SX1 IS problems

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Hey guys ive been following the site for a whiel now and i though it was time to ask the experts a few questions regarding my new Canon SX1 IS

My first problem is when i shoot a movie, after completion i connect my camera to my pc via the USB and copy the movie on the the pc, but what i relised is that i get a slur in the quality, a slight jump the movie dosent seem to be running at a smooth pace, also im not gettign any sound out of it (In windows media player)

Another thing is when i i copy the movie it says windows media player dosent support the extension (.MOV) so i have instaled quicktime and play it throgh there. I now some how get media player to play it and have relised that it runs smooth on quicktime but the movie quality such as colour, clarity isnt as sharp as windows media player?

Last ive noticed the file size is very huge. For example a 2 minute movie is somewere in the 700MB range how can this be reduced?

Ive got this beast of a camera but i cant do anything right with it for the time being:confused:

[Jon]

The SX1 can shoot in full HD (1920x1080) resolution; this will tax any computer system; either you'll get jerky playback or the image quality will be degraded. If you don't need Hd resolution, you can shoot in standard (640x480) resolution video and you should see much better behaviour. The HD is also why Windows Media Player doesn't support it and why the file sizes are so big.

[Yohan Pamudji]

The SX1 can shoot in full HD (1920x1080) resolution; this will tax any computer system; either you'll get jerky playback or the image quality will be degraded. If you don't need Hd resolution, you can shoot in standard (640x480) resolution video and you should see much better behaviour. The HD is also why Windows Media Player doesn't support it and why the file sizes are so big.

To be fair, Windows Media Player (WMP) can play HD resolution video, just not H.264 encoded format like the SX1 records, at least not out of the box. You can download a codec to play H.264 in WMP as well.

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Hey guys thanks heaps for the replys, its clarified a few things.


To be fair, Windows Media Player (WMP) can play HD resolution video, just not H.264 encoded format like the SX1 records, at least not out of the box. You can download a codec to play H.264 in WMP as well.

To be honest im not sure what is ment by the H.264 were would i need to downlaod it from and wouldthis play the HD movies without the slowmotion effect?

[Jon]

H.264 is a video coding algorithm; you'd start by Googling "H.264 codec" (for coder-decoder). And it won't help with slow or jerky video; only more computer horsepower will do that. At 1920x1080 pixels and 30 frames per second you're asking your computer to process and display 62,208,000 pixels (at 24 bits/pixel for the colour) every second.

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Thanks Joh, your very right.... Well what software would i need to have installed in order to get good res out of the movie and what would i need to do to make the file size smaller?? (would i need to compres the file size or maybee shoot in another format)

[Jon]

Thanks Joh, your very right.... Well what software would i need to have installed in order to get good res out of the movie and what would i need to do to make the file size smaller?? (would i need to compres the file size or maybee shoot in another format)

The SX1 can shoot in full HD (1920x1080) resolution; this will tax any computer system; either you'll get jerky playback or the image quality will be degraded. If you don't need Hd resolution, you can shoot in standard (640x480) resolution video and you should see much better behaviour. The HD is also why Windows Media Player doesn't support it and why the file sizes are so big.As for reprocessing what you have now, check out video editing packages. I have no particular recommendations since I don't do a lot of video and the SX10 isn't HDTV-capable; the SX-1 isn't available in the US yet (due in April; for an additional $250 over what I paid for the SX10, I'd have to think long and hard about whether to make that move).

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Im slowly getting the hang of shooting in HD format, as for the movie quality its astonishing and very clear worth maybee making the move. Ive now need to figure out how to compress the size after i put it on the pc.. Ohh and by the way ive downlaoded the H.264 codec.... Thnaks once again will keep the post updated with any new results maybee to befinit others aswelll