duffa Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 trying to put a film thats 4.18 Gb on a memory stick that still has 56Gb left on it ...but it keeps saying the file is too large ? ...whats all that about then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Most likely a 2GB file size limitation due to the filesystem the drive is formatted with. Try NTFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Most likely a 2GB file size limitation due to the filesystem the drive is formatted with. Try NTFS. and I do that how ? ... can manage most pc stuff...but not 100% on that 1 I take it I just have to format it to NTFS ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Right click on memory stick through my computer, and format, select ntfs file system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 saying ..windows was unable to complete the format ..? sorted ..just reformatted the Fat32 and changed the allocation unit size to 4096kb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 FAT32 isn't going to help you. It has a 4GB file size limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 seems not on this stick ..i have the choice of 4096 bites up to 32768kb unit size allocation, the film that wouldnt originally fit at 4.18Gb now went on no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Then it's not 4.18GB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 just looked at the properties ..says >>> (4,490,487,524 bytes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Try exFAT! Your TV will most likely not be compatible with NTFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Try exFAT! Your TV will most likely not be compatible with NTFS Maybe he uses a PS3 or WDTV or something...Only very recent TVs have codecs on them to actually play videos from external media. My 2 large HDs (Samsungs from 2007 ish) cant pay any video files and my Sons little one can play about 20% of the films I have on externals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffa Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 tv is a LG smart ..plug the flash drive straight in and converts the 3d to play no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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