Upload large .mov file

For doing this, I use a work-around that’s a little complicated, but does the job.

1. Create a new text file on your PC somewhere.
2. Enter some text in it (that’s important – the file can’t be empty).
3. Save/rename the file to the exact name of the movie file that you’re trying to upload – including the file extension. You’ll probably get a warning about the file possibly not working as expected, but ignore that.
4. Upload that small text file uisng the standard WordPress media uploader.
5. Take note of the files location in the media area. This will be osmething like https://site.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/filename.mov.
6. Use FTP to log onto your server, and navigate to the folder that you’ve found the file in above. Using the above example, that would be /wp-content/uploads/2012/08.
7. Upload the full movie file to over-write the small dummy file

That’s it. There’s a few steps, and it is a bit complicated, but that’s howI do it.

Thanks catacaustic. Looks like I’ll need to get the FTP site login from the client.

@catacaustic This is a genius workaround. thank you for posting it ??