Why can't I get 14.5MB file on 16MB MiniSD card?

[Guest barrybryce]

I know I've probably missed something pretty obvious and am going to look a little bit thick, but...

Thanks to following the tips on this site I am now the proud owner of a 14.5MB 30 min video clip taken from a DVD.

Is there any reason why I shouldn't be able to get this onto a 16MB MiniSD card?

I've done the obvious thing, ie deleted everything on the card...

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

A 16MB card will not give you 16MB, as some of the space is taken up with the file allocation table.

[Guest barrybryce]

Ahhh! Thank you!

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

I forgot to add that the 16MB is the actual space on the card in

it's unformatted state.

[Guest beersoft]

and it has something to do with the stupid way sd card makers make 1 meg 1,000,000k instead of 2^10 (1048576k)

not that im bitter and feel cheated by it :)

later

Owen

[Guest meatgrinder]

yep, pisses me off too, my "500gb" raid array holds like 500,000,000,000 bytes, which only meants 465gb (if u work it correctly, with 1024kb in 1mb, rather than 1000kb in 1 mb

same thing with the sd cards :@

Dave