Backup and Delete Old Footage

• A Flip Video camera that offers a 60-minute recording capacity can record and store a maximum of only 60 minutes of footage. This camera uses an internal-based Flash drive to record and store footage. So if you have not backed up previous recordings on your Flip Video camera on your computer and then deleted those recordings from the camera, you will not have enough hard drive space available on your Flip Video camera to record a full 60 minutes of new material.
  
  

Simplify Your Shot Composition

• The 60-minute models of Flip Video cameras offer only up to 60 minutes of recording time. Digital video utilizes mathematical algorithms to translate the information the camera's eye sees into binary code. The more complex the information the camera's eye sees, the more hard drive space the binary code requires for the algorithms. Fast motion, many objects and colors in the frame, and shaky camera movements are all actions that create complex algorithms for the camera to interpret, thus limiting the amount of available hard drive space to record more video. Try simplifying your video composition to increase the recording capacity of your Flip Video camera.
  
  

Power Off and Delete Multiple Times

• If neither of the above strategies succeeds in increasing your Flip Video camera's recording capacity, it is possible that your Flip Video camera's internal Flash memory has phantom files. Try restarting your camera and emptying its "trash can." Then power off your camera and repeat the full process eight times.