@dado023

i would also try to go the 24L route, before you mess with the bitrates manually. You can still try that later. What kind of SD-cards do you own? I just have they sandisk 32gig 45mbs, but they work like a charm with any setting. not one write error or freeze since i own the gh2. Sometimes it does not span in wide high detail scenes, but then again i hardly ever record shots longer than 4 minutes. And if i have, too i can still switch to 24L.

These are the test samples of next Valkyrie 444 TZ2.

HBR

*This StreamParser result of 60p is that of an old test version. Please look at the bottom about the newest result.

I am looking forward to this release.

By the way, and I am sure many would agree, if there is to be a Zacuto Shootout 2013 and the GH2 was featured again then the 444 settings would definitely be contest for some of the other cameras.

@chickenpusher

Thank YOU! :-)

It will be released soon.

@bkmcwd Thank you for the kind words... I love your patch it is awesome. I really wanted to shoot the video outside but I did not have the correct audio cable. I had to improvise so this is why the video is so dark. The HBR mode works great... Thanks again.

Edited because white balance issue that has nothing to do with this patch and belongs in a different topic.

NEW!

bkmcwd Valkyrie 444 TYPE-ZERO2_BETA4 'Apocalypse Now' with cbrandin 'Pure Original 444 Matrix' and 'Modified 444 Matrix' - seta.ini - Released 14/04/2013

This is the version which adjusted safer and better from TYPE-ZERO2_BETA2 in all the rec modes.

Honestly, I am not sure which is better between the already released BETA3 and this BETA4. However, the BETA4 may be better when the character of these matrices is taken into consideration.

Especially in HBR, I think that the bit rate goes up highly rather than BETA3. And in 60p, 3GOP is adopted experimentally.

*There is no change about 24p.

I think that the freezing issue at the moment of the focusing and zooming was solved nearly perfectly also in Panny lens use.

Please try it! And I am very glad if I can get feedbacks from you.

*If this is also still unstable, I will further adjust.

Special thanks to @har_k and All silent users of my settings! :-)

Of course, many thanks to @cbrandin and KING @driftwood!

• Superb-looking Pure Original 444 matrix from cbrandin is adopted in 24p mode

• Modified 444 matrix from my BETA Team in Japan is adopted in HBR/1080i and 720p modes

• Upto 140M for Top Quality 1080p24 at Q18

• Upto 140M for Top Quality 1080p30 at Q18 in 24L mode with 80% Slow-Motion Mode (No Sound)

• Upto 75M for Top Quality HBR/FSH modes

• Upto 75M for Top Quality 720/50p modes

• Upto 60M for Top Quality 720/60p modes

• Extremely reliable top performance in AVCHD 24H and 24L

• 80% Slow-Motion is available in 24L only

• Fully working iA and iDynamic modes if you require them (Take care only in 720/60p)

• Beautiful 3 GOP bringing short GOP style detail & movement-rendition in all the modes

• Bush of Death / Death chart tested.

• Wonderful Pasadena Pulse Audio Patch V2 B2, by Per Lichtman

• Top quality 2K mjpeg Mode in HD by Nick Driftwood

• In camera playback is sometimes not available in 24p. In other mode, Sometimes available after reboot the camera.

*I especially recommend you use with SanDisk 95MB/s 64GB SDXC card.

My favorite footage with GOLGOP3-13-MAX2! :-)

@rsquires

Thank you for the comment! :-)

my question is would it be possible to create or is there a version of Valkyrie that falls somewhere between the Valkyrie and Flowmotion.

Please point out, when I do not understand the meaning of the question from you.

Also in my setting group, there is settings set as 6GOP structure in 720/50p. This is because I frame size in 6GOP structure is greatly made rather than 3GOP structure. This contributes also to improvement in image quality. On the other hand, since the number of the I frames doubles rather than 6GOP in 3GOP structure, the reproducibility in a motion becomes good. We always consider where this balance is decided.

And this determination is dependent on the adopted matrix. In the matrix adopted in Valkyrie, there is the feature that I frame size does not become large. Therefore, I adopted 3GOP structure in 720/50p in Valkyries. Since the number of the I frames in 3GOP structure is twice the 6GOP, naturally the bit rate becomes higher.

BTW, have you tried my GOLGOP3-13s? In GOLGOP3-13s, I have adopted 6GOP structure in 720/50p. In the matrix of GOLGOP3-13s, this is because I judged that the 6GOP could realize higher image quality rather than 3GOP in the present. This resembles FM. Of course, in the freezing or stopping tolerance in the case of using Panny lens, it excels more.

Is it an answer by this explanation?

I tried GOLGOP3-13, not sure which one but I like it too. Test was limited to 720/50p mode but the motion rendition is very, very good indeed. Shook some leaves and filmed water splashes which held up superbly. Also detail is high even for 720 when it's blown up full screen. Obviously data will change per clip as I am assuming the content of a shot will affect the overall size of the file as it writes to the card but sizes were good, although not as good as Flowmotion. I am hard pressed to tell the difference though between Valkyrie and GOLGOP? I am assuming that GOLGOP is a lower bitrate to Valkyrie. What I haven't tested is reliability but I'll do that at the weekend. This should be the acid test for what I am shooting.

*If it is in 24p, satisfactory results are obtained in all the situations.

@dado023

is original mts on vimeo re-encoded or is it source straight from camera,

Of course, straight, no re-encoded.

because kind of picture is soft, lacks sharpness to my eyes.

Your eyes are right! :-)

This is a test in a situation unsuitable for HBR or 720p of Valkyries. If it is 24p, it is satisfactory at all.

Although the bit rate is about 65 Mbps in the super-high stressed shot as which this fine depiction is required, the file shot with the cherry blossoms is also about 65M.

That is, in this matrix, it is very difficult to reproduce fine details in the same bit rate.

Instead, very beautiful gradation is reproduced in a close-up shot.

Although coexistence of gradation and details is possible in 24p, since the bit rate which can be used in other modes is low, character inclines.

Although the image quality of YouTube is quite bad, this is the sample in which the character of this matrix has appeared well.

@bkmcwd I just want to clarify and make sure I understand you correctly. So GOLGOP3-13 is better for fast moving objects such as filming a baseball player hitting a fast ball, waves breaking on the shore etc, and the Valkyrie patch is better for slower moving objects like filming a band playing music etc, with the benefit of better grading. どうもありがとうございます。ナナオ