Uploaded file is too large

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I’m trying to upload some audio files to be able to play using the media player. I’m trying to use the “Add Media” option under the Media → Manage(Media Management). Seems like there is an upload maximum in the Lovelace UI as I just get the error “Uploaded file is too large” when trying to upload a 1.1MB or 3MB file. Is there some place to change the upload maximum size?

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So I started to do some Googling and came across this GitHub Issue that clued me further into the real problem. I’m using the Nginx SSL Proxy add-on and that’s how I access my HA instance locally. Reading about ingress upload issues I decided to load up my HA instance using the standard HTTP port 8123 and then I was able to upload the files with no problem. So it would seem that the issues is the Nginx SSL Proxy. I’m going to have to dig into that.

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Getting the same error on any upload. But while connected on local server on standard port http 8123.
Did you find any details on root cause?

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Hmm, I didn’t have a problem when not using the local port without going through Nginx Proxy.

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Same problem on local HA, did you find solutions for that?

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I get the same error when trying to upload larger files; it doesn’t matter if I use a local http or my DuckDNS https URL. Anything over 10,544,323 bytes fails.

For a work-around I just manually copied the mp3 files to the \192.168.0.20\media share created by the Samba Share Add-On.

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I think this is the only way now, thank you for the idea :bulb:

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Is there any solution to upload large files?

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I cannot upload even mp3 file of 10.4 MB.
2023.9.2.
Same “Upload failed: Uploaded file is too large”.

Update: seems that a reason of this error was that I have not configured “media_dirs” properly.
In fact - I have not configured it at all, it was a default config.
In “Media” this is what I saw.
And yet the “Add media” button was made available for me - and then I am getting an error with an absolutely unrelated description.

Imho, this whole “media” functionality is rather untested…

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I am facing the same issue with Nginx SSL Proxy add-on + duckdns https url for remote access. No issues when on local network. Currently limited to max upload size of 1MB. Has anyone found a solution?

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Same here using the web interface on the local network. :persevere:
It’s been ongoing for such a long time…
I have resorted to adding the Samba Add-On. It’s unfortunate.

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maybe try scp.

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Anyone managed to resolve this issue ?
I can’t upload even 30MB file neither directly or via Nginx proxy.

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Have you tried scp?

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Had the same issue.
Another way would be to drag and drop to the vs code server and then move the file to /media.

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Using NGINX as a reverse proxy the solution was adding

 client_max_body_size 1G;

to my server config.

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Ran into this myself. I found out if you upload a file via the web interface, it will go directly into the “media” folder, which will show up if you connect to your Home Assistant server via SMB for example.

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Size limit doesn’t seem to apply when adding files this way. The web interface wouldn’t even let me upload a 12 MB file, but after adding it through Windows Explorer, it shows up and will play fine.