Transferring large files (movies)

[Sploogie]

Hi,

Has anybody managed to transfer a large MKV or any large file over 4gb to the Internal (USB storage) via USB?

Im trying to transfer a HD movie around 4.3gb and it will start to transfer, but a few minutes from finishing the transfer I get an error message pop up saying the device has stopped responding. I have transferred a 2gb film no problem this way so I'm wondering if the internal storage is formatted to FAT32 which is causing the issue? But if that was the case then i would have thought I would have got a warning saying the file was to large before transferring it.

Any ideas?

 

[g33g1s4noob]

you can only transfer up to 2gb on a fat32-drive. need ntfs for more.
oh, and yes you most likely have fat32 preformatted.
Sent mobile.

 

[Tergazzi]

I was having this issue too. I thought it had something to do with the tablet going into "sleep" mode cause it was taking so dang long!

 

[ps3taker]

looks like Fat format size per file limit

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk

 

[-NRG-]

Fat32 supports only files up to 4gb.

Wikipedia:
The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte or 4 294 967 295 (2 32 −1) bytes. This limit is a consequence of the file length entry in the directory table and would also affect huge FAT16 partitions with a sufficient sector size. [1] Video applications, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit. Larger files require another filesystem.

 

[forzanerazzurri]

I know this dosent help, but why not just play it off of the external media? There is no reason to transfer it.

 

[3vilhomer]

i cant even get my tablet s to read my 1TB external HD... i think cause is on NTFS... but is this mean i have to find another ext HD format it to FAT32 and copy over 500gig of stuff their in order to watch my mkv movies on my tablet S??

 

[jfreyd]

I watch movies defining share on my desktop, installing TVMobili server there and then using UPnP and MoboPlayer on tablet to stream movie or music.

 

[Sploogie]

Well as long as other people are seeing it too. I wouldn't say it was due to the tablet going to sleep at a crucial moment as I made sure it was awake the whole time.

The fat 32 file limit like restriction seems to be a plausible explanation, but I would have expected to have seen a warning or error before the transfer began.

Streaming isn't a problem, but if I'm on a long train journey then a film is a good way to spank the time (providing it fits on your tablet!).

I guess we may just have to split >4GB movies