Putting Your Mix Online

[HooverGroover]

 

I know this has probably been asked hundred's of times before but i'm wandering how i go about it, I have my mix on Minidisc, DAT, cd and also wav & mp3 files, so how do i host my mix, do i need to have my own website or can i use other peoples server etc?

 

I know you can send it to gurn.net & they do it for you but their a bunch of ######s?

 

help appreciated

 

cheers

 

[Chris Hawkes]

you need webspace - about 80-90mb for mp3 80min mix or 30mb for a wma (windows media) 80 min mix. You also need enough bandwidth to cope with it all.

 

say if you have 90mb bandwidth allowance/month you will only be able to let you mix be downloaded 3 times if its wma. 90mb divided by 30mb = 3 downloads.

Edited March 5, 2004 by Chris Hawkes

[James]

If you are after hosting and shit loads of data transfer/bandwidth then try these people (dont go to a UK company/server!)

 

www.ipowerweb.com - simply the best one i've found and currently ranked #4 in the world. i now have a dedicated server from them for ctw and other projects

 

www.proto-host.com - piss easy to set up and probably what the average person is after

 

In the UK I was paying £180 a month with a reputable company - I can have the same box + shit loads more data transfer (but based in the US) for $50

 

go figure !

 

UK is a complete rip off. I can imagine a few companies here are going to have a very nasty wake up call in the next few months !

 

That said the best UK site I've found is ...

 

www.easily.co.uk

 

great for getting started (getting a domain, getting a basic site up, pay as you go)

 

... but beware as chris says its really the data transfer/bandwidth which will kill you - which is why i've switched over to ipowerweb - 500 GIG a month!!!!!!!!!!