Way to share large files, specifical vids and photos

[Dal35]

Originally Posted by BrianlG35C

I'd like to get access to HR ones you took of my car!

Which ones?

[BrianlG35C]

Originally Posted by Dal35

Which ones?

The dyno meet, if you still have them. Not sure if there were any other good ones you took.

[TeddYang]

ok i added jeremey, dal, and brian to the folder...once you guys set up your drop box account, any file your drop in the OHIO G CLUB folder in your dropbox folder will be shared across the board.

just remember everyone has a 2 gig cap...so don't go filling it all up at once.

[TeddYang]

and wow...dal is super fast...already uploaded some photos haha...

just fyi drop box is basically cloud computing for storage purposes...so the way it works, user drops a file in the dropbox...it get's uploaded to dropbox server, and then trickles down to all the other computers that have access to that folder. so you should be able to access the file via the web interface at www.getdropbox.com or just give it time and it'll populate down to your computer.

[BrianlG35C]

Thanks Dal!

[Dal35]

its cool... i might need to check how much bandwidth this thing takes from me!

[BrianlG35C]

Hmm... I'm new to this stuff, but in the Files tab, I can't seem to preview the pics before downloading from the page below,

My Dropbox » Ohio G Club » IPS Dyno Meet Selected

UploadCreate folderMore actions
Name Size Modified
Parent folder

DSC_0051.JPG3.3MB7 mins ago

DSC_0052.JPG3.58MB7 mins ago

[TeddYang]

yeah the web interface isn't conducive to previewing files. just install the dropbox app on your computer and i'll automatically d/l them all there anyway. its meant more to be used as a standalone program on a PC. the web interface is just an additional useful feature.

bandwidth wise it only uses bandwidth when someone makes a change to the folder, ie it needs to upload a file to the server, or d/l to make sure the folder is synced up. once everything is checked out to be the same, bandwidth usage should be negligible....

[BrianlG35C]

Originally Posted by TeddYang

yeah the web interface isn't conducive to previewing files. just install the dropbox app on your computer and i'll automatically d/l them all there anyway. its meant more to be used as a standalone program on a PC. the web interface is just an additional useful feature.

bandwidth wise it only uses bandwidth when someone makes a change to the folder, ie it needs to upload a file to the server, or d/l to make sure the folder is synced up. once everything is checked out to be the same, bandwidth usage should be negligible....

Thanks for setting this up!

[Dal35]

kind of like a torrent..

[TeddYang]

umm kind of...a torrent uses a centralized server to coordinate p2p...where dropbox works of a centralized server that is the cloud...

plus the nice thing with drop box is locally i can just drag all my photos into my drop box folder and i know it'll automatically populate.

[TeddYang]

so just as a test i grabbed the HD clip of Brian's dyno pull...it's about 500 megs, so i'll leave it up for maybe the weekend or a week (depending on how full the folder gets) and then take it down to free up some space.

[BrianlG35C]

Originally Posted by TeddYang

so just as a test i grabbed the HD clip of Brian's dyno pull...it's about 500 megs, so i'll leave it up for maybe the weekend or a week (depending on how full the folder gets) and then take it down to free up some space.

I don't see a video file on there?

[plumber78]

Add me Ted if you don't mind...grantgrabill@hotmail.com

[TeddYang]

it's there now...took awhile to upload...=)