video recording

[copper585]

does anyone know if i set the tablet up to record on the video camera setting and just pressed record and left it how long would it record for? a set time or till battery dies? can you set it to record to the sd card rather than internal memory? thanks

[Watashiwateshdes]

More likely than not it will stop recording at around the 29 minute mark. I have not tried it myself but can do so at some point this weekend.

From what I understand is due to how the classification of electronic devices works. If it records over a certain period, it then gets classified as a camcorder or some sort which is why most pocket cameras will not exceed this time frame for video but once again, will try it out and report back.

[Watashiwateshdes]

Ok so the theory is a 29 minute limit is not set on this unit. May only apply to cameras/Cybershots in that case. So far, my Tablet has been recording for 34 minutes so I can assume that the unit can record until the battery dies or the memory is full. It does have a time lapse feature which you can set to take a photo at a set interval which then puts it together into a video at the end which makes it handy.

Settings wise, on the current setup/program it will only record to the internal memory. The option of recording straight to SD may be possible but a third party app would be required.

Hope that helps.

[copper585]

many thanks for that i left it recording as well and it stops at 40 minutes and some seconds, thanks for trying it out also.

[Watashiwateshdes]

If that was HD then your memory might be full. You should get a message if you try again.

I would say if you want to record for longer, change it to the time lapse mode. It takes a photo and then merges it into a video so in theory a longer time spanned video.

Glad to be of help.