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| 66198 | 2002-07-28 10:24:00 | v.K. Sorry if i offended. I looked at the figure you were asking for and thought: HTML? No, they're small Jpegs, gifs? No again Database? Not THAT big - unless you were taking on Telecom (forgot about pdfs but you'd need a fair number anyway) which left.... mp3s or videos (and no, I didn't think about home created movies). If it had been mp3s then better to have the copyright issues pointed out by us than by officialdom. According to Adobe Imageready a 99kb file will take 19sec to download over a 56kbps modem. Videos are much bigger but this gives the formula to work the maths out. To turn your computer into a web server would require configuration of the OS to turn it into a web server (with all the security issues) and a 24 x 7 telephone line. To have the files hosted would cost quite a bit and then there's whether they would charge extra for the bandwidth used. As you are creating something for one person snail mail does seem to be a much cheaper, easier solution. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 66199 | 2002-07-28 11:04:00 | ok, thanks heather, everyone who has replied beleive that at least i should send the video's by cdr/dvdr, but each home video is like 100MB, so that isn't much but it takes me like 2 whole non-stop days downlaodng files like that, so could i host indivudual files like that, and my mother can use DAP to continue the downloading later in india? cheers, v.K------------- :D |
vk_dre (195) | ||
| 66200 | 2002-07-28 11:18:00 | If the server supports download resuming. They could resume with DAP. What format are the videos in? They maybe able to be encoded in another format and still retain perfect (almost) quality, yet the files would be smaller. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 66201 | 2002-07-28 11:23:00 | Not much on a computer is BIG on a web server. Just had a look at our work host. They offer 3 plans - budget, lite and pro. Budget = 25MB = $24.95 / month Lite = 50MB = $39.95 / month Pro = 100MB = $49.95 / month So as you can see you're running into fairly heavy space requirements. Also, if it takes 2 days to upload then your mum, on the same speed modem, will take 2 days to download. Everything is possible - for a price. But it does look as though CDs through the post will work out a lot cheaper. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 66202 | 2002-07-28 11:24:00 | JM, that's a thought - turn them into Quicktime or Shockwave perhaps? | Heather P (163) | ||
| 66203 | 2002-07-28 11:28:00 | All depends on what format they are in at the moment. I'd be inclined for DivX ;-) If you know the right people it is possible to put your own machine at the company and do it that way. But in this case. The best option would be DVDs or CDRs. Provided that the person at the other end has the necessay equipment to use them. what's wrong with photos :p |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 66204 | 2002-07-28 11:33:00 | I made a multimedia presentation last year. Trouble with photos is - you don't get the dog's ears bouncing up and down in quite the same way! | Heather P (163) | ||
| 66205 | 2002-07-28 11:36:00 | > I made a multimedia presentation last year. Trouble > with photos is - you don't get the dog's ears > bouncing up and down in quite the same way! well you're not meant to treat books like that ;) what about animated GIFs. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 66206 | 2002-07-28 11:46:00 | Nah.... need the full colour range of a jpg to show off their coat. And the movie is trapped in Mac format so I can't look at it :_| |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 66207 | 2002-07-29 10:28:00 | if i added a 10mb test file to a free server like orcon's, how would the other person at the receiving end download it? would i have to link it to the website & how would i do that? cheers, v.K-------------- :D |
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