How about you split the movie, like in half with software.

here is how to convert to ext3: http://forums.internettablettalk.com...&postcount=133
if you want to use ext2 you should manually change all ext3 on ext2 in the script...

There's at least one driver available for OS X that enables read/write to EXT2/EXT3 volumes.. I haven't tried it, mind you, so I can't attest to its functionality (their NTFS driver hasn't given us any trouble though):

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/

ext2/ext3 driver for Microsoft Windows is here:

http://www.fs-driver.org/

As far as I can tell though the "camera not working when not FAT32" is still a problem.

Also, surely a file that large is likely to be a resolution/bitrate the N900 will struggle with anyway?

I don't think so, no. Last I read, it's just a matter of needing to set the permissions on the DCIM folder (when the camera app creates it, it does so with the wrong permissions).

I read that too but people seemed to still be saying that fixes the camera app from failing to attempt to take a picture but it still fails to save them. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what people are saying, its a hard thread to follow.

supersniper3008, are you trying to watch the huge movie on the N900, or simply using N900 as a storage to copy this from one place to another?

If the latter, easiest would probably be to split it into 2GB or smaller chunks, copy to N900 and then join them at the other side. If you use linux there are basic commands split and cat which can do this for you. On Windows or Mac there are probably freeware splitter and joiner programs.

If the former, I would really recommend transcoding it to a more efficient format and scaling down to fit the N900 screen if it is very high resolution. However, you may be able to play the split files with mplayer on the N900, through a pipe or fifo or something like that perhaps.

If your plan is to watch it, then why oh why aren't you just converting it to a smaller file? The n900's display alone will only give you so much quality, you don't benefit from having such a large source file in any way, again, as you are limited by the device.

If you are simply storing it for transfer, splitting it, or wrapping it up in a zip or rar are you best options. Yeah, you cant access it on the phone when in a zipped format, but if your just transferring/storing, then theres no need to.

All this talk of reformatting the hard drive seems ridiculous. it almost seems that some just shoot straight for the most complicated solution, totally unnecessarily.

That really depends. If this is a DVD rip then converting it into anything else WILL reduce the quality, period. The N900 display is far higher resolution than an anamorphic formatted DVD movie.

That said, you will be struggling to play a direct DVD rip anyway. Only VLC or mplayer will attempt it, and even then it probably wont work.