[vdr] Re: Max. Filesize

[Patrick Cernko <errror@errror.org>]

Boris Lenzinger wrote:
> I think it is related to max file size for a FAT32 partition...
> If it was larger, then on a FAT32 partition, you could not see your file 
> anymore.
not exactly! Linux is of course able to handle files larger than 2GB but 
not on FAT partitions! Files >2GB also _are_ seen with ls (if you don't 
have a very old version of ls).

> Biglui wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody, why ist the max. Filesize in the VDR limited to 2000 MB?
The real reason is, that the files a indexed with integer offsets which 
only have a range to address byte offsets up to 2GB.

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