Can I not export a 2 hour piece???

[scenedirector]

I know this is a stupid question, but I'm running the latest FCP (5.1.2) on a Quad G5.

I have been trying to export my 2 hour piece in the .avi format. Not for me. Another editor will be working on this 2 hour piece in a PC and asked for it in .avi

BUT, it always stops and gives the prompt "file too big." I tried it for a quicktime also, and the same thing.

I have set the settings to export in the highest quality of DV. I have a 250GB hardrive and a 300GB hardrive. There should be PLENTY of room to make the file. What am I doing wrong?

Is there some way that I need to defrag my hardrive or do some kind of software hardrive maintainence? Let me know, thanks!

 

[gunleik]

Hm... Couple of ways to address this...

1. What is your HD formatted as?
If you're delivering to a PC, I Guess FAT 32. Than you'll have a 2gb limit.

2. Why would you like to export 2 hours in one piece?
I cannot really see any rationale behind this.
My guess is that there is at least a couple of clean cuts within the 2 hours. Why not just break it up?

3. Like QT, AVI is not a format, but a container. Why not just export as a DV stream (.dv extension), readable from both Win and OSX.

4. Which NLE is your editor on?

sorta...

Gunleik