MATLAB: How to split .mat V4 files into smaller files

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Hi,
We have an application that exports data collected by oscilloscopes to .mat v4 format.
Unfortunately this format has a limit of 100 million elements per array. Our application can save more than this number to a file resulting in an error.
Is there a way to split the existing data files in MATLAB? I've tried the following:
m = matfile('VSL023.mat')
Warning: Unable to read some of the variables due to unknown MAT-file error.
> In MatFile>MatFile.genericWho at 209 In MatFile>MatFile.whos at 309 In MatFile>MatFile.MatFile at 422 In matfile at 75
m =
matlab.io.MatFile
Properties:
Warning: Unable to read some of the variables due to unknown MAT-file error.
> In MatFile>MatFile.genericWho at 209 In MatFile>MatFile.whos at 309 In MatFile>MatFile.disp at 536
If I try using the splitmat function file from 'How do I recover data from a corrupt MAT-file? ' I get
Error using fread Out of memory. Type HELP MEMORY for your options.
Error in splitmat (line 18) data = fread(f, h2(2));
The mat file is around 800MB.
I'm using MATLAB 2013a 64-bit on Windows 8:
Maximum possible array: 4701 MB (4.930e+09 bytes) * Memory available for all arrays: 4701 MB (4.930e+09 bytes) * Memory used by MATLAB: 586 MB (6.143e+08 bytes) Physical Memory (RAM): 3017 MB (3.164e+09 bytes)
Thanks,

Best Answer

This is now solved - an existing application that converts the file to text was edited to use the MATLAB API to write data to file:
Read and Write MATLAB MAT-Files
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