Capturing from XH-A1

Regan Robinett · February 15th, 2009, 09:29 PM

I apologize if this is a very easy question and I'm just putting on my confused hat at the moment.

When capturing video from my XH-A1, the capture screen shows the duration and the 'Remaining Disk Space : 4.00 gigabytes (sampling...)'.

My question is and I'm sure it's an easy one is how do I adjust that disk space? I can't capture more than 15-18 minutes at a time before it cuts off and it doesn't notify me.

I'm capturing it on a terrabyte drive with over 500gb still free so I know it's not a space issue.

I'm using a 64bit Vista Home Premium machine w/ 6gb ddr3 ram and CS4.

Harm Millaard · February 16th, 2009, 04:51 AM

This is probably an external drive that uses FAT32. Convert to NTFS and you can use all the space on the disk.

Regan Robinett · February 16th, 2009, 09:53 AM

That would probably be the culprit! Thank you.

Another tech question, can I switch that while I have the content on the drive or do I risk losing everything?

I used to be so technical and I've fallen off the wagon.

Battle Vaughan · February 16th, 2009, 01:33 PM

No, if you reformat the disk to NTFS everything on the disk goes. Lots of advantages to NTFS, might be worth offloading your data temporarily to another disk and doing the format, then re-copying it. / Battle Vaughan /miamiherald.com video team

Harm Millaard · February 16th, 2009, 01:44 PM

From vague recollections (it has been years ago I needed to convert a volume) I think your data are not lost when converting to NTFS. Just pay attention to the messages you get. If it says all data will be lost, copy the data to another disk, then convert and copy them back again. The best defragging method I know of BTW.

Regan Robinett · February 16th, 2009, 09:28 PM

Thanks guys (who happen to both have two of the coolest names on the planet)

It is for sure the FAT32 / NTFS issue. I'm currently off loading 440gb of data onto my C drive and will adjust accordingly in let's see.... 4 hours and 53 minutes, no, wait a sec, 4 hours and 52 minutes.

February 15th, 2009, 09:29 PM	#1
Regan Robinett New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 5	Capturing from XH-A1 - Remaining disk space I apologize if this is a very easy question and I'm just putting on my confused hat at the moment. When capturing video from my XH-A1, the capture screen shows the duration and the 'Remaining Disk Space : 4.00 gigabytes (sampling...)'. My question is and I'm sure it's an easy one is how do I adjust that disk space? I can't capture more than 15-18 minutes at a time before it cuts off and it doesn't notify me. I'm capturing it on a terrabyte drive with over 500gb still free so I know it's not a space issue. I'm using a 64bit Vista Home Premium machine w/ 6gb ddr3 ram and CS4.

February 16th, 2009, 09:53 AM	#3
Regan Robinett New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 5	That would probably be the culprit! Thank you. Another tech question, can I switch that while I have the content on the drive or do I risk losing everything? I used to be so technical and I've fallen off the wagon. __________________ stationarymotion photography My tools of the trade : XH-A1, 5D, 20D, CS4

February 16th, 2009, 09:28 PM	#6
Regan Robinett New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Posts: 5	Thanks guys (who happen to both have two of the coolest names on the planet) It is for sure the FAT32 / NTFS issue. I'm currently off loading 440gb of data onto my C drive and will adjust accordingly in let's see.... 4 hours and 53 minutes, no, wait a sec, 4 hours and 52 minutes. __________________ stationarymotion photography My tools of the trade : XH-A1, 5D, 20D, CS4

February 16th, 2009, 04:51 AM	#2
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	This is probably an external drive that uses FAT32. Convert to NTFS and you can use all the space on the disk.

February 16th, 2009, 01:33 PM	#4
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	No, if you reformat the disk to NTFS everything on the disk goes. Lots of advantages to NTFS, might be worth offloading your data temporarily to another disk and doing the format, then re-copying it. / Battle Vaughan /miamiherald.com video team

February 16th, 2009, 01:44 PM	#5
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	From vague recollections (it has been years ago I needed to convert a volume) I think your data are not lost when converting to NTFS. Just pay attention to the messages you get. If it says all data will be lost, copy the data to another disk, then convert and copy them back again. The best defragging method I know of BTW.