4K Video and Computer Requirements
I'm posting this in the Panasonic thread because these issues deal with the Photo Fun Studio (PFS) that accompanied the Pana FZ1000. However, I imagine this post may be better suited somewhere else.
I'd appreciate it if someone could decipher my writings and let me know if I need a video card, a new computer, or if I'm good with what I got. This, of course, is notwithstanding the ability of my computer to upgraded.
My computer does not meet the system requirement to view 4K video, my processor is too small. As for understanding the video requirements, my video card is also inadequate for 4K.
Here's what I can do:
Convert 4K to MP4 FHD
Convert 4K to MOV FHD
I can play both videos
I can grab stills from both videos
I do no post-processing, I'm only grabbing stills from the video.
Here's the 1st question:
Are the quality of the stills from the 4K video noticeably superior to the MOV/MP4 FHD stills? Enough so that I would appreciate whatever computer upgrades it would take?
Okay....that aside, my computer doesn't meet the system requirements for playing MOV and editing MOV/MP4 FHD 50p/60p. It also does not meet the video requirements for viewing the MOV/MP4 FHD. However, I am able to view the MOV/MP4 FHD video when shot with a frame rate at 30fps.
Here's the 2nd question:
Is it possible that I am only in need of a video card, meeting the 4K requirements, and not both; a video card and processor with a faster chip set?
I'm asking this question because I am only trying to view the video and pull stills....not edit the video. Also, my processor is too slow per the PFS requirements at 50p/60p frame rate but I can view at 30p frame rate.
All this leads me to believe the processor is needed more for editing than viewing but my thinking may be wrong as it doesn't seem to be a logical progression?
Has anybody else been dealing with 4K computer issues?
Just for info, pulled from PFS “Read Me” text........
Computer processor requirements:
Recommended environment for playing and editing MOV motion pictures/AVCHD Progressive/MP4 (FHD 50p/60p) motion pictures Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 2.8 GHz or higher.
Recommended environment for playing and editing 4K motion pictures Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 3.5 GHz or higher.
Video requirements:
Video memory of 256 MB or more recommended
When playing 4K motion pictures, a video card that is compatible with 4K motion picture hardware decoding is necessary. When playing or editing 4K motion pictures, 2 GB or more video memory is necessary. When playing at 4K resolution, a monitor and video card that are compatible with 4K are necessary.
Okay....the bottom lines is: do I need a video card, a new computer, or is the difference in stills between 4k and MOV/MP4 FHD not worth all this trouble?
As for the photo, it is a grab from a 4K conversion to MP4 FHD. I really don't know how good the still is, I have nothing I shot to compare it to. I have 64Gigs or 80 4K videos to go through, all shot in Arizona over my Christmas Holiday trip.
Anyway, I'm throwing it up here with the hopes of someone telling me if a 4K still would be better or worst than this MP4 FHD grab.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this.
I'm posting this in the Panasonic thread because these issues deal with the Photo Fun Studio (PFS) that accompanied the Pana FZ1000. However, I imagine this post may be better suited somewhere else.
I'd appreciate it if someone could decipher my writings and let me know if I need a video card, a new computer, or if I'm good with what I got. This, of course, is notwithstanding the ability of my computer to upgraded.
My computer does not meet the system requirement to view 4K video, my processor is too small. As for understanding the video requirements, my video card is also inadequate for 4K.
Here's what I can do:
Convert 4K to MP4 FHD
Convert 4K to MOV FHD
I can play both videos
I can grab stills from both videos
I do no post-processing, I'm only grabbing stills from the video.
Here's the 1st question:
Are the quality of the stills from the 4K video noticeably superior to the MOV/MP4 FHD stills? Enough so that I would appreciate whatever computer upgrades it would take?
Okay....that aside, my computer doesn't meet the system requirements for playing MOV and editing MOV/MP4 FHD 50p/60p. It also does not meet the video requirements for viewing the MOV/MP4 FHD. However, I am able to view the MOV/MP4 FHD video when shot with a frame rate at 30fps.
Here's the 2nd question:
Is it possible that I am only in need of a video card, meeting the 4K requirements, and not both; a video card and processor with a faster chip set?
I'm asking this question because I am only trying to view the video and pull stills....not edit the video. Also, my processor is too slow per the PFS requirements at 50p/60p frame rate but I can view at 30p frame rate.
All this leads me to believe the processor is needed more for editing than viewing but my thinking may be wrong as it doesn't seem to be a logical progression?
Has anybody else been dealing with 4K computer issues?
Just for info, pulled from PFS “Read Me” text........
Computer processor requirements:
Recommended environment for playing and editing MOV motion pictures/AVCHD Progressive/MP4 (FHD 50p/60p) motion pictures Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 2.8 GHz or higher.
Recommended environment for playing and editing 4K motion pictures Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 3.5 GHz or higher.
Video requirements:
Video memory of 256 MB or more recommended
When playing 4K motion pictures, a video card that is compatible with 4K motion picture hardware decoding is necessary. When playing or editing 4K motion pictures, 2 GB or more video memory is necessary. When playing at 4K resolution, a monitor and video card that are compatible with 4K are necessary.
Okay....the bottom lines is: do I need a video card, a new computer, or is the difference in stills between 4k and MOV/MP4 FHD not worth all this trouble?
As for the photo, it is a grab from a 4K conversion to MP4 FHD. I really don't know how good the still is, I have nothing I shot to compare it to. I have 64Gigs or 80 4K videos to go through, all shot in Arizona over my Christmas Holiday trip.
Anyway, I'm throwing it up here with the hopes of someone telling me if a 4K still would be better or worst than this MP4 FHD grab.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this.
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