Re: Is NTFS OK for Audio?


In article <11gc59i36dt131e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> tman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I set up my Widows2000 workstation with a FAT32 file system rather
> than a NTFS file system because I read that large files streamed faster
> using FAT32.

I don't know why they should, but I have a laptop with XP set up for
NTFS that seems like it works as well as can be expected. However, if
you're thinking in terms of removable disk drives and moving projects
to other comptuers, particularly Macs, FAT32 is likely to be more
interchangeable. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, FAT32 is part of the
AES recommended standard (unless it's part of the SPARS
recommendations) for interchange of digital audio projects.

> I am running up against the 4 gigabyte file size limitation of
> FAT32.

In reality, you're probalby running into a WAV file limitation, but
why do you need files that large anyway? That's about 4 track-hours at
24-bit 48 kHz. Planning to do a lot of 192 kHz concert recordings?


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