A few years ago even a modest size file (say 500 kBytes - certainly over a couple of Mbytes) was tricky to send by email, and even though some could send such or larger files, some recipients would find their inboxes filling up and becoming unusable. This has led to the development of services to send large files, now including audio and video.
I know that some people really recommend Dropbox, but there are other systems. I just wonder if others have specific recommendations for sending large audio and video files to people who may normally only use email. I really don't want to get too involved with systems like Dropbox and iCloud on a regular basis, as (a) I don't want any possibly private/confidential files to go out into the wide world, and (b) it seems that there are still quite a lot of people who are computer savvy who don't know about cloud systems such as Dropbox - and very likely an even larger number of less computer savvy people who still find all this stuff too taxing.
I just sent one now (a video file), using mailbigfile.com - and that was around 125 Mbytes. I don't particularly want to have to pay to send large files, as I only do this occasionally. However, the file just sent was a compressed video and lasts less than 10 minutes. In a higher resolution format if goes up to around 600 Mbytes. I have about 2 hours of material which I might wish to send via email/internet means, though despite other problems it may still be simpler to just simply burn the material to DVDs and put either DVDs or computer files on DVDs in the post.
I have noticed others round here have used various large file distribution sites in the past - e.g Rapidshare, but I'm wondering what the current thinking is on these systems.
I know that some people really recommend Dropbox, but there are other systems. I just wonder if others have specific recommendations for sending large audio and video files to people who may normally only use email. I really don't want to get too involved with systems like Dropbox and iCloud on a regular basis, as (a) I don't want any possibly private/confidential files to go out into the wide world, and (b) it seems that there are still quite a lot of people who are computer savvy who don't know about cloud systems such as Dropbox - and very likely an even larger number of less computer savvy people who still find all this stuff too taxing.
I just sent one now (a video file), using mailbigfile.com - and that was around 125 Mbytes. I don't particularly want to have to pay to send large files, as I only do this occasionally. However, the file just sent was a compressed video and lasts less than 10 minutes. In a higher resolution format if goes up to around 600 Mbytes. I have about 2 hours of material which I might wish to send via email/internet means, though despite other problems it may still be simpler to just simply burn the material to DVDs and put either DVDs or computer files on DVDs in the post.
I have noticed others round here have used various large file distribution sites in the past - e.g Rapidshare, but I'm wondering what the current thinking is on these systems.
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