Re: [MiNT] File sizes

[p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk]

>---- Original Message ----
>From: Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>
>To: "mint" <mint@lists.fishpool.fi>
>Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009, 6:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [MiNT] File sizes
>
>On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 3:06 AM,  <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
>> I am trying to find out what the current file sizes are on Mint ext2fs
>>
>> I've just bought an external usb drive which came formatted with FAT32
>> This format is usefully portable but the files cannot be bigger than
>> 4Gbyte. I am trying to copy my diving videos onto the drive from pc laptop
>> so this is a limitation.
>>
>> I would like to keep the drive Atari friendly so that I can use it
>> when USB becomes workable either on the Milan or ACP Coldari.
>>
>> I have found a utility that can patch windows to use ext2fs and this
>> would hopefully mean I can use the drive on the Atari at some point.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> PS Merry Christmas everyone and welcome back Odd.
>>
>There should be no file size limits, those are OS limits, not format
>limits, remembering that they change "block" sizes to allow greater
>drive sizes. If there is a limit to files on ext2 it will be around
>4Gb also, and it will be the OS that limits it, not the format.
>
>BTW, what videos do you have that are larger than 4Gb, remembering
>that even on a dual layer DVD (8.5Gb) the video is normally split into
>pieces
>
>Paul

I am just experimenting with firewire capture of my diving videos
from DVCAM tapes. Using full resolution they are big files. Maybe
there is another video format that the files can be saved in that
requires less space using better compression.

I am using full PAL resolution at the moment and they aren't even
HiDef videos !

My other hobby is diving.

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