Can't put QT movie on Japanese usb stick at DVinfo.net

Cameron Poole · October 11th, 2011, 05:50 AM

There's more than enough space, the guy said it's both Mac and PC compatible.

It's actually an old iMovie compressed into a full quality Quicktime movie that I am giving to an old friend as a gift for a Japanese friend with a PC but when I drag it onto the usb I get:

The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0).

Please help.

Edward Carlson · October 11th, 2011, 07:06 AM

The drive is probably formatted FAT32, which has a 4GB file size limit. You will need to either compress the file, or format the drive as NTFS, and instal MacFUSE or Paragon NTFS, since Mac OS can't write to NTFS drives natively.

Cameron Poole · October 11th, 2011, 10:08 AM

Thanks for the answer, it's all out of my league I'm afraid - but I've compressed it.

It was all shot on a non HD DV cam 6 years ago so it won't make much difference.

Many thanks for your reply.

October 11th, 2011, 05:50 AM	#1
Cameron Poole Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: London Posts: 212	Can't put QT movie on Japanese usb stick There's more than enough space, the guy said it's both Mac and PC compatible. It's actually an old iMovie compressed into a full quality Quicktime movie that I am giving to an old friend as a gift for a Japanese friend with a PC but when I drag it onto the usb I get: The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code 0). Please help.

October 11th, 2011, 07:06 AM	#2
Edward Carlson Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Hollywood, CA, United States Posts: 807	Re: Can't put QT movie on Japanese usb stick The drive is probably formatted FAT32, which has a 4GB file size limit. You will need to either compress the file, or format the drive as NTFS, and instal MacFUSE or Paragon NTFS, since Mac OS can't write to NTFS drives natively.

October 11th, 2011, 10:08 AM	#3
Cameron Poole Major Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: London Posts: 212	Re: Can't put QT movie on Japanese usb stick Thanks for the answer, it's all out of my league I'm afraid - but I've compressed it. It was all shot on a non HD DV cam 6 years ago so it won't make much difference. Many thanks for your reply.