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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #601 on: July 03, 2013, 08:12:39 PM »
I got a 32 Gb Sandisk 45 MB/s SDHC card, formatted in exFat, and ML 2.3 on it running, now I just download that autoexec.bin-bitrateback file, rename it to autoexec.bin, overwrite it to the SD card, and that is all ?
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #602 on: July 03, 2013, 10:19:58 PM »
You got it
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #603 on: July 04, 2013, 06:22:46 PM »
Because there are a lot of starter questions in this thread now, I made a new FAQ thread:

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=6913.0
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #604 on: July 04, 2013, 07:24:08 PM »
Because there are a lot of starter questions in this thread now, I made a new FAQ thread:

http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=6913.0
Yes, but it relates only to Tragic Lantern V1. there is a V2, with a lot less control (as of now) but there IS one...
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #605 on: July 04, 2013, 09:16:33 PM »
1% can you put those options in TL 2.0 maybe ? =)
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #606 on: July 04, 2013, 09:50:12 PM »
That's right, but for now it's fine just to use that build, I gave it about 20 hours or so already and it's good and stable.
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #607 on: July 04, 2013, 10:32:52 PM »
It has to be rewritten because of new menus, etc.

Also remember buffer warn is also the level it will start lowering slices so if it stops on TL 1, lower the buffer warning level.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #608 on: July 04, 2013, 10:49:43 PM »
Nevermind
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #609 on: July 05, 2013, 01:01:15 AM »
Ah yes I should add that to the post about buffer warning.

 I just figured it may be a good first stop for people trying to get to grips with it, hopefully it will help someone.
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #610 on: July 05, 2013, 01:33:21 AM »
I don't think you can get over FPS gop.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #611 on: July 05, 2013, 09:06:41 AM »
ah, ok
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #612 on: July 11, 2013, 10:53:12 PM »
Will the Bitrate development commence along with the RAW development ? are there further developments down the line ?
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #613 on: July 11, 2013, 11:50:16 PM »
Heh, will commence when some of these big summer projects are over. I think everyone is having the same problem, hence not so much new stuff.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #614 on: July 12, 2013, 01:07:41 AM »
It has to be rewritten because of new menus, etc.

Also remember buffer warn is also the level it will start lowering slices so if it stops on TL 1, lower the buffer warning level.
But lowering the buffer warning level what does that mean ? From 70% to 95%, or from 70% to 50%, in witch way is lowering ? My thoughts are that if put to 95%, it means that only then it will reduce the video quality, right ? Only when it reaches 95% the slices will drop.
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #615 on: July 18, 2013, 12:48:44 AM »
EOS fixer is just for >4gb movies... it runs on the PC.


Set the BR somewhere above 3x, flush of 3 or 4 and gop of 1 for all I if you want it. Usually non all I gop can be FPS but I'm not sure if that works, haven't tried recently.. 3, 6, 12, 15 are all ok. Mainly you want it keeping the quality set high and writing the frames out faster.


These settings are perfect 1% ... 3X, Flush4 and GOP3.  Getting an average 85 mbps, with slightly higher for high ISO scenes.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #616 on: July 18, 2013, 02:56:16 AM »
30p, sound off, CBR 3.0x, DblockA/B -6,-6, picqPC 0, GOP1, JP Slice 87, Slice Lock: enabled, MinBR :130, Max:160, Drop By 1: 140, drop by 3: 145, Taper rates: disabled.

Are these the best settings for H.264 ?
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #617 on: July 18, 2013, 03:46:35 AM »
50% is what I use. 95% it will never lower or catch in time.

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Well that is fixed max + all I so if you can handle it then its not going to go any higher. CBR doesn't do anything if not using canon CBR, anything over 1 is good.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #618 on: July 18, 2013, 04:25:57 PM »
Funny, because yesterday I was shooting with these settings from a moving car, and I never got higher bitrates than 104 mbs, but I has filming at ISO 80, maybe that is the cause. Filled two 32 Gb cards with no problems, no stops, no nothing. My buffer warning is set to 70%, but from what I see on the screen, it never gets past 8%, it goes 2-3%, 5%, back to 1%, 2-3% and so on.
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #619 on: July 19, 2013, 12:56:05 AM »
I don't think you can get over FPS gop.
But wait, I tried GOP=100 (TL v2) and it worked. Virtual dub reported 1 key-frame every 100 frames
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #620 on: July 19, 2013, 02:44:17 AM »
this works for the Canon 550D?

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #621 on: July 23, 2013, 03:04:50 PM »
I am a little bit confused. If I understand correctly GOP 1 uses QScale -12, and GOP 3 uses QScale -16 ? And in this case, what is the best option for better video ? GOP 1 or 3 ?

I know GOP 1 is All-I, but is this more important than QScale -16 ?
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #622 on: July 23, 2013, 03:33:41 PM »
Gop is independent from qscale. Since canon is still controlling quality it might just be stopping at 12? On TL1 I could do 1 and the same slice value.


Lower iso will produce lower rates.. .I think at higher iso you're mainly encoding bouncing noise tho.

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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #623 on: July 23, 2013, 03:53:06 PM »
I am still trying to figure out the best settings in case i wanted MAX quality and i could not care about size.
I am trying to record with:
Bitrate:20
Init QP:1
Flush rate:4 frames
GOP size:1

What does Config Select mean?
Also, why my camera locks up with these settings?
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Re: Bit rate investigation - altering ratio between P and I frame sizes
« Reply #624 on: July 23, 2013, 05:14:16 PM »
Gop is independent from qscale. Since canon is still controlling quality it might just be stopping at 12? On TL1 I could do 1 and the same slice value.


Lower iso will produce lower rates.. .I think at higher iso you're mainly encoding bouncing noise tho.

If I disable the Slice control and shoot only with CBR 3.0x, with GOP 1 it goes only as high as QScale -12, but with GOP 3 it goes all the way to QScale -16. What I don't understand is what is there to gain/lose by using either GOP 1 or QScale -16, what is more important for the quality of the video ? GOP 1, or QScale -16 (GOP 3) ?

And another thing that I don't understand is what happens to the QScale under Slice control, for instance if slice set to 87, that means what in terms of QScale ?
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