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Thread ID: 137121 2014-05-24 09:28:00 Only some movies work johnd (85) Press F1
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1375773 2014-05-27 11:22:00 Good point - but they are all about 240MB (typically 239.3MB). At least the ones that play are this size - I will report back once I have gone riding again. johnd (85)
1375774 2014-05-31 07:00:00 Fine day today so went riding. Recorded 8 files of a total of 1.9 GB before the issues started. There are another 20 files totally about 4.3 GB. When I try to play any one of these I get "An error occurred. Could not determine type of stream" in Totem and if I try to play with VLC Media Player, nothing happens. I don't believe this is a Linux issue since as I have said before I can transfer the files to a MS W7 PC and the same files do not play. I guess the next step will be to try another memory card but I will have to purchase one. Interestingly the disk tool in Linux and properties of the disk say it is 33.5GB but it is printed onto it as 16GB. johnd (85)
1375775 2014-05-31 09:09:00 I'd be suspecting that media.
What filesystem is it? <edit>: just read earlier post FAT32 ... does it pass a chkdsk?

Can you copy a boatload of stuff to it and see if you get similar issues?
fred_fish (15241)
1375776 2014-05-31 09:12:00 FAT32 - been reformatted several times. I will try the boatload idea later - good idea. johnd (85)
1375777 2014-05-31 10:31:00 So I stuck a truck load of office files onto the card - all seemed fine. I then took 10 videos from my HDD and tried them - some icons displayed with no pre-view but unlike the ones recorded on the device, all played. johnd (85)
1375778 2014-06-01 08:01:00 Over 2GB worth of content from another source? What about a >2GB single file? Still sounds like media issue... dying at 2GB. inphinity (7274)
1375779 2014-06-01 08:48:00 OK - thanks people. I did have to spend money and it was the fault of the media. I guess the original 16GB micro-SD was relatively cheap, slow and probably nasty. Today I bought a quality 16GB SanDisk high speed micro-SD and at least on the first ride I did with it, the problem seems to have gone. A lesson here for me - to stop being such a "gorse bush pockets"! johnd (85)
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