Re: ext3 filesize problem

From	Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: ext3 filesize problem
Date	2012-02-05 08:22 -0500
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On 01/21/2012 07:43 PM, J G Miller wrote:
> On Saturday, January 21st, 2012, at 23:53:02h +0000, Greg Russell asked:
>
>> Hello, we have an ext3 filesystem as follows, but the file size seems
>> limited to 2GB for some reason, causing the "motion" program to stop
>> when an mpeg file of that size is reached.
>
> I had never heard of the motion program before today.
>
> A web search took me to the home page which then provided a link
> to documentation at
>
> <http://www.lavrsen.DK/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuideBasicFeatures>
>
> I then use the browser "text search" feature with the key word "size".
>
> This eventually takes me down the page to
>
> QUOTE
>
>    Motion simply creates the timelapse film with a standard mpeg1 framerate.
>
>    Note : maximum size for timelapse files is 2GB.
>
> UNQUOTE
>
>> It's difficult to imagine that "motion" would limit the size
>
> Oddly enough I find it quite easy to imagine that.  ;)

But then

http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionGuideBasicFeatures#max_mpeg_time

would seem to contradict that unless I'm confusing issues.

-- 
Norman
Registered Linux user #461062
AMD64X2 6400+ Ubuntu 10.04 64bit

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ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-01-21 23:53 +0000
  Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-22 00:43 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2012-01-23 16:24 +0000
      Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-01-23 18:03 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-03 19:39 +0000
      Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-02-03 20:55 +0000
        Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 04:40 +0000
          Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 05:47 +0100
            Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 05:23 +0000
              Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 06:57 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-04 07:14 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-04 08:32 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2012-02-04 09:15 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Harold Stevens <wookie@limbo.localdomain> - 2012-02-04 05:07 -0600
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-02-05 01:19 +0100
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-05 01:34 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2012-02-04 07:47 -0600
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-02-04 15:24 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem Greg Russell <me@invalid.org> - 2012-02-05 01:22 +0000
                Re: ext3 filesize problem J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-02-05 01:58 +0000
    Re: ext3 filesize problem Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-02-05 08:22 -0500

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