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I own Garmin's Virb Elite action camera. It's mounted on the handlebars of my bicycle where I've used it to record a couple of excursions. I've noticed that for longer rides, it creates multiple files of approximately 24 minutes (at 1080 P). I suspect the size of the files are constrained by the file system used by the camera. Once they've been transferred to my computer, I would like to stitch the files together to create one contiguous video. Unfortunately, the virb editing software will not allow me to create a single video larger than four gigabytes. Is this a limitation of the video editing software, or a limitation of the Windows file system?
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I did find Windows live movie maker on my system. Additionally, I installed WonderShare's video editor. Most of these applications, including Garmin's Virb edit, have a similar interface. I have managed to stitch together video segments with all of them. What I'm still trying to figure out is how to get the output resolution that I want. What I have yet to achieve is a full HDTV output, that is 1920 x 1080. I know I'm selecting 1080 on the Virb. I've been assuming that selecting 1080 as the vertical resolution automatically defaults to 1920 as the horizontal.

My initial impression is that none of the software supports a horizontal resolution of 1920. Am I mistaken?
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I have been kind of busy testing all of the suggestions I've received. So far, I've eliminated Windows Movie Maker, and Wondershare's Video Editor. Currently I'm testing Cyberlink's Power Director version 13. It seems to be the most versatile of the tools I've tried, but it's also the most expensive.
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All of the suggestions opened my eyes to new possibilities. Of the four applications I looked at, I believe that Cyberlink's PowerDirector is the most robust. Some of them support my Blu-ray burner directly, while others require a more circuitous route. All of them are worthy of merit, and most of them have more features than I will ever use.
Thankyou babyb00mer
If you need help with Cyberlink I am happy to help
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