Mini DV MD80 9/9 - Mac OSX - Charging, Setting Date Time, Downloading, Editing Tips

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In this video I revisit the Mini DV MD80 and show you the general setup for Mac and how to charge the unit, set the date and time, access the files and give some suggestions for editing on the Mac. Sorry for the lack of screen casting but the MD80 conflicted with VideoGlide for some reason and I had to use my video camera by hand. I haven't figured out the web cam function for Mac yet but will post a followup if & when I find a solution on how to make it work.

Additional Methods
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Loofah65 has another way to set up the time/date stamp for the newer models.

"After some trouble-shooting, I discovered that for the particular model I have, the date and time format is as follows: yyyy.mm.dd hh:mm:ss EX: (2010.05.17 22:55:07) Type it into a file named time.txt and placed onto the root of the camera storage, then turn it on the same as you described in your videos."
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Another solution from Busa0069!
GOT IT!!!
First problem was file.
Just name the text file TAG no .txt, then posted date as follows with an = at end of seconds.

[date]
2010/06/06
14:00:06=

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BONG2011: For my MD80 it works with "time.txt" (year.month.day.time.minute.se c) or 2010.08.09.23.30.00 no space

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bikermad1962 - Hi Frank. I've used just the TAG and had to play around with the date and time settings. It is now working like this.

Create TAG file
Type:
[date] hit spacebar then enter key
2010/08/13 hit spacebar then enter key
10:36 hit spacebar
Save file

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worex - My method was this:

build a text file called TAG.TXT under root.

[date] need space at the end with newline

yyyy/mm/dd need space at the end with newline

13:28:00 doesn't need space and doesn't need newline at the end of the line.

POWER OFF *AND* POWER ON THE MACHINE AFTER TAG.TXT WAS WRITTEN TO THE CARD!

Time Format in the Video is this:

10/27/2010 01:38:04

mm/dd/yyyy hh : mm : ss

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stevenson19

Just got mine today in the mail and have had a B¡tch of a time getting this figured out..
My version uses TIME.txt with just this in the file "yyyy.mm.dd.hh:mm:ss="
Add that one to the list.. :|

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savvasrodos

After many-many attempts this method worked to me!
1)The file must named as TIME.TXT
2)In the file, in one line: yyyy.mm.dd hh:mm:ss
ex: 2011.01.04 22:40:00
Only one space between date time
Eliminate the line [date], as I wrote, only one line in the file.

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joelflaugh

Mine was "time" then yyyy.mm.dd hhmmss (2011.01.11 210030) one space between date and time. Mine came with a mini CD that had an older date like that but I had to be carefull how I saved it. I saved like in Frakes video then had to use the "safely remove hardware" thing then turn it off still plugged in, then unplug it, turn it on. Hope this makes sence to someone.
PS thanks for heading me in the right direction Frank
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TR41

I am not sure about the camera shown in the video, but some compact cameras do allow you to turn off the time/date display by putting an "N" at the end: "YYYY.MM.DD HH.MM.SS N" in the time.txt. A "Y" turns it on again. Perhaps the TAG.txt would need it to be in a separate line like with the time(if supported, of course):

[DATE]

YYYY/MM/DD

HH:MM:SS

N

Of course, someone may have tried this already, but I thought I would mention it.
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[hugoeflorez]

Hi frank wha i realy need is the drivers for windows xp and 7 so if you can help me with that and this is my email hugo_florez30@hotmail.com

[FranksTechHelp]

@hugoeflorez I never used the driver files cause they did nothing for me.

[johnniewalker77]

how to remove date time stamp on the video ???

can it be disable ?

is there any setting to do this ?

[FranksTechHelp]

@johnniewalker77 Sorry but the date and time stamp are stuck on the camera :(

[pppete05]

Thanks for the video! So you know if there is a way to remove the date and time? I am planning to use my MD 80 to create a time lapse video for a promotion so can't really have that displayed.

Thanks in advance!

[FranksTechHelp]

@pppete05 There is no way to remove it as of this time, would be nice though! You could always crop the output when editing.

[Younicrons]

It doesnt show up on my mac PLEASE HELP :(

[pixies64]

hi i just got one of these today and after unboxing i turned it on and it work but then i went to charge it using the ac adapter, and both light came on and after about an hour and a half the green light went off so i though it was fully charged however it doesn't turn on :s am i just being stupid at trying to turn it on? the instructions are really badly translated :s

[TheBlueGuy1000]

I need help with mine, after 3 days my MiniDV stop working properly.

I press the power button an it turns on and it turns red right away and I press the mode button or the record button or the power button and it doesn't do anything.

It doesn't even turn off, I need to reset it but when I try an turn it back on it does the samething.

I've had it for a long time but never bother to look for any solution for that.

Do you what can be wrong?

I also connect it to the computer and it turns it off and

[SnowGuyification]

@moonbug71 No, that is only if you want the date/time to be correct

[ZerOInKilL]

@moonbug71 dont use crappy no brand micro sd card cause they dont seem to save correctly. Also, if your recording are being cut short. its usually because the battery is low. charge it for like 2hrs to get long recordings.

[ZerOInKilL]

when i go to turn on mine. a blue light comes on. then as soon as i remove my finger from the power button, the blue light just dies. then when i try to charge it. only the blue light comes on and the flashing red light doesnt come on. does anybody now whats going on. it worked before. im wondering if the battery is low and wont hold a charge anymore, or my camera eye is dead.

[moonbug71]

my root directory doesn't start with DCIM folder it just says VIDEO, which opens into RECORD and VLT. Have tried re-formatting the card and starting again, just the same. The best I have got is one tiny and jumpy recording with no sound, then no further recordings happen. frustrated now!

[moonbug71]

do you have to add the TAG.TXT file to the root directory for the unit to work?