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Why is a 9GB video apparently too big for my 32GB USB stick?

JustinePaula said:
Henceforth and forever more it shall be known that "OneAnswer" will henceforth have the name Anarack!!
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I suppose you meant "Anorak"? I am not a parka, if that is what you mean.

And using henceforth twice is a bad form of anadiplosis.
 
ColdCase said:
What format is the USB stick? Word and photo files are rarely over 3MB. You are trying to move a 9GB file, a quite different situation.

Otherwise I believe you can open the video in Quicktime and export (share) as a compressed video, which reduces the file size significantly.
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Unforthbately the problem isn't solved for me with the same problem as the stock won't let disc utility reformat it. Why? Who knows. I can't do anything with it. It's a Sandisc drive that claims to be Mac compatible bug clearly isn't. Any more ideas please?
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
Wow 19 answers to this question and it's been answered correctly several times now.

OP, reformat that USB drive as ExFAT in Disk Utility. Then you can put the whole 9GB file on it. The existing format can't handle files bigger than 4GB.

And/Or OP, running it through something like Handbrake to compress it will likely yield a much smaller file without any noticeable change in quality. No need to choose a bunch of settings or even switch to 720p. Just go with a Handbrake preset like AppleTV3 and let Handbrake do it's thing.

The reformat will only need to be done this one time and should work well with Windows or Mac machines forever-after.

The compression part should be done with every file you shoot just so that you're not wasting a bunch of space storing these on some drives somewhere.

JustinePaula, FAT is still around because people still use old computers that may not embrace ExFAT. Sell something formatted as FAT and it "just works" on anything. Sell something newer and it may not work for some. On the Mac side, your Mac is probably using HFS+ which was the file system for OS 8.1 released in the late 1990s. There's been a few efforts to update that to something more modern too (like the whole ZFS project http://arstechnica.com/apple/2009/10/apple-abandons-zfs-on-mac-os-x-project-over-licensing-issues/) but we're still using that old file system on our Macs.
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e tried Disk Utility on this brand new drive and it fails to do anything - restore, format, erase - nothing works. What next, please?
 
Sheilahayman said:
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e tried Disk Utility on this brand new drive and it fails to do anything - restore, format, erase - nothing works. What next, please?
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Does the USB stick have a write protect "lock" on it. Usually a physical switch that protects the data on the stick by preventing writes.

I've read than Sandisc USB sticks can get into a funky write protected mode where there is no solution besides returning it for warranty replacements ( or using a windose machine with a registry hack). Lots of web discussion and frustration expressed on the issue.

http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-Sa...CTION-FROM-USB-FLASH-DRIVE/td-p/283430/page/6

Then it could just be defective.
 
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ColdCase said:
Does the USB stick have a write protect "lock" on it. Usually a physical switch that protects the data on the stick by preventing writes.

I've read than Sandisc USB sticks can get into a funky write protected mode where there is no solution besides returning it for warranty replacements ( or using a windose machine with a registry hack). Lots of web discussion and frustration expressed on the issue.

http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-Sa...CTION-FROM-USB-FLASH-DRIVE/td-p/283430/page/6

Then it could just be defective.
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I just realized people were still responding to my old thread in order to help the new poster, Sheilahayman. I just wanted to touch base and thank everyone for their earlier thoughtful and detailed replies. I managed to get the job done with your advice. And for what it is worth, video quality was of concern, the video had to be EXACTLY as recorded and not compressed because of its evidentiary use, no tampering allowed. Thanks again!
 
I have a Lexar usb 3 128GB flash drive. I know that FAT32 format only limits to 4GB of data chunk at one time. Apparent whenever I try to copy anything larger. However, on a couple of occasions, I was able to copy a 13GB file (dmg) and an 8GB file (zip) to it. How is it possible for these files to be copied over and not, say a 6GB or 5GB file (or all the other large files I tried to copy but didn't let me)?
 
Eldiablojoe said:
I used my iPhone to record an interview at work. It recorded for just over an hour before the battery died.

I transferred that video to my MacBook via sycing with iPhoto, and then copying it on to the desktop so it would be easier to work with.

Now I am trying to get that video onto a media (USB drive or disc) to provide my boss.

I get messages that the interview file (at just under 9GB) is too big for the 700MB capacity CD-R disc, and too big for the unknown size disc we usually use for videos.

So, I am trying to transfer the file off my desktop onto my 32GB USB drive that the "info" window shows still has 30GB of available space. I still receive a message that the video file is too large.

What am I doing wrong and how can I get this file where I need it to go?

Thanks!
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kohlson is right, the flash drive is formatted wrong. As a video editor, when I get a flash drive from a client.. It always has to be formatted again to fit anything bigger than 4 gigs.
 
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