Xibo

Uploading files > 2GB

Asked by Dale E. Martin

We're trying to use Xibo to play HD video along with some other content. (We're running Xibo on Windows, currently using a combined front/back end.)

The video files we have are close to 4GB. We have bumped up the PHP limit and we can now upload files up to 2GB but not bigger than that. I'm assuming this is a apache limitation, but I'm just guessing.

Is there a way to do upload via ftp and then tell Xibo about the new file, or some other workflow like that?

Thanks for any tips!

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#1

Hi Dale

Yeah it's probably a limitation of Apache/PHP.

You could upload a small file, replace the newly created file in the server library with your actual media file, and then crucially in the database in the media table enter the correct MD5 checksum for that file, or blank that field in the record so that it's recalculated at a later date. Otherwise the client will fail to download the file as the checksum won't match.

Note however we don't test the clients with files that large so it's anybody's guess as to whether they'll successfully download anything that big.

Even at 1080p, 2GB should get you an hour or so? You'll probably find it easier in the long run to break the media down in to shorter clips and put them one after the other in a region timeline.

Alex

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