Any site out there that allows N00bs to upload large files to a shared online folder?

[swbsam]

My company has mulitple event that are taking place in parallel, throughout the country. Videos being shot, photos taken, etc. These files need to get back to us, untouched (uncompressed) across country using a n00b friendly (mostly untrained volunteers) way.

Any suggestions? Box.net seems like it might work but their caps seems pretty low, and I'd like more options.

FTP is out of the question because these guys don't have the know how or FTP clients installed on their laptops.

FYI I'm not the i.t. guy, I'm the guy who will be editing the videos and was only told about this after the crew was already deployed, so i can't train them

 

[Crono]

Web hosting, with uploader script.

 

[nobody554]

Would something like a paid version of drop.io work?

 

[zerogear]

How much space exactly is needed?

 

[zerogear]

If you guys are willing, you *may* be able to do it with a Dropbox 9.99 a month for 50GB. It basically installs a folder for people to drop the stuff in, then it automatically uploads the files.

Problem with that is, everyone who has it installed will have it synced across the board for everyone with dropbox installed.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: nobody554
Would something like a paid version of drop.io work?

All you would need is an upload friendly CMS. MediaWiki might be OK if you customized it, but there are probably better solutions now. I haven't researched or used CMS' in a while.

There are even some free PHP scripts that allow file uploading in the same manner as photo uploading sites. Pair that with a webhosting account (perhaps from a reseller on AnandTech, like ViviTheMage?) and you have uploading system that takes less than an hour to set up, and that a monkey could use.

 

[masteryoda34]

Microsoft Live Sync.