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

[enrico271]

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.

[Hussain27]

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

[striiderz]

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.

[hush]

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.