diff --git a/royalnet/audio/royalpcmfile.py b/royalnet/audio/royalpcmfile.py
index 36969d5a..56741d01 100644
--- a/royalnet/audio/royalpcmfile.py
+++ b/royalnet/audio/royalpcmfile.py
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import ffmpeg
 import os
 import typing
 import time
+import datetime
 from .youtubedl import YtdlFile, YtdlInfo
+from ..error import FileTooBigError
 from ..utils import fileformat
 
 
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ class RoyalPCMFile(YtdlFile):
     def __init__(self, info: "YtdlInfo", **ytdl_args):
         # Preemptively initialize info to be able to generate the filename
         self.info = info
+        # If the video is longer than 3 hours, don't download it
+        if self.info.duration >= datetime.timedelta(hours=3):
+            raise FileTooBigError("File is over 3 hours long")
         # Set the time to generate the filename
         self._time = time.time()
         # Ensure the file doesn't already exist
diff --git a/royalnet/error.py b/royalnet/error.py
index 8078ad05..a6f131b5 100644
--- a/royalnet/error.py
+++ b/royalnet/error.py
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ class RoyalnetResponseError(Exception):
 
 class ExternalError(Exception):
     """Something went wrong in a non-Royalnet component and the command execution cannot be completed."""
+
+
+class FileTooBigError(Exception):
+    """The file to be downloaded would be too big to store; therefore, it has been skipped."""