<p>The 4 gig limitation is there cause most memory cards are formatted with FAT32 which can't handle files larger than 4 gig.</p>

<p>Refer to Manual page 234, <a href="http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/05/eos5d-mk3-im7-en.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/05/eos5d-mk3-im7-en.pdf</a></p>

<p>The only way to limit the file size, is to limit the recording time.
You can always do the math and find out how many minutes to record to hit 2 gig.</p>

<p>EDIT: the link no longer works.  Here is a screenshot of the page - </p>

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<p>Contrary to what it seems like everyone else is trying to do with their DSLR's, I was wondering if anyone knew how to limit file size for a single recorded file to 2GB instead of the usual rate of 4GB. Due to streaming requirements, I need my recorded files to not exceed 2GB and it's way, way more work to split the files manually. Is anyone aware of a way of accomplishing this on the camera (Canon 5D mark iii) itself?</p>

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Set file size limit for video on Canon 5D mark iii
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# Set file size limit for video on Canon 5D mark iii

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-08)

Contrary to what it seems like everyone else is trying to do with their DSLR's, I was wondering if anyone knew how to limit file size for a single recorded file to 2GB instead of the usual rate of 4GB. Due to streaming requirements, I need my recorded files to not exceed 2GB and it's way, way more work to split the files manually. Is anyone aware of a way of accomplishing this on the camera (Canon 5D mark iii) itself?

**Tags:** video, video-editor, video-quality, video-recording, dslr


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-08. Score: 2

The 4 gig limitation is there cause most memory cards are formatted with FAT32 which can't handle files larger than 4 gig.

Refer to Manual page 234, <http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300007348/05/eos5d-mk3-im7-en.pdf>

The only way to limit the file size, is to limit the recording time.
You can always do the math and find out how many minutes to record to hit 2 gig.

EDIT: the link no longer works. Here is a screenshot of the page -

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rpcLv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rpcLv.png)


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