rtv_extract program problem

Hi vidman. I have also had the same problem. I assume you are extracting a show recorded in high quality mode. From what I understand, the problem is that windows 98 only can handle a file of about 4GB maximum. A 2 hour show at high quality is about 6GB. That, I believe, is why you keep getting the error at about an hour and a half. I think windows 2000 and windows XP can handle the larger file sizes but I don't know how the extract program handles these operating systems when copying to their drives. Hope this helps.


Terry

it shouldn't matter that I use Windows 98 because it always screws up on the transfer in Linux, not in windows. I get around the 2GB limit transfer in windows by using xcopy and, yes, I am talking about a 2 hour program recorded on high

It's not the operating system, but the file system that dictates the maximum file size. If you are transfering to a FAT or FAT32 partition, you are going to run into problems with "big" files. NTFS partitions should have no problems dealing with those files though.


Ben.