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4 Go max?!?

Postby Wyverex » Sat Jul 06, 2002 6:55 am

I ripped End of Eva off using FlaskMPEG but Flask crashes as soon as file size reaches 3.99 Go.
Someone told me it's due to Win98 restrictions. Is there any WinXP patch for that?

I tried DVD2AVI but it had stopped (no crash, just... stopped) at 1.7 Go.

Hey the total size must be something around 25 Go... I don't really want to have a 7 parts splitted film...
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Re: 4 Go max?!?

Postby jbone » Sat Jul 06, 2002 12:15 pm

Wyverex.CYPHER wrote:I ripped End of Eva off using FlaskMPEG but Flask crashes as soon as file size reaches 3.99 Go.
Someone told me it's due to Win98 restrictions. Is there any WinXP patch for that?

I tried DVD2AVI but it had stopped (no crash, just... stopped) at 1.7 Go.

Hey the total size must be something around 25 Go... I don't really want to have a 7 parts splitted film...


First, it's "GB" and not "Go." "GB" stands for GigaBytes, while "Go" is a card game popular in Japan iirc. :-)

The FAT32 file system is the cause of the file size limitations. Wintows 2000 (aka Windows NT 5.0) and Windows XP (aka Windows NT5.1) are able to use NTFS (NT File System), which removes the file size limitation.

If you reformat your hard drive(s) and install Windows 2000 or XP, then you can convert the drives to NTFS and will no longer have to worry abuot file size limitations.


...however, there are far superior tools than FlaskMPEG you can use. Some programs, such as VirtualDub, will let you split up an AVI into multiple pieces, to be reassembled later. I'd highly suggest you look into alterative procedures/programs before you go and reformat your hard drive(s)...
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Postby Wyverex » Sat Jul 06, 2002 2:06 pm

GB means Gigabyte and Go means Gigaoctet such as Kiloctet or Megaoctet... isn't it the same thing?

Thanks for explanation. I'll format my DD in a day or two because of tons of problems so I'll take a look to that NTFSystem.
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Postby jbone » Sat Jul 06, 2002 5:18 pm

While "octet" makes sense (as there are 8 bits in a byte, meaning that a byte is an "octet" of sorts), I've never heard of anyone referring to a byte as an "octet" - not even among the handfull of European people I've talked to over the 'Net.

It's quite possible that some people use it as a term... I'd appreciate any references. :)
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Postby Wyverex » Sat Jul 06, 2002 5:40 pm

My native laguage is french and on every french forum i've been to we use GB as well as Go, makes no difference. Now i know what to use and i'll flame every single member who still say "Go", just as you did.

By the way why does Windows XP Pro French edition says "Go" too?
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Postby klinky » Sat Jul 06, 2002 5:45 pm

Acutally it looks like GigaOctet is what frenchies use instead of Gigabyte, or they're interchangable....

Not sure exactly why, never really heard of GigaOctet before, but there is such a thing I guess.


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Postby Wyverex » Sat Jul 06, 2002 6:38 pm

1 octet = 8 bits
1 byte = 8 bits

So no trouble say what you want ^_^.
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Postby bedlam » Sun Jul 07, 2002 7:07 am

And Go isn't a card game....
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Postby derobert » Sun Jul 07, 2002 10:20 am

jbone wrote:I've never heard of anyone referring to a byte as an "octet" [...]

It's quite possible that some people use it as a term... I'd appreciate any references. :)

Octet is the proper technical term for an 8-bit byte, and was often used in the days when there were 9-bit bytes as well. Even recent RFCs still use the term. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2141.txt; http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2279.html.

And, of course, http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc3252.html.
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