2GB Limit on 32bit Linux of a Synology NAS about getid3 HOT 4 CLOSED

2GB file size limit is a limitation of PHP 32-bit. The only solution is to use 64-bit PHP, but if your Linux is 32-bit then that is not an option.

Many things will still work fine on 32-bit PHP, but it cannot read data past 2GB, so data at the end of large files (e.g. ID3v1) will not be read. Data at the beginning of files (e.g. ID3v2, and basic metadata for most file formats) should be read fine.

It will be .mp3 files most affected by not being able to read to the end of the file, but it's very rare to have a MP3 file larger than 2GB, so I assume most of your large files are video files. They will probably work mostly correctly, but it's possible that playtime or bitrate could be missing or incorrect.

getID3 v2.x won't make any difference, the only real fix is 64-bit PHP.

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Thanks for your quick answer, James :)
Yes, it should become a movie library with mp4 files (mostly > 2GB). Do you know if it is possible to prepare the mp4 files in that way, that i convert the ID3v1 tags into ID3v2 on another 64bit system (e.g. win10,win11) so that the basic metadata is at the beginning of the file?
Best regards
Uwe

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As I said, only .mp3 files are likely to have important data at the end of the file, and they're unlikely to be anywhere close to 2GB.
Most video files should have all the needed data near the beginning of the file, and as long as getID3 can determine the correct filesize then the data is probably correct.

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ok, thanks

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