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[EnricoBrun]

Going by the avatar. If the poster is actually a dog then... there are no words, we are somewhat smarter than that..

It's a great help! I thank him, he answered wisely to my question!

 

[parkgt]

Every camera I have had lately has the same file size restrictions. It is not an issue created by some DJI conspiracy to aggravate Mavic2 owners; they already have enough ways they are doing that.

 

[EnricoBrun]

Every camera I have had lately has the same file size restrictions. It is not an issue created by some DJI conspiracy to aggravate Mavic2 owners; they already have enough ways they are doing that.

gopro 5/6 No! video of over 10 minutes in 4k 24fps all in a single file the same length of video shooting! No partition !!!

 

[parkgt]

gopro 5/6 No! video of over 10 minutes in 4k 24fps all in a single file the same length of video shooting! No partition !!!

What is the file size?

 

[EnricoBrun]

What is the file size?

Over 5 GB

 

[parkgt]

Over 5 GB

Over 5 GB

Interesting, wonder what formatting GoPro uses with that generation.

 

[kilomikebravo]

Interesting, wonder what formatting GoPro uses with that generation.

I don't believe I've ever seen a memory card formatted in any different format than FAT32 on a Windoze machine, Park...have you?

For Enrico:

"Why is there a 4gb limit on fat32?

Because FAT32 stores 32-bit file sizes and the maximum you can store in 32 bits is 2^32-1 ~= 4.29e9. 2^32-1 bytes = 4GB - 1 byte."

 

[Gunglejim]

It's the way DJI programmed the drone in 32bit, if it was programmed with 64bit it would create larger files. Computers are the same, 32bit = 4GB max file size and 64bit = larger than 4GB. It's just something we'll have to live with because it can't be changed.

 

[kilomikebravo]

if it was programmed with 64bit it would create larger files.

I could very well be mistaken, but I believe that the CPU, main board, all the ancillary boards, buses, memory, etc., would all have to be 64-bit. If that theory is in fact true, I don’t think anyone would want to spend another $300-$500 for an M2P, just to be able to record longer than four gigs.

Would it help this aircraft we love? Maybe, but it also might run hotter. Without question it would cost more.

Besides, I can’t think of any reason to create a video clip any longer than the max we have now. None of mine are ever even two gigs and those were long ones to me.

You never see continuous footage in any content other than maybe on some YouTube channel but certainly not on network TV, cable, satellite, or even the Web. But where you do you see it already is in videos (home “movies”) recorded by phones at social events, news events, etc. Pretty boring stuff if you ask me.

IMHO, video created for others to watch should grab their attention and hold them to the screen until the end. To accomplish that you nearly always need scene changes to keep the viewer interested. I can’t imagine that ever working with one continuous clip regardless of the subject. Again, IMHO.

 

[DanMan32]

There are other file systems, but may have licensing or potential compatibility issues between devices. Fat32 has been around since Windows 95OEM and Windows 98 and doesn't require licensing, isn't tied to any one OS. ExFat is typically used in removable storage greater than 32GB that would be used in linux and can have bigger files.
DJI could start taking advantage of the bigger file size available in ExFat, but then might get complaints that older systems couldn't handle the bigger files.