File Limit

RichardG wrote on 3/29/2001, 4:21 PM

Hello,
I'm new digital video editing. I have been using Fast Video
machine with two source hi-8 decks into VM and then out to
a Sony DV recorder, with excellent results. However I want
to move on and have purchased a DV camera. My computer is
running Win98me and is now equipped with Vegas and
firewire. I have done a few three minute music videos for
practice using Sonic's capture/print utility. And
everything seems to work perfectly. I now need to know
about maximum file lengths and what to do about the
restrictions. I understand certain products will split an
over the limit file and join it back together during print
back to DV. Is this possible with Vegas, if so how? If not,
What to do? I need to be able to make at least 60 minute
video's, storage is not a problem.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Regards
RichardG

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Caruso wrote on 4/1/2001, 9:10 PM

Sonic:
How well would a system with Win2k installed on a 7200 RPM
drive (my drive D) using NTSF work if all video activity
took place on that drive.

I currently have two external firewire drives, but ran into
a problem trying to install Win2k to them (would have set
one of them up as NTSF). Those drives are 80 gig each. My
D drive is 35 GIG, which, by the time I load Win2k, capture
source footage, assemble a long project from those captured
avi's, then render yet again to avi a project that would
exceed FAT32's 4gig limit, my NTSF 35 gig will probably
have filled up, hence, defeating the purposes of going NTSF
in the first place.

Of course, you would be correct in advising that, if I
converted my entire machine to NTSF, I wouldn't have a
problem. However, I still use my computer to run FAT32
programs that won't run under Win2k, so, I cannot, at this
time, devote my entire machine to my video "hobby".

Any suggestions appreciated.

Caruso