On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 17:18 +0100, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > > Remember, most people use windows, so any file system you use MUST be > > supported natively by windows (no installing stuff to get it working). > > That rules out pretty much all file systems other then FAT/exFAT and > > NTFS. > > > > No, you can write drivers... So you do not need to be supported by drivers > on your Windows installation disks as it can be installed any time. Right, so for it to be MASSIVELY adopted you plan to write a driver for every OS out there and maintain it? I wish you luck. The fact is manufacturers are going to go with the easiest route. The easiest route at minimum is to choose a file system that is supported by the vast majority of machines out there. The vast majority of machines support FAT and NTFS, there is no disputing that. > Also there are other options, like providing Samba instead of raw FS > access... Wah?? That's even worse sounding. When I plug a device in my machine I WANT it to show up as a regular drive. Most manufacturers tend to agree with this position (Apple being the biggest outlier, and they get hammered for it alot). What are you envisioning anyways? I plug a flash card into a machine and it shows up as a network share or something? How does that benefit ANYONE? > In my opinion it is just a laziness from the camcorder manufacturers not to > thinking about alternatives. It doesn't matter if you label it lazy or not, the manufacturers are interested in making their products as easy to use for as little money as possible, that's the nature of the game. Farting around for no financial benefit is NOT what a company interested in making money is likely to do. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist