My experiences with LS-10 and Sony M10.
M10: It can "seamless" record for both wav and mp3. For mp3, it creates
files of approximate 1GB instead of 2GB for wav.
LS-10: Firmware 1.10, it could seamless record for wav but not for mp3 and
wma. For wma, due to file format, the max time is about 26 hours, no matte=
r
the bit rate. So not possible to record wma to over 130 hours. You have to
manually stop and record. But, even for wav format, I have many failure
instances that the LS-10 failed to close the files and update the file
table. Files lost. It took me quite some time to recover the files. The
situation was I used 16GB card to record 16/44 (25 hours of recording),
using fake AA batteries to connect to external battery boxes with at least =
6
AAs. So battery power should be sufficient. I left the recorder to record
until the memory runs out. Then, some LS-10s just failed to write the files
correctly. The memory card shows full, but no files. Sometimes, LS-10 will
show "restoring files" when turning on again, but only a few minutes of
recording were restored and all others lost.
Sony's M10 and ICD-SX950 series are currently the more reliable units for
long time of unattended continuous recording for mp3 or its LPEC format.
Zoom H2 could do seamless recording for wav. But I am not sure whether it i=
s
possible for mp3. Sorry I forgot my test results.
Po-Jen
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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> At 2:16 PM +0000 6/25/10, oryoki2000 wrote:
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> >Stan Courtney wrote:
> >> The LS-11 in mp3 or wma mode (even when using a 32
> >> gb sdhc card) has a limit of 4 gb recording per session.
> >
> >Thanks for sharing that information. If the LS-11 is capable of
> >capturing a 4GB file in stereo WMA 64kb format, that would be 137
> >hours (more than 5 days) of continuous recording.
> >
> >It's worth noting that, when using WAV format, the LS-10 and LS-11
> >will automatically save the current file and start a new one at the
> >2GB mark (sometimes referred to as "seamless recording"). In WAV,
> >the recording session is limited only by battery life and memory
> >size.
> >
> >As a practical matter, the internal battery lasts about 20 hours, so
> >an extended recording session would require an external battery of
> >some sort.
> >
> >--oryoki
>
> Thanks for the clarification, Oryoki. Rob D.
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