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Can't copy large video files FROM iPhone to PC

I've searched high and low for a solution to this one. Every google hit on this search finds no resolution. Does the Apple community know how to get around this problem?

I used my 32GB iPhone 3Gs to shoot a video which turned out to be 48 minutes long, and approximately 1.2GB in file size. It plays OK on the iPhone itself.

However, when attempting to transfer or copy the large video file from the iPhone to PC, it FAILS. The photos and small-under-7gb-videos copy to PC just fine. The PC shows it's copying the file for a few minutes, however when done, the file copied to PC won't open, and shows a file size of zero. In some attempts, an error 80004005 shows.

Seriously, why use the iPhone to shoot a long video, if it can't be transferred to your PC? Any help on this matter is much appreciated.

I'm a PC, Windows XP

Posted on May 18, 2010 7:50 AM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2017 2:03 PM

I have an iphone 5, but I am using windows 10. The issue does appear to be any video much longer than 41 minutes (yikes). I consider this a serious UX fail. Anyway, in windows 10, do the same backup, but the BACKUP PATH is slightly different:


C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup


The files are encoded and without extensions, i.e.:


[BACKUP PATH]\0ce8a47b967a22788d641039303ff3f07f169778\67\67cd8850500c7d4a2649776e4272e 1d1a803f6f9


So, at the backup path location, do a search on everything (use '*') and sort by SIZE DESCENDING. Then go to the bottom of the window, and you will be looking for a file 4.5 GB or bigger. Copy (don't move) those to someplace safe, and rename them with .MOV (you should also call them something nicer than 67cd8850500c7d4a2649776e4272e1d1a803f6f9.MOV).


Anyway, then you can browse through them much quicker and find that video I was so desperate to get up on YouTube! I mean, you were so desperate to ... anywho.


Thanks!

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Feb 26, 2013 3:17 AM in response to MrHk

MrHk, you are a genius!!

Itools worked like a charm, transferring a 1.5 gigabyte video to my win xp machine in less than 4 minutes!!!!

I am now transferring the rest of my old large videos from my iphone to my computer finally!!!!! yay!

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Mar 5, 2013 11:25 AM in response to modocsot

The latest iTools seems to transfer files painfully slowly to my XP PC, and iExplorer is no longer free.

An alternative free solution is to use an FTP server on the iPhone, and then transfer using Windows Explorer (or any other FTP client on the PC).

I used FTP Media Server app on the iPhone. It's currently free and works very well:

  • start FTP Media Server on the iPhone
  • on the Windows XP PC, start Windows Explorer (or any other FTP client)
  • in Windows Explorer's "Address" field, enter "ftp://your_iphone_IP_address:50000", where "your_iphone_IP_address" is as displayed by the FTP Media Server app on the iPhone
  • find your iPhone's videos in Windows Explorer and click-and-drag or copy-and-paste as you like


Note that this method goes over wi-fi (instead of the USB cable), so the transfer speed may be limited by the speed of both the PC's and iPhone's wi-fi connections.


Note also that this approach has the advantage that, once the app is installed on the iPhone, you can transfer to practically any other computer (PC or otherwise, any operating system), without needing to install any special software on the computer, as virtually all operating systems already have an in-built FTP client (e.g. Windows Explorer, most web browsers, etc).

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Mar 6, 2013 11:44 PM in response to modocsot

I've searched for several options over the past few hours. I ended up downloading an app onto my iPhone 4S called "Simple Transfer" for $1.99. It looks like there is a free version as well, but went ahead with the paid. I'm currently transferring an hour long video from my phone to my Mac by typing a short IP address (provided in the app) into my browser. It is about 1/4 of the way through the 60min download. Hoping all goes well. If not, I will follow this post with an update.


Also, the video would not show up in the Preview, iPhoto or Image Capture apps on my Mac. And I just saw the reply above this one with another iPhone app review. Looks like that's the way to go.

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Apr 5, 2013 4:12 AM in response to Luke Reeger

I tried your solution but unfortunately, it didnt work. In addtion, i tried few ways such as icloud,import videos/photos, downloaded itransfer but all of them didnt work 😟

pls help me.


My problem is; I have a video under Videos and its size is +6GB and I cannot tranfer the video to my PC (win 7)

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Apr 16, 2013 3:18 AM in response to modocsot

Dear, for this i know you may nedd with the help of this outstanding iPubsoft iPhone to PC Transfer, you can easily Copy iPhone video files to Mac,copy almost all types of iPhone files, such as Music, Movie, Photo, eBook, Audiobook, Voice Memo, Podcast, TV Show and more to any folder on your PC as you need. I think it also can be a nice choice and trial it.


Related more: How to Transfer Movies from iPhone to Computer?

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May 5, 2013 8:49 PM in response to modocsot

Late reply but faced this problem today - transfering large files from iPhone 4s to Macbook Pro..

One way to transfer a large file (mine was 2GB) is --> go to camera app of the phone, select the video to share and post it to youtube! Only thing you have to keep touching the screen -- if you let the screen go to sleep, the upload fails.

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