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Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« on: August 15, 2017, 01:21:03 PM »
I finally tested the video capability of my Browning cams and found that about 40% of the videos taken are simply blank.  I called Browning to ask about the issue and the guy told me my class 4 SD cards are likely the problem, that I should be using a class 10 for videos.  Before I go out and spend $ on some class 10's I'm wondering whether anyone could provide additional insight into this situation.  Also, will class 10's give me good videos and still give me good pics?

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2017, 01:24:58 PM »
I finally tested the video capability of my Browning cams and found that about 40% of the videos taken are simply blank.  I called Browning to ask about the issue and the guy told me my class 4 SD cards are likely the problem, that I should be using a class 10 for videos.  Before I go out and spend $ on some class 10's I'm wondering whether anyone could provide additional insight into this situation.  Also, will class 10's give me good videos and still give me good pics?

Blank as in white screen or just simply no videos at all?

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2017, 01:46:30 PM »
The videos that worked fine show up as a picture that you click on to begin the video.  The ones that didn't show up as a white block with no picture.  When I click to start the video I just get a timer type of thing that you would expect when a file is trying to open and it just spins and spins with no result.  There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why some work and some don't, or if there is, I can't figure it out.

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2017, 04:37:30 PM »
The videos that worked fine show up as a picture that you click on to begin the video.  The ones that didn't show up as a white block with no picture.  When I click to start the video I just get a timer type of thing that you would expect when a file is trying to open and it just spins and spins with no result.  There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why some work and some don't, or if there is, I can't figure it out.

Hmmmm. Yea it sounds like an sd card problem. I know my bushnell cams only like the scan disc 32gb ones.  :dunno:

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2017, 06:39:21 PM »
I can't answer for the game cam,  but my go pro required the high end card to record video. I "think" it has to do with how fast the data can be saved to the disk. Don't hold me to that as I'm no expert, but I believe I read something like that at one time.

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2017, 09:49:00 PM »
Could be a battery issue to. Vids take more power and when batteries get low vid record time gets cut short too.
I run all my cams (bushnell trophy & agressor) on video and have a mix of class 4 & 10 SD's. Every once in a while I get blanks too. Recently got some on a class 10 in a 1 year old Aggressor....turned out the batteries were getting low is why. Aggressors have been flawless for me until that.
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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2017, 07:45:02 AM »
I could see low batteries causing a problem but not in my case.  I use Energizer Ultimate Lithiums and they still have 100% battery life after hundreds (maybe thousands) of pics.  Expensive, but great batteries!

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2017, 10:46:49 AM »
I could see low batteries causing a problem but not in my case.  I use Energizer Ultimate Lithiums and they still have 100% battery life after hundreds (maybe thousands) of pics.  Expensive, but great batteries!

I would try the higher quality sd card.

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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2017, 10:43:34 PM »
 :yeah:  The tech guys generally know what they're talking about.  They hear the same problems over and over again.  You should be able to score some new cards relatively inexpensively on Amazon.  SanDisc always seem to work well.  The cheaper ones can be hit and miss.
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Re: Browning Trail Cam Video Problem
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2017, 09:43:53 PM »
Definitely an SD cars problem. Always go for a class 10 card for anything recording video. The lower class cards don't have the capability to capture the data fast enough to the card.

 


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