Movie quality/movie size – Sony DSC-HX7V User Manual
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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.
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-
rate
Description
AVC HD 24M
(FX)
24 Mbps
Shoots at a highest picture quality of 1920×1080
(50i/60i) size
AVC HD 17M
(FH)
17 Mbps
Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080
(50i/60i) size
AVC HD 9M
(HQ)
9 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080
(50i/60i) size
Movie image size (recording format: MP4)
1.
MENU
[Movie Size]
desired size
Movies shot with this camera 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.
AVCHD discs cannot be created from movies recorded in [AVC HD 24M (FX)] quality. Save
[AVC HD 24M (FX)] quality movies to Blu-ray discs.
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