For people who can't get their heads around patches and patched firmwares ;-
1. Copy the hacked firmware GH2__V10.bin plus any of the patches (such as Driftwood's,s cbrandins, etc...) you downloaded from personal-view (here) into your ptools folder.
When you make a patch, you have to save it to one of the designated A to J buttons using shift + click on any of these A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I, J buttons - hence why files for patches are called setA.ini, setB.ini, etc... to setJ.ini when you download them from Driftwood, cbrandin etc...! yeah?!
2. Now run ptools, and you are asked to load the firmware GH2__V10.bin. Do it - load it!
3. There along the bottom - from A to J - are buttons where the patches are stored. e.g. setc.ini is stored to button C. Geddit?
4. Now click any of the patches (hover over each button and info as regards to the patch setting will be displayed) on the A to J buttons. Notice the settings inside ptools change?!
5. When you have the chosen patch loaded into ptools and are happy, click SAVE FIRMWARE button to save it and give it the name GH2__V11.bin (for arguments sake). Save this newly patched firmware to your SDCARD.
6. After making sure your camera's battery is fully charged, insert SD card into camera, switch on, and hit the triangular Playback button. There it asks you if you would like to update the firmware, use up menu button and select YES.
7. Allow a few minutes for the firmware to be patched with the new settings which you chose in ptools.
8. Once patched, nothing will look any different in the camera (apart from the new ISO high settings are now selectable) so don't expect lots of new exciting menus etc... as all newly applied ptools settings such as INTRA are now set as part of the internal camera's encoder settings.
9. Record away. After recording, bring in footage to computer and notice the differences from stock settings with your new settings! Use Streamparser to confirm you are getting INTRA, filesizes, etc...
10. Chill out and have a beer.

@smoke23

I was also confused by this at first. But if you mean in Ptools software, "version increment", it can always be set to a value of 1, just make sure it is ticked. :)

I'm not sure about the firmware file name thing though... cuz:

At the 1st page in this thread someone states;

"4.SAVE firmware. use same file name as original except change the last digit to anything else."

and this made me wonder (if this has to be sequential? and if it doesn't, well I guess we can just load different patches easily, otherwise we have to revert to base/original firmware if we need to switch patches back and forth a few times - unless we have a few cards with sequential firmware, he he).

I need a little hint please:

Up till now I have always named my firmware patches sequentially, upwards from GH2__V10.bin to GH2__V11.bin and so forth. Is this really necessary? Or can I just name it any number as long as it's not V10.bin?

I guess what I mean is: must patches be applied in sequence (firmware file name) order?

Also if this is not possible, can I then reset to original firmware and start over?

Thinking about jumping between patches on set.

Thanks!

@cp_from_oz just to give you an idea of how fast things are moving here- @driftwood came out with 3 new settings today... all updates... that radially change quality of output and behavior. There is an online google doc documenting bit rates etc but guess what? This is already out of date. If you need any 1-1 help please PM me and I can help out. Other than that- go to the beginning of the PTool 3.63d topic and read the instructions.

Cheers, and good luck!
Alex

@L1N3ARX Download the updated version with the provision of MAX ISO LIMIT REMOVAL = checked now ;-)

If I want to go back to the original firmware and set the increment version to 10 on my first hack, do I put 10 in to hack it back to the original or do I put 1? I tried just to load GH2__V10.bin on my card however when I hit play, nothing happens.

Do you have to go back through ptools?

Thanks!

Is there possibility to show 70% zebra or 70% hightlights?
And is there peaking possibility?

(moved)

@smoke23

I have 3 Transcend 32gb Class 10 cards, I have stability up to 88mbps patch. I'm now steady on cbrandin's 44mbps for amount of time per card.

I'm looking to pick up 2 of the Sandisk Extreme 30mb/s cards for when I need more time.

I'd say try another card. The transcend gave me random speeds sometimes matching that of class 6. But you should be able to span.

@alcomposer

Thanks buddy, kicking myself in the head right now.

What settings are you guys using on PTools v3.63 to include the 12800 ISO?
I tried a few and not able to produce it. Or is this for testers option only?

@sergio

The hack lets you shoot at 720p25, but not at 1080p25.

Shooting alongside a 1080p25 Canon, you have to either sacrifice resolution (i.e. shoot in 720p25) or shoot interlaced at 1080i50 and deinterlace in post. Probably better to shoot at 1080i50 on both... people generally don't notice quality so much as they notice changes in quality.

Hello.
I´m just testing my GH2 with hacks.
Is it possible to set the GOP in 24H to 1 with 100Mbit for example and GOP to 12 in 24L with a bitrate of 44Mbit? Does the GOP settings change 24H and 24L at the same time? Is it not possible to set different GOPs to 24H and 24L?

Regards

MD