DSC-HX300 | Movie Quality/Movie Size | Cyber-shot User Guide

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.

(Settings) (Shooting Settings)

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

FX/FH/HQ:

Movies shot 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.

PS:

Movies shot are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 frames/sec (for 1080 60i-compliant devices) or 50 frames/sec (for 1080 50i-compliant devices), in progressive mode, with Dolby Digital audio, AVCHD format.

Movie quality

Average bit-rate

Description

AVC HD 28M (PS)

AVC HD 28M (PS)

28 Mbps

Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (50p/60p) size

AVC HD 24M (FX)

AVC HD 24M (FX)

24 Mbps

Shoots at the highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i/60i) size

AVC HD 17M (FH)

AVC HD 17M (FH)

17 Mbps

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

AVC HD 9M (HQ)

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 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

MP4 12M

12 Mbps

Shoots at 1440×1080 size

MP4 6M

MP4 6M

6 Mbps

Shoots at 1280×720 size

MP4 3M

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 28M (PS)] or [AVC HD 24M (FX)], it will take time as the image quality must be converted. To save [AVC HD 28M (PS)] or [AVC HD 24M (FX)] movies without converting the image quality, use Blu-ray discs.