Why can't I send this 8gb VLC file to my 16gb USB stick?

[giddyup]

I have a TV series that I've downloaded as a 8gb VLC file, but when I try and transfer it to a 16gb USB stick I get the message that there's not enough space on the stick, which is empty. Why?

[Crossy]

The stick is formatted as one of the FAT formats which have a max file size of <4GB.

Re-format as NTFS and it will work.

[Gulfsailor]

If the drive is formatted as fat32, the max single file size is 4GB. Unzip the single file first and copy the individual files.

[giddyup]

It's OK. I Googled my question and got the answer. I reformatted the stick.

[giddyup]

Thanks for the answers.