Send Large Video Files Between Devices

Video files are usually the first thing to hit a size wall, a few minutes of 4K footage can blow past an email attachment limit or a messaging app’s automatic compression. Nearsend streams video files at full size and full quality, straight between two devices.

The usual problem

Messaging apps quietly recompress video before sending, trading away quality for a smaller file. Email caps out around 25MB, nowhere near enough for raw footage. Cloud storage avoids the compression problem but adds an upload-then-download round trip and counts against a storage quota the whole time the file sits there.

How Nearsend solves it

Nearsend streams the video file directly from one device to the other in encrypted chunks, exactly as it is; no recompression, no upload step, no quota. The file only ever exists on the sending and receiving device, and the practical limit is your two devices’ own network connection, not a size cap Nearsend imposes.

How to do it

Open Nearsend on both devices, Go to nearsend.app in any modern browser on the sending and receiving device; no app to install.
Pair them, Scan the animated QR code, enter the 6-digit PIN, or say the voice phrase to connect the two devices directly.
Send your files or folder, Drop files or a full folder onto the page, or pick them from the file browser. They stream straight to the other device.

Why it works well here

No app to install, runs in the browser on both devices
No account or sign-up required
Works across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, and HarmonyOS
Files stream directly device-to-device; nothing is stored on a server
No automatic recompression, video arrives at full original quality

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my video lose quality?

No, the file streams as-is, without the recompression many messaging apps apply automatically.

Is there a video file size limit?

There’s no server-side limit, very large videos just take as long as your two devices’ own network connection allows.

Can I send more than one video, or a whole folder of clips?

Yes, select multiple files, or send an entire folder in one go.

Is this faster than uploading to cloud storage first?

Usually yes, since there’s no separate upload-then-download step, the file goes straight to the other device.

Is it free?

Yes, regardless of file size.

Does this preserve the original video format, or convert it to something else?

The original format is preserved exactly; there's no conversion step, so an MP4 stays an MP4, a MOV stays a MOV, with no re-encoding along the way.

Can I send a whole folder of video clips from a shoot in one transfer?

Yes, folders are supported and their structure is preserved, so a folder of clips arrives organized the same way it was sent.

Will a 4K video sent this way still be editable at full resolution on the other end?

Yes, since no compression or resolution downscaling happens during the transfer, the file that arrives is identical to the one that was sent, ready to edit at its original resolution.

Does sending several video files at once slow each one down?

Sending them as a folder lets them stream in the same connection efficiently, total time depends mainly on your devices' combined network speed rather than the number of files itself.

Can I send a video export directly from editing software once it finishes rendering?

Yes, once the export is saved as a file on disk, it can be sent the same way as any other video file, regardless of which software created it.