my canon t3i automatically stops recording video after just a few seconds. any idea why, and how i can fix it?

Question

i got my camera in june and at the moment, im using a 16GB memory card with 950 photos and 5 videos (7 minutes and 10 seconds total recorded in video).

recently, for the past 2 or 3 weeks, whenever i try to film another video on my rebel t3i, a screen appears and says the movie has been stopped automatically. i know it is not a running-out-of-space issue, because when i was first told that i ran out of space on my memory card, i was at almost 1600 photos, and that was when i went back and deleted a bunch of photos i didnt want. the most i can get on a video now is maybe a minute, and that's when i'm lucky. its usually around 25 seconds. i am going to a concert tomorrow so i really need to know why this is happening and if there is at all possible a way to fix this in just a couple hours with no cost, i need to know how to do that. please answer and notify me. thank you for your time :)

Answer 1

Right lets get into this.

First of all why are all your pictures on the memory card. that is a stupid idea, why? Because memory cards can fail.. they can suddenly become non readable. And all your unbackup-ed pictures will be gone.



So get to a laptop/pc, download all the pictures, burn them to DVD or other storage format. Reformate the memory card so it is empty and ready then try again. If you fail again your memory card might be to slow.



Did you know that video is quite big and that it has to write a pretty quick speed. It isn't uncommon for a 10 minute video to take up 2Gbyte. Just think about how much that is for every minute. That is 200Mbyte. that means 3,2someting Mbyte per second.



Your memory card needs to be fast enough to handle such data streams. And not every memory card is as some have said ebay has some pretty lousy deals. Fake cards for instance where cheaper chips are used in plastic housing with expensive memory card labeling. And no they are not as quick as their actual brethen.



So make that backup

Clean up the card

Try again and if that fails buy a quicker SD card.One of a good brand.. from a trustable source.

Answer 2

Problem is your memory card.

It needs to be a class 10 card from a reputable maker and supplier to ensure you haven't bought a fake. Ebay in particular is awash with fake cards that are incapable of handling the data stream from HD video.

If your card is OK then take all the images off it onto a computer and reformat the card in the camera.

Overheating sensor is a red herring - it takes much more than 20 minutes before that becomes an issue.

Answer 3

For pretty much the same reason I can't park my car in the garage: there are boxes scattered everywhere. Even though it's only half filled, there's little floor space, certainly not enough for a car. Since it's a bad idea to park the car on top of everything (which is technically possible), the car has to stay outside for the time being.



Clear up your card and store those images on more durable media. As Masticina states, memory cards are not meant for permanent storage, since it is quite easy to corrupt the entire card.

Answer 4

Your memory card has become fragmented so the camera cannot find a large enough contiguous space to put the file.



Unless you are a geek, what I just said won't make much sense. The bottom line reads, either remove all the pix and videos from your card and reformat it in the camera, or buy a new memory card. Another possibility is to run Disk Defragmenter on your memory card.

Answer 5

Download all of your photos and videos to your pc. Back them up, then format your card in your camera. Or if you want to keep everything on your card (not a good idea), buy a new card, class 10 card and format it in the camera before you use it. I have a T3i.

Answer 6

If your card is already a class 10 card with speed of 30mbps and above, you just copy the files already in the card and format it in the camera(Not in Laptop). I had the same issue and mine got fixed after formatting.

Answer 7

There is no heatsink on the sensor on these cameras, as soon as it gets too hot (just a few seconds) it'll stop recording! (Condensed version)

Answer 8

idk...but let me know when you find out please. Ive been having the same issue.