Anyway to get around the 4GB video file size limit?

[lostchild]

Well I found out the hard way that the max file size the camera app would record is 4GB. That's about 30 min of 1080p and it will stop. I couldn't find a way to get around that. Anyone use a different camera app that does not have this limitation? Thanks.

 

[SpookDroid]

Are you saving to SD Card? If so, you may need to re-format your card from FAT32 (the format that limits file sizes to 4GB) to exFAT.

 

[ManiacJoe]

The 4gig limit is a limitation of the FAT-32 file system. You need to format the card using a "bigger" file system that the phone still understands.

Most bigger camera systems work around this by stopping and immediately restarting with a new file.

In all honesty, if you are looking to do that much video recording, you probably want a dedicated video camera any way for the better video recording.

 

[lostchild]

Ah I think I format the card using the phone's format option. I guess I will need to plug it into a computer and format it with the other system....

 

[Inspgadget113]

How do you format it bugger using a mac?

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[SpookDroid]

This from the GoPro site but it should work for a phone's SD card. Note that, apparently, MacOS 10.6.5 and earlier does not support exFAT, so if this is your case, you might have to look for a program to do that and won't be able to format it natively.
https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ard-reformat-on-a-mac-computer&token=6m6hI0-d