topic Re: Maximum number of videos in a card in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R5 Mark II Maximum number of videos in a card reached

enrico271 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:23:25 GMT

I recently bought R5 mark ii and found out that the camera does not allow more than 999 video clips in a card, even though I have plenty of storage space available in that card. I get an error:

”Clips number in card 1 at maximum”

Is there a way to record more than 999 videos, other than buying a new CF card?

This limitation is ridiculous. I create travel videos and I can record 300 clips in a day, so this limitation means that I have to transfer my videos every 3 days and I don’t have the time to do that while busy traveling.

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

Waddizzle — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:06:32 GMT

The behavior that you describe might be by design. I would suggest carrying multiple memory cards. I could not trust saving so many video clips on a single card.

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

shadowsports — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:25:07 GMT

Greetings,

I want to know what what you're recording 🤣

Time lapse, stop motion,? Oh vacation...

A999 > changes to B999 > changes to C999.

As Waddizzle said, its by design. See this for an explanation.

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R5 Mark II : Movie Clip Numbering

Canon : Product Manual : EOS R5 Mark II : File Naming

Scroll down a little

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

enrico271 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:07:12 GMT

Thank you Wadizzle and shadowsports for your reply!

To answer your question, I record short clips. Mostly about my children traveling. Each clip is usually just about 10 seconds long, so I quickly reach the 999 clip limits. I don’t remember having this limitation on my old 5D IV.

Even after going to a different alphabet (A999 -> B001) the camera still does not allow more than 999 total clips, which is strange. For example, if I have A500-A999 and then B001-B500 then I cannot record B501 because the total number of clips is 999.

I am really disappointed with this design choice. My iPhone holds 19,000 videos today so I don’t understand why Canon only limits total videos to 999. I hope they fix this flaw. In the meantime I guess I have to carry multiple cards and a card reader everywhere I go?

Any other idea for a workaround would be appreciated 🙂

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

Waddizzle — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:57:37 GMT

Have you tried creating a new folder?

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

enrico271 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 02:43:55 GMT

Yes! I tried it. Unfortunately it’s still capping me at 999 total videos. So if folder A has 500 videos and folder B has 500 videos, it won’t allow me to record more.

I also tried changing the file name format but it didn’t make any difference 😞

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

Waddizzle — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:07:33 GMT

Not good. Report your discoveries to Canon. Meanwhile, I still recommend to carry multiple cards. Select a storage that fits your needs. It sounds like you may not need really big storage space.

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

Stephen — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:39:00 GMT

The documentation isn't 100% clear, so I recommend contacting phone support so they can look into this with you one-on-one. Support is at 800-652-2666, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (ET).

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

ctitanic — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:21:03 GMT

I think that everything has been told here but... I would never trust a SD Card to be used as Storage. I basically move at the end of the day all my photos and videos to multiple external drives and my PC. When I get home I move everything to a NAS.

So when I read your complain about not been able to save more than 999 in a card I was like "What!?".

Do you shoot more than 999 short clips in a day?!

I'm just curious.

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

enrico271 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:49:35 GMT

ctitanic, I can record up to 300 clips in a day. So I get maxed out in 4 days. I transfer everything to my laptop when I’m back home, I don’t bring my laptop when traveling. While it is correct that there’s a risk of faulty card wiping out all my clips, I have been doing this since 2017 and never had an issue before.

Re: Maximum number of videos in a card

Hussain27 — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:07:24 GMT

I have looked everywhere on how I can create a new folder for videos without formatting the memory card or using a new memory card.

I tried changing the camera index from A to B, changing the Reel number from 2 to 3, changing the clip number, and also the user defined

but it all seems to just shoot video in the same folder which is Reel_0002

Re: EOS R5 Mark II Maximum number of videos in a card reached

striiderz — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:32:04 GMT

I too just discovered this problem with not being able to record more than 999 Clips. For those wondering why I'm trying to record more than 999 clips, is because I keep a larger CFexpress card in my first cards slot and dual record the SDs, and swap them out after each shoot. Although I don't record more than 999 clips in a day, I would like to keep the backup of the clips on one card if I'm filming back to back over 2-3 days. So I think this limitation is still quite annoying. I know 999 clips seems like a lot, but not in the scheme of things. I would still like to address this to Canon because surely they can have a fix to this, especially if there is plenty of storage.

Re: EOS R5 Mark II Maximum number of videos in a card reached

hush — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 06:13:45 GMT

Reset clip number will not do the work because the restriction isn't the file name"A999", it's the actual clip count inside one folder, 999.MP4 file, and 999.CPF file, total of 1998 files in the reel folder, The most easy way to get around this is change the file name of your video folder, eg."REEL_0002" to "2025_09", "02" or whatever you like, just get rid of the naming structure of "REEL_xx", and reboot the camera, it will create a new "REEL_xx" folder and you can continue.

I would say this is a bug or just terrible design. If you're in this situation without a laptop lying around, and you really need to keep shooting, it'll be a disaster; you could lose your job on this. It's not about whether one should shoot 999+ clips in one day and leave them in the card. Many pro photographers shoot thousands of photos in just an hour and cannot back up every few hours; that's tens of thousands of pictures. That's a totally normal situation.

If you change the reel naming structure inside the menu, for example, change the reel number 0002 to 0003, it should automatically create a new folder "REEL_0003", but it's not the case right now, at least Canon should give us the ability to create new folders like they did for stills inside the Record func+card/folder tab.