Questions about MegaUpload

[physics6]

The browser is faster than their tool? What is this then? Marketing?

Powerful uploading (up to 6 times faster than through a web browser)

- Upload at line speed
- Unattended batch uploads
- Resume broken uploads

Originally Posted by mister_playboy

This is actually a wonderful feature of MU. They checksum the file you are uploading and if an exact match already exists in the database, you just get a link without having to upload the file.

You can use this to protect your files because a file reported for abuse will only have that link removed and not every link that points to that same file.

If you upload a file, you'll get a link. Try to upload the file again and you'll get another link after a few seconds pointing to the same file. Post the second one and if it is ever reported, simply use the hashcheck to get a new link into your account without having to upload more than a few kB.

Sometimes the archive isn't exactly the same (time stamp changes or something) so this doesn't work 100% of the time, but it is very useful.

You can also use this to use a multi-uploader like Qooy along with your MU account. Upload the file to Qooy while choosing MU as one of the hosts, then start the upload to MU (you may have to wait a bit) and it should hashcheck and appear in your account. This lets you have the benefits of multiple hosts and the use of your account at one time.

Of course, maybe I shouldn't be mentioning this "secret" on a forum spidered by Google... I'd rather MU not block this feature...

Outstanding!

Originally Posted by physics6

The browser is faster than their tool? What is this then? Marketing?

Powerful uploading (up to 6 times faster than through a web browser)

- Upload at line speed
- Unattended batch uploads
- Resume broken uploads

I'm pretty sure there's an asterisk somewhere
that tells you all this is for premium customers.

[physics6]

Maybe. Not a Premium MU member yet; verified though that for non-Premium members it's a lot faster uploading via the browser.

18 mins VS 32 mins doing the same file via their Mega Manager tool. Unacceptable.

Originally Posted by physics6

18 mins VS 32 mins doing the same file via their Mega Manager tool. Unacceptable.

I think a lot of it has to do with where you live,
what your internet type is, how many people are using the tool..etc.

As I said, there is about a 5kb difference for me between the two,
but mostly I use the manager when I put vids on to upload when I go to bed.
I refuse to use the word "unacceptable" when I'm not paying for it.

When I become a premium member, if it does to me what it's doing to you...
Then it's unacceptable.

[himmelsta]

Originally Posted by midnight

I posted weeks ago in rs thread the way Remote UL works with MU

I post here for reference in order to have if anyone needed.


Mirroring called Remote upload is working only if you have both premium account from MU-> RS and vice-versa. (or any other file-hosting service)

Requirements: This way works only if anyone has premium accounts in both services only.

I've been remotely uploading Megaupload files to RS when the files are 1GB+ as they are with World Cup, NBA and other large stuff (I could get 5 GB done in half an hour instead of the whole day through RSM). I'm only a premium at RS and it works just fine.

[Pheonixx]

Originally Posted by physics6

Maybe. Not a Premium MU member yet; verified though that for non-Premium members it's a lot faster uploading via the browser.

18 mins VS 32 mins doing the same file via their Mega Manager tool. Unacceptable.

I've gotten used to the difference, since at the moment the file manager is no different from the RS file manager. Even as a premium holder. A browser that that ups twice as fast as file manager works just fine for me.

Having said that, there is still a lot I don't know about MU's file manager that still needs to be found out. Hopefully in on the plus side. But the last search had I lot of confusion attached, but I'll try it again.

Meantime keep adding to the thread on this.

[Pheonixx]

Originally Posted by Toto

Strange.When i upload from the site it doesn't show me a upload time or the upload speed and after a while i get the message "An error has been occoured please try again"
but the file is completly in my account.

BTW I have made 4 points with my file from yesterday.

Oh, Toto look down at the botton right hand corner of the page and you should see the upload speed in the gray bar there. It may be better for you not to do any other browsing while uploading too- depending on your connection, dial-up-DSL-satellite?

[pallyo]

Tired with RS, I just registered as a premium user at MU.
Up to now, everything is better.

I also got faster uploads with the browser but not twice as fast, about 10 % faster.

But I face the same situation that Toto. After the upload I got a message saying : An error occured. Please try again. But the links are there and they work. This situation never occured while I was using the Mega Manager.

The best thing for me is that not one upload failed. It is particularly important because I am under an old subscription plan with my Internet provider (who does not offer it anymore): unlimited downloads and uploads for cheap price, but in counterpart, it is slow.
I get 35 Kb/s for uploads. With RS it was 25 Kb/s and it was failing almost 2 times out of 3.
You can imagine that : a 100 Mb file was about 90 minutes to upload and was failing 2 times out of 3

Up-to-now it is all for the best.
One thing they could do better is to give better infos on how to use the functions. We have to guess everything (it was also like this with RS).

[Pheonixx]

The problem may either have more to do with your connection or your machine. Some system maintainance, and optimizing your connection may resolve your issues here.

Originally Posted by pallyo

I get 35 Kb/s for uploads. With RS it was 25 Kb/s and it was failing almost 2 times out of 3.
You can imagine that : a 100 Mb file was about 90 minutes to upload and was failing 2 times out of 3

Remind me to never bitch about my upload speed again.

That's just abominable.