Recording mode settings. Zoom Q4n

Recording mode settings

Setting the mode

You can change the video recording mode, video recording frame rate, resolution and audio quality. Increasing the video and audio quality decreases the available recording time.

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Touch on the Menu screen.

2.

Touch the item that you want to set in the submenu.

3.

After completing the setting, touch to close the submenu.

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Mode explanations

RECORDING MODE

Create: type of files created

Setting Explanation

MOV

STEREO AUDIO

Record MOV files containing both video and audio.

Save only audio as WAV or AAC files.

Video: video recording resolution and frame rate

Setting

3M HD/30 24Mbps

Resolution Frames/ second

2304 × 1296 30

Explanation

HD 1080/30 24Mbps 1920 × 1080 30

HD 1080/30 16Mbps 1920 × 1080 30

HD 720/60 15Mbps

HD 720/30 8Mbps

WVGA/60 8Mbps

WVGA/30 5Mbps

1280 × 720 60

1280 × 720 30

800 × 480

800 × 480

60

30

Record video with a resolution higher than Full HD.

Use when you want to record at high resolution.

This is suitable for all kinds of video recording.

Record video with Full HD resolution.

Use when you want to record at Full HD resolution for a longer time.

Use when you want to record subjects that move quickly.

Use when you want to balance recording time and resolution.

Use when you want to record subjects that move quickly for a long time.

Use when you want to maximize recording time.

File size

Large

Small

NOTE

If PAL is selected for HDMI output, the frames/second options become 25 and 50. (See “System settings” on page 39.)

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Recording mode settings

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Audio: audio quality

Setting

WAV 96kHz/24bit

WAV 96kHz/16bit

WAV 48kHz/24bit

WAV 48kHz/16bit

WAV 44.1kHz/24bit

WAV 44.1kHz/16bit

AAC 320kbps

AAC 256kbps

AAC 192kbps

AAC 128kbps

AAC 64kbps

Explanation

Record in an uncompressed WAV format when audio quality is important.

The higher the sampling frequency (kHz) and bit rate, the better the audio quality.

File size

Large

Record in a compressed AAC format when you need to save SD card space.

The higher the bit rate (bps), the better the audio quality.

Small

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