4gb avi limit

[Dayv]

Is there a way to get around the 4gb avi limit on a fat32 drive using VirtualDub?

[Greg12]

yes and no.

No-you cannot get a single avi file to excede 2 gigabytes.

yes-some programs will split the capture file every 2 gigabytes.

4GB is a limit for non-avi files.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Greg12 on 2001-11-03 18:17:32 ]</font>

[Dayv]

I can make an AVI up to 3.99gb then I get the message that an AVI can't excede 4gb on a fat32 drive. From what I understand the limits are 2gb for fat16 4gb for fat32 I'm not sure about NTFS but I know its huge. Converting to NTFS might be an option because I am using XP pro. But I thought I saw in a previos post that there was a way to get around it using VDub. I played with it but a can't seem to find any seamless capture option or anything like that.

[Vejita-sama]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/faq.htm#spillsystem

You can use AVI_IO too (some people get less dropped frames with AVI_IO vs. VDub) but it's limited to 3 files unless you register the program. I just use VDub

[jeremypps]

I converted my fat32 into ntfs, now no more 4gb limit.

[vitualis]

Dayv,

Although the FILESIZE limit in FAT32 is 4GB, there is still a legacy 2 GB limit on AVI files (even if you are using NTFS). It depends on the program you are working on. Some programs will not open an AVI file larger than 2 GB (e.g., Adobe Premiere 5.x).

As for VDub, read the readme files and search the web again. You can use the spill system to do seamless captures over a number of files.

Regards.

[BOXINGJUNKIE]

http://www.vcdhelp.com/faq.htm#spillsystem
Try this here. I think this is what you are looking for. It worked for me.

Thanks Boxingjunkie

[thxkid]

Go buy a hardware encoder for $199 and you can capture an entire movie in MPEG2 SVCD in less than 2GB, if you can afford XP Pro then a hardware card should be no problem.

[Dayv]

No I can't really afford the hardware encoder. XP pro was free from microsoft. Its one of the only perks for being in computer sales. What I was trying to do is capture at a higher resolution. My capture card doesn't do a very good job at the higher resolution any way so I'm not to concerned. What I can do works good enough for now. I probaly wount be satisfied until I get DVD quality out of a VCD or until I get a DVD burner. I could win the loto