[MPlayer-users] What file system will let me have a indexed file over 4 gb

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 07:44:59PM +0000, darkshadow at shaw.ca wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> I am trying to capture video using from tv then edit out commercials
> but without a index I can't get rid of the commercials.
> 
> I have a 19gb video file that has no index and if I use the command
> "mencoder recording.avi -vo copy -ao copy -idx" it freezes when the
> output hits 4gb even and if I just try to watch it with a index
> "mplayer recording.avi -idx" when I go to the scene at the 4 gb mark
> it freezes. Watching it without a index works fine all the way
> through.
> 
> 
> So is there any file system I could use to get rid of these
> limitation since I heard this is a file system problem. Plus if it
> requires more then a simple modification to the kernels config
> instructions would be nice

This has nothing to do with filesystem; it's a limitation of AVI
files.

Rich