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Commons:Village pump

‎Video file size limit
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:::::::For a file as large as 778MB, I highly recommend using [[w:BitTorrent|bittorrent software]] for efficient, reliable transfer. Modern bittorrent programs such as [[w:Deluge (software)|Deluge]] have support for [[w:Distributed hash table|DHT]] (AKA ‘trackerless’) and [[w:Magnet URI scheme|magnet links]], which make this sort of task easy. So that means the process for transferring a file is to just create a ‘.torrent’ file or a magnet link, send that to the receiver, and leave your computer and torrent software running while they download the file. If anything interrupts the connection, the transfer will continue from where it left off (unlike HTTP, FTP, etc.), and when the transfer completes, the BTIH verifies that the files are 100% bit-for-bit identical. Files this large are what bittorrent was made for! —[[User:JamesHaigh|James Haigh]] ([[User talk:JamesHaigh|talk]]) 2013-03-21T07:50:17[[w:RFC 3339|Z]]

:::::::For a file as large as 778MB, I highly recommend using [[w:BitTorrent|bittorrent software]] for efficient, reliable transfer. Modern bittorrent programs such as [[w:Deluge (software)|Deluge]] have support for [[w:Distributed hash table|DHT]] (AKA ‘trackerless’) and [[w:Magnet URI scheme|magnet links]], which make this sort of task easy. So that means the process for transferring a file is to just create a ‘.torrent’ file or a magnet link, send that to the receiver, and leave your computer and torrent software running while they download the file. If anything interrupts the connection, the transfer will continue from where it left off (unlike HTTP, FTP, etc.), and when the transfer completes, the BTIH verifies that the files are 100% bit-for-bit identical. Files this large are what bittorrent was made for! —[[User:JamesHaigh|James Haigh]] ([[User talk:JamesHaigh|talk]]) 2013-03-21T07:50:17[[w:RFC 3339|Z]]

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::::::: I'd recommend uploading them to Archive.org. It's a rather convenient place for files like this. I don't know if it's one of your concerns, but Archive.org also has I believe a larger body of remixers who like to do cool things with uploaded Free files.--[[User:Prosfilaes|Prosfilaes]] ([[User talk:Prosfilaes|talk]]) 08:05, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

== We need a multiple-uploading option with licensing in the Commons APP. ==

== We need a multiple-uploading option with licensing in the Commons APP. ==

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