Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

[Guest L'Ecrevisse]

Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

flash drive.

 

The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it to

the flash drive as an audio file.

 

When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

plays correctly as a video.

 

Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

<L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> flash drive.

>

> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it to

> the flash drive as an audio file.

>

> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> plays correctly as a video.

>

> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

 

What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

[Guest L''Ecrevisse]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

 

 

"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> > flash drive.

> >

> > The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it to

> > the flash drive as an audio file.

> >

> > When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> > plays correctly as a video.

> >

> > Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> > to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>

> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>

 

The original video file was about 5 minutes long, or less than 100MB.

 

It did save as a complete file, so that is not the problem.

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

"L''Ecrevisse" <LEcrevisse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> "smlunatick" wrote:

>

>> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> > Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to

>> > a

>> > flash drive.

>> >

>> > The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves

>> > it to

>> > the flash drive as an audio file.

>> >

>> > When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and

>> > then

>> > plays correctly as a video.

>> >

>> > Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to

>> > do

>> > to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>>

>> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

>> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

>> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>>

>

> The original video file was about 5 minutes long, or less than 100MB.

>

> It did save as a complete file, so that is not the problem.

>

 

If you copy it back to your hard drive does it have the video?

 

--

Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

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[Guest Mick Murphy]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audi

 

Instead of right-click Copy or Move, I always use right-click>Send To>Send it

to your Flash Drive.

 

 

-

Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

 

 

"L''Ecrevisse" wrote:

>

>

> "smlunatick" wrote:

>

> > On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

> > <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > > Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> > > flash drive.

> > >

> > > The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it to

> > > the flash drive as an audio file.

> > >

> > > When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> > > plays correctly as a video.

> > >

> > > Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> > > to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

> >

> > What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

> > usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

> > file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

> >

>

> The original video file was about 5 minutes long, or less than 100MB.

>

> It did save as a complete file, so that is not the problem.

>

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

L'Ecrevisse wrote:

> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> flash drive.

>

> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it to

> the flash drive as an audio file.

>

> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> plays correctly as a video.

>

> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

 

This might help: Open "My Computer", right-click the device, click

Properties, click the AutoPlay tab, and change the way the device is

handled.

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

 

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

<L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> flash drive.

>

> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it

> to

> the flash drive as an audio file.

>

> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> plays correctly as a video.

>

> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

 

What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

 

-----------

 

The limit is nothing to do with microsoft. It is a physical limitation of

the FAT32 filing system. Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

On Aug 26, 12:36 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:a83e88bf-fb1e-4b65-8979-372b203f4641@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>

> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to a

> > flash drive.

>

> > The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it

> > to

> > the flash drive as an audio file.

>

> > When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> > plays correctly as a video.

>

> > Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to do

> > to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>

> What is the complete size of the video file?  Most "flash" drives are

> usually formatted in FAT32 mode.  Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>

> -----------

>

> The limit is nothing to do with microsoft.  It is a physical limitation of

> the FAT32 filing system.  Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

> wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

 

If this is a limit of the FAT32 system, then why can you have large

file in excess of 4GB under the older Windows 98.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

smlunatick wrote:

> On Aug 26, 12:36 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>

>> news:a83e88bf-fb1e-4b65-8979-372b203f4641@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>>

>> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to

>>> a

>>> flash drive.

>>

>>> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it

>>> to

>>> the flash drive as an audio file.

>>

>>> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

>>> plays correctly as a video.

>>

>>> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to

>>> do

>>> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>>

>> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

>> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

>> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>>

>> -----------

>>

>> The limit is nothing to do with microsoft. It is a physical limitation of

>> the FAT32 filing system. Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

>> wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

>

> If this is a limit of the FAT32 system, then why can you have large

> file in excess of 4GB under the older Windows 98.

 

BS. Give *one* example of that (with FAT32)

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

 

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 26, 12:36 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:a83e88bf-fb1e-4b65-8979-372b203f4641@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>

> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to

> > a

> > flash drive.

>

> > The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it

> > to

> > the flash drive as an audio file.

>

> > When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

> > plays correctly as a video.

>

> > Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to

> > do

> > to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>

> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>

> -----------

>

> The limit is nothing to do with microsoft. It is a physical limitation of

> the FAT32 filing system. Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

> wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

 

If this is a limit of the FAT32 system, then why can you have large

file in excess of 4GB under the older Windows 98.

 

---------------

 

You couldn't. Windows 98 did not support files larger than 4GB. In fact

Windows 98 (and indeed the whole Win 9x line) had a serious bug that limited

files to 2GB for most applications under FAT32. The Win9x products

incorrectly handled the file size a signed number. This was eroneous as a

negative file size is an obviously absurd concept. But nevertheless, when

the file exceded 2GB in size, windows reported its size as negative and most

applications couln't cope. A few applications were aware of the problem

and internally conveted the file size to a unsigned number and then

correctly handled files of between 2 and 4GB.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

M.I.5¾ wrote:

> "smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:148f41ea-4fa5-4c00-9635-8484287a6a75@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> On Aug 26, 12:36 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>

>> news:a83e88bf-fb1e-4b65-8979-372b203f4641@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>>

>> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to

>>> a

>>> flash drive.

