Large file distribution: was Re: [SEL] Steam Ploughing - Again!

[Rupert Wenig]

Hello Dolly,
	Another list had the same problem distributing a large file a few years 
ago. How they did it was for the author to send master copies to a 
volunteer in each region. The responsibility of the recipient in each 
region was to advertise the fact that they were making copies and send 
them to who ever wanted a copy in the region. Distribution worked quite 
well but it did take awhile for everyone to get a copy of the disk.

	Reimbursement was voluntary for costs. I don't recall how well the 
reimbursing went as I did much of the swapping by the barter system ( I 
sent a disk to you, you sent a disk on another subject back or to 
someone else). I was one of the volunteers. And, I offer my services 
again if it helps out. A policy has to be set up though so everyone 
knows what is going one.

Rupert

Jim French wrote:
> At the risk of having my ass-width called into question, I've done another webpage about ploughing!
> Earlier this month was a great steam ploughing event not far from us, with 13 sets of steam ploughs at work for the weekend.
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/dolly/rempstone/rempstone.htm
> In honour of this event, I was absolutely determined to learn to use our video camera AND download the resulting film to the PC, edit it and cut it to DVD.  This learning process in itself took a couple of weeks, mainly because Sony software is dreadful and the instruction manual neglets to point out that, while a USB cable is fine for a basic camera-PC connection, the only way to maintain quality is to use Firewire.  In the end, I worked it all out and the resulting film has been edited but, at 5GB for 30 mins of DVD quality, I can't currently find a way to make it widely shared, so if anyone has any ideas ...
> 
> Dolly
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Rupert Wenig
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