Which loop time makes most sense, strictly for SD card longevity?

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Simple question, I hope, if I want the least amount of stress and wear and tear on the SD card (PRO Endurance) do I want lots of short files at 2 minutes or fewer at 10 minutes? Of course, if my ignorance has left out an important consideration, please let me know.

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I personally prefer 3 minute segments, if anything i would go up to 5 minute.
1 minute segments i think would blow my mind.

IRL it do not matter that much i think, at least for me as i never stitch XX of the files together, and the naming scheme of the segments + in my case the pic that is also snapped with i press the event button make it fairly easy to locate the moment of interest.
 
Chas0039 said:
Simple question, I hope, if I want the least amount of stress and wear and tear on the SD card (PRO Endurance) do I want lots of short files at 2 minutes or fewer at 10 minutes? Of course, if my ignorance has left out an important consideration, please let me know.

Thanks
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The "stress" is done by the quantity on bytes written on card per unit of time, not by the dimension of files. If camera writes with 30Mbps (about 4 MB/s) in 3 minutes will write the same amount of bytes, whether the file is 3 minutes or 3x1 minute. So, difference in wear tends to zero.
 
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