From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24C261382C5 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26BE8E0921; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCA76E0908 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:47:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4EC82687DF for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:47:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:46:58 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files. Message-ID: <20200622144658.14ea4fbc@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <2999953.5fSG56mABF@lenovo.localdomain> <5EEE9B0F.3070606@youngman.org.uk> <1827139.PYKUYFuaPT@lenovo.localdomain> <20200622112817.58303718@digimed.co.uk> <20200622105643.GA7037@waltdnes.org> <20200622121212.66b9603b@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/t8Arda4pqyC_45iX92d6Z6A"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: a9bd7d6a-c1b2-4448-8a9c-a5747ec855dd X-Archives-Hash: 1dd6ace8290a418240627150a31dca68 --Sig_/t8Arda4pqyC_45iX92d6Z6A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:19:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices > >>> state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only > >>> support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a > >>> 128G card, once I reformatted it with FAT. =20 > >> Warning; that still does not change the fact that each individual > >> file cannot exceed 4G in size on regular FAT. =20 > > That's right, but a device designed to work with only FAT should never > > try to save larger files. Any such devices I have used tend to split > > videos into chunks of 1GB or smaller. > > > > =20 >=20 >=20 > So if I bought a 64GB card, I forced it to be formatted with FAT on say > my Linux box here, it would work in my trail cameras anyway?=C2=A0 It mak= es > sense.=C2=A0 It would seem it is more of a file system issue since access= ing > a device shouldn't be affected my its capacity, well, maybe some > exceptions.=C2=A0 My trail camera may only support FAT which is only foun= d on > 32GB and smaller.=C2=A0 I can get that.=C2=A0 It should work, but don't cry to me if it doesn't ;-) > To be honest, even tho I leave that thing out there sometimes for months > without checking it, and it takes a ton of pics, I don't recall it even > going over a couple GBs or so.=C2=A0 Even the one that takes videos doesn= 't > store a lot of data.=C2=A0 I don't think I'd buy that expensive a card but > still, interesting that it is a option.=C2=A0 I'm thinking even my Canon > camera can handle this.=C2=A0 That's a lot of pics tho.=C2=A0 My dashcam really eats up the space. If I forget to turn it off at night, even a 128G card only holds abut 2 days of video. --=20 Neil Bothwick WinErr 00F: Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened --Sig_/t8Arda4pqyC_45iX92d6Z6A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl7wtlIACgkQ92eFu0QS MJiJARAAtKJi2O+SmNltVez9DFdXACu4eAxj/y11MgsADl1jwwLEL2FlkcRGtB6V aOKuOgW2vYaintPeDyclSQmcpu4uR5+9qJZWi5rm5JZe+LFJ483neK3NiAeW85nr 4C2IKERbaFaBQe2kuFhMTqO60HF1KQ9pJGWLvJdc4ubnZ70FCI2A57ffkRZ0Ibfp R1dh0wiao6Ee2eJSqjue2gcE2XvgQhZ9cA01r29LzoUIfPp3xU3+Hf9pTa7ds4BI woD2Y4tdIT+GYTIKbZpu2bfHm5+4CPFNpMMDKTi7ElN5R5shiWnb+c9H+PRr9VpN mcLq4h9ToFcwADzAGazRVEZgA94T211+G9x8XgQgNyPD3YMkewhWl96EKKsFFTlt nHA5LOlQ0KGR+GnGfqFaCIO1TaEY36U0G27u8UDZ6sYlsAThgeCIgX0eqCzXlcZ0 1qddigB8bxcUKbvtilfZfOnwxhFiMXo9R6nf4rn5UONz7AoS/pJWWmt8v32RpX+W Fc2S111quY3MAZJ19qr9Bwdt4yyg7fwHk2268baljoUEQlJGFwVCbC6twWEohZdh RpxcruvR0q5OloJ8qx5fn4AVfXwitvZKAPiMpkP9gVP+7wamQtKs6cN4DfKOdCQ2 G29Nx1O+ZSRxdeC/+Z0C8FiicK9O71IPcppxI3YtYrJhsvrr91A= =7pD6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/t8Arda4pqyC_45iX92d6Z6A--