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   06 Aug 2011 07:07:54 -0000   
   Aug 2011 07:07:53 -0000   
   Gecko/20100403 SeaMonkey/1.1.19   
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   Stephan Bucher ha scritto:   
   > Right. It is just a bit frustrating that the card in the USB reader is    
   > recognized by eCS (a drive letter is assigned upon contact) but then    
   > "the device can not be accessed", even with FAT32 installed. Windows    
   > shows that the card's FS is FAT32.   
   >      
   Never believe what dummy computers order you to believe.   
      
   Most, if not all new cams (since 2008 or so) have their own proprietary "cam   
   file system".   
      
   For instance, with my two cams Sony Cybershot  DSC-H5 and Sony Cybershot   
   DSC-HX1 and a 16 GB Memory stick pro duo.   
      
   When changing that stick from the one cam to the other, the other cam has to   
   reformat the memory card, otherwise it couldn't store pictures. Because the   
   cam needs something very proriatary on the memory stick.   
      
   That's because the cam's hardcoded software needs it to be so. The same   
   hardcoded software let's Windy believe the file system is fat32, and the very   
   same software makes the memory card readable for and downloadable to Windy.   
      
   Bottom line, it looks like fat32 but it isn't fat32. And as (of course) cam   
   manufacturers don't know anything about eCS, they don't make their hardcoded   
   cam software compatible with eCS. Moreover, even the MAC is considered as   
   something neglisable.   
      
   For instance (again) with the  Cybershot DSC-HX1.   
      
   The video mpeg files are stored in a separate directory on the memory stick.   
   Albeit the cam has been set to PTP, eCS can't see that directory. Worse, even   
   my MAC computer can't see that directory. Not when the cam had been set to   
   PTP, and worse, the MAC can't see that directory either when the cam had been   
   set to "Mass storage". Albeit the MAC believes too the stick is a FAT32   
   thingie.   
   Which means video files  only can be downloaded from the Sony DSC-HX1 to Windy.   
      
   Bottom line, as it stands now PTP is our only reliable resource if we are   
   concerned about new cams.     
   And even PTP has it's restrictions now. (-:   
      
      
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