movie link from HD???
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Darkknighttt
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i want to know this also, what do you mean by some server software running?!?!?!?!?!
EDIT: BTW, why is this in newbie central?!?!?!?!?!
EDIT: BTW, why is this in newbie central?!?!?!?!?!
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You can just get a simple ftp or http serverDarkknighttt said:
I use the baby asp server from
http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/downloads.html
They also have an ftp server thatd prolly work better for files
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ASP is terrible, use Apache
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Ok, just to explain things a bit further, this is a synopsis of how it works.
The client (A guy browsing a web page) sees a link to a video and clicks it. His browser (internet exploder, firefox or whatever) sends a message to the machine the video is on saying "I want to download this file (The video), please send it to me". If the machine is not running special software, it does not "see" the message, or rather, it ignores it. However, if you are running some sort of file distribution software (Http server, ftp server etc) then the software sees the message and sends the requested file to that machine that requested it.
You don't actually need to know the above, but its always nice to learn somthing new. If you want to let people get the file staight from your PC, you will need to do the following:
Download a http or ftp server. there are plenty of free ones out there, search google and that ill get you started.
The second thing is you need people to be able to find your machine. If you have a static ip, you can just use that, if not, you will need something that stores your ip at a single location. Visit ww.no-ip.com and sign up with them. That will allow you to give a web address that points to your machine, and is updated whenever your ip changes.
Finally, especially if you have a small connection and your file is large, consider making the file a torrent and distributing it that way.
Hope that helps
The client (A guy browsing a web page) sees a link to a video and clicks it. His browser (internet exploder, firefox or whatever) sends a message to the machine the video is on saying "I want to download this file (The video), please send it to me". If the machine is not running special software, it does not "see" the message, or rather, it ignores it. However, if you are running some sort of file distribution software (Http server, ftp server etc) then the software sees the message and sends the requested file to that machine that requested it.
You don't actually need to know the above, but its always nice to learn somthing new. If you want to let people get the file staight from your PC, you will need to do the following:
Download a http or ftp server. there are plenty of free ones out there, search google and that ill get you started.
The second thing is you need people to be able to find your machine. If you have a static ip, you can just use that, if not, you will need something that stores your ip at a single location. Visit ww.no-ip.com and sign up with them. That will allow you to give a web address that points to your machine, and is updated whenever your ip changes.
Finally, especially if you have a small connection and your file is large, consider making the file a torrent and distributing it that way.
Hope that helps
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aye 1 gig max storage though so not too small eh? Good choice.Devvo said:
p.s. the only reason i'm here is cos i have a bad aim, and i missed clicking 'off topic' forum lol!
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