I am trying to upload video files larger than 2GB on an ASP.NET MVC 3 project however the maximum file upload size for ASP.NET 4.0 seems to be at 2GB. Is there a way to exceed this limitation in ASP.NET/IIS? or what would another approach be to get around this?
I am also using uploadify as my file upload control. Any help and resources for achieving this appreciated.
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According to my experience there is no way to upload file over 2Gb in a single request. There is a 2Gb limitation in IIS, and there is no workaround.
In .Net 4.0 and earlier there were also a 2Gb (some people say 4Gb) limitation in ASP.NET, that was fixed in .Net 4.5. However this fix makes a little sense because IIS itself does not support file uploads over 2Gb.
The only way to upload files over 2Gb to IIS-hosted server is to break it into pieces and upload piece by piece. Here are clients that can upload breaking a file into segments:
Note that these clients require your server to support PUT with Range header.
Another solution is to create a HttpListener-based server. HttpListener has much less functionality comparing to IIS but it does not have any upload limitations.
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