Re: upload big files

From: Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:12:22 +0000
Subject: Re: upload big files
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thanks guys for answer, i'm thinking in use FTP with PHP, never did it before, but don't must be dificult. I'll tell to you as finished it ;) thanks! On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote: > On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 15:47 +0200, Daniel Jost wrote: > > okay, sorry, you are right. i thought it would be purely javascript but > forgot the flash component. > > > > but if you don't want your user to blindly upload 300mb over hours > (depending on his internet connection) there are no other possibilities than > using one of that components. or does anyone have another solution? > > 2011/4/16 Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > > > On Sat, 2011-04-16 at 15:36 +0200, Daniel Jost wrote: > > hi! > > this form would not really be a nice solution to upload 300mb. there would > be no progress bar and no other possibility for the user to get feedback. > > you should consider to use a java uploaded - or a bit nicer - a javascript > based solution like this: http://www.uploadify.com/ > > <http://www.uploadify.com/>daniel > > 2011/4/14 Ricardo Martinez <hariseldom@gmail.com> > > > Hi List! > > > > Need can upload big files ( around 300MB ) the system must be easy of use ( > > cann't use ftp ). > > > > Was thinking in make it, using a form with post, and update the cfg files > > for can upload big files. > > But don't know how it going to work. I think that can give a lot of errors > > or be unestable. > > > > Just asking if anyone had a project like this one ;) > > > > Greetings! > > > > -- > > Ricardo > > _______________________________________________ > > IT Architect > > website: http://www.pulsarinara.com > > > > > > Uploadify might appear to be purely Javascript, but it is in-fact Flash > doing the actual upload work. I've used this before, and found it impossible > to use without a mouse and defaults to a standard upload input element if > you don't have Flash player installed on that browser. These might not seem > like major issues, but I for one don't have Flash installed on my Windows > partition (found it to be too much of a security risk) and there are plenty > of people out there who can't use a mouse due to various disabilities. I'd > definitely go with the Java one if you can, as this is more portable (I > believe you can get them to run on iOS devices where Flash would be a no-go) > and would allow non-mouse navigation. > > Having said that, the last time I used Uploadify was about a year ago, so > things may have changed since then with regards to the non-mouse > interaction. > > > -- > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > The last time I had to do something like this was for large video files > which could sometimes go beyond 2GB. In the end I allowed the files to be > transferred over FTP (with the same username/password that they logged in > via the web interface), but also included a Java applet in the web interface > as well so that it appeared to allow the upload as normal, but behind the > scenes it was all FTP. HTTP isn't great for large uploads, but a protocol > like FTP is perfectly suited for it. > > > -- > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- Ricardo _______________________________________________ IT Architect website: http://www.pulsarinara.com

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