Re: your opinion on this: large file upload to isp instead of web host

henribaeyens wrote:
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:50:38 -0800, Captain Paralytic wrote:

On 6 Feb, 10:47, henribaeyens <cont...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,

I'd like some input on this idea.
I'm working on a site that'll serve streaming video (kinda like youtube
but WAY more confidential, if you know what I mean). The problem though
is that the web host isn't very flexible: the upload file size limit is
2 megs and we'll be using 10 to 20 megs files. They can be ftp'd, but
that's not a practical solution: see, videos (FLVs) are meant to be
uploaded thru an admin interface along with some other data such as
title, subject, keywords, date of recording, and all that is fed to a
database (the process has to be fluid: the admin shan't have to enter
the video's data, update the database, and then open an ftp client to
upload the actual file). So I was thinking about using the isp. In a
nutshell, the video file would be uploaded not to the web hosts disk
but to the isp's. The database will store a link to the remote file. Of
course, I'll have to make sure that the streaming would still be fast
enough. But many pages and blogs feature youtube media, and I don't
really see any difference.
Practically, how do I tell php not to upload to the web host but to the
isp?

Does this seem like a viable alternative? or what?

Henri
The isp provides the connection to the internet. the do not
automatically supply any data storage areas.

well, not so sure about that. A lot ISP's, in fact all of them, at least in France, but most probably else where as well, provide web space for "personal web sites", and the space is usually a 100 to 200 megs.


Sure, I have two ISP's (main and backup). Each has personal web space available. I have never activated them and have no intention to do so - I have no need for them.

Additionally, if I were using it, why should I tie up my personal web space to solve your problem? Doesn't make sense to me.

Rather, if your host won't change the upload limit, it's time to find another host who can satisfy your needs.

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