Movie Quality / Movie Size

The larger the size of the movie image, the higher the image quality. The higher the amount of data used per second (average bit-rate), the higher the image quality.
Select a movie recording format by pressing MENU (Settings) (Shooting Settings) [Movie format] in shooting mode. [Details]

DSC-TX10

You can set Movie Quality in AVCHD format, and set Movie Size in MP4 format.

Movie quality (recording format: AVCHD)
  1. MENU (Movie Quality) desired mode

Set using the buttons displayed on the left of the screen depending on the REC mode.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (1080 60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (1080 50i-compatible devices), in interlaced mode, with Dolby Digital audio.


Movie quality
Average bit-rate
Description

(AVC HD 24M (FX))
24 Mbps
Shoots at a highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i / 60i) size.

(AVC HD 17M (FH))
17 Mbps
Shoots at a high picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i / 60i) size.
(AVC HD 9M (HQ))
9 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080 (50i / 60i) size.

DSC-TX100 / TX100V

You can set Movie Quality in [AVCHD 60i/60p] (1080 60i-compatible devices) or [AVCHD 50i/50p] (1080 50i-compatible devices) movie, and set Movie Size in MP4 format.

Movie quality (recording format:
[AVCHD 60i/60p] (1080 60i-compatible devices) / [AVCHD 50i/50p] (1080 50i-compatible devices))
  1. MENU (Movie Quality) desired mode

Set using the buttons displayed on the left of the screen depending on the REC mode.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (1080 60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (1080 50i-compatible devices), in interlaced mode, with Dolby Digital audio or AVCHD format, at approximately 60 fields/sec (1080 60i-compatible devices) or 50 fields/sec (1080 50i-compatible devices), in progressive mode, with Dolby Digital audio.


Movie quality
Average bit-rate
Description

(AVC HD 28M (PS))
28 Mbps
Shoots at a highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (50p / 60p) size.

(AVC HD 24M (FX))
24 Mbps
Shoots at a highest picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i / 60i) size.

(AVC HD 17M (FH))
17 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1920×1080 (50i / 60i) size.
(AVC HD 9M (HQ))
9 Mbps
Shoots at a standard picture quality of 1440×1080 (50i / 60i) size.

Movie image size (recording format: MP4)

  1. MENU (Movie Size) desired size

Set using the buttons displayed on the left of the screen depending on the REC mode.
Movies shot with this camera are recorded in MPEG-4 format, at approximately 30 frames/sec (1080 60i-compatible devices) or approximately 25 frames/sec (1080 50i-compatible devices), in progressive mode, with AAC audio, mp4 format.


Movie image size
Average bit-rate
Description
(MP4 12M)
12 Mbps
Shoots at 1440×1080 size

(MP4 6M)
6 Mbps
Shoots at 1280×720 size

(MP4 3M)
3 Mbps
Shoots at VGA size

Notes
  • A telephoto image is produced when [MP4 3M] image size is selected.

  • Movies recorded with Movie Mode set to [AVC HD 28M (PS)] (DSC-TX100 / TX100V) cannot be saved to a disc without changing the original quality. Convert the movie using “PMB” and save it to the disc.
    Movies recorded with Movie Mode set to [AVC HD 24M (FX)] cannot be save to a DVD disc or as an AVCHD disc. Save them to a Blu-ray disc.