Version: 0.10.2cvs (using KDE 3.1.1) Installed from: SuSE Compiler: gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.20-4GB-athlon I tried to burn a DVD+RW with files larger than 2GB (resp. 2.8 GB and 3.9 GB); k3b didn't at all complain but the files were just not on the DVD. Nothing noticed in the debug output. Splitting the files to chunks of 2000KB solves the problem. I wasn't able to find the file size limit of iso9660 (I've read somewhere 2GB for Video DVD and 4GB for Data DVDs), but K3b should at least complain that some files are too big. I use dvd+rw-tools-5.14.4.7.4-0.pm.1 from Packman.links2linux.de and a self-compiled version of their package k3b-0.10.2-0.pm.0 (self-compiled to support KDE 3.1.1).
mkisofs ignores these files. You'll see that in the debug output if you call growisofs huge-file
*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.
I do not fully agree with the resolution: I understand the comment from Stephan so that growisofs, if called by hand, shows that it ignores files bigger than 2GB. Nevertheless an user from K3B doesn't see these messages and, in my opinion, should be warned independently by K3B, best at drag&drop time: "this file you just added might be too big (limit is 2GB) and ignored during the burning phase", or something like this. Thanks, Eric
See preceding comment (did it the wrong way around, sorry).
I said: It is fixed! ;)
I don't see that this bug has been fixed as of KDE 3.5.2. I tried to burn a 4 GB file to a data DVD with UDF. k3b helpfully gave the warning "Found files bigger than 2 GB. These files will only be fully accessible if mounted with UDF". However, this implies that the file will actually be burned. As you can see from the attached screenshot, it was not. k3b burned only the three 128 MB files and ignored the 4 GB file. If k3b (or mkisofs, or whatever other program k3b depends on) still cannot handle files larger than 2GB, then k3b needs to warn the user of this.
Created attachment 18851 [details] Screenshot showing k3b ignoring a 4 GB file
please provide the debugging output from this burn so I can see the mkisofs command line.
How do I provide debugging output?
the last one is saved in ~/.kde/share/apps/k3b/lastlog but the "standard" way is to use the button in the burning progess window once the burning finished (you may do a simulation)
Created attachment 18855 [details] k3b log file; includes mkisofs warnings that a file is being ignored See the attached log. I note that the following warning which says a file is being ignored appears twice, though the warning was never shown within k3b. [mkisofs] /usr/bin/mkisofs: Value too large for defined data type. File /mnt/mar ten/tmp/backup/2006-12-07_full.1.dar is too large - ignoring The file in question, 2006-12-07_full.1.dar, is exactly 4 GB in size (4294967296 bytes).
Can this bug be marked as REOPENED now please?
no, you are using an outdated version of k3b.