--- Lee Menningen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > Like > Alan's Sony it also starts a new file when the files > gets large, but this > one does it at 4gb. I tend to take many shorter > clips rather than just > letting the camera run so as yet I don't know > whether frames are lost at the > break.
I wonder what format the drives in these cameras use? FAT16 supports a maximum volume size of 2gig, so they can't be using FAT16. FAT32 under Windows 9x and ME supports larger volumes than the drives in these cameras, but the maximum file size is only 2gig. FAT32 under Windows 2000 and XP has the same volume size limits as 9x and ME but ups the maximum file size to 4gig. NTFS under Windows NT4, 2000, XP and Vista supports practically unlimited volume and file sizes. My guess is the cameras that break videos at 2gig are using the FAT32 specification for Win9x or later compatibility while cameras that break at 4gig are using the 2K/XP FAT32 specification and aren't 9x/ME compatible. If for some Microsoft related reason they can't use NTFS, they could use one of the Linux filesystems and include software for 2000/XP/Vista/OS X to be able to read the drive directly and copy over large, un-chunked video files. Using such, the camera company wouldn't have to pay license fees or royalties to anyone for the filesystem. (Then there's the thing where 2000 and XP alter the format of any media with a formatted size of less than exactly 32meg to FAT12 if you reformat it with those versions of Windows. That's especially nasty for devices that either have no built in ability to format their media, or can, but only if it's already FAT16.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
