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Question

Canon t3i "Movie recording has been stopped automatically"

Jan 12, 2013 11:39AM PST

As stated by the title, I have been having a problem with my week-old Canon EOS Rebel t3i. Now I've been attempting to record video with it, as that is the main reason that I purchased this camera, but I keep getting an error.

After recording video for roughly 30 seconds-3 minutes (Depending upon randomness as far as I can tell, as well as quality; 1080p vs 480p, etc.), it stops and an error pops of saying, "Movie recording has been stopped automatically".

Before responding, note that I have researched this already. I have a SanDisk 16GB Ultra Class 10 SDHC 30MB/s (bought in store). I freshly format the card before recording. The most frustrating thing is that it was working only a few days ago... I don't think I've done anything unusual that would cause this, but I may be wrong.

Please tell me if I left out any relevant information. Thanks in advance for your responses.

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Canon Video Answer
Jul 11, 2014 7:01AM PDT

I along with the rest of you have had the same issue. There is nothing wrong with your Canon Rebel T3i. You are only using the wrong sd card. For example, I was using the San Disk Ultra(30m/s, class 10, 16 gb). I contacted Canon tech support they told me to get another card. Specifically a slower one. Feeling uncertain on which specific card I should use for my camera(T3i), I instead called San Disk tech support and they answered my question. The issue was I had a sd card that had a fast read speed but not a fast write speed. I kept getting the "buffering meter" on the right hand side of my display. The reason being, my camera needed and sd card that had a faster write speed. The best sd card for the canon T3i is the Extreme/ExtremePlus and faster.

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How I fixed T3i issue of not being able to record video
Aug 9, 2015 4:51PM PDT

I had the same issue when I was trying to take video with my Canon T3i. I even bought a SanDisk Class 10 32gb. The problem kept happening. After hours of research, I found the issue is with the speed. With the newest upgrades to sd cards, I suggest getting the above disk, WITH ONE EXCEPTION, MAKE SURE IT IS @ LEAST : UHS 1 and can write up to 90MB/s. At least that way it also works on any other of your video or digital cameras that you purchase in the future!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00HIKBW1G/ref=pd_aw_sbs_147_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FTTE1R3B9KSVVZAFQXY

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95mb/s
Oct 9, 2015 11:43AM PDT

I have a PNY 95mb/s class 10 UHS-I card, and we STILL get this error message.

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Since you only have that one card.
Oct 9, 2015 11:53AM PDT

You have to try another. I did run into someone with a year old proper card. It met the specs and worked for the year but as it aged it got too slow. There are web pages on that so I'll pause here.

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UHS 1 or UHS for T3i.
Aug 9, 2015 4:56PM PDT

Which do any of you using the Canon T3i prefer your sd card? Do you find it makes a difference when taking video? What about when taking multiple high speed JPEG + RAW shots?

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(NT) OK, a fresh format but what about other cards?
Aug 9, 2015 5:48PM PDT