Windows 10: How do I share a large video without uploading it to a website?

I have a large wmv video that I want to share with a friend. How do I go about that without putting it on a USB stick or uploading the whole video to a service like Google drive?

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unable to send video files

There may be a limit on gmail on how large an attached file can be, often the limit is around 5mb, all you can do is use a file sharing site like dropbox or use skydrive or googledrive to upload the video & then send the link to the file via email.

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How to add description and tags from mobile device

I'm uploading pics and video directly from mobile device to particular album for public sharing (I do it via mobile web page upload on N95, the only convenient way for me).



But how to add description and tags to published file, using only mobile device, without access to PC?



It is quite easy using "Share online" application when uploading files, but it works only for mymedia library. You cannot upload files to albums using Share online.

 

The issue is, and always has been, limits placed on both the sending and receiving ISPs file sizes. By Uploading to a file sharing site 1/2 of the issue is eliminated then the desired user can Download according to the speed/bandwidth allowed by their ISP. Also, and not often mentioned, there are issues with the source/sending computer remaining on and connected for the entire duration of the transfer either Up or Down once started, also applies to attachments to E-Mail messages. Sleep and Hibernation can interfere with that, tend to stop running processes.

I haven't had occasion to try it but TeamViewer, RemoteAccess or LogMeIn may allow direct transfer your computer to their computer.

The quality/resolution of any images or videos affect the file size in turn affecting the time required for the transfer.

 

I use go to my PC (log me in) small file transfers go pretty well, larger files can take a long time. A;so your server or client cound time out and disconnect. Currently uploading to a cloud service is the most practical way to do this. Another thing is multiple people can download from your single upload. Otherwise burn it to DVD and snail mail it.

 

Put file on an external drive and setup pc as an ftp file server, with strong password and only access to that folder etc. In the end, I woukd use onedrive as it has to be uploaded once anyway by your friend.

It will probably be much faster for your friend to download from onedrive than upload from your pc.

Also using a cloud service is more secure.

 

It might be useful to know how large is large i.e. how big is the actual file ?

 

Realistically, you can't.

If you don't physically give them a copy then you need to upload it. Your choices are:

1. Upload it to cloud and they can download it from there.
2. Upload it to your email provider and they can download it from there (if it isn't too big)
3. Change your router settings and firewall (or use Teamviewer or some such) so they can directly download it from you. Note that in this case the file still needs to be uploaded from your PC and downloaded to theirs unless you have a cable running directly between your PCs.

In all cases the time it takes will probably depend solely on the upload speed you get from your Internet Service Provider. I'd therefore probably go for option 1 as it is easier and more reliable - unless it is very private perhaps.

 

You can use Google drive one drive YouTube or similar

 

It was a 750MB file. I finally decided to upload it to Google drive.

Thank you all for your suggestions.

 

I uploaded 25GB of music for my son to OneDrive. Took nearly 3 days to upload as my internet connection is slow. Still faster (and cheaper) than putting it on a USB and posting it to another country though.

 

Yes once it's on the drive it's very convenient to share it.

 

If you're familiar with torrents, create a torrent file that will enable your friend to download the video directly from your computer.
Follow the tutorial How to use BitTorrent to send files - Stavros' Stuff or https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3359...ivate-tracker/

 

I haven't used it before but I'll take a look at your link for future reference. Thanks.

 

Hi folks

I think you are attacking this the wrong way

presumably if it's a video / audio file then you could simply get your user to view it via streaming -- if you know how to share a directory over a network then at the remote end (the client) could simply view or listen with KODI or equivalent -- this would easily work so long as the multi-media Internet stream doesn't drop below around 3 - 4 Mb/s on any end of the connection. On most ISP's download is mega faster than upload but there's only a stream needed in this case. If the end user wanted to keep the file then while playing the end client could use a video capture device or simply record the audio.

Another way would be to load it up as a torrent -- torrents don't always have to include illegal things or have "nasties in them. Also you share the load on your PC so the actual transfer would be better at the download time - and once you've seeded the stuff you can logoff.

The problem of torrents is that in loads of countries the bigger torrent sites are blocked - these are the sites with the most users so less load on your PC. However if you know about TOR and "Onion" addresses then all these blocks are ineffective -- even that site which has an image of a ship flying The Skull and Cross bones is accessible. Both parties though will need access to the same torrent site.

For TOR

Download Tor

For more detail on some of the sites use

DUCKDUCKGO as search engine here :
DuckDuckGo

Snail mail is also reasonable these days -- a DVD doesn't cost much to post from almost any two countries in the planet -- difficulty is that some computers don't have CD/DVD drives any more.

My preferred method would be the Server route. Share the file and let the end client play it via KODI etc on the remote piece of equipment.

Cheers
jimbo