My Flip Mino HD is supposed to record up to 60 minutes of video. However, whenever I turned the camera on it showed 23:54 (min:sec) of available recording time even though there were no videos stored on the camera.
I searched PureDigitial’s support and did several Google searches to find a solution, to no avail.
I tried resetting the device using the two methods described on the support site: holding down the power button for 10 seconds or pushing a paper clip into the hole in the tripod attachment base and holding it depressed for 5 seconds. Neither reset fixed the problem.
So I decided to reformat the Mino HD’s USB flash drive. I first backed-up the files on the drive. Then I used Windows to do a quick reformat of the drive (FAT32).
I disconnected the camera and turned it on. It now showed 60:00 minutes of recording time available.
Then I reconnected the camera to the computer to copy the files back to the camera. But this turned out to be unnecessary. The FlipShare software that comes with the camera and was installed on the computer automatically restored all the software for me.
Problem solved.
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
Thanks Richard. Helped me out too man.
-Matt
After much searching and many attempts to follow different suggestions, this one worked perfectly (in this case on an iMac), and the first time I plugged the Mino HD into my iMac, the camera software was automatically upgraded, so I was fully back to the best possible situation.
John F