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Transfer of large files does not work

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picasso1
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Transfer of large files does not work

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 ?

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ryan515
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Convert your movie to mp4 to reduce the size of your file.

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Vishwas
Visitor

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.

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Uliwooly
Expert

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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unrelated topic, if you have some time please check this thread

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/244522#244522

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Uliwooly
Expert

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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unrelated topic, if you have some time please check this thread

http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/244522#244522

ryan515
Contributor

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

picasso1
Visitor

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 ?

picasso1
Visitor

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.