problems with video file size

D7.3.4

Problems with video file sizes:

I've just installed the video module and i'm experiencing problems with uploading, i've set the max file size in admin panel to 300mb but when attempting to upload i'm getting the max 2mb file size box appearing.

Could someone give me some advice on what, how and where i can solve this issue.

TIA Ed

You must have an incredible server deal. 300 mb is a huge file and I wonder what will happen when 50 people start uploading files that size, or people start watching the videos.

PHP.ini has a default upload limit of 2mb. To increase the limit, you need to find PHP.ini and make the change there. On a VPS server I'm pretty sure that you will have to restart it for the change to take affect. On a shared server you may NEVER convince your host to increase the upload limit to that amount. If you can, he will have to make the change for you.

Keep in mind that the limit covers everything. Photos, stories, files etc. As such I'd be thinking twice about making the change to such a high figure. Most people with VPS servers increase the size to something more reasonable. I'm guessing 50 -100 mb would be the maximum. In my case it's 5mb because I don't allow video uploads. I ask my members to upload the videos to youtube and embed the link.

The above comment about setting php.ini then would allow members to upload such in all areas is not exactly true.  You can set a high upload in php.ini (if php is an apache mod, then restart apache, if php-fpm; restart php-fpm for the changes).  Then in the Dolphin backend, you can change the upload size for individual areas, such as photos and files.

Videos are huge by nature so allowing an 800 meg video upload is not uncommon.  Yes, you have to have the server to handle this; including plenty of drive space, but that is the nature of running a social site.  If you don't have the means to handle these large uploads, then the users can use a video sharing site such as YouTube and then can embed the videos into their albums.

Thanks both,

                     Video ads are definitely the future for us whether embeded or uploaded.

Obviously if ads are embeded then it saves us space but many members need to upload from their mobile devices and computers so i need to offer the option.

Currently running with:

4 X 3.7GHz Intel Xeon

32GB DDR3 RAM

2 X 2TB HDD

It seemed like a good place to start.