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SdCopy program

Apr 20, 2009 3:01AM PDT

Hi , Help Needed !!!
we want to use SdCopy but remain the source file name and only change the extention and get the 16:9 aspect ratio .
what should we do to obtain it .
Thanks ahead .
Alex.

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try to find a file
Jul 11, 2010 9:44AM PDT

Hi sektionchef,

I found a MOD file that's failed to convert correctly on two occasions.
It's 80 MB so how can I send it to you?

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Please upload it to a file hosting site
Jul 11, 2010 4:06PM PDT

Hi
Please upload it to a file hosting site and send me the link to
peter_l(at)myrealbox.com.
Regards
Sektionschef

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sending file
Jul 12, 2010 6:58AM PDT

You should recieve an email with a link to view the mod file.

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Added a debugmode
Jul 12, 2010 8:39PM PDT

Hi
Many Thanks for providing the file for me.
Unfortunately I do not see any problems with it when I run SDcopy V1.99985beta with it. Everytime it correctly sets the widescreen flag so far. Should the problem appear everytime you run sdcopy with that file? Or just sometimes?
Anyway I added a debugmode to sdcopy so it creates a small log file sdcopy.dbg. Could you please download the new version V1.99985dbeta from the link below, enable debugmode and run it with your files until you notice the problem. Then, please send me the file sdcopy.dbg, hopefully it gives me more informations what causes the problem.
To enable debugmode please open sdcopy.ini with a texteditor and enter the line debugmode=1 into the section "Settings".
sdcopyV1.99985dbeta can be downloaded from here:
http://members.aon.at/sektionschef/sdcopyV1.99985dbeta.zip
Regards
Sektionschef

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Debug mode
Jul 13, 2010 3:36AM PDT

Hi secktionschef,

I downloaded v1.99985dbeta but the folder contains only the app file.
sdcopy.ini is not there in the zip file.
Or am I to edit the ini file from the previous version and removed v1.99985 and replace with v1.99985dbeta in the SDcopy folder

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sdcopy will automatically create the ini file
Jul 13, 2010 4:26AM PDT

Hi
Either use our previous sdcopy.ini file or just run sdcopyV1.99985dbeta, it will then automatically create the file sdcopy.ini but you have to edit it afterwards to enable debugmode.
Regards
Sektionschef

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debug mode
Jul 13, 2010 2:01PM PDT

Please check your mail. I sent the debug file to you.
thanks.

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email account out of order
Jul 14, 2010 3:39PM PDT

Hi
Many Thanks for sending the file to me, but I haven't received it yet.
I checked my email account and found out that it seems to be out of order at the moment.
Could you please resend the file to this alternative address:
sektionschef(at)gmx.de ?
Regards
Sektionschef

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debug file re-sent
Jul 14, 2010 5:52PM PDT

I've sent the file to your other email address
thanks

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too less debug informations
Jul 15, 2010 3:42PM PDT

Many Thnaks for the file.
I have analyzed it and could see that sdcopy does not process some of your MOD files. Unfortunately the new debugmode in sdcopy does not provide so detailed informations for me to see why these files aren't processed.
I have build a new version of sdcopy with more detailed debug output. Hopefully this time I can see what the problem is.
Can you please download the new version, run it and send me the new dbg file? Just replace the new sdcopy.exe with the previous one and reuse your existing sdcopy.ini file.

http://members.aon.at/sektionschef/sdcopyV1.999851dbeta.zip
Regards
Sektionschef

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MOD files conversion
Jul 15, 2010 4:17PM PDT

I came across a solution... I transfered the MOD files from the camcorder onto my PC hardrive and then used SDcopy to convert. All files converted correctly.
I will use the new sdcopy version and send the debug file.

