Expected Recording Time Of Movies - Sony XR500VE Handbook

Expected recording time of movies

Internal hard disk
High definition image quality (HD)
Recording mode
HDR-XR500E
[HD FH] 14 h 30 m
[HD HQ] 29 h 40 m
[HD SP]
[HD LP] 48 h 10 m
(5.1ch)
*
[HD LP] 50 h 30 m
(2ch)
*
Recording mode
HDR-XR520E
[HD FH] 29 h 20 m
[HD HQ] 59 h 40 m
[HD SP] 72 h 20 m
[HD LP] 96 h 30 m
(5.1ch)
*
[HD LP] 101 h 20 m
(2ch)
*
Standard definition image quality (SD)
Recording mode
HDR-XR500E
[SD HQ] 29 h 40 m
[SD SP] 43 h 50 m
[SD LP] 84 h 10 m
(5.1ch)
*
[SD LP] 91 h 50 m
(2ch)
*
Recording mode
HDR-XR520E
[SD HQ] 59 h 40 m
[SD SP] 88 h 10 m
[SD LP]
(5.1ch)
*
[SD LP] 184 h 20 m
(2ch)
*
(unit: hour minute)
Recording time
HDR-XR500VE
14 h 30 m
29 h 30 m
36 h 35 h 50 m
47 h 50 m
50 h 10 m
Recording time
HDR-XR520VE
29 h 10 m
59 h 20 m
72 h 10 m
96 h 10 m
101 h
(unit: hour minute)
Recording time
HDR-XR500VE
29 h 30 m
43 h 40 m
83 h 40 m
91 h 20 m
Recording time
HDR-XR520VE
59 h 20 m
87 h 50 m
169 h 168 h 20 m
183 h 50 m
You can change the recording sound format
*
with [AUDIO MODE] (p. 75).
Tips
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You can record movies of a maximum of 3,999

scenes with high definition image quality (HD),
and 9,999 scenes with standard definition image
quality (SD).
The maximum continuous recording time of
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movies is approximately 13 hours.
Your camcorder uses the VBR (Variable Bit

Rate) format to automatically adjust image
quality to suit the recording scene. This
technology causes fluctuations in the recording
time of the media. Movies containing quickly
moving and complex images are recorded at
a higher bit rate, and this reduces the overall
recording time.
"Memory Stick PRO Duo" media
High definition image quality (HD)
AVC HD AVC HD
16M
(FH) (HQ)
1GB 6
(6) (9)
2GB 10
(10) (20)
4GB 25
(25) (35)
8GB 55 115
(55) (80)
16 110 230
GB (110) (160)
Standard definition image quality (SD)
SD 9M
(HQ)
1GB 10
(10)
2GB 25
(25)
4GB 55
(50)
10
(unit: minute)
AVC HD AVC HD AVC HD
9M 7M 5M
(SP) (LP)
5.1ch*
10 15 20
(10) (15)
25 30 45
(20) (35)
55 65 90
(45) (70)
140 185
(100) (145) (150)
280 375
(200) (290) (300)
(unit: minute)
SD 6M SD 3M SD 3M
(SP) (LP)
5.1ch* 2ch*
20 35
(10) (25) (25)
40 80
(25) (50) (55)
80 160 170
(50) (105) (110)
5M
(LP)
2ch*
20
(15)
45
(35)
95
(70)
195
390
(LP)
40
85