>>

>>> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves it

>>> to

>>> the flash drive as an audio file.

>>

>>> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and then

>>> plays correctly as a video.

>>

>>> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to

>>> do

>>> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>>

>> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

>> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

>> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>>

>> -----------

>>

>> The limit is nothing to do with microsoft. It is a physical limitation of

>> the FAT32 filing system. Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

>> wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

>

> If this is a limit of the FAT32 system, then why can you have large

> file in excess of 4GB under the older Windows 98.

>

> ---------------

>

> You couldn't. Windows 98 did not support files larger than 4GB. In fact

> Windows 98 (and indeed the whole Win 9x line) had a serious bug that

> limited

> files to 2GB for most applications under FAT32. The Win9x products

> incorrectly handled the file size a signed number. This was eroneous as a

> negative file size is an obviously absurd concept. But nevertheless, when

> the file exceded 2GB in size, windows reported its size as negative and

> most

> applications couln't cope. A few applications were aware of the problem

> and internally conveted the file size to a unsigned number and then

> correctly handled files of between 2 and 4GB.

 

That's because one of the bits (the MSB) in the word storing the filesize

was reserved for the sign bit (using signed integers), cutting the effective

range in half. I sure remember that problem popping up in Win98 - files

were limited to only 2 GB max, not 4 GB, with some apps.

 

And I think that bug was corrected in Win ME, with the newer version of the

shell32.dll file (that came with Win ME), if memory serves me correct. But

of course you were still limited to 4 GB for any single file, no matter

what, as long as you were using FAT 32.

And there never was a patch released that updated shell32.dll to fix that

for Win98/SE.

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: Why does copying a video file to flash drive save only as audio?

 

 

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> M.I.5¾ wrote:

>> "smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:148f41ea-4fa5-4c00-9635-8484287a6a75@w24g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>> On Aug 26, 12:36 pm, "M.I.5¾" <no....@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>>> "smlunatick" <yves...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>>>

>>> news:a83e88bf-fb1e-4b65-8979-372b203f4641@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>>> On Aug 25, 1:32 pm, L'Ecrevisse

>>>

>>> <L'Ecrevi...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>>> Using Windows XP, I have been trying to save a video saved to my HDD to

>>>> a

>>>> flash drive.

>>>

>>>> The problem is, when I r/click and select the 'copy' option, it saves

>>>> it

>>>> to

>>>> the flash drive as an audio file.

>>>

>>>> When I r/click and select 'move' it saves it to the flash drive and

>>>> then

>>>> plays correctly as a video.

>>>

>>>> Could someone please explain to me what has happened and what I need to

>>>> do

>>>> to change whatever has happened to the 'copy' function?

>>>

>>> What is the complete size of the video file? Most "flash" drives are

>>> usually formatted in FAT32 mode. Microsoft has placed a limit on th e

>>> file size stored on FAT32 as 4GB.

>>>

>>> -----------

>>>

>>> The limit is nothing to do with microsoft. It is a physical limitation

>>> of

>>> the FAT32 filing system. Microsoft couldn't have made it larger if they

>>> wanted to (except by using a different filing system).

>>

>> If this is a limit of the FAT32 system, then why can you have large

>> file in excess of 4GB under the older Windows 98.

>>

>> ---------------

>>

>> You couldn't. Windows 98 did not support files larger than 4GB. In fact

>> Windows 98 (and indeed the whole Win 9x line) had a serious bug that

>> limited

>> files to 2GB for most applications under FAT32. The Win9x products

>> incorrectly handled the file size a signed number. This was eroneous as

>> a

>> negative file size is an obviously absurd concept. But nevertheless,

>> when

>> the file exceded 2GB in size, windows reported its size as negative and

>> most

>> applications couln't cope. A few applications were aware of the problem

>> and internally conveted the file size to a unsigned number and then

>> correctly handled files of between 2 and 4GB.

>

> That's because one of the bits (the MSB) in the word storing the filesize

> was reserved for the sign bit (using signed integers), cutting the

> effective range in half. I sure remember that problem popping up in

> Win98 - files were limited to only 2 GB max, not 4 GB, with some apps.

>

> And I think that bug was corrected in Win ME, with the newer version of

> the shell32.dll file (that came with Win ME), if memory serves me correct.

> But of course you were still limited to 4 GB for any single file, no

> matter what, as long as you were using FAT 32.

> And there never was a patch released that updated shell32.dll to fix that

> for Win98/SE.

 

No it wasn't fixed in WinME much like a whole raft of other stupid bugs. It

was fixed in the NT product line.