Kinoma Notes

Some­times SD cards get cor­rupted. More accu­rately, some­times the files on SD cards — and even the file sys­tem itself, which tells the thing that the SD card is plugged into where the files are — get corrupted.

You’d think SD cards and other kinds of solid state flash mem­ory would be incor­rupt­ible. Although it doesn’t hap­pen often, flash mem­ory (unfor­tu­nately) isn’t immune to this. In the world of dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy you’ll find lots of apps that res­cue pho­tos from cor­rupted flash mem­ory cards for this reason.

If you ever find that Kinoma Player isn’t see­ing all of your files on your SD card, try this first:

• Make an new folder on your Desktop.
• Using an SD card reader (or a util­ity like Soft­ick Card Export II), copy the con­tents of the card to the new folder. If you have prob­lems copy­ing a spe­cific folder, copy the files and fold­ers within that folder one by one until you find the culprit.
• For­mat the SD card, which I rec­om­mend doing on your device. To do this, launch Card Info and select For­mat Card from the Card menu.
• Copy the files from the folder on your Desk­top back to your card.

Unless your SD card itself is bad and needs replac­ing (which is unlikely), this process will often fix cor­rup­tion issues.

To reduce your chances of SD card corruption:

• Use high-quality, name-brand SD cards
• Avoid soft­ware that causes device instability

If you’re expe­ri­enc­ing reg­u­lar crashes on your device, it may be time to do a hard-reset and install your appli­ca­tions one-by-one — Kinoma Player first, of course! — in order to dis­cover which appli­ca­tions or util­i­ties are caus­ing problems.

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