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May 15, 2018 17:39:46   #
Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA
 
On the chart the number you circled for 1.3GB per minute was for 50fps. At 30fps, 25fps or 24fps the usage is 654 MB/s for ALL-I compression or 225 MB/s for IPB compression, so 6 minutes to reach the 4GB limit on ALL-I compression; or 17 minutes to reach 4GB with IPB compression, vs. an additional minute of recording at MP4.

Here's a 2 minute video showing the different ALL-I and IPB settings on a Canon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS2oSS4_O0



Cheese wrote:
I have a 5D4, which I believe has the same video system as your camera. According to the manual, you should be able to record 23 minutes of video on a 32GB card at full HD. However, that is the capacity of the card, not the length of a single video. Because of the file system used to format most memory cards (FAT32 format), there is a 4GB limit on the maximum file size. According to the chart below, in full HD resolution, your camera creates a file size of 1.3GB per minute of recording, so you should hit the 4GB threshold after about 2 or 3 minutes. In theory, the camera will start a new file when 4GB is reached. However, a lot depends on the write speed of your SD card. If the write speed is not sufficiently fast, the camera may pause or quit. On the 5D4, there is an on-screen indicator to warn you when the camera will stop shooting because of a slow card. See "General Movie Shooting Cautions" section of your manual.

Finally, If your camera allows you to shoot MP4 (in addition to MOV) you may consider switching to that. MP4 has the same full HD quality, but takes up much less space on the card as you can see from the chart below.
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May 15, 2018 18:46:52   #
Cheese
 
Bobspez wrote:
On the chart the number you circled for 1.3GB per minute was for 50fps. At 30fps, 25fps or 24fps the usage is 654 MB/s for ALL-I compression or 225 MB/s for IPB compression, so 6 minutes to reach the 4GB limit on ALL-I compression; or 17 minutes to reach 4GB with IPB compression, vs. an additional minute of recording at MP4.

Here's a 2 minute video showing the different ALL-I and IPB settings on a Canon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDS2oSS4_O0


Quite right. However, the 50 fps and 25 fps settings are only available for recording in PAL format, which is incompatible with North American TV sets.

Also, according to Canon, the ALL-I format is better suited to editing.

All depends on the quality of the final product and the extent to which you are planning to edit the video in PP.

Final caution: All of this refers to the 5D4. You really need to check your camera's manual. In my opinion, it is the write speed of your card, and not the camera settings that is the issue here.


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May 15, 2018 20:44:16   #
Mtn_Dog Loc: El Dorado Hills, CA
 
On my first-ever attempt to shoot video of a family event with my Canon 6D, I had a similar experience.
The camera indicated the 32Gb card was 'filled' after only a few minutes of recording. Full 1920x1080 resolution.

I replaced it with another empty 32Gb card and got a similar result. I knew these cards were empty because I had backed up and deleted all the RAW files that had previously been on them just prior to packing my gear for this shoot. My family was incredibly patient as they stood around waiting and watching me struggle to figure out what was wrong.

In desperation, I copied the little video files to a laptop and then put the seemingly 'full' memory card back in the camera.
Instead of merely deleting the video files, I reformatted the memory card. Problem solved!

THAT resulted in the card being able to record long sessions.
Apparently, merely 'deleting' files is not sufficient for the camera to regard the card as empty.

See if that solves your problem. Good luck.

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