capturing to external drives

dvideo wrote on 1/31/2006, 2:38 PM

some external drives that I capture to split the avi file into 4 gb pieces. I checked the preferences in the capture window and it should't be doing this. Any suggestions as how to bypass this?

Thanks

Comments

DavidMcKnight wrote on 1/31/2006, 2:49 PM

I think this indicates that the disk was formatted FAT32, and not NTFS. I don't know what the limit is with NTFS, but it's a lot higher than 4 GB.

groovedude wrote on 1/31/2006, 2:52 PM

A drive can't control video size, it's your capturing software that determines length of video data.

I capture soley to external IDE drives in firewire enclosures. Never had a problem. After always having capturing problems with Vegas's native capturing software I switched to free WinDV. Never had a problem with it since. Just make sure you select avi2 in the vid settings. You can get it here: http://windv.mourek.cz/

DavidMcKnight wrote on 1/31/2006, 3:26 PM

Microsoft Explanation

Double check your format type. If it is FAT32, reformat it as NTFS.

johnmeyer wrote on 1/31/2006, 3:30 PM

Almost certainly a FAT32 vs. NTFS. Do as David suggests.

vitalforce2 wrote on 1/31/2006, 3:34 PM

A Murphy's Law reminder: Reformatting will wipe anything already on that drive or partition you're capturing to.

Chienworks wrote on 1/31/2006, 3:40 PM

Using a drive converter (there is one built into Windows) will change it from FAT32 to NTFS without losing any data. It's very fast and painless.

Of course, to be safe, the data *should* be backed up first.