tired of looking 4gb limit patch

[tazzila]

Sorry i've really looked all over I thought at one time I found a link to down load a patch to fix the fat32 4gb file limit so you could capture a complete film verse 20 minutes If you could help thanks

[Greg12]

Their is only one fix.

Convert to the NTFS file system. It's limit is like one petabyte.


Now the catch 22

Only Windows NT, 2000 and XP support NTFS.

[tazzila]

One question I have on your response If I install windows Xp do I have to do anything to get around the 4gb limit or is it a feature that is standard with the xp O.S Like fat32 is with ME?

[agzz]

i'd think youd have to convert.

[sommersby]

if you do an upgrade you will have to convert your file system after, no problem XP does all the work, if you do a fresh install XP will ask you in the beginning which file system you want to use.

[mikewg]

Why not just use VirtualDub or AVI_IO, those programs allow for spilling... meaning you can record a file, and when it hits the 4 Gig limit (or any limit you specify, I use 1.9 Gigs), it'll spill over and start capturing into a new file... then you can attach those files seemlessly and there'll be no break in the video. I do this all the time with Windows 98 (and FAT32) and can capture up to 6 1/2 hours in my 60 Gig hard drive.