Shooting Movies

[hgw53t]

I have a DSC-W80 camera.  I can shoot movies just fine.  I connect the supplied USB to camera port cable  to my laptop computer.  I can view the movies, still shots and download & save to the computer just fine.  I see that any movie I shoot leaves a .THM file.  I delete the file on my computer.  My question-  is it possible & safe to delete the .THM files that are stored in the camera?  I'm sure those files are taking up memory space in the camera.

[Pascale_F]

Hi hgw53t,

Welcome to the community.

I'll look into this for you and see if I can find out. Someone else in the community may be able to advise in the meantime.

Thanks,

Pascale

[hgw53t]

Thank you & I would really appreciate that.  I will keep in touch.

[darkframe]

Hi @hgw53t,

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@hgw53t  schrieb:

My question-  is it possible & safe to delete the .THM files that are stored in the camera?  I'm sure those files are taking up memory space in the camera.

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You shouldn't do that as those thumbnail files are used for the index screen when viewing your images/movies on the camera's display. Yes, those THM files do need some space but it won't be that much. However, I don't know their actual size on your camera.

Cheers

darkframe

[The_Black_Rose]

Hi Hgw53t ,

I totally agree with Darkframe. The THM file is a thumbnail image generated by the camera when you take a video . It helps you to browse the list of available videos by saving the first frame of it. So, they shouldn't be deleted.

Cheers,
The_Black_Rose