# Secure Digital  Card Speeds

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [November 20, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/secure-digital-card-speeds/20457 "2006-11-20T19:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/secure-digital-card-speeds/20457/2 "2006-11-20T20:11:17Z")

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> [@Marcus](#):
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> what determines how long the video can be?

The size of the card and the quality of the video. So unless you screw with the video settings to lower the quality, a bigger card is the only way to take a longer movie. So with all the settings the same on the same camera, your empty 2GB should hold twice the video as your empty 1GB card.

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