Camcorder with max. 17 Mbps need special export settings?

My camcorder, a Panasonic SD60 has a maximum bitrate of (only?) 17 Mbps. I intend to make a standalone video for viewing on my iMac (and maybe later a DVD, btw I have PAL). My favourite codec is X264. My goal is to reach the maximum of quality (of course only if the settings generate a clear visible quality in the video).
I would like to know if I would need special settings, regarding the max. bitrate of 17 Mbps.
For instance I think of the following items:
- do I set the framerate on the default setting "current" or someting else?
- do I set the keyframes on the default setting "every 24 frames", "automatic" or "all"?
- do I activate "frame recording"?
- do I set the data rate on "automatic" or the deault setting "restrict to 6400 kbit/sec" or maybe more or less?
- are there other special settings of the X264 that could be used in my case?
I would apreciate your reaction very much. Thank you in advance!

So basically you're asking what settings you should use to export movie files for viewing that you shot in HD.
The bitrate of your camcorder doesn't matter for starters. Once you've transcoded into ProRes your originals are irrelevant.
As far as your settings:
Frame rate - leave as current, this has no bearing on the quality and changing it to anything else will only mess your video up.
Key framing: set to automatic probably - let the encoder figure out when it needs to keyframe.
Frame recording - I have no idea.
As far as bitrate, you definitely want more than 6400 kbit/sec if this is full-rame 1080p HD content. You want at least 10 Mbit/sec - perhaps more depending on his particular you are.

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