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Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

laura.jolly — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 10:03:07 GMT

I am trying to archive a scene to pass on for checks and am receiving an error that says "Zipfile size would require ZIP64 Extensions" and then fails to archive my scene, probably because it's too large.

How and where do I get the extensions I need for this? Can I get around this issue? There is literally zero documentation about this that I've found. I would appreciate any help, as this is a very time sensitive matter. Thank you in advance!

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Nadja.Bueckmann — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 14:47:03 GMT

Hi @laura.jolly,

can you tell me how big your scene is when it is not zipped yet?

On which OS are you running Maya?

Best, Nadja

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

laura.jolly — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:07:51 GMT

Hello, the scene file I'm trying to archive is just under a gig big, but may be trying to archive up to 10 gigs worth of attached data. I am also using Windows 10 on a 64 bit computer for this archive. Thank you for your patience and help!

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

laura.jolly — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:16:29 GMT

Hello are you still available to help?

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 06:43:55 GMT

Did you ever get an answer to this question. I'm having the exact same issue.

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

laura.jolly — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:17:34 GMT

No, I never got a fix on this issue, sorry. :C

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

no4access — Sun, 21 May 2017 11:15:14 GMT

hi there i did some research i found that the limitation inside the python script it self its not allow to archive the files that to large i found some code but i am not coder so i didn't get chance to get it work may be its help

check this link:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29830531/python-using-zip64-extensions-when-compressing-large-files

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2017 13:40:16 GMT

Hello,
We had the same issue yesterday (win10 64bit, Maya 2016).

In order to try if the allowZip64 flag would fix the issue we have modified the python file:
Maya2016\Python\Lib\site-packages\maya\app\general\zipScene.py.txt

It worked great.

Here are the steps if you want to fix it:

- go to your Maya installation folder

- go to folder Python\Lib\site-packages\maya\app\general

- edit file zipScene.py.txt in a text editor (notepad++, sublime or simply notepad)

- go to line 62

zip=zipfile.ZipFile(zipFileName, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

- add the allowZip64 flag

zip=zipfile.ZipFile(zipFileName, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, allowZip64=True)

- save the file (overwrite)

Now you should be able to create large archive files for your Maya scenes.

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Thu, 25 May 2017 13:42:16 GMT

It would be cool if Autodesk could check if this is a feasible solution. If so, a patch would be highly appreciated; if not, then it would be good to know if there is any other official workaround.

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Fri, 26 May 2017 14:18:12 GMT

the filename is zipScene.py

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:20:07 GMT

This keeps happening in Maya 2018.2

Wake up!

Re: Archive Scene Error - Zip64 Extensions?

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:43:52 GMT

This solution (allowZip64=True) works for me. I'm archiving a ton of assets and the largest ZIP file so far is 9.5GB.