Canon HFS100 Settings? I'm on vacation. Please assist me!

[Audiophile1178]

Hi all... I recently bought the canon HFS100 about a day or two before I left for vacation to austrailia. I've been using the camera with settings of MXP (24mbps) and a framerate of PF24 (24fps). Should I be shooting at 60i (60fps) instead. I've already shot several videos at MXP with a setting of 24fps and hopefully that's ok.

My goal:
I've bought 4 Lexar Platinum 8gb Class 4 cards which have been working flawlessly. Can I just take the card contents and burn it onto a dual layer dvd to play back as avchd video? That was my original plan. I have an oppo BDP-83 blu-ray player. Is the 24fps ideal for handheld shooting or should I record it at 60i instead? From my understanding 24fps would be more ideal for avchd.

I'm currently In Sydney and won't have internet after the 20th for 2 weeks or so. If someone could help me out before then I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for any help!

Wesley

[aedipuss]

24p is pseudo "film look". too slow for normal shooting it requires a tripod and set shots to look good. 60i is better for handheld shooting. your best bet is to use a program like multiAVCHD to make sure it plays.

[Audiophile1178]

Thank you for your reply. I've shot about 6 hours of video so far in 24fps. From now on i'll shoot at 60i instead. My next stop is New Zealand so I want to make sure that I have everything correct as i'm sure it'll be beautiful over there.

BTW, are you saying that just copying the files onto a Dual Layer DVD won't play back as an avchd video on my oppo? Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to figure this all out before I left. I'm a photographer and not a videographer so this is all new to me.

[aedipuss]

you'll have to try it all players are different in what they'll accept to play as a file. if not then you can use multiavchd it will make sure it's to spec. can't be more specific as i don't have an oppo to test it on.