Cannot send 2 minute iPhone video

[mailinglists35]

• [x] I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
• [x] I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
• [x] This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

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Bug description

Attachment limit size is not documented. Trying to send a two minute iPhone video is refused with Attachment is too large. Too large than what?

Steps to reproduce

• Open iPhone Camera in default settings
• Film a two minute clip
• Tap the share button
• Pick Signal from the list

Actual result: Attachment too large

Expected result: Send the clip

Screenshots

Will upload later, submitting on mobile

Device info

Device: iPhone 13 mini

iOS version: 17.0

Signal version: latest from App Store

Link to debug log

[mailinglists35]

video exif

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error message

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[mailinglists35]

other apps accept it. facebook for example. Session app. Whatsapp. Messenger. Mail. virtually any other communication app than Signal

[mailinglists35]

this is NOT a duplicate of existing issues. this is request to specify to the user what is the limit. which is unreasonably low given modern devices capabilities.

[0x1eaf]

Same here, was regularly sending videos of this length before, but now it stopped working.

[meteficha]

Also affected, but I’ll add that I can share the same video through the app itself just fine. The issue occurs only when sharing from the Photos gallery.

It also only seems to happen if the videos were shot with “Most compatible” H.264 encoding (ironically). Switching to “High efficiency” HEVC encoding seems to sidestep this issue.

[mailinglists35]

yes, I only accidentally recently discovered it occurs only when sharing via ios share sheet, and not from within the app UI itself

[Jamo33]

I also have this issue

[ryancabanas]

I have this issue too. I even have my videos set on “High Efficiency”. I’ve tried attaching it every which way and it still doesn’t work. Says my 1 minute video is too large.