A final note, make sure you adjust your display resolution to the native resolution of your TV. Most TV’s are 720p or 1080p, which in computer resolution terms are 1280x720 or 1920x1080, respectively. This will ensure the highest quality picture for you and your family.
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DMI has quickly become a popular request for users who read about all the features it brings - most notably its ability to carry both audio and video over a single cable. Since most older systems do not include an HDMI port, the first step needed will be to upgrade your graphics card to a new one that does. For graphics solutions there are two players: Nvidia and ATI. Both manufacturers produce video cards with HDMI ports (or DVI ports with HDMI adapters), but Nvidia does not have it’s own sound chip on board. What that means is that the Nvidia is merely a pass-through of the S/PDIF audio. If you only have a 5.1 surround sound setup, then this is acceptable. For users with newer 7.1 surround sound setups, ATI will be the only graphics card of choice. The ATI contains a dedicated sound chip on-board which allows for support of up to 7.1 multichannel audio over the HDMI cable.
The other critical piece of information necessary is to ensure you have an available port on your motherboard to support the video card. You can refer to your motherboard or computer documentation for this information if you do not know. Basically, there are two standards. These are the older AGP connection and the newer PCI-Express. Any computer built in the last 2-3 years should have a PCI-Express slot. If you only have AGP, upgrading may be more difficult as the number of AGP cards with HDMI ports is quite limited and may cost more. If that’s the case, you may be better suited for a complete system overhaul or re-purchase.
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Showing posts with label camcorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camcorder. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
playing back video on hf200
So after some experimenting, the ugly solution is this:
If you move mts files off the SD card using a standard card reader out of the folder E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM and then place the SD card back into the camera, you will see question marks for the videos moved off the card.
I believe this is due to not using the software to move these files off camera as this method doesn't update the index.bdm and movieobj.bdm files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV and thus the camera doesn't know these videos have been removed. I also do not touch the corresponding .CPI files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF.
You can then move .MTS files back into E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM and have them playable on the camera so long as you do not touch the index files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV as mentioned above. This means not deleting the question mark videos using the camera interface.
Ugly because in the end in your playlist on the camera, you will see all the videos you've ever taken as question marks except for those you have yet to move off the SD card. But it works.
Too bad the Pixela software doesn't do what's advertised and provide a clean solution for moving these videos back and forth.
Note that this will not work for videos that you have not taken with the camera since the index will not include said video.
If anyone comes up with a better solution to using their camera as a player for MTS files, I'd love to hear it.
If you move mts files off the SD card using a standard card reader out of the folder E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM and then place the SD card back into the camera, you will see question marks for the videos moved off the card.
I believe this is due to not using the software to move these files off camera as this method doesn't update the index.bdm and movieobj.bdm files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV and thus the camera doesn't know these videos have been removed. I also do not touch the corresponding .CPI files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\CLIPINF.
You can then move .MTS files back into E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM and have them playable on the camera so long as you do not touch the index files in E:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV as mentioned above. This means not deleting the question mark videos using the camera interface.
Ugly because in the end in your playlist on the camera, you will see all the videos you've ever taken as question marks except for those you have yet to move off the SD card. But it works.
Too bad the Pixela software doesn't do what's advertised and provide a clean solution for moving these videos back and forth.
Note that this will not work for videos that you have not taken with the camera since the index will not include said video.
If anyone comes up with a better solution to using their camera as a player for MTS files, I'd love to hear it.
HF 200
As for the other settings, use "P" mode at 60i for all daytime shots. For evening and dark indoor shoots, switch over to 30p and Tv Mode with a 1/30 sec. frame rate. That will help the camcorder produce a better image under difficult lighting conditions.
For any action shots use 60i. I just filmed a night football high school game and used 60i and Sports mode.
Class 4 is fast enough for the highest recording speeds of the HF200. From the SD Association:
Class 4 guarantees a minimum transfer speed of 4 MB/s
- 4MB/s = 32Mb/s (8 bits per byte)
- highest quality setting on the HF200 is 24Mb/s
For any action shots use 60i. I just filmed a night football high school game and used 60i and Sports mode.
Class 4 is fast enough for the highest recording speeds of the HF200. From the SD Association:
Class 4 guarantees a minimum transfer speed of 4 MB/s
- 4MB/s = 32Mb/s (8 bits per byte)
- highest quality setting on the HF200 is 24Mb/s
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