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Okay so I installed my new SGGCX2PRO today after updating it to the latest firmware (20190115) and had a few questions.
I tried the 1080/60p mode and even with the quality set to the highest (18 Mbps) I get a lot of compression artifacts and blocky looking video, so obviously 18 Mbps isn't enough to deliver relatively good looking 60p video. I think my HD camcorder that does 1080/60p runs at 24 or 28 Mbps. Not that I was expecting camcorder level quality, but just wondering if a higher bitrate is possible with this chipset and CPU, and if a firmware update might be coming to allow for higher bitrates and better quality when in 60p mode?
Next question, can you get rid of the camera click sound when you hit the Emergency/OK button? I did turn off "Beeps" in the menu. I kinda like the sound to let me know that I hit the right button, but don't like it getting into the audio of the camera.
Last question, how do you unlock the files in the RO directory on MacOS when the microSD is mounted to the computer? I used to just mount the cameras (previous Street Guardians and A118C's) directly to the computer as a drive, and it'd let you unlock and then manually delete RO folder files that way, but I see you can't do that any more with the SGGCX2PRO due to current demands. So how do you manually unlock and then delete RO folder files when the microSD is mounted directly to MacOS? If there's not a way, I guess I'll just have to format every few weeks, after enough RO folder files start piling up.
Overall really like the camera. Quality in 1080/30p mode is top notch, and video quality at night is still pretty good even with the polarizer mounted, which is impressive.
Thanks
I tried the 1080/60p mode and even with the quality set to the highest (18 Mbps) I get a lot of compression artifacts and blocky looking video, so obviously 18 Mbps isn't enough to deliver relatively good looking 60p video. I think my HD camcorder that does 1080/60p runs at 24 or 28 Mbps. Not that I was expecting camcorder level quality, but just wondering if a higher bitrate is possible with this chipset and CPU, and if a firmware update might be coming to allow for higher bitrates and better quality when in 60p mode?
Next question, can you get rid of the camera click sound when you hit the Emergency/OK button? I did turn off "Beeps" in the menu. I kinda like the sound to let me know that I hit the right button, but don't like it getting into the audio of the camera.
Last question, how do you unlock the files in the RO directory on MacOS when the microSD is mounted to the computer? I used to just mount the cameras (previous Street Guardians and A118C's) directly to the computer as a drive, and it'd let you unlock and then manually delete RO folder files that way, but I see you can't do that any more with the SGGCX2PRO due to current demands. So how do you manually unlock and then delete RO folder files when the microSD is mounted directly to MacOS? If there's not a way, I guess I'll just have to format every few weeks, after enough RO folder files start piling up.
Overall really like the camera. Quality in 1080/30p mode is top notch, and video quality at night is still pretty good even with the polarizer mounted, which is impressive.
Thanks