MPEG Streamclip ripping DVDs

i am using MPEG streamclip to rip DVDs into DV.
it works fine, except that it only does it in 4GB sements.
once it goes almost 20 miniutes into the movie, it stops and says "write error or disk full", leaving me with a 20 minute DV file, and PLENTY of room on the external HD i'm ripping it to.
it actually stops at the exact same file size every time, down to the byte, i dont remember the exact number, but it's about 4 GB.
i can rip it in segments, but i'd love to just let it create one file. I was wondering if anybody else has run into this before.
thanks.
Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Yes, it's the formatting. You should reformat it as Mac OS Extended. Among other things, FCE requires it.
As you know, this will erase anything you currently have on the drive, so be sure to back up whatever you need to keep. But after formatting you will no longer have the 4GB file size limit.
The actual space available on a hard drive is always less than the advertised size; marketers use the term GB loosely; a 300GB drive is actually a 292GB drive by measurement; and when you format the drive, the formatting process requires space also, which is why you end up with 280GB of usable space on what's advertised as a 300GB drive.

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