Howdy guys,
I was looking for the way how to mount ext4 partition micro sd card, because I want to copy bigger than 4GB size of HD mkv movie file to my Tab. I got tired to bring a bulky laptop to copy a file from my computer, connect it to TV, and bring it back to laptop desk after watching a movie. If I can do the same thing on my small and light GTP instead of a bulky laptop, it would make my life easier.
So, I tried it, then failed! As you know, microSD card format supports ONLY fat32 format, so you can't copy a file bigger than 4 GB. HD mkv movie file is usually 4.5 ~ 15GB.
What can we do? The answer is pretty simple. Format microSD card as EXT4 or NTFS and mount it on the tab! EXT4 or NTFS format supports bigger than 4GB file. This sounds pretty easy, but it took me 3 days to google it, and failed it.
I can't make this without your help, bydo! Thanks again!
The process is simple and easy.
1. Root your tab, and install "BUSYBOX" and "Drive Mount" app
2. Copy mkv files
2. Mount NTFS microSDcard and enjoy it
This process took me less than 15 min. So, even if you are a beginner, don't get scared and just follow my step. You can do that.
1. Root your tab. How to root? Thanks to bdigitalstudio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367249
If you have memory card reader or SD card slot on your laptop, you can do that way to copy root.zip file. I did it. As long as you have root.zip on your microSD, I guess anyway will be fine.
2. After root, go to the market (or Google Play), search SUPERUSER, and install it. After install, run it and update SU binary
3. Also search and install BUSYBOX. After install, run the app and install busybox.
Once you complete rooting, follow remain steps. Btw, I did not find or make this solution. I read Raziel_Sicily's instruction from GT 7.7 forum, and just followed it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493294
Thank you Raziel_Sicily!!!
4. Also search "Drive Mount" app and install it.
5. Format your microSD card as NTFS. (I didn't try ext4 format, but it will work as well) I used SD card slot on my laptop, and it kept showing format options only "FAT32" and "exFAT". So, I used Paragon Hard Disk Manager to format as NTFS. You don't have to use Paragon. Just try to find your way.
6. Plug in your microSD card into Tab
7. Tab will complain "This is not support format blah blah". Just ignore it.
8. Run "Drive Mount"
9. Uncheck "Device Filtering" at the top. You will see your microSD card as NTFS partition at the left side under "Unmounted Drives". Let's mount it. Select your microSD card, tap the mount icon on the top (2nd from right). Mount icon image looks like a External HDD with check mark.
10. When you see your microSD NTFS partition is moved to right side under "Mounted Drive", you done!
Your NTFS partition is located at /mnt/. You will see a new folder name.
Mine was /mnt/mmcblk1p1, and yours can be different.
Use Astro file manager, go to /mnt/your_mounted_folder, and you can use your files.
+ How to watch mkv movie with DTS codec?
Here is extra information. If you have the same purpose with me, you will meet some problem soon. DTS audio cannot be playable.
You use Astro, go to the mounted folder, and click the mkv movie file, it will be played with default video player or another video player app, sound won't play.
What can I make it? I use MX Video Player. Once movie is playing, you can see couple of icons on the right top corner. H/W, captions, audio, and menu from left to right.
Tap audio icon, and select "software decoding" or "blah blah blah blah (S/W)" or whatever 2nd one. Sound will be played perfect.
If I find more info, I will keep updating this post.
Thanks again, bydo, bdigitalstudio, and Raziel_Sicily
thanks man
thanks man, it is just what i was searching... i bought an onthego adapter and my problem was i can't(thanks to you is better couldn't - ) use with ntfs to see my MKV ( more than 5 gb )....
your explanation is perfect and i do all right...
thanks,
Andrea ( Italy )
Hi Andrea
I am happy that my post helped you. If you have any questions, let me know.
Thanks
Good job figuring out all the steps. I'll be trying this out soon.
Have you tested what happens to the NTFS or EXT4 formatted card when connecting the tab to a PC over USB? Can you still access the sd card over the USB connection and copy files to it directly without removing the card from tab?
bydo,
Sorry for late answer. Yeah, I connected it with PC over USB, but could not recognized. I think it makes sense because even GTP cannot recognize MicroSD card.
So, I usually use SD card slot from my laptop. Most laptop has SD card slot. So, actually, it is easier to use than connecting GTP via USB. Just pull out MicroSD card from GTP, plug it into adapter (MicroSD -> SD), plug-in SD adapter to laptop slot. Then, you can use faster speed than slow MTP mode!
SD card slot gives you 1GB per 2 min speed.
Ezymount is another alternative
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hokikoki.ezymountcontrol&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Is there a way to get this to work on s3? the app just crashes when i insert sd card.
