Using external storage is the best way to organize the videos from your Flip Video Camera.
The Flip Video camera is a hand-held digital video recorder that only has 120 minutes of recording time. Unfortunately it doesn't have any expandable memory slots, which means that you will need to download your videos to a portable storage device fairly regularly. Some of the different types of storage drives that are compatible with the Flip Video include disc drives, flash drives, and external hard drives. Although you won't be able to plug any of these directly into the Flip Video, as it doesn't have any extra ports for it, you can download your videos from your Flip to your computer and then move them to the portable storage drive.
Secure Digital (SD) Card
Secure Digital cards are popularly known as SD cards. They are small and handy portable storage drives that are commonly used in devices like digital cameras, camcorders, audio players, and mobile phones. It is in an IC (Integrated Circuit) form which is enclosed in a rugged and compact plastic casing. It usually has a length of 32 mm, a width of 24 mm, and a thickness of 2.1 mm and can literally fit into the palm of your hand. The SD card memory capacity ranges up to 32 GB and because there are no movable parts in this type of drive it is less susceptible to breakage. As of 2010 these devices can be purchased for between $5 and $100.
USB Flash Drives
USB Flash Drives are also known as thumb drives because they aren't much bigger than the size of your thumb. They are also fast, and have high data rate capacity. They are more reliable as well because they do not have movable parts. These drives allow you to move data from one computer to another for backing up, editing or reviewing purposes. They are connected to the computer through the USB Ports. The data rate capacity of the USB flash drives is very high and can hold as much as 256 GB. These items can be purchased for between $20 to $150 as of 2010.
Rewritable DVD
A rewritable DVD also known as DVD-RW, is compact optical disk that is used for rewriting or editing files in multiple sessions. The DVD-RW, can store about 5 gigabytes of data. You simply plug the drive into your laptop or PC, insert the disk into the drive and drag and drop your video files to the icon. Depending on file size, it can take from a few minutes up to a half-hour for the disk to record them.
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