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admin 07-08-2010 04:04 AM

New file attachment sizes and formats for the forum!
 
We've again expanded the types of files that may be attached to forum posts, as well as the sizes allowed. :)


Files / Formats Supported

ExtensionMax SizeDetails
   
Audio:  
.aac99mbAdvanced Audio Coding
.ac399mbDolby Digital AC3
.mp299mbMPEG Layer II
.mp399mbMPEG Layer III
.mpa99mbMPEG audio (Layer II or III)
.ogg99mbOgg Vorbis audio
.wav99mbPCM uncompressed waveform
   
Videos:  
.avi99mbAVI wrapper video file
.flv99mbFlash video wrapper (usually On2)
.m2v99mbMPEG video elementary stream
.mov99mbQuicktime video or wrapper
.mp499mbMPEG-4 wrapper, usually H.264 (sometimes Divx/Xvid)
.mpg99mbMPEG video program stream
.wmv99mbWindows Media video
   
Video Misc:  
.avs1mbAvisynth scripting file
.vcf1mbVirtualDub settings file
   
Archive Formats  
.7z99mb7zip archive
.bz299mbLinux bzip2-compressed archive
.dmg99mbMac OS X installer
.gz99mbLinux gzip-compressed archive
.iso99mboptical disc image file
.rar99mbRAR compressed archive
.sit99mbcompressed archive, mostly used on Mac
.tar.gz99mbLinux gzip-compressed tarball archive
.xpi1mbZIP compressed archive used by the Mozilla browser
.zip99mbZIP compressed archive
   
Documents  
.doc50mbWord doc
.docx50mbWord doc
.pdf99mbportable document format
.txt32mbplain text
.xls50mbExcel spreadsheet
.xlsx50mbExcel spreadsheet
   
Images  
.gif100kbGIF compressed graphic
.jpeg2mbJPEG compressed photo
.jpg2mbJPEG compressed photo
.png1mbportable network graphics
.psd99mbPhotoshop document
.svg1mbvector image for web


Notes

Who can use this: All members -- Free, Premium, and Site Staff -- are all able to post attachments to threads, as needed. :)

ISP requirements: In order to upload 99mb, the new max size allowed, you must have a 1.5mbit minimum upload speed from your ISP. The server has a 10-minute cutoff for attaching files.

Images: All JPEG/GIF/PNG images will be resized on upload, to 890 pixels max width (and/or 2000 max pixels tall), so you may need to stick photographs, DVD case artwork or DVD menu samples inside of archive files!

More formats: More file formats will be added, as needed. Feel free to suggest formats by replying to this thread, if you feel something is missing. However, the current list should cover most anything that needs to be uploaded on our forum.

Archive file warning: Note that all uploaded archive formats will be scrutinized by automatic server anti-malware software, which actively scans new uploads. Site Staff will also manually scrutinize archive uploads. Malicious/worthless files will be deleted, and the user banned. Don't waste your time or ours with crap/spam uploads. Junk will be removed almost immediately.

admin 03-15-2011 12:27 AM

Thanks to some forum upgrades from October 2010 to March 2011, I've expanded some of these permissions to 32MB, for certain file types (RAR, ZIP, MPEG, AVI, etc). If you discover that a file type limit is too low (less than 32MB), and you want to attach that kind of file, please reply to this post. I'll adjust the parameters.

For site performance reasons, 32mb will be our max size for now.

admin 02-09-2015 12:16 AM

This has been updated again. :)

No longer must we split up video files! Most attachments now have a 99mb limit. That should be plenty for uploading sample files, including larger uncompressed AVI and WAV sample files.

The only caveat is that you must have a 1.5mb minimum upload from your ISP. Slower connections will max out too early, and the upload will fail. For example, a 768mb max upload speed will limit you to 50mb max files. The home connection for some site staff is like this, so it's a feature that is mostly for our members. You wanted it, now you got it!

rocko 07-30-2015 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin (Post 36443)
This has been updated again. :)

No longer must we split up video files! Most attachments now have a 99mb limit.

Is this limit per files (within post) or per post?...example: can I upload four 50mb files per post?


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