Capture software that splits files 4GB Need help ! Fast !

[Biper]

I need a directshow capture software which slipts the avi file when it reach 4GB. Need help fast ! Going to capture very soon. Thanks in advice.

[Vejita-sama]

Have you tried Virtual Dub or AVI_IO? VDub is free. AVI_IO is demo/shareware (can capture up to 12GB IIRC) $25 to unlock. Check the faq for how to capture w/ VDub.

[Biper]

Well I can't capture in higher res than X*288 in VirtualDub.

[Vejita-sama]

Why is that? What happens when you try? Could be that you're in overlay mode and some capture cards don't allow you to capture both fields unless you're in preview.

Also possible that that's the limit of your capture card.

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[Biper]

i don't know what the problem is but I have tried alot of different settings in VirtualDUB and in many capture programs. What I need is a DirectShow capture software which can capture over 4GB.

[Vejita-sama]

Ok, so again what happens when you try to set the resolution higher than ???x288 in VDub Have you tried switching to preview mode? If this happens in other capture programs it makes me think it's a limitation of the card. Check the capture card guide and/or look at the makes' url to double check that it can capture at higher resolutions.

[Biper]

It says: Unsupported format.
but when I had Windows ME I could capture in higher resolutions. (I am on XP now). But when I use iuVCR I can capture in 640x480+ because it is a directshow capture software. But it wont capture over 4GB.

[mikerios]

Fat32 filesize limits kicks in at 4gb, but with ntfs you can go higher. I found this out the when i tried to move a 4.7gb file from a raid0 set up ( formatted in ntfs ) to a raid0 set up ( formatted fat32 ) and kept getting not enough space error message despite the fact that I had 60 gb free on the raid array. It was when I copied back to the raid array that was in ntfs and it worked that tipped me off to what was going on. Since then I have converted the other raid array under windows xp to ntfs by running the following command

CONVERT E:/FS:NTFS

where as E was my drive letter. This works under XP and 2000 as I run both.

-= mike =-

[Biper]

Thanks, I tried to convert the disk and it worked fine ! I even think that NTFS is faster than FAT32.

[NightWing]

Be carefull! Some editors dont like thing over 2 and 4gb in size.

Not sure if its Directshow but the one I like is AVI IO. Easy to use and greate for TV capture. Like the other one handles the dreaded 71 minute problem. Usualy set mine to split on 1.7gb. Let Tmpge do the smashing.

The download demo of AVI IO has limits but is usable.

Happy Hollidays
Nightwing

[mikerios]

Am aware of so me editors 2gb file limit, but this is on AVI files if I recall, but when editing in other programs such as Video Vegas, it seemed to handle file sizes up to 5.7 Gb ( mpeg2 ) so far so good with no error messages or crashes, still new to all of this but I am learing alot from the posts here and my trial by experimintation.