Re: [linux-audio-user] "File size limit exceeded" (2gb)

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] "File size limit exceeded" (2gb)
From: Richard Guenther (rguenth_AT_tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 11:10:55 EEST


On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 11:00:12PM -0400, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > Also worth noting is that I can create a file larger than 2GB using:
> > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/2gb_test_file
> >
> > So it seems that its not the filesystem.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> In order for large files to work as you expect them (ie, in Audacity or
> Ecasound), the apps need to be compiled with large file support. Since
> it sounds like you have Audactiy and Ecasound from before you had LFS,
> you may need to try recompiling them.
>
> Also, on your reiserfs filesystem, if you mkresierfs'ed it as a version
> 3.5 LFS won't work - you'll need to remkfs and make it version 3.6.

In fact, .wav files are limited to 2^31 bytes anyway. So you'll have no
success creating such a large .wav file. Choose another format. But the
points made above remain valid.

Richard.

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