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Sending video files

Posted on 3/13/16 at 12:54 am
Posted by Coach72
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2009
1679 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 12:54 am
Easiest way for me to occasionally send multiple video files to a family member, as opposed to driving an hour and transferring a bunch of files from a flash or external hd?

The cap on free cloud hosting might be an issue, and I've never messed with FTP or remote desktop stuff.

I'll probably google it tomorrow, but figured I'd give the tech board first crack at steering me in the right direction.

Thanks!
This post was edited on 3/13/16 at 8:39 am
Posted by CCT
LA
Member since Dec 2006
6796 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 2:13 am to
Mail the flash drive.
Posted by Coach72
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2009
1679 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 8:48 am to
Posted by hawgndodge
Member since Jun 2009
5334 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 10:05 am to
Drop box.

Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80461 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 12:07 pm to
How big are the files?
Posted by Coach72
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2009
1679 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 12:26 pm to
Usually less than 1Gb each, but sometimes there might be 10-15 that I need to send. Was hoping to go in remotely, transfer, and place everything in the correct sub-folders so it's easy for mom.
Posted by WONTONGO
Member since Oct 2007
4387 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 12:50 pm to
Private links on YouTube or Dropbox
Posted by philabuck
NE Ohio
Member since Sep 2008
10391 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 2:43 pm to
quote:

Was hoping to go in remotely, transfer, and place everything in the correct sub-folders so it's easy for mom.



FileZilla or some other FTP option is going to be your best bet. There's remote access options with file transferring like LogMeIn and TeamViewer, but I don't think either have a free (or reasonable) price option for what you are looking to do.
Posted by Coach72
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2009
1679 posts
Posted on 3/13/16 at 3:35 pm to
Appreciate it
Posted by MyNameIsInigoMontoya
Woodlands
Member since Oct 2012
585 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 7:29 am to
You can upload to Google Drive and share that way, as well.
Posted by robchand58
Denham Springs LA
Member since Nov 2012
671 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 11:17 am to
I use WeTransfer.com for anything less than 2GB. You fill in their email address and send. The service uploads to its server, and sends them a link. Done!
Posted by LSUMDinTN
Memphis, TN
Member since Dec 2012
34 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 9:39 pm to
Personally, I use DropBox for this kind of thing, but that is $99 per year for 1 TB (the free service is only 2GB of storage).

You could try Microsoft OneDrive (5 GB for free or 50 GB for $1.99 per month).
What you do: Install the desktop software on both your computer and your mom's computer (both under the same username that you created when you signed up). When you drag and drop the files into your OneDrive folder on your computer, they will automatically download on your mom's computer. I think this would be the easiest solution for your mom. Just make sure to only put mom-friendly stuff in the OneDrive folder if you do it this way.

Lots of people use OneDrive or DropBox so that they can have important files on both their home and work computers. This is the exact same concept.
Posted by GatorReb
Dallas GA
Member since Feb 2009
9394 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 9:45 pm to
One drive is 15 gigs. That's what my family and I use.
Posted by LSUMDinTN
Memphis, TN
Member since Dec 2012
34 posts
Posted on 3/14/16 at 9:56 pm to
It must have changed because it's 5 GB now.
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