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| Thread ID: 138210 | 2014-10-22 20:19:00 | Sending a large file | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1386633 | 2014-10-22 20:19:00 | I need to send a large movie clip (2.5 gigs) to a friend. What's better... attaching it to an email or uploading it to a file sharing site? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1386634 | 2014-10-22 20:48:00 | You can't attach a file that size to an email. Upload it to Dropbox/OneDrive etc and share it from there. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1386635 | 2014-10-22 20:59:00 | Or go old school. Burn it to a disk and post it :) | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1386636 | 2014-10-22 21:03:00 | I have used TeamViewer in the past. www.teamviewer.com |
ruup (1827) | ||
| 1386637 | 2014-10-22 21:31:00 | Or go old school. Burn it to a disk and post it :)PFFT! :rolleyes: I'll use Google Drive. Thanks for the responses. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 1386638 | 2014-10-23 00:22:00 | I didn't think any cloud service allowed for a single file that big. You could rock it old school and set up an ftp server at home and get your friend to connect. Or actually I've heard good things about bittorrent sync can be used for this. Another odd option (unless you're already using it) is plex allows for the sharing of your server, so if you and your friend were already plex users, he could come and download it (or stream off your). |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1386639 | 2014-10-23 00:47:00 | good luck trying to upload it on bog standard home ADSL Unless your upload speed is full speed, then just forget it. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1386640 | 2014-10-23 05:07:00 | I didn't think any cloud service allowed for a single file that big. IIRC OneDrive recently increased the file size limit to 10GB. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1386641 | 2014-10-23 05:51:00 | good luck trying to upload it on bog standard home ADSL Unless your upload speed is full speed, then just forget it. Exactly, 8 hours later and it is just about to send the last few bits when kaboom, the upload crashes, oh well try again............:banana |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1386642 | 2014-10-23 06:04:00 | 7 Zip (article (www.howtogeek.com)) can split files and recombine. But of course need to determine or test manageable chunks to send fast enough, and if it works for movie file formats. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
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