Can't write large xmp metadata to pdf

Hello,
I tried to add a custom metadata of 2kb to the pdf, using PutXmp() method.The API supports "inplace" serialization of exact size - it serializes my packet to the size of the old xmp packet. If my packet size is small - it succeeds; otherwise, like in case of 2kb - fails.Moreover, if there is no old xmp packet, it can't put my xmp. Are there any limitations?I tried to remove some flags in API and PutXmp() performed "not inplace" serialization - that way it succeeded to serialize a big packet.Then I call CloseFile() method which performs an actual writing to file. When I open a pdf in txt format, I see the meta is writen correctly in a correctplace. But when I open the pdf file, the "out of memory" message is displayed.When I try to close the pdf file, it asks if I want to save it. Please advise how to add a large amount of metadata without getting the pdf corrupted.

Hi Curt,
Thanks for your response.
No, there is currently no metadata displayed for the WAV file. I was getting the impression from forums that WAV files can't carry metadata but I thought Bridge would create a sidecar file to carry it.
Cheers,
Josh

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