Recording Mode Settings; Setting The Mode; Mode Explanations - Zoom Q4n User Manual

Recording mode settings

Setting the mode

You can change the video recording mode, video recording frame rate, resolution and audio quality. In-
creasing the video and audio quality decreases the available recording time.
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Mode explanations

RECORDING MODE
Create: type of files created
Setting
MOV
STEREO AUDIO
Video: video recording resolution and frame rate
Setting
3M HD/30 24Mbps
HD 1080/30 24Mbps
HD 1080/30 16Mbps
HD 720/60 15Mbps
HD 720/30 8Mbps
WVGA/60 8Mbps
WVGA/30 5Mbps
NOTE
If PAL is selected for HDMI output, the frames/second options become 25 and 50. (See "System settings"
on page 39.)
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Explanation
Record MOV files containing both video and audio.
Save only audio as WAV or AAC files.
Resolution Frames/ Explanation
second
2304 × 1296 30 Record video with a resolution higher than Full HD.
Use when you want to record at high resolution.
1920 × 1080 30 This is suitable for all kinds of video recording.
Record video with Full HD resolution.
1920 × 1080 30 Use when you want to record at Full HD
resolution for a longer time.
1280 × 720 60 Use when you want to record subjects that
move quickly.
1280 × 720 30 Use when you want to balance recording time
and resolution.
800 × 480 60 Use when you want to record subjects that
move quickly for a long time.
800 × 480 30 Use when you want to maximize recording
time.
Touch on the Menu screen.
Touch the item that you want to set in the submenu.
After completing the setting, touch
menu.
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to close the sub-
File size
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