NTFS-partitioning for the micro SDHC does not work:
1) If i try to copy directly through the tablet to an NTFS-partitioned card, the tablet freezes
2) Dice player won't open a 4GB+ anyways, the message is something like "The file is not supported"
3) Internal storage cannot be partitioned as NTFS
One current solution is splitting MKV files before conversion.
For SRT external subs, either integrate them using MKVmerge, and then split in MKVToolnix, or save as ANSI and split on the fly using splitMKV (included in multiAVCHD).
Is there a more efficient way?
For example, I converted a ~9GB 1080p movie using DVD Catalyst, keeping the full resolution, into an Android recommended video format (Full HD though) + 160 Kbit AAC stereo. It turned out 6GB+ still.
are you trying to put a 4gb file or larger on your microsd, or the tablet itself?
honestly, and i love dvdcatalyst, but for the transformer infinity, i find that its really not needed. I transferred a 9gb mkv blu ray of Hunger Games to my 64gb card (formatted at exfat) and the movie plays superb. Subtitles as well. I am using BS Player to watch my movies. Conversion is really not required for the infinity, when using this app.
exFAT? 10char
Thanks! Didn't think of exFAT, saw it was available when I was formatting the card.
Still doesn't solve the internal memory of the pad problem (won't accept 4GB+ files), but I'll try to re-format the card when I'm home.
The internal memory cant be formatted from your computer because its mounted through MTP instead of USB mass storage. I wasnt aware that the internal storage had a 4gb limit, but if it is indeed fat32 there's nothing that can be done about it (yet, and even then that'll require an unlocked bootloader).
The microSD card is your only option. I second trying exFat.
Caution, not all 64 GB Micro SDXC might work! I have tried two Sandisk 64 GB. Both work formatted as FAT32 in my Galaxy Note, but only one works with ExFAT in the Transformer TF700...
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The internal memory cant be formatted from your computer because its mounted through MTP instead of USB mass storage. I wasnt aware that the internal storage had a 4gb limit, but if it is indeed fat32 there's nothing that can be done about it (yet, and even then that'll require an unlocked bootloader).
The microSD card is your only option. I second trying exFat.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Internal storage is ext4, which has a filesize limit of 16 TB. I believe it will be enough for all Infinity users The 4GB limit is under FAT16 and FAT32 only, which on your device you won't see anywhere besides the (micro)SD(HC) card!
If someone here really thinks your internal storage could be formatted FAT32, read about file permissions under Linux for the starters
And just to make sure, I've just copied a 5.46 GB file from full-size SDHC card in the dock to my internal storage (/sdcard/) with an average speed of 15 MB/s without experiencing any problems (within the tablet, so if you experience problems with USB transfers, consider it a problem with Windows handling MTP on your device or a similar issue).
This whole thread actually spreads disinformation. Better try to make sure, if you are unsure.
BTW, don't go with NTFS under Android in general and under .26 Infinity firmware in particular, it will give you trouble at some point on any device you connect to it. Just format your external cards to exFAT and don't even try to touch internal...
As to watching big .mkv files, try BSPlayer Free, it has played my 15 GB 1080p mkv files very smoothly. You can see more about apps for the Infinity in my apps (sticky) therad.
Thanks, everyone, exFAT seems to work perfectly fine for the micro SDHC card, I put a 10GB movie on it and it plays fine.
I installed BSPlayer Pro in addition to Dice Player as Dice wouldn't open it.
BSPlayer opens it perfectly, with subs, HW-accelerated and everything.
For the internal storage - great news about ext4, I am testing it again now, there may be a limitation of USB MTP protocol, as I remember it wouldn't copy a file over 4GB via the USB cable?
A 4.6GB file being copied, will post in a sec...
Um I don't know why I am such an idiot, it worked fine.
Thanks a lot again.
d14b0ll0s said:
Internal storage is ext4, which has a filesize limit of 16 TB. I believe it will be enough for all Infinity users The 4GB limit is under FAT16 and FAT32 only, which on your device you won't see anywhere besides the (micro)SD(HC) card!
If someone here really thinks your internal storage could be formatted FAT32, read about file permissions under Linux for the starters
And just to make sure, I've just copied a 5.46 GB file from full-size SDHC card in the dock to my internal storage (/sdcard/) with an average speed of 15 MB/s without experiencing any problems (within the tablet, so if you experience problems with USB transfers, consider it a problem with Windows handling MTP on your device or a similar issue).
This whole thread actually spreads disinformation. Better try to make sure, if you are unsure.
BTW, don't go with NTFS under Android in general and under .26 Infinity firmware in particular, it will give you trouble at some point on any device you connect to it. Just format your external cards to exFAT and don't even try to touch internal...
