Video Configuration: Movie Format, Bit Rate, Resolution and Frame Rate

Video Configuration: Movie Format, Bit Rate, Resolution and Frame Rate

Before you record, select the movie format, bit rate, resolution (frame size) and frame rate that best match your creative needs.

Operating modes:

Selecting the Movie Format

You can record video in MXF format, MP4 format or simultaneously in

[wOther Functions]

 

both formats. MXF clips are recorded on a CF card while MP4 clips are

[Movie Format]

recorded on an SD card, so be sure to insert the appropriate recording

media according the movie format you want to use. If you can combine

 

the MXF+MP4 movie format with double slot recording (A42), you can

[MXF (CF)]

record the same video on three recording media and in two different

 

formats.

 

1 Open the [Movie Format] submenu.

 

[wOther Functions] >[Movie Format]

 

2Select [MXF (CF)] to record only MXF clips, [MP4 ] to record only MP4 clips, or [MXF (CF)+MP4 ] to record simultaneously in both formats.

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Selecting the Bit Rate and Resolution

1Depending on the movie format selected, open the corresponding [Bit Rate/Resolution] submenu to set the bit rate and resolution.

[wOther Functions] >[MXF] >[Bit Rate/Resolution] (MXF clips)

[wOther Functions] >[MP4] >[Bit Rate/Resolution] (MP4 clips)

2Select the desired option and then press SET.

The selected bit rate and resolution will appear on the upper right of the screen. However, when the movie format is set to MXF+MP4,only the bit rate and resolution of the MXF clips will appear on the screen.

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[MXF]

[Bit Rate/Resolution]

[50 Mbps 1920x1080]

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[MP4]

[Bit Rate/Resolution]

[24 Mbps 1920x1080]* or

[Linked to MXF]**

*When the movie format is set to MP4.

**When the movie format is set to MXF+MP4.