whats the best file host for mixes?

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Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 02:37:

whats the best file host for mixes?

lurker here. host needs to allow hot linking (instant downloads, no middle man site), 5+GB of storage, a fair amount of bandwidth, access to the number of downloads each mix gets...

i used to use rapidshare but they have changed things recently so im leaving. considering mediafire. any other options? its ok if they arent free.

Posted by EddieZilker on Oct-25-2011 03:29:

soundcloud.com

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 03:36:

soundcloud is too expensive if you want to host lots of hour long files. solo is like $100 a year and im limited to 12 mixes hosted at a time. mediafire allows unlimited mixes at $70 a year.

Posted by DJRYAN� on Oct-25-2011 04:30:

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 04:35:

and where do you host this through and does it enable you to track how many downloads each file gets?

Posted by DJRYAN� on Oct-25-2011 04:39:

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Originally posted by Rakielis
and where do you host this through and does it enable you to track how many downloads each file gets?

yahoo web hosting. and no. it doesn't allow you to see how many downloads you get. personally I stopped caring about that a long time ago. I figured I put em out there and if people wanna listen they will. if not, no point in getting irritated with the amount of downloads or lackthereof.

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 04:41:

i like to look at them not because i care what the numbers are but because i do care about which mixes are relatively successful. my biggest mixes maybe only 3 digit listens but when a mix bombs and never passes 50, i like to look into things and find out why.

Posted by DJRYAN� on Oct-25-2011 04:47:

I really liked soundcloud but transcoding an hour + long set with their issues really pissed me off. I got tired of uploading and reuploading sets only to find out that "this mix is too hot for us" or some shit like that. So I only use Soundcloud now to upload my tracks and remixes.

Other than that, really the only other thing for you to do is to find place like divshare, or something which has a pretty stable management platform, and use that.

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 04:50:

well ya, thats what im looking for... thats why i made this topic... i figured maybe someone knew of a site i didnt. right now im leaning toward mediafire cause it looks like they have the best price to feature ratio and they meet my minimum requirements.

Posted by DJRYAN� on Oct-25-2011 04:53:

Check out www.wetransfer.com too.. I liked being on the receiving end of their site. Not sure what their internal systems is though and it appears to be a tad bit expensive at $120 a year. However, it is endorsed by several record lables to host and transfer massive amounts of data to and from different outlets.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Oct-25-2011 06:14:

use google docs if you have a google account, they give you a few gb

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 06:19:

thats awesome but you cant view download count =[

Posted by klappa on Oct-25-2011 07:48:

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Originally posted by DJRYAN�
i pay $12.95 a month for www.djryan.com and I get to host 500gb with FTP access and also transfer of 500gb a month so I can stream all my content on the internet fairly easily.

Are you a SPAM bot or something? Time to lock you away i think.

Posted by euphoria on Oct-25-2011 13:55:

We Transfer, up to 2 gb free but no streaming, or for a fee u can create ur own channel.

https://www.wetransfer.com/

quote:
Originally posted by Rakielis
seriously?

No, not seriously lol, if he quoted someone else... he likely wasn't talking to you silly!

Posted by Rakielis on Oct-25-2011 15:09:

the quote wasn't there when i replied D: ninja edits!

Posted by KilldaDJ on Oct-25-2011 21:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Rakielis
thats awesome but you cant view download count =[

Use divshare then

It's not all about download count you know?

Try mixriot as well

To be honest there's nothing free u can use mate otherwise every other ****** will be using it