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
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Got the phone on launch and enjoying it so far but 1 major problem is the external memory card file-system: FAT32.
Now the phone can handle MKV file extensions but a good majority of files are larger than 4GB and FAT32 cannot handle anything of that size. Does anyone know how this can be remedied without hacking the phone? I really dont want to mess around with the kernel as I did with HTC Desire & Samsung Galaxy S and long term suffered from no updates.
So far I have formatted the memory card via Ubuntu to ext4 but the phone will always prompt to format when I go into the card. If I ignore this I can see my files BUT again I cant for some bizarre reason transfer large files into the phone. Remember the applications to connect to the phone are New Pc Studio & Keis are Windows based so they will not recognize the external card due to the linux filesystem.
The only way I can get files into the phone is via Keis Air but transferring files via WIFI larger than 4GB always breaks.
Its madness for Samsung to be able to play MKV files but not be able to format the external memory card to a filesystem that can handle the damn filesize!
Have you tried pushing the files via adb?
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sorry
but i don't think android can play videos sized more than 4gb!
i think it is because of the system
I think Kies chops the video up automatically when you use it to transfer anything over 4GB to the SD card/External SD card (Fat32). Give it a try?
Use handbrake for movies. I had a ton of 1080p movies I shrunk and file size was cut in half with no loss of quality.
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ANy one got this problem ?? i am not able to play files more than 32 gb.i have transcend 32 gb drive. rest all are looking fine,but big files are not working
That is an 4 GIG limitation of filesystem FAT16 or FAT32
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format your SD card with your PC to NTFS!
formatted with NTFS
its ntfs only. once i copy files, they will be playing..bug i cant drag n put in middle f the film..i have to start from beginning.. and if i restart phone, these files are showing 0 kb size ((
iamnivas said:
its ntfs only. once i copy files, they will be playing..bug i cant drag n put in middle f the film..i have to start from beginning.. and if i restart phone, these files are showing 0 kb size ((
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Normally that means the video stream index is screwed. Down to how u or some1 else encoded it.
Play on computer using VLC and if prompted by VLC "rebuild index".
Or encode it again in a nice format with keyframes and/or indexes.
Well the phone doesn't natively recognize ntfs, so that's not really a solution unless you want to run script files to mount and unmount the card. A more practical solution would be to re encode the movies. I'm assuming these 4gb files are 720p or similar resolution. As the s2 has a resolution of 800x480 anything larger is pointless.
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Well the phone doesn't natively recognize ntfs, so that's not really a solution unless you want to run script files to mount and unmount the card. A more practical solution would be to re encode the movies. I'm assuming these 4gb files are 720p or similar resolution. As the s2 has a resolution of 800x480 anything larger is pointless.
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good point, there is really no need for 720p or higher resolutions! best way is to reencode to a mp4 with a resolution of 480p/i and if that file is really bigger than 4Gb, why not split it in half? It's not like your phone can handle a 6h (or more? not sure ) movie with one charge. Or the bitrate is ridiculously high, bloating the file unneccessariely.
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
Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
davin8r said:
Whenever I try to copy an MKV file to my Prime, there is a loooooooong delay where nothing happens, then finally a screen pops up that says something like "this file might not play properly, are you sure you want to copy it?". When I hit "yes", it copies just fine.
Does anyone know of a way to keep this from happening? My MKV files play just fine with MX Video player, so it's a pain to have to deal with this annoying delay every single time.
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Depends where that file type check is done. If it's in the USB driver, there is no way of getting rid of it other than hack the driver or use another one.
Do you use Asus software to copy the file or do you just use the prime as usb storage and copy it?
My Prime is on it's way to me, as soon as it's here I'll upgrade to ICS (rollout in Germany just began) and check on movie files.
Same on every Android device.
Got the question you get with everyone of my Android devices I have had. but I don't have that delay you mention.
Isn't even a problem, just click yes.
This message is just a heads up that it might not work properly. And how can Android or Windows know if you have installed a program that can play those files?
Think the problem is more your computer than Prime. when it comes to send files its most time the computer that is the problem.
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Problem is that the Prime connects as an MTP device. This in conjunction with the MTP/USB driver used could be the problem. Run "devmgmt.msc" from Win+R to get to the device manager and check if "Asus MTP device" is properly installed, if not, update the driver (if possible).
