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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0010121ardourbugspublic2026-01-13 11:54
Reporterlaex Assigned Tox42  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformUbuntuOSLinuxOS Version(any)
Product Version8.12 
Summary0010121: There is no warning/error when archive exceeds maximum file size
DescriptionI guess, this doesn't concern a lot of people today... Nevertheless I think it should be fixed because it may result in real damage:

When you archive a session to msdos filesystem (FAT32) and the file exceeds the 4 GB maximum file size:
+ it finishes without error or warning, like everything went OK
+ the archive seems to be OK and you can extract it without problem
+ but audio files that didn't fit in any more are just missing!!

There should at least be a warning...
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x42

2026-01-13 00:13

administrator   ~0029708

Thanks for the heads up. fixed in 9.0-rc2-102-g1d04fa5a39

So far there is only a generic error message, since Ardour 9 is already being translated and no new messages can be added.
9.1 will inform about disk-full or file-size exceeded.

That being said.. now reformat the disk using ExFat :)

laex

2026-01-13 11:54

reporter   ~0029709

Haha, sure. No idea, where the SDCard (!) used for testing this functionality came from... I wouldn't use Fat32 for real work. ;)

Thanks for the quick fix - you are awesome!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-01-12 12:49 laex New Issue
2026-01-13 00:13 x42 Assigned To => x42
2026-01-13 00:13 x42 Status new => resolved
2026-01-13 00:13 x42 Resolution open => fixed
2026-01-13 00:13 x42 Note Added: 0029708
2026-01-13 11:54 laex Note Added: 0029709