File too large!!!

schrodie

I have an *.mkv file that is 5.87GB however when I try to copy it onto a blank (formatted ) 32GB USB stick I get the message

"The item *.mkv can't be copied because it is too large for the volume's format"

I can't understand why I can't copy an ~6GB file onto an empty 32GB USB stick!

Advice would be welcome.

closed

because the stick isn't formatted with ntfs

forgotmyname

The stick is FAT32 with a 4GB file limit?

Format to NTFS and it will be fine. As long as the sticks not a fake one.

schrodie

forgotmyname wrote: »

The stick is FAT32 with a 4GB file limit?

Format to NTFS and it will be fine. As long as the sticks not a fake one.

Thanks.

I tried formatting one of my 34GB sticks to NTFS but got the message that Windows couldn't complete the formatting! Does this mean that my 32GB stick is a fake?

What constitutes a "fake" USB stick?

Update.

Managed to format an 8GB to NFTS on my PC but for some reason the *.mkv file is on my Mac and I can't drag and drop it into the stick!!

Lum

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-2010102.html

This might help, I've not tried the Mac version but the Linux version is pretty good.

schrodie

Tried that but again it didn't work.

I have found now found a Player that will play mkv files on a Mac.

Thanks

paddyrg

Macs don't write to NTFS, PC's don't read/write HFS+

Bloody ridiculous in 2013 that we should still have this fight of incompatibilities - it's all to do with protectionism and not cross-licensing standards and is in no way technically difficult.

Lum

schrodie wrote: »

Tried that but again it didn't work.

Reading more of that entry, it says right at the bottom that you also need to install OSXFUSE and tick the option for MacFUSE compatability before that NTFS driver will work.

If you have some free time and the inclination, it may be worth fiddling to try and get it to work so it's ready for if you ever need to transfer some other large file in the future.

almillar

Sharing between Mac/Windows file systems is a pain. FAT32 was fine for a long time - they can both read/write these, but with files getting bigger and bigger, that 4GB limit gets more annoying.
As Lum says, you can get OSX to read/write NTFS (I got something, maybe it was FUSE, with a backup hard drive, and it works great).
I find it easier these days to share stuff over the network rather than mess about with cards.
Also, VLC is about all you need for playing videos - in Windows or OSX.

Darksun

paddyrg wrote: »

Macs don't write to NTFS, PC's don't read/write HFS+

Bloody ridiculous in 2013 that we should still have this fight of incompatibilities - it's all to do with protectionism and not cross-licensing standards and is in no way technically difficult.

What's more ridiculous is that an XBox 360 can't read NTFS but can read HFS+ (or at least this was the case a few years ago when I was playing round with external drives on my 360)

Handsome90

almillar wrote: »

Sharing between Mac/Windows file systems is a pain. FAT32 was fine for a long time - they can both read/write these, but with files getting bigger and bigger, that 4GB limit gets more annoying.
As Lum says, you can get OSX to read/write NTFS (I got something, maybe it was FUSE, with a backup hard drive, and it works great).
I find it easier these days to share stuff over the network rather than mess about with cards.
Also, VLC is about all you need for playing videos - in Windows or OSX.

If I need to get around the 4GB limit of FAT32, I reformat my drive to exFAT.