For context, I have a video player written in Electron that allows users to load video files from their local machine. It does this by setting the src of the file to a local file path. This "reference" to the file is required because video files often exceed 5gb in size.

I know using the File System Access API it is possible to grab a reference to a local file but using the file appears to require creating an object URL, for example:

const src = URL.createObjectURL(await fileHandle.getFile())

After testing, it seems that it is not possible to use videos larger than 2gb with this method.

Am I missing something obvious about the usage of the File System API? Would it be possible to use an alternative workaround with this (perhaps streaming the files contents somehow?)