AVI filesize info

[KRSESQ]

Anyone Know where to find info on how AVI filesize limits are implimented?

According to MS, AVI file size cannot exceed the size of the partition it is written on, but was fixed at 2 - 4 GB in Windows.

There HAS to be a way to crack this!

All thoughts on the subject welcome.

Kevin

[Dr Mordrid]

There is no real way to "crack" this. It's a built-in limitation of the FAT and FAT32 filesystems and the software you're using. Here are the combos & their limits;

WinNT4/Win2K with NTFS: virtually unlimited.

Win98/98SE with FAT32: 4 gigs with programs that are OpenDML compliant, 2 gigs with those that aren't. MSPro 6 is, Premiere 5.1c isn't without plugin support. Even some codecs are limited in their OpenDML support.

Win95 OSR-2 with FAT32: the same as Win98/98SE.

Win95 with FAT16: 1 or 2 gigs, depending on its update status.

The best work-around is AVI_IO's ability to create serial 2 or 4 gig captures. String these sequentially on the timeline and you can play to the vidout as long a project as you want for recording on tape.

As for saving a >4 gig *.avi, nope.

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 15 December 2000).]

[KRSESQ]

What, in your opinion, is the best utility for stringing together multiple .AVIs for rendering into a simple MPEG file? Second best, Third, etc?

Thanks, Doc.

Kevin

[Dr Mordrid]

I usually end up doing it one of three ways;

1. Setting up a series of project files in TMPGEnc then batch encoding them. Next use the TMPGEnc MPEG tools to attach them.

2. Encoding a string of files right from the MSPro6 timeline using the Ligos encoder (properly tweaked, of course).

3. Loading them onto the Premiere 5.1c timeline then using AVISynth to pipe the data to TMPGEnc for encoding.

#1 and #3 give the highest quality because of the involvement of TMPGEnc.

Dr. Mordrid

[Sciascia]

I would also imagine that you could use the "Append video segment" and try frame serving to your encoder with VDub. I am not sure if there would be any jumps between tracks, but it should work. By the way, VDub is my new favorite app for the week. I've had it for quite awhile, but used it primarily for capturing. The ability to add filters and string segments and recompress... this is just a great app.