topic Re: T5i 700D video recording stops in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 16:38:14 GMT

I tried to record a video this morning and the recording shut off after a few seconds. I keep seeing the 5 level indicator on my display. I don't understand about slow writing speed. My memory card still has 75% space available and has a mix of photos and videos already on it. I had no issues a few months ago when recoring videos. I have never had this happen before. I tried another memory card and it records videos perfectly. Any ideas why my current card stopped allowing me to record videos? Thanks in advance for any comments.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Peter — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:58:08 GMT

Take a backup of your videos and photos and low level format the card in camera after that.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

kvbarkley — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 17:54:47 GMT

When cards get close to full, especially when there has been a lot of deleting/ adding, the card can get fragmented leaving a bunch of little holes all over the place rather than one big chunk.

Think of dumping a wheelbarrow in the yard. If you can just dump the dirt in one big pile, it goes pretty fast. But if you have to take it out in shovelfuls and figure out where you are going to place them it can take a lot longer.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:58:26 GMT

The card is only 25% full and this card has always been in this camera and was initially formatted when it was 1st put into the camera. I don't delete pictures off the card (unless I take a bad one).

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:00:05 GMT

One more thing. I haven't changed any setting either.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Peter — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:25:46 GMT

When did you low level format the card last time? Previously written cells must be erased before they can be rewritten with new data. If the flash disk is forced to reuse cells rather than use new ones while storing data, performance will plummet.

And is your card a speed class 6 or better?

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:48:14 GMT

I formatted when the card was new. I have uploaded all pics to my computer but don't want to reformat the card and wipe it clean. Why was I able to take videos 3 months ago on it and not now when no settling have been changed?

I'm not sure of the card speed but I've been using this type of card for years. This is the 1st time I've had this problem. I could record until I was out of space and the card was full.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Peter — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:53:24 GMT

Read again what I wrote. And I am talking about low level format. Not the fast format.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:55:28 GMT

I have no idea what a low level format is. W

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:58:14 GMT

It looks like the box is prechecked to do a low level format on the screen, so I'm sure that's what I did when the card was formatted initially

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

John_ — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:01:29 GMT

Have you tried another full size SD card? You can format it in the camera then try it.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Peter — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:15:36 GMT

@Lan205 wrote:
It looks like the box is prechecked to do a low level format on the screen, so I'm sure that's what I did when the card was formatted initially

Good. Now do it again if you want, according to the camera manual, better performance.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

Lan205 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:55:15 GMT

Yes. I tried a brand new card and formatted it. It seems fine. I'd like to continue to use the old card so things stay in chronological order but if I have to go to a new card I will. I just don't know if this was a fluke with my current card. I don't want to leave so much space on a card. Could the card be partially defective? Just wondering since I've used many cards and have not have this issue.

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

John_ — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:05:57 GMT

You can try defragmenting your current card, that will free up space and will not delete any pictures/videos or just use the new card and conintue in chronological order. If there is a problem with the current card you are in jepardy of losing what you have on there so in any case copy everything off that card now while you can and don't take any chances

Re: T5i 700D video recording stops

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 17:05:51 GMT

" I'd like to continue to use the old card so things stay in chronological order but if I have to go to a new card I will."

If you have "Continuous" selected as a file numbering option then inserting a different card won't affect file numbering or the date the camera assigns to the file.