System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): Maximum request length exceeded

Question

I am trying to upload a 5.25 MB mp4 video file in an ASP.NET MVC 5 application.

I tried adding this to the Web.config file, which in most cases was the accepted answer to this problem.

<system.web> <!-- This will handle requests up to 1024MB (1GB) --> <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1048576" /> </system.web> 

I also tried setting a timeout also in Web.config

 <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1048576" executionTimeout="3600" /> 

However, when I go to download the file, I get a System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): Maximum request length exceeded.

Perhaps there is something that needs to be installed in the controller or in the view?

Controller:

 [HttpPost] public ActionResult Index(HttpPostedFileBase file) { if (file != null && file.ContentLength > 0) { var fileName = Path.GetFileName(file.FileName); if (fileName != null) { var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Content/Videos"), fileName); file.SaveAs(path); } } return RedirectToAction("Index"); } 

View:

 @using (Html.BeginForm("Edit", "Posts", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" })) { <input type="file" name="file" /> <input type="submit" value="OK" /> } 

How do you upload video files to ASP.NET MVC 5?

Answer 1

Try adding this to web.config (in bytes!):

  <system.webServer> <security> <requestFiltering> <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1073741824" /> </requestFiltering> </security> </system.webServer>