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GH2 Driftwood Cluster v6 Issue: CANNOT RECORD. FILE NUMBER EXCEED LIMIT
  • quadrabayquadrabay

    Hi Folks,

    I'm extremely sorry to be reporting any negative to this AMAZING hack/setting, but I went out on a FREE (Thankfully) Band Shoot last night with my GH2 under the Cluster v6 DrewNet patch. I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 64gb card (30 Mbit/sec) and I set the GH2 to the Lower of the two settings both for disc space and extra stability. With these settings I'm getting 2 Hours and 55 Mins on the card with a 50 Mbit/Sec Data Rate (equivalent to 100ish...Yay!)

    After the first set I shut the camera down, and when I re-powered on for the second set (with still an Hour and 50 mins left on the card) it gives me this VERY unpleasant response when I hit the record button...

    CANNOT RECORD. FILE NUMBER EXCEED LIMIT

    I gave it my best "college try" with powering down, card in and out, in a desperate effort to get it to record again, but alas it just laughed at me. (and a hacked GH2 has a very unpleasant laugh, let me tell you)

    I'm DESPERATELY hoping there's something silly I'm doing, or a work-around that will fix this, as the v6 Cluster was SPANNING LIKE A CHAMP! I've tested it out to almost THREE HOURS more than once and it's doing it. But I've never shut down then tried to resume as I did last night.

    If the only solution is to bend over on the price of an Extreme Card, I would gladly do that if it WILL solve this, but I get the feeling it won't and I'll be stuck paying WAY too much for a card that will go for $50 at some point down the road. (That always P's me off...the Ultra 64gb was $45 and it was working FINE other than this new glitch...and I'm not sure it's the card necessarily...I'm under the 60M point...)

    Anyhow, I again apologize for reporting less than great news, and I'm truly hoping someone has a solution out there in the land of innovative photographic genius!

    Take Care, Erik

    PS: With an old Nikkor 50mm f 1.4 lens on the GH2, and in a DARK restaurant - it was like I had a LIGHTING CREW on the band...UNBELIEVABLY nice!

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  • quadrabayquadrabay

    Another "out of the box" solution for this may be to buy additional Ultra 64gb cards and simply pop a new one in for each set/act of a play (something I do regularly) and this would cost MUCH less than an Extreme right now and give me "Mucho de Storage-O"

    Just a thought...

  • mozesmozes

    @quadrabay next time do what @driftwood says, then you will not have any problem with it.
    After a long take, do another short one, and then power down your gh2.

    ps, you better shut post this in driftwoods topic, and if you did read all the post in there, then you would now this..

  • ethanpilethanpil

    @mozes what is considered a "long take"

    Do you mean "after a take which spans at least once, then be sure to do another new take which is short enough not to span, and then power cycle the camera" ??

  • sam_sticklandsam_stickland

    The number added to the end of each file name has reached it's limit. Go into the setup menu and on the 5th screen select "No. Reset" to reset it back to 000.

  • sam_sticklandsam_stickland

    And yes, the first time I encountered this on a camera I spent ages thinking there was something wrong with the SD card too, it's not the clearest error message!

  • mozesmozes

    @ethanpil Yes,
    @sam_stickland When you format the card in the cam. i was thinking that nr is reseted?

  • sam_sticklandsam_stickland

    @mozes I just checked and it looks like the video files start renumbering from zero, but the stills don't :/ Still worth a shot!

  • yachachayachacha

    This is a known GH2 problem I believe It is caused by the specific situation you mentioned: Shooting a long file that spans, then shutting off the camera. It happened to me last week on a shoot with a 64mb 95 card, its not the card speed, its shutting the camera off after a spanned file. I had to swap cards, dump the locked one and format it to make it work fine again.

    The only solution: record a small file after any long recordings if you plan on shutting off the camera. I've tried it, it works.

  • quadrabayquadrabay

    I have GREAT NEWS! I've tested the Work-Around for this minor nuisance and it WORKS! YAY! I let it go long enough to create at least one Span, and BEFORE actually turning the camera off I just recorded a quick 10 second clips (it ALWAYS keep working when the cam is on to my experience) and THEN shut the camera down. Upon restarting the camera and hitting the Record Button - YES - that gorgeous BEEP of recording. This work-around is a Godsend for me as I'd really like to keep my GH2 in v6 mode, but I routinely shoot 2 hour plays and I NEED it to keep going for at least an hour for each act.

    I'm VERY grateful to @mozes for hipping me to this great work-around. Thank you very much!

    Erik

  • APXmusicAPXmusic

    Is this a "problem" on all of the Driftwood hacks? or just Cluster V6?

  • quadrabayquadrabay

    It sounds as if it's a GH2 problem, but I'm not positive. I can say for sure that my GH2 has mysteriously just stopped recording UN-Hacked, so it "feels" as if the GH2 has this occasional weakness. I use multi-cams when I capture theater shows, so I can live with it, but I'd certainly prefer it to keep on goin'.

  • quadrabayquadrabay

    I really appreciate everyone's attention to this!

    Thanks for the help, Erik

  • dtrdtr

    It's a general GH2 thing, not just Driftwood hacks.

  • YAUNYAUN

    Well, I finally got this dreaded message and can only add that if one, like me, shoots some stills along with video, you may experience this shutdown sooner rather than later. Since I've been bit by this more often than not of late (guessing it's because I finally sprung for some recording time via purchase of a 64mb 95 card), i.e. caught by surprise, I'm not sure you are safe with the 10 sec. idea simply because I do believe that, in the attempt to do that 10 sec. clip, you may fall into the error. As I said, I often shoot mixed still with video so it may be that is complicating the problem. However it doesn't really matter since, assuming this is a GH2 issue, it should be addressed by Panasonic. I'm sure the only way to even hope to get their attention is to create the problem using a 100% stock camera. Note that a dvxuser posted on this problem using only a 32gb card and, I assume, a stock camera. (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?239021-Cannot-record-file-number-exceeded-limit) If anyone has any other input/ideas on this, would be greatly appreciated as I've had to appy @yachacha's solution which totally defeats having a large card. I did try Panasonic support on this issue; the "resolution" was to send the camera to their repair shop! P.S. using Drewnet Trial 6 and having a hard time convincing myself to try anything else!

  • YAUNYAUN

    Addendum. This problem is becoming quite maddening as it is impacting shooting ability. Here's some observations. I don't recall ever having the problem with a 32gb card but am getting it regularly with 64gb. The 10 sec. workaround may or may not work depending if there are stills or not. So, put both cards in a PC card reader and properties them. LO! The 32gb card is camera formatted to FAT32 whilst the 64gb card is formatted exFAT. As a matter of difference, the cluster size of an exFAT disk is 128KB in-cam formatted whilst the FAT disk has a 32kb cluster size. Beginning to suspect that this may be the cause of the problem; i.e. something ain't quite right in the management of the "larger" format. Not sure how this fits with the dvxuser post where the problem seems to exist with a 32gb card (note though he had other strange problems like not being able to copy from it). OTH, following the PV thread referenced seems to morph into a 64gb card. Hmmmmm.

  • AfricaGH2AfricaGH2

    I am perhaps missing something here but did you try to reset the file numbering, I had this same error and my files were on 999 or something like that. You can do in the camera, forget exactly how but this worked for me with one of the hacks.

  • vicharrisvicharris

    As an FYI, this happens to me every time I accidentally turn the camera off will recording instead of stopping first. Yeah I know, dumbass move but sometimes when I'm in the middle of a crazy ass shoot and am wearing 5 hats, it happens.

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