Question pops up instantaneously for me.
I think this is DRM related issue. It seems like the prime has no option (or purposely removed) to be mounted as Mass USB Storage. The only option available is to mount it as MTP or as a Camera.
I can copy small files in and out fine with MTP. However, I think it checks for file types and warn/deny certain ones that the prime should not be able to play, even though you have an app installed you know can play it. It's really annoying specially when copying multiple files and you come back to your computer to find out it stopped copying because of a stupid warning or question.
Whenever I copy large or small .mkv files, explorer.exe just tanks and quits. I think ICS or some DRM app is doing this on purpose for movie files. .avi files seems fine but gives a warning. But when all else fails, I can pull out the external sdcard and copy the files through a reader.
Is there a way to force it to mount as as a USB Mass Storage device like my other android device? Or was this option removed now from ICS as Google gets stricter with DRM related issues? I wonder if the Nexus can be mounted as a USB Mass Storage rather than MTP?
Any ideas guys?
PS. It's kind of silly that they brag you play HD movies and the screen can show them in HD, but you can't copy any HD formatted files either because of DRM restrictions or the sdcard format can only handle movies with 4gb or less (which is not HD quality anymore). The only thing its good for is to shoot your own HD videos with the camera and play that video in HD, which you can do with your phone better since it's smaller and easier to maneuver.
And they say the new T700 is coming out with 1080p, I say its useless unless they can mount the drives with ntfs or ext4 with faster read/write throughput to prevent lags.
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Pfft, at least you can copy MKV files to your Prime directly . I had to transfer 13GB of files to a USB, transfer them to my netbook and then from the Netbook to my MicroSD card in an SD card adapter all because my MicroSD to USB adapter broke and I can't transfer directly to the Prime
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Wow, I feel ya. That's a bad day indeed.
aragorn182 said:
I can't explain the delay before getting the prompt, but here's an explanation straight from a Google engineer for why the Prime doesn't have USB Mass Storage enabled.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not. Have you tried transferring a .mkv file (let say 2gb) and see if it works? It crashes for me. As for other file types, I get ask stupid questions.
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That still doesn't explain why some files would transfer fine while others do not.
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It wasn't meant to explain that. It was only meant to explain why there is no USB Mass Storage.
I highly doubt it's a DRM problem because I'm able to copy .mkv files over. The only thing I have to do is confirm that I want to copy it, because it will complain that it might not be able to play that file type.
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Android is smth like linux (FAT drive) you are UNALBE to TRANSFER ANY SINGLE FILE MORE THAN 2GB thru usb.
micro sd card is limit to 4 GB if i'm not wrong.
the BEST solution is network transfer with ES file explorer, itz good to invest on NAS aka network drive now, SCREW USB.
set yourself free, no more limitation and driver ****...
aragorn182,
So you can copy .mkv files fine. Hmm I guess I'll try reformatting my micro sdcard coz its acting flaky and try again. Thanks, at least I have some confirmation it works for others. Funny thing is, I can copy into it if I pull it out and put it into my card reader.
With regards to NAS. I already have NAS at home and the WD Live (3 of them) so I can watch movies in each room. Problem is, I want to watch movies on my tablet when I'm traveling long flights (starting to tire of carrying my laptop, tablet is so much lighter). At home, Its kind of useless to watch movies on my tablet when my TV is bigger and I have media players to play them. Lol, even my computer monitor is bigger
u can use network transfer to ur prime...not asking u to stream...
you wont have any problem with file size or type when using network transfer to your prime. since u have NAS make for use of it.
I've copied a few gigs of MKVs to my Prime (both internal storage and microsd) and had no problems. Windows 7 does tells me the little error message about how the thing might not play the format back properly (I wonder why that error shows up considering the Prime can at least playback H.264 with AAC audio in MKV using the native video player).
Did you disable Asys Sync on your tablet? I noticed once I disabled that, transfer speeds were a lot faster.
Ok finally worked. I reformatted the micro sdcard in FAT32 and ran read/write test on it to make sure it is not bad. Tried it again twice and it worked both times. Thanks guys. Really weird problem, something must have gotten corrupted. I have also tried wireless transfer and it work flawlessly. I think that will be my preferred method of transfer now.
Thank you everyone.
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?