topic Re: How to stop auto chapters in Camcorders

How to stop auto chapters

onlineart — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:26:23 GMT

Hi. I have a HG20 camcorder and record very long video. My problem is the camcorder puts in auto chapters or scenes every 15 mins or so. So if I record say 2 hr of video in one session, I end up getting 8 separate chapters / files.

Is there a way to stop the camcorder doing that? I would rather just have the 1 long file. Can't find anything in the manual at all, of online. Thanks for any help

Re: How to stop auto chapters

Argie — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 01:43:57 GMT

I've been searching online and one forum said that's just the way all camcorders do, and you have to join the files in the software. I'm hoping someone will tell us how to go longer than 15 minutes!

Re: How to stop auto chapters

Richard — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:54:19 GMT

Hi Onlineart,
Your camcorder breaks movies up into multiple files of up to 2GB each. This is normal and is necessary for compatibility with the built-in memory and/or memory card file system.

Re: How to stop auto chapters

crustyraven — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:57:29 GMT

My XHA1s breaks one 62 minute continuous recording into as many as 38 chapters. But, they are not each the same length. There is no obvious break in the recording, it keeps on recording, just too many chapters. If Canon experts agree that this is the way it is, We have to live with it.