Beginners GH1 Custom Firmware Guide
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Panasonic GH1
This guide refers to the PANASONIC GH1 For the same instructions but GF1 related please see the Beginners GF1 Custom Firmware Guide
Introduction
This guide breaks down the use of the hack into 5 easy steps, showing you how to get improved video quality from the GH1 in terms of the codec (44Mbit AVCHD).
It is a bit like jailbreaking an iPhone.
Step I
- First download PTools here. It is a Windows app but Mac users can still run it via Winebottler for Mac, available here - here which allows any basic Windows apps to run on a Mac.
- Secondly download the latest official Panasonic firmware, version 1.32 from here
Step II
- Double-click PTools.exe on your computer (Windows) or use Winebottler to run it on a Mac.
- Now inside PTools, click on Load Firmware and select the official Panasonic GH1__132.BIN file you downloaded earlier
- A list of setup options will now appear
Step III
- Click to tick Version Increment if this the first time you have updated the camera. Leave the increment value as '1'.
- Tick Version Compare too.
Step IV
- Double click Patches for End Users
- Expand the notch which reads AVCHD Movie Mode (as shown in screen grab, right)
- Tick Native 24p/25p
- Tick Video Bitrate FHD/SH
- Under Video Bitrate FHD/SH enter the value 50000000 (50,000,000)
- Tick Overall Bitrate
- Under Overall Bitrate enter the value 52000000 (52,000,000)
Final Step
- Click Save Firmware
- Name your custom firmware file GH1__133.BIN (with 2 underscores, all upper-case)
- Copy this to your memory card (outside all folders) and insert the card into the GH1.
- Turn on the GH1 and press playback. The update firmware screen will appear. Press OK and wait 1 minute.
- The update is now complete
