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  • How do I fix this?

    Posted by Bigred on June 16, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    All,

    I am receiving this error on one of the computers in my editing room when trying to export video. The program is Avid Xpress Pro HD.

    “Error exporting a file to disk. The file cannot be created because it would exceed the two gigabyte file size limit. Export a shorter duration, or change your export settings.”

    Out of eight computers that are identical, running the same program, this is the only one that shows this error. I tried to figure out what needed to be changed but I cannot figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am running out of time to get this final project on DVD.

    Thanks,
    Steve

    Michael Kammes replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Michael Kammes

    June 16, 2011 at 4:39 pm

    What kind of drive are you exporting too? Is it FAT formatted? The resulting file size from your export may exceed the limitations of the FAT file system. So, either reformat the Hard Drive (this will erase everything), or, export to a different drive that is NTFS (Windows) formatted.

    Make sure you have enough free space on your CPU…AND empty the trash to make sure!

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