Questions about AVI and NTFS

wvg wrote on 9/13/2001, 12:05 AM

I'm confused. I know there is the 4GB ceiling with the FAT 32 file system of Windows 98. It there also a size limitation of AVI files?

I want to make a really big (30GB or more) AVI video as a SINGLE file. I know NTFS (Windows 2000, Windows XP) can handle that large a file, but can the AVI format itself or is an uncompressed AVI file itself limited to no more that 4GB in size?

Comments

Ted_H wrote on 9/13/2001, 10:29 AM

The 4GB file size restriction is a restriction for AVI files on FAT32 drives. If you have Windows 2000 and your drive is formatted to NTFS, you are limited only by your available drive space.

Ted

Chienworks wrote on 9/13/2001, 5:49 PM

Or, in more direct response to wvg, 4GB is the limit for any file type
under FAT-32, not just for AVI files. The restriction is due to the OS,
not the file type. Under NTFS, AVI files and most any other file have
no such size restriction.

Correct?

LanceL wrote on 9/13/2001, 6:28 PM

Totally correct.