[newbee]

Hi there, not sure if I'll get a response as there doesn't seem to be a section covering camera's and such like but here goes, I'm trying to download a 30 minute file of speech's from my inlaws 60th wedding aniversary and it seems to be stuck in 'buffering' I can't find the instructions, it's a Silvercrest about 2 years old, I managed to down load the other clips from the event a while back but not this one, I'm going on holiday in a weeks time and i need to clear the SD high content card, any help would be appreciated, I do have a USB card reader i wonder if it would work with that.

Thanks in advance

[newbee]

Some how I managed to get it to show in the camcorder file and then was able to down load to my laptop, I then was able to replay it but about 8 mins in it froze, but the counter was still running, earlier Norton popped up with a message that this operation was using a lot of the CPU's space or something like that, the lap top is almost 4 years old and it could be a memory problem, any thoughts?

[Orbitalzone]

If it's HD footage then it might be that your PC isn't powerful enough to play back the raw HD footage?

A different video player might help, Splash Lite seems like a good one to try going by other forum members here.

The main thing is to transfer the files to your PC so your camcorder is free to be used again I suppose.... and edit the files later...hd video editing is also demanding on the PC's capabilities.

edit: thinking a bit more - are you meaning HD as in High Definition or HD as in the footage is saved onto a Hard Drive in the camcorder?

HD and SD can mean several things these day!

[c4rv]

How are you copying the files, via the camcorder or SD card reader ?

If you have a SD card reader then the first thing I would do is copy the entire contents of memory card to your hard drive. Then you can at least reuse your card.

then search the card for a folder contain .TS files, these should be your video files.

[newbee]

Originally Posted by Orbitalzone

If it's HD footage then it might be that your PC isn't powerful enough to play back the raw HD footage?

A different video player might help, Splash Lite seems like a good one to try going by other forum members here.

The main thing is to transfer the files to your PC so your camcorder is free to be used again I suppose.... and edit the files later...hd video editing is also demanding on the PC's capabilities.

edit: thinking a bit more - are you meaning HD as in High Definition or HD as in the footage is saved onto a Hard Drive in the camcorder?

HD and SD can mean several things these day!

HD as in High definition the camera is.
The files are AVI and I think 'Codec' is the file system

[mac2708]

Related thread from same OP here
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1684736

[c4rv]

Originally Posted by newbee

HD as in High definition the camera is.
The files are AVI and I think 'Codec' is the file system

How are you copying the files to your PC, using a lead to your camcorder or card reader ?

As mentioned, make a complete copy of the card using card reader then have a look at the copy on your PC for video files.

Codec is a term to describe a process used to encode the video. There are many encoders, most popular for AVI files is DIVX. However they could easily be encoded in another format and you would need the correct codec on your PC to play them back.

Something like GSpot should be able to detect this,

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm