AVI File Restriction in Windows XP

[Syndrome]

Hey Guys

I have Windows XP Pro, and I wanted to record a movie (in AVI format) through my video in card. However it seems that once it reaches 4 gig or something, it automatically stops recording. (about 15 mins or so in uncompressed avi) is there any way around this so i record in it? I COULD record in mpeg-1 but i am continually having problems encoding that to a SVCD.

thx
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[T0yman]

If you have WinXP or Win2k make a partition or drive NTFS that will fix the size problem, if win98 or Winme you'll have to cut into sections.

[Syndrome]

Ok, so how do i change my drive to NTFS since i have windows XP Pro.

Thanks for the help
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[kenmo]

From a DOS prompt type

CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS

This would convert your C drive to NTFS so substitute the drive letter of the disk you wish to convert. Please note once converted you can not convert back to FAT16 or FAT32 unless you re-format. But whom would want to convert back anyway.....

[Syndrome]

Hey all,

Well I wanted to capture in AVI format, and I was told i needed to convert my drive to NTFS.

I then went to a command prompt and typed in "convert D: /FS:NTFS" but when i did, a prompt came up and said "The type of the file system is FAT32. Enter current colume label for drive D: " and i didnt know what to type.

What do i do?
Syndrome

[Syndrome]

also, this wont erase anything on my hard-drive correct?

[bunyip]

Here is an excerpt from the windows help files..

"If you decide to use a different file system, you must back up your data and then reformat the volume using the new file system. However, you can convert a FAT or FAT32 volume to an NTFS volume without formatting the volume, though it is still a good idea to back up your data before you convert."

So while it says that a convert will retain the data, they acknowledge there is always a risk of lost data.

If you don't want to do this yet you can always do segmented captures, VirtualDub and AVI_io support this. That is, they capture to multiple files, keeping each one within the legal limts.

You can then use frameserving to feed the multiple files to your SVCD encoder as a single file.

[heretic422]

Syndrome,

You can type whatever you want, it's just a label and can be changed later through drive properties.

Another way is from your desktop, right click My Computer and select Manage. Then select Disk Manager or Disk Management. You'll see your drives on top and then below them a graphical representation. If you just poke around carefully by right clicking on different parts of the window, you'll see what you're looking for. If you convert from BASIC to DYNAMIC disk you'll have to go to NTFS, <I think>, I usually just start off with NTFS.

Good luck but definitely look this up on Microsoft's page.

[Syndrome]

I was just wondering, I have 2 hard-drives, would it make them incompatible with eachother if one was FAT32 and one was NTFS? or do they both have to have the same format to communicate?

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[bunyip]

Windows XP can handle both on the same system - you won't notice any difference. Deleting, writing, copying between drives and so on remains the same.

The only restriction is if you run a multi boot system with Win98 on the same PC - 98 will not be able to access the NTFS disk.

[dcsos]

Also, after the NTFS conversion a DOS boot disc will not work on your system.
There is some opinion that the method of conversion you suggest doesn't use the optimum block sze possible in nTFS because its done "after the fact"
the fellow wh suggested MYCOMPUTER>rigtclic>MANAGE>DiskTools, has a better approach that will necessitate re formating and doing other than the drive you're operating from -(not the boot drive)