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new debug file generated
Jul 18, 2010 8:28AM PDT

Hi Sektionschef,

I ran the latest version v1.999851dbeta as per your request on 13 mod files and all 13 files were converted correctly.
I have sent you the debug file.

cheers

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need a dbg file in case the problem has appeared
Jul 18, 2010 3:25PM PDT

Many Thanks again for the file but I need a situation where sdcopy doesn't convert a file to find out what the problem is.
For me it seems that the problem has something to do with the flash memory of the camcorder/memory card. Perhaps a timing problem.
If you like to have a fix in sdcopy for this problem then please send me a dbg file where at least one file did not convert. Hopefully the debug informations inside the dbg file will show me why it skips a file.
Regards
Sektionschef

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waiting for a skip in conversion
Jul 18, 2010 11:38PM PDT

It seems odd that now sdcopy is converting correctly.
The only thing that has changed is the newer version with debug mode included.
I will notify you asap if the problem re-occurs.
Thankyou very much for your excellent support in trying to resolve my problem

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sdcopy download?
Dec 12, 2010 8:37AM PST

I would really like to try sdcopy, but have been unable to find a working download link. do you have a new download site?

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sdcopy download link
Dec 13, 2010 3:17AM PST
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SDcopy V1.99985 converts time to 1 hour before correct time
Dec 3, 2010 8:10PM PST

I've been using SDcopy for a while now (many thanks to the creator). I have noticed a time problem.

On my Canon FS100, the video clip gives at time of say AM 11:00, however, when I convert with SDcopy it shows the time as 1 hour earlier AM 10:00. I am sure this is something to do with DST (daylight saving time?).

I thought I was going mad, as when I looked at an old conversion with v1.9997 it had the correct time (I could have changed it manually, but I didn't think so), so I tried again with v1.9997 and it now shows 1 hour earlier!!

Thinking it might be a DST problem, I altered my system date to June (i.e. DST time in the UK), ran both versions of SDcopy and filename has the correct time. It is the same for both XP and win7.

Any chance of a fix (or is there an option already that I've missed)? If not the workaround is either to rename (remove an hour) with some automated program (not sure which), or alter your system date to match when your video was taken.

N.B. I'm now on SDCOPY V1.99985, I think there is a later one, but the link in this forum does not seem to work. Anyone know where the latest version is?

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A Windows problem
Dec 7, 2010 3:39AM PST

Hi

Many Thanks for reporting this problem.
In general, all what sdcopy does is to read the file time from the file and rename the copied file to that filetime. It does not modify the time.
Now I made some investigations and could see the following:
If I open windows explorer, select a file and open the properties I can see the file time.
If I just change the date to june and reopen the properties window then I can see that MS windows(XP) has changed the file time to 1 hour later.
Then I found this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129574/en-us
So it seems that on hdd drives with NTFS MS Windows will automatically change the file times while this does not happen on FAT formatted drives.
Unfortunately due to this special windows behaviour this is not an issue of sdcopy so I can't fix this.
Regards
Sektionschef

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MORE ABOUT THIS.
Dec 7, 2010 3:55AM PST

If you want to see other time anomalies, put files on CD/DVD and look at the times again.

It's been years since I looked at this but across 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, Vista or 7 the date or time would differ. The only one that came close to not changing is the OS with the penguin.

I'm not saying it's a bug but time is not consistent in Windows.
Bob

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SDcopy converts time to 1 hour out - Windows problem
Dec 7, 2010 6:29PM PST

Thanks Sektionschef and R. Proffitt for that illuminating info. I'm very fussy about correct dates and times on my photos/ videos etc, I'm now worried that all the EXIF etc data I've used in programs like Bulk Rename Utility might be wrong. (That is assuming the camera date was set correctly in the first place!!). Can I take it that it is just an hour out, or can it be greater?

I'm not sure if NOT using DST would help? I'm not exactly a big global trekker, but I do visit the USA (from UK) regularly and have often considered if I should set all my time to GMT (or whatever it's modern equivalent is), as I've also noticed Outlook does strange things, say you are in the USA, laptop set to USA time, make an entry. Go back to UK, back to GMT, and Outlook shifts the time by 5 hours. So now, when I am abroad, I switch off auto time update, give my zone as UK, but with USA time. These computers were supposed to make life easier!

Sektionschef - Thanks for the link to the latest version. I was worried you had disappeared, as all the previous links I had for SDcopy and from forums were no longer valid.

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SDcopy for MAC
Jan 23, 2011 4:44PM PST

I've got the same problems with converting MOD files. They are recorded in 16:9, but all converters change it to 4:3. I need the SD copy for MAC, but can't find it anywhere. Can somebody help me out?