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OT: MobileMe or alt’s to send approvals to client?
What do you use to send rough cuts to clients via Internet? My clients prefer to download .wmv’s that they can view offline on their PCs.
I have used Attachmore, YouSendIt, BigUpload, and … “MobileMe.”
Apple’s new entry, MobileMe, has a “public folder” feature. I assumed that it would fill the same role as a dedicated file transfer site. Unfortunately, it usually freezes, and is dead slow when it works.
I tried Apple online support, and it was as frustrating as MobileMe.
After investing half an hour explaining, and re-explaining the problem, I got disconnected. I guess it was lunchtime.At any rate, MobileMe’s public folder doesn’t work for me right now, and I need either to make it work or to subscribe to one of the competitors.
Any advice for this critical service would be most appreciated.
Who do you use? I think my problem with MobileMe is NOT user error, but if you think there is some obvious “gotcha,” I’m all ears.
Thanks!
Bob C
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Bpb,
MobileMe or iDisk, a stinky rose by any name. Apple’s servers for this feature are in fact ridiculously slow. Their fast server is obviously reserved for the iTunes store.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums.
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[David Roth Weiss] “in fact ridiculously slow.”
maybe Ron Lindeboom should tell Apple how to speed things up with their servers.
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I use NetNation to host an ftp, clients love it and it works great. A 25 meg wmv takes about 8 minutes to upload and download.
Have a wonderful day.
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[Bob Cole] “What do you use to send rough cuts to clients via Internet? My clients prefer to download .wmv’s that they can view offline on their PCs.
I have used Attachmore, YouSendIt, BigUpload, and … “MobileMe.” “
We use Media Batch developed by the Cow’s own Marco Solario. The software is hosted on our web server and allows us to set up password protected client areas so they can simply bookmark their location on a web browser. They like this more than dealing with FTP software.
Media Batch allows the clients to view right off our server so they don’t even need to download anything if they don’t want to and they can add notes right on the server with the file. Very cool software and I highly recommend it. Our clients absolutely love it and if they need upload capability, there’s a handy-dandy “Upload” button I can activate for them.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Hey…
If you already have MobileMe, then just use iWeb to create a web page and embed your video on a web page. Works great for us. Just make sure that you set your video to AutoPlay.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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[Wayne Carey] “embed your video on a web page. Works great for us.”
Cool. The problem I’m having is specifically with Apple’s server being very slow to upload my video files. Does your workflow somehow get a preferred treatment from Apple? Have you uploaded a video in the last week?
I had initial success last week, but since then, stalled uploads have sent me elsewhere.
Thanks for the tips everbody. When I get flush I want to try Walter’s solution — sounds very client-friendly.
Bob C
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drop.io is free (up to 100mb per “drop”), and automatically transcodes QTs into flash.
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[Wayne Carey] “If you already have MobileMe, then just use iWeb to create a web page and embed your video on a web page”
Thats one way. If you have iMovie 08, bring your exported file from FCP into that and it lets you publish to a video gallery. You can also choose to have it publish in multiple sizes so that the client can choose which they want to watch depending on there internet speed.
It also lets you password protect it, and even asks you if you want to send an email that contains the web link, user name and password.
There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
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I’ll admit that I haven’t uploaded a video in the last month but I wouldn’t be surprise at all with all of the problems Apple had with the MobileMe service change over and now, the new iPhones with the 3G network.
I’m sure that Apple is working on it as we speak. As for Walter’s solution… It sure sounds good but the software is $895. A little steep for my company at the moment.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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We use Xprove to allow our clients to preview their shows. We upload a QT version and a WMV version. This allows our clients to view whatever will work on their machines. You can set up different jobs and companoes that will allow you to have clients only be able to acces what you want them to. I think there is and option to allow the client download the show for themselves. They also have the opportunity to leave comments on each show. I think the priceing was pretty reasonable. I checked the pricing and it runs 180 bucks a year for a lite account. That allows you to have 5 projects and 12.5 gb a month bandwidth. The site also has a download with some predone settings for compressor so you get the best results. Really cool product. We do a lot of work for NASA and often have to get approval from multiple persons around the country.
Alex D’Eath
Operations Manager
Space City Films, Inc
Above & Beyond…..
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