How to deal with a 32.4GB (QuickTime) File on Windows?

[muzicman82]

I have a 32.4GB QuickTime movie that was exported with an older Media 100 system. The file plays fine on the Mac it was created with. I transfered it to my NTFS Windows hard drive over a network. The file copied successfully, but in Windows XP, the file shows up as being 0kB and it won't play or anything. Windows Vista sees it as it's actual size, but anything trying to play it says it can't find the file.

What's going on? I thought the whole reason to use NTFS over FAT32 was to overcome these file/partition size limits? If NTFS has a file size limit, what is it?

It's a 3 hour long show. I'd rather not split it up if possible... but getting something to read this file is step one I suppose.

[Baldrick]

try open it with mpeg streamclip (windows version then )

[dnix71]

I use Panther and Tiger on a G4, but occasionally have the same problem with large network file copying. I use network drives for data backup.

Did you create a folder to put it in on the receiving drive first? In VPC I have trouble mounting and reading open files on networked drives (usb and fw). Making a folder first and transferring the file to a folder usually solves the problem.

My network drives all large. 200, 250 and 300 GB's. If files aren't in folders, their sizes are reported incorrectly.

You may also have a problem with permissions (the ACL's) of the file.