Gaming videos forum.

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 20 Feb 2006, 21:04

For now I think we should find another host as it doesnÃ‚Â´t work good for most people. LetÃ‚Â´s wait and see what Ibrin comes up with. If he finds something I can try and download it in the morning, afternoon, evening and night with a script and see if it makes any difference. No offense Frag Maniac, just trying to see if there are better options and keeping the door open.

Frag Maniac · Post by **Frag Maniac** » 21 Feb 2006, 03:07

No offense Frag Maniac, just trying to see if there are better options and keeping the door open.

None taken, hey, I'm always looking for a better service myself, especially one with servers worldwide. To tell you the truth, I was very tempted by Rapidshare until I found that they too limit to 30 days unviewed, then delete. I could adapt to sub 100MB file size, with smaller bit rates and viewing size, but I just can't count on always being able to remember to view each one of my many files once a month to make sure they're not deleted. I hate leaving unusable links on forums, and the mods generally don't like it either.

If Filefront had Euro servers once, it was probably something they were testing and found too expensive. Who knows, maybe they'll bring them back, that would be nice. :wink:

For now, I'm all ears Ibrin, and open to suggestion. Personally I prefer forums with international activity, it makes for more stimulating and often more mature chat.

Post by **skipclarke** » 21 Feb 2006, 04:20

I uploaded the file here. I had to change the name a bit, as the brackets gave the BBCode in phpBB hell. Let me know what DL speeds you can hit.

Post by **skipclarke** » 21 Feb 2006, 04:58

I would say that Apple throttles downloads to somewhere between 180-200. I downloaded three copies simultaneously, and each ended up holding at 188 kb/s.

Each downloaded fine, and was a high-quality movie. About 11.5 minutes long, at 480p (720x480) and 30fps. Nice A-Team soundtrack.

I'd say the Apple servers did well for me, how about everyone else? I could upgrade the .mac account and then offer to serve videos for Insiders. I'd want to set some ground rules (i.e., nothing offensive, and they need to have a widescreen flavor to them), but what would the interested parties think about that?

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 21 Feb 2006, 07:02

I started downloading manually before work and the speed at best was 77kb/s. It started out with 70kb/s and then 77kb/s the rest of the time. It took about 35-40mins. Sweden timezone 06:30am-07:10am

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 21 Feb 2006, 08:54

To me it goes about 90kbps. I don't think that's really bad.
The question is will it also go that fast when a lot of people download the file simoultaniously.

Post by **skipclarke** » 21 Feb 2006, 16:36

We could try and schedule a time when a bunch of us try and download it at the same time.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 21 Feb 2006, 16:42

Good idea, but we have to find a way to sync everyone in different timezones.

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 21 Feb 2006, 16:50

Sounds good. IÃ‚Â´m in.

Post by **FrankB** » 21 Feb 2006, 17:58

It started out at 170 kbs then dropped back to 85, but i cancelled it at 5%, it feels kinda stupid downloading a movie you made yourself and have on your computer :P

Post by **Gilly** » 21 Feb 2006, 19:44

i could do some UT2004 ones, and as soon as the 2X07's are out in WS as well, someone has lost their UT disk though ey tamlin :P

Frag Maniac · Post by **Frag Maniac** » 11 Mar 2006, 09:54

Filefront does have some european servers, I saw them once, but they never showed up again in that server list again...

Good news everyone, FrankB is right, Filefront does indeed have European servers, in fact they have a "World" server too, though I'm not sure where either are located. I did find out from one of the admins of their Far Cry forum though, that in Europe they have just one 150 slot server.

OK, now I'll explain why you were not seeing those servers in the list from my link. It has to be a file that has been submitted directly to Filefront, rather than just uploaded to one's personal Filefront filepage. Every file submitted directly to Filefront that I've checked so far shows one World, and one European server in the download list.

I submitted about 20 files to Filefront before I started making widescreen videos. I found out after they had been transferred over from my personal filepage, and were no longer accessable to me for rearranging and modifying. It also takes longer to submit them, rather than just upload them to your filepage. Thus, I stopped submitting them that way. Little did I know in doing that I was making it harder for those overseas to download my videos, I apologize for that.

Those of you living anywhere but North America, please try downloading this one that HAS been submitted to Filefront's world database. This is my very first video with in game sound. Far Cry's Regulator level, Realistic mode, 9:41 level time, no scratch.

Music is Bleeding Me, and Enter Sandman, by Metallica. Please reply as to your download time, which server you tried, and what country you're located in. Thanks, your input is vital as to determining if this will solve our video sharing dilema.

There are enough people on other forums I visit that are from Europe to make submitting them to Filefront's world database worthwhile to me, even if the video forum idea doesn't catch on here, but I'd still like your input for comparison. Sorry I didn't see this before, I hope those of you whom thought a video forum to be a good idea are still interested.:wink:

Sabotage: Path to Chaos (138MB)
Far Cry's Regulator level

(EDITED)
Oddly enough when I just tried this link (1 AM US West Coast time), the Euro, World, and a US server all were DLing at about the same speed, tapering off after 30 seconds or so to about 360kbps with my 7Mb connection speed.

Post by **skipclarke** » 15 Mar 2006, 15:34

I uploaded the file here. I had to change the name a bit, as the brackets gave the BBCode in phpBB hell. Let me know what DL speeds you can hit.

I've still got this file here, and would like to do a stress test. We've got people in all time zones, so let's find some time that works for as many people as possible.

Would mid-day in the US, and early evening in the UK work for everyone? Say, 12noon CST, which would be 10am on the US west coast, 1pm on the US east coast, and 6pm UK. Not sure what that would be for Norway and Sweden, but shouldn't be too much past that (I don't think).

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 15 Mar 2006, 17:12

That works for me, just name the day.
I get about 180Kb/s, and it says it takes about 11-12min. I'm located in Texas, Mountain Time zone, so that means for me it should be 11am.

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 16 Mar 2006, 22:35

IÃ‚Â´m ok with the time, GMT +1 hour for me. Just put up a date as a suggestion so I know if I can help.

Frag Maniac · Post by **Frag Maniac** » 17 Mar 2006, 02:35

No disrespect, but I feel no one is giving what I asked a try. There are 1 Euro and one World server in the above link I just posted. Will some of you that are not from the Americas please try one of those servers and tell me what your download speed is? It is not the same network the first link leads you to. :wink:

xfachx · Post by **xfachx** » 17 Mar 2006, 04:36

Why dont we simply add a "Videos" forum under "Screenshots". Include a "Rules" and whaterr else thread. and let people start posting in there. Then people can host using whatever they want. It would be easier IMO.

Rapidshare is a good one. There are a bunch of free media hosting web sites. But let it be the users choice where they want it up'd. They can even put them in ZIP/RAR files and upload it to wherever. The whole concept is pretty simple and we should execute in the same manner.

/just a suggestion...

Post by **skipclarke** » 17 Mar 2006, 06:05

And, a good one at that. How's this?

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/

Also check out the new forum name for Screenshots.

Post by **skipclarke** » 17 Mar 2006, 06:40

IÃ‚Â´m ok with the time, GMT +1 hour for me. Just put up a date as a suggestion so I know if I can help.

How about Monday, 12noon CST. That won't interfere with the weekend, or Friday night festivities.

Post by **FrankB** » 17 Mar 2006, 08:50

12 noon CTS... that would be what time in the Netherlands? :P

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