# Uploading large video files?
**URL:** https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** v2
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954 "2016-04-25T19:08:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Andi-Lo](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Andi-Lo)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/1 "2016-04-25T19:08:56Z")
Hey there,
i’am trying to upload larger video files via drag and drop (on my local xampp server) but it doesn’t seem to work. I can see the spinner for 2-3 seconds and then it stops.
The file size is a mp4 with ~40 mb.
Is this kirby related or a server issue?
Greetings
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### Author:  [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/2 "2016-04-25T19:18:52Z")
Pls. check your `upload_max_filesize` and `post_max_size` settings in your php.ini.
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### Author:  [@Andi-Lo](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Andi-Lo)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/3 "2016-04-25T19:22:33Z")
upload\_max\_filesize=2M
and
post\_max\_size can not be found. Can you modify the php.ini on a shared hosting? There could be a limit too.
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### Author:  [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/4 "2016-04-25T19:26:12Z")
That depends on your hosting provider. If in doubt, you should contact them to find out and if necessary, change the provider. Sometimes, you cannot directly edit the php.ini but make change some settings via a web interface.
If you want to upload ~40MB files, you should probably set the upload\_max\_filesize to 64M.
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### Author:  [@anon77445132](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/anon77445132)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/5 "2016-04-25T20:44:46Z")
@Andi-Lo:
You may want to change your PHP-setup, e.g.:
**File \xampp\php\php.ini :**
```ini
max_execution_time = 600
max_input_time = 600
memory_limit = 512M
post_max_size = 64M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
```
Good luck!
* * *
But think on the setup of your (later) live-server!
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### Author:  [@Andi-Lo](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Andi-Lo)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/6 "2016-04-26T12:22:48Z")
Thank you guys, i at least got it working on my local dev environment. Have to take a look if I have a chance to change it on my hosting provider too.
cheers
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### Author:  [@Mark\_E](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Mark_E)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/7 "2024-10-16T11:02:14Z")
Would it be possible for me to change the PHP setup to allow visitors to upload videos of up to 500 MB in the front end?
A big increase from
> upload\_max\_filesize = 64M
> post\_max\_size = 64M
Is this a question for the hosting company?
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### Author:  [@bastianallgeier](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bastianallgeier)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/8 "2024-10-16T11:16:40Z")
Uploading such huge files in one go isn’t recommended. Kirby 5 will come with chunked uploads for such big upload tasks.
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### Author:  [@Mark\_E](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Mark_E)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/9 "2024-10-16T13:20:55Z")
Okay, do we have an estimated time of launch for Kirby 5?
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### Author:  [@bastianallgeier](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bastianallgeier)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/10 "2024-10-17T06:57:26Z")
We aim for a release by the end of this year.
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### Author:  [@Mark\_E](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/Mark_E)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/11 "2024-10-17T12:08:04Z")
Thanks
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### Author:  [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/uploading-large-video-files/3954/12 "2025-02-06T16:41:02Z")