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Movie Quality/Movie Size

The larger the size of the movie image, the higher the image quality. The higher the amount of data used per second (average bit-rate), the higher the image quality.

Select a movie recording format by pressing MENU

(Settings)

(Shooting Settings)

[Movie format] in shooting mode. [Details]

If [Movie format] is [AVCHD], select the movie size from [Movie Quality], and if [Movie format] is [MP4], select from [Movie Size].

Movie quality (recording format: AVCHD)

1.MENU [Movie Quality] desired mode

Movies shot with this camera are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (for 1080 60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (for 1080 50i-compatible devices), in interlaced mode, with Dolby Digital audio, AVCHD format.

 

Movie quality

Average bit-

Description

 

rate

 

 

 

 

AVC HD 24M

24 Mbps

Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080

 

(FX)

(50i/60i) size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVC HD 17M

17 Mbps

Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i/60i)

 

(FH)

size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AVC HD 9M

9 Mbps

Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080

 

(HQ)

(50i/60i) size

 

 

 

 

 

 

Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

1.MENU [Movie Size] desired size

Movies shot are recorded in MPEG-4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec (for 1080 60i-compatible devices) or approximately 25 frames/sec (for 1080 50i-compatible devices), in progressive mode, with AAC audio, mp4 format.

 

Movie image size

Average bit-rate

Description

 

MP4 12M

12 Mbps

Shoots at 1440×1080 size

 

 

 

 

 

MP4 6M

6 Mbps

Shoots at 1280×720 size

 

 

 

 

 

MP4 3M

3 Mbps

Shoots at VGA size

 

 

 

 

Notes

A telephoto image is produced when [MP4 3M] image size is selected.

When you create AVCHD discs from movies recorded in[AVC HD 24M (FX)], it will take time as the image quality must be converted. To save or [AVC HD 24M (FX)] movies without converting the image quality, use Blu-ray discs.

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Sony DSCWX80/W manual Movie Quality/Movie Size, Movie quality recording format Avchd, Movie image size recording format MP4

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