Movie-recording Times for Memory Cards

Last Updated : 16-May-2012
Issue Number : 8201360500

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:

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:

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:

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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.