Compress folders small enough to email

[blaklaybul]

I have legally downloaded a live grateful dead show from bt.etree.org and I want to send it to my friend. The show is about 1gb in size so I can't send it in a single email. Is there any way to compress a folder of all of the songs to make it small enough to send?

If not are there any other methods I could use other than sending the files individually?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[soberbrain]

Have you friend download from bt.etree.org, too?

 

[blaklaybul]

His university blocks access to any sites that distribute torrents, deeming them illegal. Obviously many torrents are illegal... But not these!!

Any suggestions about compression?

 

[stealthninja]

you could use a file hosting site such as mediafire.com to host the files for your friend to download

 

[GGJstudios]

You might search for a large file transfer service like these (there are many others, if one of these doesn't suit your purposes):
http://www.largefilesasap.com/
http://host01.pipebytes.com/
http://www.sendspace.com/
http://www.sendthisfile.com/
http://www.transferbigfiles.com/
http://www.yousendit.com/

 

[WildCowboy]

One of the simplest ways, if it's an option for you, is a direct file transfer via iChat. It's not the fastest method in the world, but it's simple and there are no file size restrictions.

 

[soberbrain]

Can you send him the torrent? Or are Bittorrent clients also block?

What kind of file is it? Most files are pretty compressed now a days.

You can try GigaSize to upload the file. Ironically, I couldn't access it since my work blocks certain personal storage sites

 

[pit29]

I vote for iChat and some time... Another possibility is to allow him to download that file from your computer - I've never done that, but think I'd look into that in this case.

 

[scaredpoet]

You should also keep in mind that some universities not only block certain protocols (like torrents), but restrict the amount of data they can download in a day. If you go over a certain limit within a period of time, the MAC address of that machine is temporarily cut off.

 

[jpma]

check out www.getdropbox.com

 

[sidewinder]

I don't mean to go old school on you....but just mail him a DVD with the content.

S-

 

[GGJstudios]

check out www.getdropbox.com

I don't mean to go old school on you....but just mail him a DVD with the content.

You DO realize, of course, that you're responding to a year-old thread and that the OP hasn't been on the forums in over 9 months, right?

 

[sidewinder]

You DO realize, of course, that you're responding to a year-old thread and that the OP hasn't been on the forums in over 9 months, right?

No, I hadn't noticed.....

Why do people (jpma) dig up old threads and respond??? I shouldn't have to look at dates.....

S-

 

[GGJstudios]

No, I hadn't noticed.....
Why do people (jpma) dig up old threads and respond??? I shouldn't have to look at dates.....

A newbie posted their first "hello" message in this thread, which popped it up on the Forum Spy list ... the mods moved the "hello" post to a more appropriate thread, but the damage was done. I've learned the hard way to check the dates... not just the most recent post, since others "fall for" things like this.