Selecting The Recording Mode (Video Quality) - Canon VIXIA HF G21 Instruction Manual

Selecting the Recording Mode (Video Quality)

The camcorder offers various recording modes, depending on whether the movie format is AVCHD or
MP4. When the recording mode of an AVCHD scene is set to 28 Mbps LPCM (59.94P) or 24 Mbps
LPCM, you can enjoy two-channel linear PCM audio recording with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz.
Refer to the following tables for details.
Operating modes:
1 Open the [Recording Mode] screen.
[FUNC.] [MENU]
> >
2 Touch the desired recording mode and then touch [X].
NOTES
• For details on approximate recording times, refer to
• About scenes recorded at [28 Mbps LPCM (59.94P)]/[28 Mbps (59.94P)] (AVCHD) or [35
Mbps (59.94P)]/[8 Mbps (59.94P)] (MP4):
- Recording such scenes is not available during
- When recording such scenes, dual recording is not available.
- Depending on the TV, scenes may not be able to be played back.
• AVCHD scenes recorded at 28 Mbps cannot be saved on AVCHD discs. Use an external Blu-ray
Disc recorder compliant with AVCHD Ver. 2.0 specifications to copy those movies onto Blu-ray
discs.
• The following types of MP4 scenes will be recognized as multiple files on other devices.
- Scenes exceeding 4 GB
- Scenes recorded at 35 Mbps or 8 Mbps exceeding 30 minutes
- Scenes recorded with a recording mode other than 35 Mbps or 8 Mbps exceeding 1 hour
• When the recording mode is set to [28 Mbps LPCM (59.94P)] or [24 Mbps LPCM], recording with
5.1ch surround sound is not available when using the optional SM-V1 Surround Microphone.
Recording modes by movie format
Movie format
AVCHD
MP4
[Recording Mode]
>
Recording mode
28 Mbps LPCM (59.94P)
28 Mbps (59.94P)
24 Mbps LPCM
24 Mbps
17 Mbps
5 Mbps
35 Mbps (59.94P)
24 Mbps
17 Mbps
8 Mbps (59.94P)
4 Mbps
3 Mbps
Selecting the Recording Mode (Video Quality)
Approximate recording times
mode.
Resolution
1920x1080
1440x1080
1920x1080
1280x720
640x360
(A 144).
Audio format
Linear PCM
Dolby Digital
Linear PCM
Dolby Digital
AAC
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