I have a Sandisk 512 MB SD-card and use it mostly for storing quite large files like TomTom 3 maps, Sprite Backup file and MP3/MPG/AVI files.
What is the optimal format to use on the SD-card?
Right now I use FAT32 with 4K cluster size.
Can I get better performance by changing this?
What is your own experience? Any tips?
/Oggi
I am experiencing data transfer rate issues when using TomTom and having the maps and (1 extra) POI files stored on SD.
Suggestions please to improve the READ speed.
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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?
you can only transfer up to 2gb on a fat32-drive. need ntfs for more.
oh, and yes you most likely have fat32 preformatted.
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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!
looks like Fat format size per file limit
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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.
I know this dosent help, but why not just play it off of the external media? There is no reason to transfer it.
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??
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.
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
Is there any other format I can use on my 32 GB Sd Card, a side from FAT 32?
I bought this card so I could take movies out of my home library and put them on the SD card with the intention of watching them on the tab using dice player.
All my movies are 4+ GB in size, so FAT 32 is out. I tried MAC OS journaled with no luck.
Is there an app, or some other method I can use to accomplish my goal?
I know I can transfer wirelessly to the tab without issue, and that's great for 2-3 movies but I'd like to travel with more than 2-3 movies AND without having to re-size, download a smaller size, etc...
I download movies from http://mobiletheatre.info/mobile/ and they come as MP4s. You could probably use a conversion program to pack them up a bit. Mine are like 600MB-1.2GB each
I am trying to replace my flip with my photon, but I am running into an issue where the stock camcorder stops recording at 23:07 with a file size of 1.89 GB (2,040,108,503 bytes). This is annoying when I am trying to record 45 min lectures.
I do not have encryption turned on and have my 32GB sdcard formatted to fat32. If I use lgcamera from the market I do not run into this issue, but I prefer the stock camcorder UI.
If someone has a free 23:08 min/sec and 1.9GB can you record some 720p and let me know if this is expected behavior or if I need to tweak some setting somewhere
thanks.
make sjre your camera is set to use the external sd card
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Its set to the external sdcard, but the behaviour is the same regardless of if I set it for internal or external storage.
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Its set to the external sdcard, but the behaviour is the same regardless of if I set it for internal or external storage.
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Record two different clips or shorter lectures lol
I read somewhere awhile ago, don't have the source anymore. The article basically said the issue is with the sd-card. If I remembered correctly, just reformat the card in your phone, something was off if you did it on computer.
Coming from a gNex with 32gb to a 16gb RAZR(which apparently means 8gb) I;m already out of space on my internal card according to storage i only have 500mb free. I;m rooted and running Gummy ROM.
Is there anyway to reclaim the 8gb that Motorola decided I should access or possibly move the GoogleMusic cache location to my 8gb External SDcard installed?
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music
Delete everything in that folder and your problem is solved. Unfortunately there's no way to convince it to use an alternate location.
I actually want the music to stay there, I use Google Music as my primary music source and dont want to always eat up data for the music I listen to most. I was just hoping I could convince it to store the music on my SD.
You might try just moving the files to a visible location on sdcard-ext- they're not so much cached as downloaded outright in MP3 format so your player should see them. The downside is you'd have duplicates of all those tracks, and I'm not sure if it keeps ID3 information intact.
yeah, I just decided to lower the amount of music I have set to offline and reclaimed 1gb of space back.
I've noticed that video stops record around 15 minutes into a record on 1080p and 30 mins in on 720p. Seems there is around a 2 gig file size limit. Is there any way to shoot until memory card is full and/or save to micro SD card? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm running aokp build 38.
There is no such thing. I was recording 1080p video for 1 hour straight without problems.
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What file system did you use to format your sd card? Try using NTFS and see if the larger file size makes a difference.
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There doesn't seem to be an option to save video to SD Card, it is formatted in NTFS
Isn't there some issue in certain countries that if it can record video for a more than some legislated time, then it's a video camera subject to special import taxes? Just remembering something I read.
Bye.
I can save file to internal SD that are larger that 2gb, so the memory isn't the issue. I found an app that save to MicroSD and still stops at 2gb. I may go back to stock then if I can't find a work around.
I've tried multiple roms , even stock from androwook, but the issue won't go away. Kind of out of ideas....
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There is no such thing. I was recording 1080p video for 1 hour straight without problems.
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Can you confirm that the video file size you recorded was over 2gb? That seems to be my limitation and a android limitation in general, according to what I've searched on the web.
any new ??? i want to know if there is any way to recorder more than 60 minutes....
2 gb limitation screams of fat 32 file system or compliance.
Are you able to copy a file larger than 2 gb over to the same folder from your computer with the USB cord?
I recorder if minimun quality, the file size is about 400mb and its only recorded 60 minutes.....
Anyone solved the issue? I have the same problem. I tried to record a looong video. It stopped at 35:40 and the file size was 1,99 GB, so I think I have the 2 GB limit. I've got Galaxy Nexus with stock 4.2.2 yakju. It's a version without removable sd card.
Help?