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Originally Posted by freighttraininguphill
Yes, the GoPro automatically creates a new file after the file size reaches a certain point, as you found out. The ContourHD does the same thing, although I forgot what the file size has to be before a new file is created. I own both cameras.
Originally Posted by AdamDZ
4 Gigabytes is the individual file size limit for the disk filesystem used by cameras (FAT32), so the video files get broken up into chunks just under 4GB.
Thank you both for your replies. At 3.66GB for each of the two large files, that definitely falls under that 4GB limit. Not that it matters much, but I prefer one huge file, but I suppose I can edit multiple files into one when the time comes.

Thanks again, I appreciate the info.

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