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December 6th, 2007, 08:57 PM | #1 |
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Canon HG10 2 GB File Limit?
I just got my Canon HG10 AVCHD hard disk camcorder today, and I'm wondering about something I read in the manual for the Ulead software that came with it. The manual says that the Ulead software can only copy AVCHD files up to 2 GB in size to your PC, but the camcorder manual itself doesn't mention this limitation. Is this a limitation of the AVCHD format, or the Ulead software that transfers the files to the PC? If it's a limitation of the format, that means a new file is created every 17 minutes at the best quality recording setting. Is this true?
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December 10th, 2007, 02:35 PM | #2 | |
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I tested this out Friday night. I ran my HG10 for about 40 minutes straight. The HG10 created files that are less than 2 gb.. I think it was about 18-19 minutes of video. (I assume it depends on compression amount, so your 17 minute estimate is close ). FAT32 is limited to 4 gb anyways. Maybe there was some assumption by Canon that some person out there might be trying to copy to Fat16 (2 gb limit?). I could only find reference in the Corel documentation about a HG10 limit. |
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December 10th, 2007, 03:19 PM | #3 |
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Thanks Brian! I re-read the Corel Software Manual and it does say that the HG10's files are limited to 2 GB, and the software will NOT seamlessly combine them when you copy them to the PC. (Unlike DVD ripping software, which seamlessly combines the DVD 1 GB files into a 4 GB VOB file.)
So you're limited to 17 minutes of highest-quality AVCHD per scene. While this isn't a problem for me now, it most certainly would have been when my kids were younger and appeared in some very long play or recital scenes that I would have had to cut somewhere in the middle. With DV or HDV tape I could record an hour-long scene, creating a 13 GB file that any newer PC could handle. I think a 4 GB limit (34 minutes) on a FAT32 disk would have been more useful. |
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I guess that will make for another test. ;) |
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December 10th, 2007, 10:29 PM | #5 | |
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Test here: http://www.stage6.com/user/bas_vp/vi...le-Splice-Test in HXP mode file1: finish 18:03.2 file2: start 18:03.2 finish 36:01.7 file3: start 36:01.8 finish 54:00.7 file4: start 54:00.9 |
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December 11th, 2007, 05:03 PM | #6 |
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Also up against the 2gb limit. At least I'm seeing it's built into the cam and not a software issue. I wouldn't care so much but when I put sequential clips from a dance recital (dragged .mts files from J:/canonhg10/avchd folder run thru cineform ) onto premierepro timeline there's a noticable hiccup as the play crosses the adjacent clips. This occurs even when taking the 'raw' .mts file and playing 2 in a windows media player even before cineform.
That's what really sucks. Anyone know a way around this? |
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http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...d=1#post821259 |
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