Bert Posted December 9, 2017 Report Posted December 9, 2017 I have made a slideshow that is about 5 minutes long, with about half the time as videos (2min 30 sec.) and half as images. All the video files are in PTE converted. The PTE file is 286KB. The EXE file is 340.706KB. When I save the EXE file as a zip file, it hardly becomes smaller. The EXE zip file for PC is 338.238KB The zip file for MAC is 338.575KB The PTE file published as an MP4 is 474,515KB I was under the impression that zip files were compressing EXE files and make them smaller for sending over the internet. Is that not the case? Anything I can do more to make it so it can be uploaded to the "Slideshow Club" Thanks, Bert Quote
goddi Posted December 9, 2017 Report Posted December 9, 2017 Bert, One of the problems is the the max size of upload files for the Slideshowclub used to be about 240 mbs. Some time ago it dropped to 125 mbs. I have been asking Igor to increase the max size back to at least where it was, if not larger. With videos included in the PTE show, it makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to stay below the current max size. I have sent emails to Igor and he has been aware of this problem but can't seem to get it fixed. Here is his last message from back in June. Nothing since.: "I still can't re-configure the server. I tried two times to find and change this limit. Linux has so many options and variants. I found 4 points where the upload limit is set and nothing helps. And any software update may reset the limit back again. So it just terrible. I need a consultation of Linux administrator. " I seem to be the only one who has posted about this problem concerning the max upload size for the Slideshowclub. Perhaps, you can add to this suggestion to Igor. I have a bunch of shows with video clips that exceed the current limit so I have not been able to upload any shows. I have reverted to just posting them on my Facebook page. No limits there. Gary Quote
Dirk1503 Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 The unit MBit/s is used to specify a data rate for video files. This has nothing to do with file size. I have no experience with the Slideshow Club and its regulations. But if you want to reduce the data rate of a video (240MBit/s is extremely high), you would have to convert the video with a common free video converter. You can also use this to reduce the file size. Quote
goddi Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 Greetings Dirk, Thanks for the reply but you might notice the original post was made back in 2017. I don't think there is a Slideshow Club anymore. I think the confusion in my post back then is I used 'mbs' when it should have been just 'mb'. The problem was with the size of the video file, not the data rate. But thanks anyway. Gary Quote
macian Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 The most recent entry on Slideshow Club was Jan 5th this year. Quote
goddi Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Greetings, Ok...I give up. Where is it? I've looked around but don't see any link. Gary Quote
macian Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 I Googled it and got this link. There is no direct link from the PTE forum, as there once was. https://www.slideshowclub.com/files/category/1-slideshows/ Quote
macian Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 AHA! It does not show if using the Dark Mode theme! Quote
goddi Posted February 2 Report Posted February 2 Greetings, Ha! Couldn't see the forest for the trees! (And I don't use Dark Mode). Thanks... But do you know what the maximum size of an upload is? Seems like it is still 125 mb. Gary Quote
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