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3. Re: Olympus announces LS-100 field recorder

Subject: 3. Re: Olympus announces LS-100 field recorder
From: "Simon Bennett" chook1303
Date: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:24 pm ((PDT))
Ray

I tried your test and got exactly the same outcome as you, i.e. when
the first 2gb file was saved, but the remaining time exploded to 751
hours.

I think this issue happened to me on a battery test made earlier: I
found three 2gb files were created, but the 4th/last file (that filled
up the card) was unusable. The recorder appeared to just keep writing
into that file until the battery ran out. One would think it think it
would stop recording when the card filled, or perhaps continued
recording on internal/external memory as required.

Simon

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Ray Mansell <> wrote:
> I've been trying some extended recordings with my LS-100, but there appears
> to be a serious bug with the device (and I'm curious why it apparently is
> not showing up for you - or perhaps it is and you just haven't noticed).
>
> In essence, it seems that the mechanism for keeping track of how much
> recording time remains gets very confused when the LS-100 starts creating a
> new file. In an effort to track it down some more, I removed my own SD card
> and let the LS-100 record to its internal memory. I set the record mode to
> its highest value (96K, 24 bits) so as to fill up space as quickly as
> possible, and set it recording. The initial total recording time was shown
> as just over 1H 37M. The time it takes to create a 2GB recording is
> 1:02:08. At one hour, I started watching the time-remaining indicator, and
> as the 2GB point approached, it suddenly jumped to 781 hours(a month!!),
> but the LS-100 kept recording.
>
> In fact, it just kept going, and I had to stop it manually. When I checked
> the results, the first 2GB file was intact, but the second file appeared to
> have been recorded over again and again.
>
> I wonder if you could repeat the test with your LS-100 and see what the
> results are?






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