarekV, might also be worth pointing out that this is for 50i and not 25pN (no mention in your perfect project)

Cheers
 
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Hi there

with all the other posts this is the first one I have come across that really solves the issue that as great a tool as PTool is it is just way too complicated for the average user. I am no noob but I have followed the development for a while now and to be honest I am more confused than I was at the start. So to have a preset that pretty much offers me exactly what I want is gold. I am not after the highest quality, just a setting that improves the camera reliably.

However I am on a Mac and for some reason the wined version of PTool (either the original exe or the downloadable PTool_Mac) has the A,B,C, etc buttons, but they don't seem to work. Either that or I am missing something. Also I can't see how I can use this ini file on a mac system.

Any Mac users out there successfully used this setting.

all the best

Richard
 
rambooc1 said:
JUST BE AWARE THAT THIS INI FILE HAS A VERSION 58 INCREMENT TICKED ..
MarekV, might also be worth pointing out that this is for 50i and not 25pN (no mention in your perfect project)

Cheers
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Oh thanks!!! I forgot about it! .. now fixed version is out!... :Drogar-SunGlass(DBG:2vrolijk_08:
And also I forgot about to point out the native patch... also 'fixed' ;-)

rambooc1 said:
i thought best to bring it to everyone's attention.
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Me too! But it is really hard! .. I know that this can be helpful for many peoples ..! But they must know about it ..

reggietelly said:
Also I can't see how I can use this ini file on a mac system.

Any Mac users out there successfully used this setting.

Richard
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I don´t have a Mac so I can´t help you with this ... but I hope someone with Mac will help you soon with this .. :-)

Thanks for the interest guys! And thanks for the compliments! :)
 
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Do you need the speedy card for AVCHD recording or do you recommend because of the MJPG settings. Have you seen the prices of class 10 cards. They are mental! I have a class 6 SanDisk Extreme III 16 GB. It says 30MB/s EDITION on it. Will this do? I know that's the one you suggest but you don't mention which class the card is.
 
@reggietelly:

Well ... I´m recommending this card because of the MJPEG ..
But .. You should have a SanDisk 30MB/s Edition .. but .. you should be ok with SanDisk Extreme III ... but .. if you use this card I can´t guarantee no problem recording! ..
 
MarekV said:
@reggietelly:

Well ... I´m recommending this card because of the MJPEG ..
But .. You should have a SanDisk 30MB/s Edition .. but .. you should be ok with SanDisk Extreme III ... but .. if you use this card I can´t guarantee no problem recording! ..
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Sorry to be a complete twat but, can you send a link to the card you have used. It gets confusing as I have a Sandisk 30MB/s edition card it's just named differently. Why might this card fail over the plain Sandisk one you describe in your post?

All the best
 
Thanks, but I don't understand why bother to hack the camera with this setting.

Its almost as the original values.

Are you sure this is the maximum bit rate for AVCHD? with Class 10 card?
 
adys said:
Are you sure this is the maximum bit rate for AVCHD? with Class 10 card?
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Unfortunately yes ... I did almost 60 tests .. and yes .. this is a top for stable recording for AVCHD! From my observations every values with bit-rate over 24-25mbit/s must sometimes freez you camera in high-detailed scene! .. but! Its lens and filming mode depending!!

Are you sure that is almost as the original values?!

16000000 vs. 25300000
18000000 vs. 25500000
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What Marek is saying, is that these are stable settings for the Kit lens in Intelligent Auto Mode without Native 25pN selected. The maximum bitrate has been lifted to around 25mbps
 
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