diff --git a/electron/ipc/register/assets.ts b/electron/ipc/register/assets.ts
index a0b132ea2..649c74f70 100644
--- a/electron/ipc/register/assets.ts
+++ b/electron/ipc/register/assets.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,28 @@ export function registerAssetHandlers() {
       // require a real on-disk file so this cannot be used to read directories.
       const resolved = await resolveReadableLocalFilePath(filePath)
 
-      const data = await fs.readFile(resolved)
-      return { success: true, data }
+      // Use fileHandle.read instead of fs.readFile to support files >2 GiB.
+      // fs.readFile throws ERR_FS_FILE_TOO_LARGE on large files, but
+      // fileHandle.read has no such restriction.
+      const fileHandle = await fs.open(resolved, 'r')
+      try {
+        const stat = await fileHandle.stat()
+        const fileSize = stat.size
+        const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(fileSize)
+        let offset = 0
+        while (offset < fileSize) {
+          const chunkSize = Math.min(64 * 1024 * 1024, fileSize - offset) // 64 MiB chunks
+          const { bytesRead } = await fileHandle.read(buffer, offset, chunkSize, offset)
+          if (bytesRead === 0) break
+          offset += bytesRead
+        }
+        return { success: true as const, data: offset < fileSize ? buffer.slice(0, offset) : buffer }
+      } finally {
+        await fileHandle.close()
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Failed to read local file:', error)
-      return { success: false, error: String(error) }
+      return { success: false as const, error: String(error) }
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/localMediaSource.ts b/src/lib/exporter/localMediaSource.ts
index 4f5a1b57a..7e9cdaed2 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/localMediaSource.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/localMediaSource.ts
@@ -122,16 +122,16 @@ export async function createReadableMediaResourceFile(resource: string): Promise
 
 	if (localFilePath && typeof window !== "undefined" && window.electronAPI?.readLocalFile) {
 		const result = await window.electronAPI.readLocalFile(localFilePath);
-		if (!result.success || !result.data) {
-			throw new Error(result.error || "Failed to read local media file");
+		if (result.success && result.data) {
+			const bytes =
+				result.data instanceof Uint8Array ? result.data : new Uint8Array(result.data);
+			const arrayBuffer = bytes.buffer.slice(
+				bytes.byteOffset,
+				bytes.byteOffset + bytes.byteLength,
+			) as ArrayBuffer;
+			return new File([arrayBuffer], filename, { type: inferMimeType(filename) });
 		}
-
-		const bytes = result.data instanceof Uint8Array ? result.data : new Uint8Array(result.data);
-		const arrayBuffer = bytes.buffer.slice(
-			bytes.byteOffset,
-			bytes.byteOffset + bytes.byteLength,
-		) as ArrayBuffer;
-		return new File([arrayBuffer], filename, { type: inferMimeType(filename) });
+		// readLocalFile failed — fall through to URL-based fetch
 	}
 
 	const resourceUrl = await resolveMediaResourceUrl(resource);