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OT – Sending large file overseas
Hi,
I’m in South Africa, my clients are in the States.
They need a full-res DVD version [SD] of our film the day after it’s done.
I had in mind to make a 3.5GB or 4GB disk image, upload it to Box.net and then have them download it on their site.
The problem is, my upload speed is only about 100MB p/hour, so it will take over 35 hours — [and that is, IF the upload doesn’t time out].So my question is, is there a better way???
Can I split up the Disk image into two parts and have it uploaded by different people – and can I compress the Disk image – and if so, how small could I make it?
What are the other options?
Any suggestions most welcome.
[Obviously Fedex would be too slow, otherwise we’d be doing that.]
The project is NTSC DV 4:3 – 76 Minutes in duration.
Thanks,
Wayne
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5 Replies
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Compressing it won’t do anything. I guess you could split it up but good luck explaining to the client how to recombine it. You should just take it somewhere that has a faster upload speed.
Sean
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Aspera has a pretty fast transfer mechanism, blows away ftp, but it’s a point-to-point client that you will need on each end.
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The best route, if you have any budget at all, would be to contact a Post house in the city that your client is in.
I’ve used AIM, AOL Instant Messenger, to transfer larger files than 4 gig, it gives you a direct connection for file transfers to the person that you’re chatting with. You might have to split up your video and have another person connect and “chat” with someone else on their end to send files right away, but then the post house could easily put the videos together and put them on a DVD or tape for your client.
Of course, FTP or another service like Aspera, which I haven’t used, would work too. But I would definitely recommend contacting a post house in the city that your client is in, so you make sure that your video gets the proper treatment and doesn’t land in the hands of an intern that has no idea what he’s doing, leaving you with a very upset client.
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Try to “rar” your files. you can typically break up a large file into many smaller files and send it that way. then when your clients downloads all the “rar” files they can unzip it and the disc image will be whole again for them to burn.
Good Luck
-dave
hmm… I wonder what this button does…
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Thank you all for your input.
I managed to convince the producers that Aspera was the only way to go.
Thanks again and all the best,
Wayne
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