Topic: R-9 & 8 Gig Transcend SDHC card

[china_rider]

Hey all... I picked up an 8gig transcend SDHC card a week or so ago when Fry's had them on sale.  Just in case anyone was wondering it works perfectly with the R9 and the new firmware.

I read in a few camera reviews that it was too slow for high speed camera shooting so I wanted to test it out.  Since we need a semi-fast continuous write speed and not a fast burst speed there are no issues.  I recorded 8gigs worth at both 16 and 24 bit with no issues.

If your looking for one keep your eyes open.  Mine came out to $73 after rebate.

[joekar]

Cool..... Thats the one I want.....just going to wait for the price to drop a bit...I have 3 two gig cards now and don't like doing "the set break shuffle".....

Peace,
jk

[china_rider]

PS... My old 4gig also recorded with the old firmware, however, after transferring to the PC I had to fix the header information for any large recording.  It's probably been said in the R9 firmware thread but the new firmware fixes all these issues and the transferred files play perfectly once recorded.

[dorrcoq]

hell of a price!  +T

[spyder9]

Questions:

1) Did the R09 split the track at 2gb and continue on recording with the 8GB card?

2) Can the R09 format the 8GB card?


+T for the info too.   

[china_rider]

1) Did the R09 split the track at 2gb and continue on recording with the 8GB card?

Yep... seamless track split.

2) Can the R09 format the 8GB card?

Yep... The R9 formated the card in about 10 seconds. My card reader would not format it.

Also.... A general note.... A photographer friend has an A-Data 8gig SDHC card.  Ran him $90 not on sale.  I tried it in the R9 last night and when recording at 24/48 after the original 2gb split it kept splitting the recording every 2megs.  The R9 showed no errors but when I went to transfer the data to the PC there were hundreds of files.  I did not try 16bit.

[udovdh]

2MB files!?
Is that a reproducible bug?
If so, please report to Edirol!

[fourdegreeswarmer]

Also.... A general note.... A photographer friend has an A-Data 8gig SDHC card.  Ran him $90 not on sale.  I tried it in the R9 last night and when recording at 24/48 after the original 2gb split it kept splitting the recording every 2megs.  The R9 showed no errors but when I went to transfer the data to the PC there were hundreds of files.  I did not try 16bit.

I've been having very similar problems with a Transcend 8GB SDHC card, which I have detailed here: http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,77163.msg1034595.html#msg1034595

I reported the error to Roland, after suggesting I buy a 4GB card, they told me the following:
"8GB support will likely be added in the future with another firmware update, but v1.10 only supports cards up to 4GB."

(Apologies for cross-posting...)

[Nick's Picks]

whoa...
good info.  +T

I'm happy w/my 2 4gb cards.
now, if there was only something to record around here.

[divamum]

+T Degrees. I've just upgraded my firmware and was about to go in search of a well-priced 8g, but willl now stick with my 4 until further notice.  Thanks for posting!

[guysonic]

Just ordered both (2) 4GIG and (1) 8GIG Transcend cards to test with filling up to see if there's repeatable problems with either or both capacities. 

Other than Transcend and A-Data making 8GIG SDHC cards, there are a few others found by a UK taper being sold there, but no information as yet if these work or don't work in R-09 deck.

I'll post test results in this and the other threads this coming week.

[udovdh]

I'll post test results in this and the other threads this coming week.

Interesting for 8GB because 4GB (non-SDHC, Transcend) worked quiet OK.
Maybe we can get a finger behind the bug for *GB cards taht makes small files? (I read 2MB a piece)
Is this happening all the time after 2GB? Later? When xxx bytes are free?
(might be some overflow?)

[fourdegreeswarmer]

For me, it only happened after the first 2gig file. It would then spit out 2kb (not 2mb) files.

If I had a 2gig file already on the card and then started recording, the Edirol would record perfectly until the card was full.
I don't know why, but having a 2gig file on there beforehand seemed to make it work. I think if it was any smaller than 2gig then it didn't work - but I haven't explored that fully yet.

I tried formatted my card on the Edirol, on my PC via the R-09's USB, and via Transcend's external card reader.

Formatting it on the R-09 meant the unit recognised the card immediately on start-up. The other 2 methods, the R-09 said "no card" for a short while, then recognised it.

And in none of the 3 cases did the R-09 split the first 2gig file correctly.

I'll be very interested to see what you find guysonic.

[udovdh]

For me, it only happened after the first 2gig file. It would then spit out 2kb (not 2mb) files.

If I had a 2gig file already on the card and then started recording, the Edirol would record perfectly until the card was full.
I don't know why, but having a 2gig file on there beforehand seemed to make it work. I think if it was any smaller than 2gig then it didn't work - but I haven't explored that fully yet.

I.e.: with 2GB used and 6GB remaining things would work differently if a new recording would start from that point?

[fourdegreeswarmer]

I.e.: with 2GB used and 6GB remaining things would work differently if a new recording would start from that point?

Yes it would work fine from that point. But it's 2GB used and about 5.5GB remaining, because the formatted card came in at like 7.5GB.