Re: Question: File size limitations.

[Habil Silva <habil.silva@netc.pt>]

Download BeOS 5 Personal Edition: http://free.be.com and look for a 'striped
harddisk' filesystem add-on, at http://beware.com. I haven't tried it
because I have no need for it, but the documentation says it has no maximum
file size, and allows much greater recording bandwidth (640x480 16 bit at
30fps uncompressed). It accomplishes this by ignoring all data structures:
no FAT, no partitions: it writes/reads raw data to/from the harddisk
directly.
And, if you have a compatible video capture device:
http://www.be.com/support/guides/beosreadylist_intel.html, you won't need
Linux or Windows :)

PS.: My ISP messed up my mailbox, and I was able to read my mail only
recently!


----- Original Message -----
From: <laguna@fortress.ourmag.com>
To: <gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 1:05 AM
Subject: Question: File size limitations.


> Hi All,
>
> Not sure how much of an impact this has in game programming, but for some
> video clips I'm working on, I've kinda run into a problem with file size
> limitations.
>
> The Situation:
>
> - 30-40GB of drive space dump site for raw Video and Audio streams to be
>   streamed into a file. (Later to be converted into Mpeg2 Video)
>
> - Would like to record long clips.
>
> The Problem:
>
> - 2GB file size limit on the filesystem I'm using. (Ext2 under Linux).
>   (I think there is a similar limit under Window's filesystem, but not
>    sure what's the actual number, if it differs from the 2GB limit.)
>
>
> The Question:
>
> What would be a good way of working around this limitation aside from just
> breaking up the file into smaller segments? Like say I'd like to record
> about an hour's worth of SVHS quality video and CD quality audio data and
> there just isn't a desire to break the clip.
>
> Any other filesystems which can support single files in excess of 2GB
> which would work under Linux?
>
> I realise the splitting of the file is the easiest solution, but would
> also like to know what other options exist.
>
> Wing.
>
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