several shots untransferable from SDHC card

[Marten Berkman]

Thanks for the suggestion. this was my first go, and I was converting right from the camera to the drive, either through fcp or standalone XDCAM transfer. I’ve also copied the folder over to my hard drive and used XDCAM transfer, however I’ve learned from Craig I should use Clip Browser and CRC checking to guarantee preservation of master data when copying. i have not yet determined how to copy files over with this app, or what CRC checking is. I’d been using Clip Browser 2.0 and copying files with it was not clear. I’ve downloaded 2.6 and will try that when I have a chance.

am also curious if reformat should clear a bad sector on a card, or if the hardware is permanently faulty.

[Craig Seeman]

[Marten Berkman] “I’d been using Clip Browser 2.0 and copying files”

Riddled with major bugs! Of course Sony makes it very obvious when there are updates, NOT. 2.6 is a MAJOR improvement. Heck whatever it was that came out after 2.0 was a major improvement.

[Jordan Dwyer]

a reformat is supposed to fix the bad sectors on the card by teaching the memory card where the bad sectors are and going around them. However in my card a simple reformat did not work. The camera rejected the card during the formating when it got to the point on the card with the bad sectors.

I came to fear the phraze “media error”. If this happened during recording i knew i had a dead card in the camera and a total loss of all footage. it did not give me the option to restore media.

Bad sectors are more discreet, You only know if you have a bad sector when you try to copy the memory card to your computer with your footage recorded on it. Or if you play the footage in your camera. What happens is that when the camera or computer reaches the point of the bad sector it immediately rejects the card as if there is nothing there.

All these problems dissapeared when i upgraded my SDHC cards and got something more profesional.

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