dropping frames @ 1080 30p

[alferret]

Don't know if it's to do with the player supplied or the micro SD card I'm using which is a SanDisk microSDHC UHS1 class 10 32gb, or even the unit itself. The playback looks very choppy and not as smooth as all of the review footage I have seen on YouTube. Even the quality looks over sharpened. It's on 20141112 firmware. Have tried on the following resolutions 1920x1080 30p - HDR 1920x1080 - 2304x1296, any ideas or thoughts?

 

[jokiin]

Are you copying the files to disk first?

What player are you using?

What spec is your computer?

 

[alferret]

I have used the supplied player and vlc running over USB 2.0, not copied the files to the laptop. The laptop is a 2.2ghz dual core with 8gb and is about 4 years old. I do have a very high spec PC I use for gaming, not tried on that but the laptop handles 1080p mkv files very well.

 

[reverend]

To be honest most of the A7 cameras look a bit over sharpened mate, my 0805 definitely did.

Some machines do have choppy playback of these videos, especially when you're playing 2304x1296 and 2560x1080 videos though. Sometimes as a test it's best to upload those to Youtube and then play them back on your phone to see if they're as jumpy then - it's an easy way to see if the problem is the camera / card or the computer 🙂

 

[alferret]

Changed the settings to 1920x1080 45p will run it for a couple of days and check on my of instead of laptop, will upload them to YouTube as you suggested and see what the playback is like.