Recording stops at 4gb file size

[experiencebliss]

Hi, I am new to this technology but last week got everything going .... almost. I run a Hauppauge 1600 on an older PC, GBPVR 1.4.7, Schedule Direct EPG. Out here in the middle of nowhere we only get analog cable TV. My set up is pretty simple. I record movies to a 250 GB external HD, edit them in VideoReDo, then burn them to disc.

Everything was just dandy until I decided to record in high quality. Now the recordings stop at 4GB file size - or 1.34 min run time - which cuts off the end of the movies. I increased the post show padding time to ensure a full two hour recording time, but that didn't change anything. Still had movies stop at 4 GB.

I'm sure it's something dumb I did or didn't do but I can't figure it out. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Dell Dimensions 3000, intel pentium 4 (3GHz)
XP Home, SP3
512 RAM (hey, it works)
Hauppauge 1600 (don't use remote because no STB)
GBPVR 1.4.7
Schedule Direct EPG
Western Digital 250GB external HD
Analog cable, no STB

[mvallevand]

If your external drive is formatted FAT32 you would have a 4GB limit, you would need to reformat it NTFS

Martin

[pcostanza]

Sounds like your drive is FAT32 which has a 4GB file size limit. To get past this size limit, you would have to convert to NTFS.
Maybe this site will help. http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php

[experiencebliss]

Thanks to both of you for your quick replies! I'll give reformatting a go. Thanks again.

[pcostanza]

You shouldn't need to format, a conversion should work however, BACK UP FIRST!

[pBS]

yea, conversion will upgrade it to ntfs, but as he said, backup first..
but be prepared for a long wait, it can take as much as a day to convert depending on how big drive is and how much data is already on it, and how full drive is...
if you don't have much on it, it shouldn't take more than a few hours..