I went out to use the new "Quantum X v2 Rocket" settings today and here is what i found. I first used these settings on the codec stress pictures posted on page one. I was able to record for 11 minutes and i got 96mbps with no errors or anythings wrong. But when i tried to use 720p mode i couldn't even record for 1 second without a write speed error. So i went out to record today and i found that the patch is decently stable. I filmed 50 clips and during 9 or 10 of them the camera froze and i had to take out the battery and put it back in. When the camera did freeze though it was on the same 2 shots. One a well lit zoomed in shot of pine needles and another shot of a walkway that was poorly lit. I can't figure out why the camera froze on those two(Probably because the patch is new and not much gf2 footage has been tested with it yet) but on my other clips i averaged 85-95mbps without any errors. All of the clips that worked were 108060i, i still cant get 720p mode to work with this patch in even dark low detailed areas for more that 2 seconds. Anyone find anything else with this patch yet?

@holmes6 Prolly the settings will be ignored by PTool.

These are gf2 settings? Video Bitrate 24H=44000000 Video Bitrate 24L=32000000

Technically it's @cbrandin's 44Mbps patch without the settings for the testers.

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/16757#Comment_16757

See this new attachment. The seti.ini contains the settings for the end users.

Please ask Chris Brandin for details as I have no idea why he picked 2x on the bitrates. I'm gonna give GF2 back to my wife as she's been asking where her camera is.

Hope you guys find what you want. Good luck~!

@stonebat - after resetting settings it seems to work ok with your patch, thanks!

Also it seems like this patch is focusing on 1080 settings. Do you intend to add anything for 720p or mjpg settings?

Stonebat.. Can we get the same settings and performance out of a GF2 and or GH2... I looked here and saw the differences but do they apply after HACKING?

http://snapsort.com/compare/Panasonic_Lumix_DMC-GF2-vs-Panasonic_Lumix_DMC-GH2

StoneBat.. Im still new to this all.. Im just trying to shoot as close to the GH2 with a film like feel, but get the max out of this GF2.. Any suggestions and or can you recommend / load a file?

Thanks..

@alexufo I don't know.

There is no such thing as "official" settings.

The Video Buffer setting can be deleted from the 32Mbps settings. Then it is basically 2x on Video Bitrate FSH/SH/FH/H and AQ4. Very simple. Kinda brainless simple.

StreamParser showed there is no more irregular cadence issue on either B-frames or P-frames. This is the first time I'm seeing such stability without tweaking any setting from "Patches for testers".

For static shots, I-frames were much taller than B-frames and P-frames. Taller I-frame gives better details. That boosted ave I-frame size to 800KB.

For fast moving shots, P-frame grew as tall as I-frame where B-frames grew to only half the height of I-frame. Taller P-frames help render motion better. If the P-frames get replaced by I-frames, it would look just like healthy GOP-3. But that lowered ave I-frame size to low 200KB.

80Mbps GOP-3 would have boosted I-frame to 500KB for action shots while maintaining 800KB I-frame size for static shots.

GF2 lasted for 1hr 26mins 18sec on the stress charts slideshow before battery ran out. I'm gonna use the setting until the dust settles down ;)

I don't have a GH2 so this is my camera i use for shoots etc.. How can i bump up the bitrate so i can shoot closer to a GH2 Quality..

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@stonebat, is there a huge difference between gh2 and gf2 in 720p quality?

Frankly I'm quite happy with 32Mbps patch on GF2. Instead of endless testing, I'm about getting busy with actual shooting/editing/effects/grading. GF2 is mainly for my wife where GH2 is for me. She doesn't care bitrate. Hehe.

I will give it a spin tonight. But it's hard to believe 144Mbps, gop-1, 16 quantization... from GF2.