Topic: Microtracker Firmware Update v1.1.5 Beta 10/7/05

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Good cardreaders should be fast and the card speed more of a factor.

[silentmark]

via a USB2 card reader, 2 gigs took me about 15 minutes to transfer to my computer.

Well I used a card reader over USB2.0 and 2gigs took about 35 minutes to transfer.

Are you sure the card reader was rated for USB2?

When I bought it, it said USB2.0, so I would hope so. Here is the one I have: ImageMate cf reader sddr-92, as far as I can tell it is USB2.0

[L Ron Hoover]

Would the hardware in your computer have any effect on transfer speeds?

[F.O.Bean]

as a more portable solution, id also ove to know how the usb 2.0 card readers pair w/ the OTG drives as well

[scb]

can this thing record to split mono files instead of a stereo file?  then 2 gigs per file would actually be 4 gigs

maybe something to request in a future update if they won't do an autosplit?

[udovdh]

from talking to the m-audio guys at the show they do not have any plans to fix the 2gig thing they think its fine and not a bug at all.
Mind you they were sales guys

Even then.
They don't know their market and the 2496 implications.
Its is a BIG BUG! It's a sign of very simple implementation.
(devices like the Archos Gmini have the same issues at 2G, they did not stop but crashed more or less, corrupting teh filesystem and the recorded file; so the MT is a small step ahead.. wow)

[slowburn]

good info jason. +t. have you tried or can you manually start a new file before it hits 2gb limit? or does it have to be stopped/saved?

another test I did was use a stopwatch and time how long it would take for me to stop/save a file, and start a new recording.  about 10 seconds.

with this firmware, you cannot start recording a new file until after the last one is stopped/saved.  you press the record button again to stop/save the file, and then it creates the file.  then you can press record again to start a new file.  as mentioned above, this process is takes approx. 10 seconds.

Do I actually have to wait for it to be saved before I can press record again or can I press record twice quickly and it would then "remember" to start recording again? Will be important for stealth situations

[JasonSobel]

good info jason. +t. have you tried or can you manually start a new file before it hits 2gb limit? or does it have to be stopped/saved?

another test I did was use a stopwatch and time how long it would take for me to stop/save a file, and start a new recording.  about 10 seconds.

with this firmware, you cannot start recording a new file until after the last one is stopped/saved.  you press the record button again to stop/save the file, and then it creates the file.  then you can press record again to start a new file.  as mentioned above, this process is takes approx. 10 seconds.

Do I actually have to wait for it to be saved before I can press record again or can I press record twice quickly and it would then "remember" to start recording again? Will be important for stealth situations

good question.  when I get home from work today, I'll test that out.  It won't be until 7 or 8 pm tonight though, so maybe someone else can test this during the day.

[it-goes-to-eleven]

can this thing record to split mono files instead of a stereo file?  then 2 gigs per file would actually be 4 gigs

That would be an excellent work-around, Scott!

I have to make a call to them about some issues and I'm going to try and push some of this stuff hard.

[cmoorevt]

good question.  when I get home from work today, I'll test that out.  It won't be until 7 or 8 pm tonight though, so maybe someone else can test this during the day.

I just tried this.  You do NOT have to wait for it to be saved to begin the second recording.

As my file was recording, I hit the REC button twice quickly.  The unit stopped the first recording, saved it, and then immediately started recording again.  Took about 5 seconds to do everything after I hit the REC button twice.   I would suppose for stealth situations, when we get near the 2gb limit, hit REC REC and start the second file.  Certainly faster than swapping dat tapes, but the auto split would still be ideal.

FWIW, I tried this with both the 1/4 inch inputs and the SPDIF in. 

[Ed.]

?

alright, just to get this clear, when you get close to the 2gig limit, you can just hit record twice and it'll start a new file and save your old one?

well, i guess its time for me to get one of these.



edit: fat fingers

[rdvdijk]

I just tried this.  You do NOT have to wait for it to be saved to begin the second recording.

That's cool. Does the saving process take longer when the file gets bigger?

Also: how much time is missed exactly during this 'tape flip' ?

Roel

[cmoorevt]

Ed.-Yes.  Exactly.  Hit REC twice, it stops the first recording, saves it and automatically starts the second recording.

rdvdijk-The "tape flip"  took a total of five seconds.  However, you bring up a good point about the length of the file.  I only ran about a minute of signal for my first file before I tried this.  Perhaps it will take longer with a larger file.   I have to leave for the day, so hopefully someone else can give it a try, or I can try again tonight.

[Ed.]

+t for the great news...

its still not exactly perfect, but it keeps getting closer for my needs.

[udovdh]

rdvdijk-The "tape flip"  took a total of five seconds.  However, you bring up a good point about the length of the file.  I only ran about a minute of signal for my first file before I tried this.  Perhaps it will take longer with a larger file.   I have to leave for the day, so hopefully someone else can give it a try, or I can try again tonight.

Just run the MT at 24/96 and buffers (if at all..., how much total RAM does the MT have? 16Megs? 8?) will be full within half a minute if they were 16 megs big (which I doubt).