Capture time with Pinnacle 7

[bskit88]

Why does pinnacle studio 7 only let me capture 17 min and 55 seconds at a time? And Is there a way around this?

I intend on using my DV camera as a passthrough to capture all my old VHS tapes. (they are all 2 hours long) I would like to put it on capture and leave ( not come back every 17 minutes)

If I upgrade to version 8 is the capture time still limited?

Thanks.

[Bronx]

What OS are you using?

[Will Hay]

My money is on FAT32 being the problem.
Considering the size of DV (circa 13gb/hr) that sounds like it's stoppingcapture at 4gb.
Will

[bskit88]

I'm using XP (fat32). I'm trying to get a full quality capture, so I can edit it later.

Can I capture with different software and import it into Studio 7?

[LongRed]

Limit with FAT32 is always 4 GB nevertheless which capture programm you use. So you need to capture in pieces of 4 GB or change to NTFS.

[bskit88]

Thanks, I understand now.

I have a computer on order with separate harddrives, so maybe I'll put NTFS on the storage drive.

I'll do a search and see what the difference between Fat32 and NTFS.