[MPlayer-users] probs with files > 2GB

GS HUNT ghunt at cogeco.ca
Tue Oct 28 22:52:55 CET 2003


On Tuesday 28 October 2003 10:08 pm, wil wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
>
> I can't seem to get this working ok.
> I was running from the latest official source and files larger than 2GB
> gave me a missing or damaged index block.
> (did ./configure --enable-largefiles when bulding it)
> So this afternoon i switched to the latest CVS tarball and again ran
> ./configure --enable-largefiles and made/installed it...
> Everything seems to work, but again...files larger than 2GB
> go corrupt with a missing or damaged index.
> I'm only using mencoder on the console, never get into X.
>


What type of file system are you using? If it is Micro$oft Windoze (VFAT) 
there is your problem as they are limited to 2GB . If you are using a linux 
ext2/ext3, I have no idea..

Gary






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