Convert video to byt array

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Dear all

Please i want to convert video file (AVI - MP4) to byte array and i have the path
what is the best way
this is i used but when file large give me memory error
please how to convert it

C#

videobytes=   File.ReadAllBytes(filepath);

Posted 1-Nov-14 3:37am

beljk

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DamithSL 1-Nov-14 9:40am

what is the error?

beljk 1-Nov-14 9:46am

First,, is this the best way or what ???

beljk 1-Nov-14 9:46am

System.OutOfMemoryException

DamithSL 1-Nov-14 9:50am

:) it is good option for small files, this will load entire file to memory, if you have enough memory to hold entire file, then no issues.

Tomas Takac 1-Nov-14 9:53am

Well, you are loading the entire file into memory. For that you better have that memory available. What do you plan to do with the byte array?

beljk 1-Nov-14 9:53am

videos not small file .. 70 MB

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-11-01T03:54:00

"File large" doesn't tell us much: I've seen video files ranging from a couple of mega to nearly a terrabyte!

But...the problem is almost certainly unsolvable. If your video file exceeds 2GB, then there is nothing you can do in .NET to load it as a single array - no single object (and an array of bytes is a single object because byte is a value type, not reference) can exceed 2GB under any circumstances.

So you will have to load it in chunks using a stream: you can't read the whole file into memory.