As to watching big .mkv files, try BSPlayer Free, it has played my 15 GB 1080p mkv files very smoothly. You can see more about apps for the Infinity in my apps (sticky) therad.
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Yep, I was about to say the same thing. Practically, there is no file size limit for Windows where MTP is supported natively by the OS (I suppose it would be similar for Linux as well). However, the 4-GB limit exists for Mac OS (no native support for MTP). There are some workarounds, but you cannot just use USB cable to transfer files larger than 4 GB.
need help
I formatted sandisk class 10 16 gb UHC-1 microsd to exFat(32 kilobytes) and I cant copy large files-it copies like 10% and then then gives me an error "device has stopped responding or been disconnected"-Im trying to copy 8 gb mkv file
Are you on .26 firmware? Read the threads about UHS cards here. The new firmware helped most of the users, before UHS cards were not working properly for the majority of them.
(I believe you mean UHS-1, which stands for Ultra High Speed)
UHS-1
yes Im on the .26 firmware and I have the UHS-1 16 GB-not working with exFat-tablet crashes and reboots-any suggestionsI
did a cold boot-seems to be working-Ill report back
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still wont copy 8 gb mkv file-it copied more this time like 30% and stopped responding
Jotokun said:
The microSD card is your only option. I second trying exFat.
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Any recommendation on Allocation Unit Size for exFAT? My computer defaulted to 32 kilobytes, but that seems kind of small. Card is 32 GB.
Formatted to exFAT
Copied over files
Opened BSPlayer
Watched fate/stay night unlimited blade works in glorious 1080p
Samsung 32gb sdhc on M$ winderps 7 64 bit
My prime supported NTFS, maybe that would help those who got problems with exFAT.
clownberg said:
yes Im on the .26 firmware and I have the UHS-1 16 GB-not working with exFat-tablet crashes and reboots-any suggestionsI
did a cold boot-seems to be working-Ill report back
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still wont copy 8 gb mkv file-it copied more this time like 30% and stopped responding
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Put the card in an adapter and plug into computer and copy directly. This will be Much faster anyway
NTFS support is *really* screwed up on teh infinity... Stick with exFat - it's as good as it gets for now.
Can't even copy a 1gb file with NTFS - causes the tablet to hang! Confirmed by other users also.
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I have a 32gig class 10 card that worked with exfat with the Pime but since I put it in the Infinity it just locks up and reboots when trying to copy any amount of large data. I tried reformatting the card again and no change. I then tried just fat32 and transferring a large photo folder is working now but now I can't put large movies on the card.
djakx1 said:
I have a 32gig class 10 card that worked with exfat but since I put it in the Infinity it just locks up and reboots when trying to copy any amount of large data. I tried reformatting the card again and no change. I then tried just fat32 and transferring a large photo folder is working now but now I can't put large movies on the card.
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so its not just 64gb cards that this happens with. it happens to me with any size file. If i try to transfer something from the device to microsd, the tablet will freeze and reboot. But when it reboots, i'm able to transfer the file. I posted this issue on the facebook site for this device. I hope its taken care of soon. They are probably rectifying a few other issues to include in another update.
i dont want to switch to fat32 because i have my movies (4gbs and up) on it.
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Do you have an adapter for micro sd to normal sd? I used my adapter and plugged it right into my computer. The Micro sd is EXfat and when plugged diretly to my pc with the adapter I can transfer a large size file over 4 GB +. I am transferring a 9 GB file now.
But when my Micro sd is inside my galaxy note II it will not let me plug it to the pc via a usb wire and transfer any files over 4 GB.
Hope this helps
Hello guys, I have just bougth a 256GB Micro SD, it's an AData class 10, it's not UHS-i.
I had a 32GB one inside of my phone, so I decided to copy the data from the old one to the new one...
Once I finished, I inserted it to my Z3, transfered things from internal storage to SD to free some space (photos, videos, apps), then I restarted my phone and noticed that the apps moved to te SD were not opening, then I checked Settings->Storage and saw that my SD was now just using 7GB, instead of the 47GB that were being used before restarting.
I have tried to format the SD directly from my Z3, then copy data and the same happens, in some cases it just says "Impossible to play this song" for music files, or the photos are not being shown.
Can anyone give me a solution?
Z3 only supports up to 200GB of External Storage
Theoretically it should support cards up to 2TB (not that those exist) if it allows SDXC.
"Mobile devices like smartphones support the standard , not the capacity ... It's the same with anything using removable storage.
For example, a smartphone that supports Micro SDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity) is limited to just 32GB... But a television supporting Micro SDXC (Micro Secure Digital eXtended Capacity) can use storage cards up to 2TB.
It doesn't matter that 200GB is an unusual size (anything in computing or electronics relating to data almost always increases in doubles - 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, etc...)... Just as long as it's 2TB or less."