Movie-recording Times for Memory Cards
Solution
AVCHD movies in MXP mode are recorded in 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. AVCHD movies recorded using other recording modes are recorded in 1,440 x 1,080 resolution. MP4 movies are recorded in 1,280 x 720 resolution.
- For AVCHD movies:
| Memory | Recording mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MXP | FXP | XP+ | SP  | LP | |
| 4 GB Memory card | 20 min. | 30 min. | 40 min. | 1 hr. 10 min. | 1 hr. 30 min. |
8 GB Memory card/ , Built-in memory*1 | 40 min. | 1 hr. | 1 hr. 25 min. | 2 hr. 20 min. | 3 hr. |
| 16 GB Memory card | 1 hr. 25 min. | 2 hr. 5 min. | 2 hr. 50 min. | 4 hr. 45 min. | 6 hr. 5 min. |
32 GB Memory card/ Built-in memory*1 | 2 hr. 55 min. | 4 hr. 10 min. | 5 hr. 45 min. | 9 hr. 35 min. | 12 hr. 15 min.*2 |
: Default value
- For MP4 movies:
| Memory | Recording mode | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Mbps | 4 Mbps | |
| 4 GB Memory card | 55 min. | 2 hr. 5 min. |
| 8 GB Memory card/, Built-in memory*1 | 1 hr. 50 min. | 4 hr. 10 min. |
| 16 GB Memory card | 3 hr. 50 min. | 8 hr. 25 min. |
| 32 GB Memory card/ Built-in memory*1 | 7 hr. 40 min. | 16 hr. 55 min. |
*1: // At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files (background music), 5 MB of image files (image mix frames) and about 2 MB of file management data.
// At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB of music files (background music), 5 MB of image files (image mix frames) and about 2 MB of file management data.*2: A single scene can be recorded continuously for 12 hours; at that point, the camcorder will stop for about 3 seconds before resuming recording.
NOTE
- Movies recorded in MXP mode cannot be saved on AVCHD discs. Use an external Blu-ray Disc recorder to copy MXP movies onto Blu-ray discs. // Alternatively, you can use the supplied software VideoBrowser to create AVCHD discs*.
- The camcorder uses a variable bit rate (VBR) to encode video so the actual recording times will vary depending on the content of the scenes.
- You cannot create a video disc of MP4 movies that is playable on commercially available players.
* MXP scenes will be converted to an image quality similar to that of FXP scenes.