topic Bloggie 30 minutes recording limit in Camcorders

Bloggie 30 minutes recording limit

sdenis1 — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:58:07 GMT

I recently bought Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 camera. Although I am quite satisfied with it, there is apparently a bug in the video recording functionality. The camera cannot record more than approx. 30 minutes of video continously, although there is plenty of space on the memory card and the battery is not empty. It just turns off and has to be turned back on to continue, which unfortunately is not acceptable for my usage scenarios.

Is there any kind of firmware update to fix this behavior? If not, I will be forced to return this item.

Bloggie 30 minutes recording limit

Thalamus. — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:45:26 GMT

Hi sdenis1,

welcome to Questions & Answers..:smileyhappy:

It states in the Bloggie manual that when shooting movies continuous shooting is possible for approximately 29 minutes..

So it seems this is by design and therefore I doubt a firmware update will be released..:smileysad:

Link to Bloggie manual

Bloggie 30 minutes recording limit

ymlecocq — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:34:02 GMT

Hi,

It's just a shame

A very good cam indeed, spoiled by this limitation...

I heard nothing about a firmware update wich could fix this.

Do you know if there is another way to bypass this limitation ?

Thx

Bloggie 30 minutes recording limit

arnaldo26 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:52:14 GMT

there is a firmware update in the "upgrade for PMB portable)

http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/disoft/int/pmb/download/software/pmbp_firm_pm5/us.html

what do you think?

how can i see if my firmware is it? or i have to upgrade?