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Transfer of large files does not work

picasso1 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:20:00 GMT

I have the latest version of Sony Bridge for Mac and tried to transfer a large movie file (4GB) via this app to my phone. After 2 seconds the transfer was finished, but no file on the phone. I tried several times, but it did not work. There is enough space on the phone, so this is not the problem.

How can I transfer this file to my phone ?

Re: Transfer of large files does not work

Vishwas — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:06:39 GMT

Try transfering the file uisng a windows machice and check what hapns, also try connecting using the WFI option avaliable in PC companion not sure if same is avaliable on bridge.

Re: Transfer of large files does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:09:06 GMT

it seems that Android has a limit, you can ONLY transer 2GB at a time, I don't think it's worth it to use up 4GB of internal storage for a movie, use formatfactory on a PC to change the format and reduce it's size.

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Re: Transfer of large files does not work

Uliwooly — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:09:59 GMT

another alternative buy an OTG USB cable and use a low voltage flashdrive or micro sd usb adapter and you can put as many files as you want there w/o using your internal storage

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Re: Transfer of large files does not work

ryan515 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:53:19 GMT

Convert your movie to mp4 to reduce the size of your file.

Re: Transfer of large files does not work

picasso1 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:53:59 GMT

I managed to size the file down to 1,9 GB and that worked.

Is this a limitation of the Sony Bridge for Mac ? Or is this a limitation of the file system ?

Anyway, transferring via USB takes ages.

Is there a faster way ?

Re: Transfer of large files does not work

picasso1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:40:40 GMT

Finally got an OTG cable. That works good, though some lagging for big files, e.g. when I have a 3 GB film on a stick and want to see it on my phone, there a re some small dropouts here and there.