using ntfs the max file size is 4 GB,

[ferry]

I am using ntfs and capturing the vide from dig. camera sony through usb cabel. I need some another soft to make direct any bid avi and not only 4GB filez. Plz help me.
thx

[asisoft]

AFAIK, NTFS does not have limit while for FAT32, the largest single file size is 4GB.

[D_Knife]

It's probably the software that is taking the USB stream that has a 4GB limitation. With the right software NTFS has no practical limitation.

A more important question is why are you only using USB on a DV camera?? You should be using firewire ( ilink )

[ferry]

I know, but why the sofware produces only 4GB files? My all partitions are ntfs. I don't know. Perhapes it is a problem of that software. Can you suggest me some good software for capturing via usb cabel? thx

[D_Knife]

Since you haven't said what software you are using I can only guess
1 old
2 poorly designed
3 both

Ditch the USB connection and USB software
download DVIO and get a cheap firewire card and get rid of your problems

I have a Sony TRV-22 - I use firewire and have made 3 hour 45Gb captures without frame drops

[D_Knife]

In response to your pm
no - I can't suggest any USB software
you are losing so much quality and making life just that much harder for yourself

How come you can't get a firewire card????

edit - I can't suggest any USB software as I don't use USB for capture

[ferry]

I use Imagemixer 1.0 or avi_io (trial). Both made me only 4GB files.

[Craig Tucker]

Firewire, Firewire, Firewire

[gcutler]

I use Imagemixer 1.0 or avi_io (trial). Both made me only 4GB files.

Some software dose not want to (or can't) detect the filesystem and makes a worst case scenario of FAT32. A trial SW may do it just so you buy the full product?

If a retail or liscensed version of the product does not allow you to go beyond 4GB, then I would pick another product.

[steptoe]

Supply more details, then you will get a much better answer :

What exactly is the model of your DV camcorder

What system have you got, how old is it roughly

Exactly what are you trying to achive ...... Are you simply copying the data from the DV camcorder, create an AVI/MPEG, edit the movie, etc, etc

There is software that can edit DV files directly, so that might be a better start. Save it as a DV format, and convert/edit from there .... Am I correct in saying this ??


How big is your hard drive you are using, and is it split into a partitions or one huge drive (if partitioned, and is set at 4GB where you are saving you're file, there's a problem straight away)


If you insist on USB, is it USB 1.1 or USB 2. I haven't much experience of USB for capturing, but I do know USB 2.0 is MUCH faster than USB 1.1

You will certianly get dropped frames with USB 1.1, it just can't keep up with the amount of data needed to be transfered across the cable. A USB 2.0 PCI card is about £15-20 in UK

[ferry]

Thank you all for helping me.