4GB filesize limit

batguano999 batguano999 at zoho.com
Thu Feb 13 13:59:10 EST 2014




>>
>> 4GB file limit sounds a lot more like an OS-/Filesystem-driven
>limitation than
>> a get_iplayer limitation.
>>
>Agreed. Sounds like you have hit the FAT32 file size limit.
>

Hi
I think the 4GB limit might be caused by RTMPDump.
I've downloaded the file using RTMPDump directly, without get_iplayer, and it cuts out at 3.99 GiB.
(Using 32-bit Ubuntu-12.04, Ext4 file system)

See here ---> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=MJQnrcpH

In the past I've seen bug reports about some versions of RTMPDump 'bailing out' at 4GB. :-(




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