a a wrote:
Hello all
i have 2 .avi file sized 4.9 Gig and 12 Gig, and i want to convert them to 2 mpeg files, but when i run mencoder as usual to change these files, it works on them until it reaches the 4096 MB of input file and then it stops without any unusual message :-(
Then i got the last version of mplayer sources (1-rc2) and myself compiled it with option --enable-largefiles and again converted those files with new mencoder, but no any benefits was made. The filesystems that i used for input and output files were ext3 . and the OSs were Ubuntu-7.10-amd64 and Knoppix-5.1.1 on 2 computers with same result.
What is the problem , and its solutions ? How can i convert such files?
I am sure it is not a mencoder issue per se, because I am currently working with files in excess of 30Gb (bluray disc rips) with mplayer and mencoder, with no issues. My filesystem is NTFS, however, on Windows. If I had to hazard a guess, you are bumping up against a filesystem limit (4Gb is a common limit). I don't know anything about the limits of ext3, however, so others with more knowledge will have to speak up on the issue.