Hi! I normally take around 300 screenshots and 50 videos every night while I play, so it has cost me $300 per year just on storage for Switch 1.
I just have the following questions.:
1) Is there any way to save the videos to the cloud?
I see a Switch 1 option to save screenshots to the cloud, but I see no option to save videos to the cloud and, since I run out of video space first, the screenshots to the cloud option is not helpful.
2) What are the screenshot limits and video limits for Switch 2?
At the current prices, it looks like it will cost me $1,500 per year on storage for Switch 2.
3) Is there anyway to format the cards so the system views them as multiple separate cards?
For example, the cheapest cards I can buy for Switch 1 only cost $20, but should hold 100,000 photos, yet the Switch 1 only lets me save 10,000 photos, so 90% of the space is wasted.
Is there anyway to format the card so the Switch thinks it is 10 separate cards, so I can actually use all the space on the card.
4) If no, are there any SD card providers where I could buy 100 SD cards in bulk for a 50% discount per card to cut down on storage costs?
5) Also, how do you add a game to the site?
I own a Gamecube game called "Namco Museum" where, in the Switch eshop review, they mention the Gamecube version, but the Gamecube version is not listed on the site.
I was trying to add it to my games collection, but I do not own the Switch version.
1. No, but you can send them to your phone using the Nintendo Switch app.
2. I doubt that many people have reached it yet, but the videos are the same quality as switch 1, so just about as many as a 256GB card
3. Since the switch 2 can only have a single card at a time, there is no way to get the system to recognize it as 2.
4. I doubt any good Express cards have that option yet, considering they are so sought after.
5. I don't know
Bonus. You might wanna look into a capture card
Bonus bonus. What? Why are you taking so many screenshots every night? (No judgement, just curious)
1) I do not use a cell. Is there anyway to send the photos and videos to an e-mail address or website that allows you to post huge volumes of photos that I can then save to my computer?
2) The 128 GB SD card I buy for Switch 1 theoretically holds 100,000 photos, but Nintendo randomly limits what you can actually save to 10,000 photos.
Same as the card should theoretically hold 10,000 videos, but Nintendo randomly limits to what you can actually save to 1,000 videos.
Since the limits seem random, I was wondering if those caps are removed for Switch 2?
3) Also, I meant could you format the card to operate as Cards 1-10 and then just turn the "on" state of the card to 8 so I could use that 10% of the card to save that day and then change the "on" state to 9 when I run out of space and then just use that 10% of the card to save the next time so I am only using one portion of the card at the same time?
As it is, 90% of the space is wasted on every card, but they no longer sell the smaller 16 GB cards.
Bonus A) Where do you put the Capture Card into Switch 1?
Does it just go into the SD card slot?
Bonus B) I like to keep stats for my games, so I take a photo and video after every obstacle I complete in a level.
So, there are about 50 obstacles per level, so I take a video of each one.
Also, since the Switch 1 only runs 2 frames per second, that is not specific enough, so I just mash the capture button as many times as I can for obstacles where I can reach that button without losing a life.
Bonus C) One benefit of taking so many videos was I triggered a glitch in a game where I completed the mission, but fell into a lake and the character could not get out.
So, I have 60 seconds of video footage of the interior of the lake and the character trying to jump out unsuccessfully before the floor caves in and I lose a life.
I have no idea if that glitch is common, but I was only able to get it on video due to my penchant for taking a video after every obstacle.
A capture card goes from the hdmi port to your computer. For your purposes I highly recommend it as you would save money over buying multiple express cards.
You can use a usb cable to your computer and transfer all media photos videos.
or you can remove the sd card and put it in an sd card reader and do the same
when you verify the copy the images and videos are good copies everything works return the sd card to the switch and erase the photos and video this step can be down on the computer as well.
Remember Nintendo wants you to copy the whole folder structure just do the first half of the instructions and then return the sd card to the switch and remove photos and video if you are more comfortable. thing to remember don't delete your save files.
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