OK, after running tests on my 8GB CF Card writing to FLAC, I BARELY got over 9hrs of actual recording, while the counter on the cf card once the cf card is formatted reads 16hrs of recording. I think a letter to SD is in order........
A little over 1 hour a GB. That doesn't seem right. That's close to the same size as a 24/48 wav file not?
I would have thought Flac would give you more run time then that.
EXACTLY, I BARELY got more record time recording in FLAC than I do recording in WAV.
OK, after running tests on my 8GB CF Card writing to FLAC, I BARELY got over 9hrs of actual recording, while the counter on the cf card once the cf card is formatted reads 16hrs of recording. I think a letter to SD is in order........
Strange. I am going to run my on the 4GB CF tonight. I would think I would get twice the amount of recorded time for the same bit depth/sampling rate as WAV. I will try it at 16/44.1 for the first test and then try it at 24/48.
L8R
Thats what I thought too. Boy was I wrong
Also, the extra battery drain recording to FLAC is DEFINITELY not worth it.
I ONLY GOT 2hrs 40mins recording in FLAC to my 8GB CF Card on a FULLY CHARGED 6000mah 722 battery. That is HORRIBLE IMO.
I can normally get about 7hrs SAFELY on my 8GB CF Card with a fully charged 6000mah battery.
Thats saves me about 2hrs per 6000mah battery writing to JUST my 8GB CF Card compared to writing to JUST the INHDD or BOTH the CF Card/INHDD. Just another reason why CF Cards KICK MUCHO ASS
No moving parts is awesome! When you put the INHDD in the picture AT ALL and record to the INHDD in any way/shape/form/config, you lose battery power, and the battery drain is worse. I couldnt believe I could save 2 whole hrs on each 6000mah battery when writing to
JUST the CF Card, instead of writing to JUST the INHDD or both the CF Card/INHDD. I think recording to WAV is the best bet right at the moment, until SD fixes the bugs associated with FLAC recording. Hell, I have had such a bad taste left in my mouth just from my FLAC recording tests, that I will simply spend the extra $100 bucks and just get an extra 16GB CF Card and just stick with recording to WAV
I actually dont care if SD even fixes the FLAC bugs, because I will continue to record to WAV from here on out regardless
It would be nice if SD did get the FLAC recording under control and we could actually see a 50% space reduction recording to FLAC, just for those pinches when you need that extra recording time, but if the HUGE battery drain consists while recording to FLAC, then I dont EVER see myself recording to FLAC again
NUF SAID!!!