topic Re: M50 combines video files?? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:23:33 GMT

After returning from a long hike, I noticed that my SD card had several individual files that were made up of seperate video segments that were hours apart. Is the camera combining files? Each segment was seperated by a audible shutter wav and a momnetary still image, then on to the next segment. How to I avoid this in future???

Re: M50 combines video files??

kvbarkley — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:39:48 GMT

Are you in video snapshot mode?

Re: M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:51:08 GMT

I honestly don't know. I'll look it up and see, but it's odd it could go in and out, but I'm such a novice...who knows what I could of done.

Re: M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:05:16 GMT

I looked and it appears that video snapshot is not offered on the M50. But it sure sounds like what I've encountered. Medium length individual .move files with a string of short videos separated by an audible shutter sound and a pause still image.

Re: M50 combines video files??

Tim — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:58:14 GMT

jimcat2000,

So the community may best assist you, we'd like to ask additional questions if you don't mind.

1. About how long in duration was each clip size?

2. Are you able to try and record to a different media card?

Re: M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:46:07 GMT

https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Weird%20Files/MVI_0476.MP4?role=personal

The etire file is about a minute, but its broken up by video segments that range from a few seconds to several seconds. The thing is, in actual time, hours passed between individual segments or clips, and shot both still images and video between these clips!

Re: M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 02:12:13 GMT

Looking back over this segment, its true that each still image and shutter .wav spans about 3 to 4 seconds and is pretty uniform.

Canon M50

Sandisk Extreme Plus 150 MB/s 128 GB

Re: M50 combines video files??

kvbarkley — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:00:51 GMT

Could you bein Time lapse movie mode?

Re: M50 combines video files??

BurnUnit — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:56:32 GMT

@jimcat2000 wrote:
Looking back over this segment, its true that each still image and shutter .wav spans about 3 to 4 seconds and is pretty uniform.

Canon M50

Sandisk Extreme Plus 150 MB/s 128 GB

It sounds like you're shooting in Hybrid Auto Mose without realizing it. Check page 84 of the user's manual.

Re: M50 combines video files??

kvbarkley — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:10:36 GMT

Ah, I did not see that one. Of course "Hybrid Auto Mode" Tells you exactly what it does, doesn't it?

Re: M50 combines video files??

jimcat2000 — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 14:24:31 GMT

That's it! What a diabolical setting! Who would DO THAT?? Just kidding...I'm sure there's a good use for it. I must have bumped the selection wheel while hiking! Thanks to you all for chiming in and helping me learn how to use my camera!!

Re: M50 combines video files??

BurnUnit — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:34:55 GMT

It does seem like a strange "feature" to include on the M50, doesn't it? I wouldn't have known such a setting existed if I didn't find the same thing on my ELPH 350HS that I adopted from a pawn shop a few months ago. But I had to go to the M50 manual to convince myself that it was so equipped.

Try it out sometime, on purpose. It actually is a pretty easy way to make a quick video of the day's events. But it's not something that I feel is missing from my other cameras.