Rio Carbon MP3 Has A 5G CF To Be Cannibalized 256
GlucoPilot writes "This guy bought a Rio Carbon Mp3 player because he figured he could rip the 5GB CF Card out of it. He did, and put it in his prosumer 6MP digital camera. Now he can take 1,500 six-megapixel pics in one sitting. Oy." The card is apparently a 5GB Microdrive, note, not 5GB of Flash memory.
Speaking of cameras... (Score:5, Interesting)
Also, I'm glad they didn't copy Apple in this respect -- after all, if I were Rio I wouldn't care what my customers did after I bought it, since I would have already been paid.
Nit picking (Score:5, Interesting)
Energy consumption (Score:5, Interesting)
-- yeah, i know, my english sucks
Anyone who's tried, please post this find... (Score:5, Interesting)
And to note... I recently spoke with someone at Hitachi. They said the MAIN reason the iPod mini is a closed device where you can't just remove the drive easily is solely to protect it's market for the drives otherwise.
my wish list... (Score:5, Interesting)
since we are talking cameras, i might as well ask. i have a 2mp camera which takes good pictures, but i am thinking about getting a 3 or 4mp as prices have fallen (paid over $250 for my 2mp 18 months ago). what digi camera's do people have, and how do they like them? my 2mp is fuji, and i have been happy with them. the 2mp takes nice pictures, but a guy at the photohut told me that for anything larger than 4x6, i should get a better camera.
In other Digital Camera Storage News.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:this is kind of cool but ... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Speaking of cameras... (Score:3, Interesting)
But this is 5, not 4! (Score:4, Interesting)
The interesting thing is, I was under the impression that both Creative and Apple have now protected their Microdrives so they're not readable in a camera.
For those who are thinking of doing this, beware, though. I bought a cannibalized microdrive, which worked for about weeks, then died without warning. Now I have no idea how to get the thing fixed.
Varying DV formats (Score:4, Interesting)
Some of the DV "container" formats used on PCs (such as one of the two DV-AVI types) duplicate the audio stream, with the "video" stream actually being the original raw DV (which has both video and audio)
Also, longer tapes might exist now. The typical 60-minute-standard-play tapes are 13 GB. I think that tapes exist that are 75 and even 90 minutes in standard mode now though, although last time I went miniDV shopping they were hard to find and VERY expensive. (Compared to 6-packs of 60s relatively cheap at Costco.)
See above regarding extended play tapes, which I think are 18-20 GB or so (but with a MUCH higher risk of errors) on a 60 minute tape.
Re:How is this not nice? (Score:3, Interesting)
The Next DIY Project (Score:3, Interesting)
After all, if people are cannibalizing OnStar systems after the subscription runs out just to get the GPS components, someone ought to be able to suggest a use for the rest of your Rio.
Low cost mp3 players without drm? (Score:1, Interesting)
I know that I can take a cd with mp3s on it to a electronics outlet to check if car stereos work or not with non-drm'd mp3s, but the few places I've been to (including circuit city, best buy, and a few other large stores) don't make it possible to check this on portable players, everything is boxed up when you buy it, and the samples are a mess (and I doubt they'd let me make the transfers to the device to see if it worked, though I must admit I haven't tried, haven't been to one of the stores lately).
An ipod is far too expensive for my budget. Can someone name some lower priced mp3 players (ogg is ok too) that can hold a decent amount of songs (at least a hundred), and can play them, and transfer others in and out for variety, without drm restrictions? I'm looking for something hopefully under $100, the lower the better. I'm interested in two types, one that plays a cd of mp3 recorded songs, and one that isn't a cd player. If the second one can use usb drives as the medium for storing music, that would be even better, so I can mix up the music from time to time for my disabled relative who lives 3000 miles away, and doesn't own a computer.
Any ideas, recommendations, suggestions would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!
Re:Speaking of cameras... (Score:3, Interesting)
What do you mean by "importing as full DV with iMovie"? iMovie can only import as full DV - there are no choices. Are you importing it with something else as full DV and THEN importing those clips into iMovie? Because that would double your disk space used - iMovie makes a duplicate of whatever you import.
If not that, are you using an 80 minute tape in LP mode?
I use iMovie quite a bit and 1 tape = ~13 GB for me.
Re:1500? (Score:2, Interesting)
I use 2 x Fuji S2's which outputs a RAW file that is 12mb in size - thats a fair bit of storage. I've never had a problem losing photos, though I am very careful and as soon as I get home I start dumping them to my fileserver. I only relax after that is done
As the next batch of cameras come out, these 4gb and 5gb cards will become more common. The Fuji S3 (a nikon based DSLR body with a Fuji sensor) outputs a raw file that is 24mb on the microdrive, and other upcoming cameras such as Canon's 1Ds II and Nikon's D2x probably won't be far off that kind of file size.
"Most pros don't use anything over 1GB. Why? Because 1GB is almost 120 photos for a 10D- a shitload. "
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