photobox.ie - upload query

justagirl

I'm uploading my photos to photobox.ie for printing ... I've hundreds to upload... I've tried uploading on both my eircom bb and also thru 3g... both are so so slow..... I've only mananage to upload about 250 photos over yesterday and today!! argh..!:eek:

Has anyone got any other suggestions as to using different company/ uploading in some other way etc... oh, I just installed the google picasa program to see if it was quicker to upload thru this... but it wasn't...

Help!!!!!!! Thanks.

ps: just noticed the thread on pix.ie - will this site eventually have an option to print/upload to printing company?... txs.

jameshayes

It takes ages for me too.. and i'm using my work computer...


Picassa is quicker but it auto changes image quality unless you change the setting..

rymus

you could try using the FTP upload instead of through that superbly dodgy java applet. There's a link to it on the upload page. Best to use something like fireftp (if you're a firefox user) with it. Works a charm, although with a large number of photos, it'll take the photobox website a while to update when they're all uploaded.

justagirl

thank you both for quick reply.

to use the ftp option... i just have to download fireftp (i use firefox) and then I can use this to upload to the website?... do you reckon it will be quicker?.. Have you used it?

Thanks so much for the help. I'm now trying to upload in smaller batches... 36 photos takes about 1.5 hours......:(

rymus

back when I was uploading 210 images I used fireftp for to upload directly to photobox servers and it was a good deal faster.... course then again I'm on a fibre connection at work so that eases the pain of uploading hundreds of 4mb images...

What size is each image and what size are you looking to print them at?

RoryW

try bonusprint for cheap and efficient prints. they have free software that you download to your computer and then upload the photos to them

Calina

Upload speed on eircom is typically 256kbs as far as I remember, doesn't matter where you're sending them. What I have generally done is set them off over night and let them go while I'm asleep. You sound like you've a lot to do. Short of making the file sizes smaller which may not be desirable, you may not have many options. Do you know how much you have to upload to Photobox in MB terms?

it really annoys me that with a 2MB download speed I have such a paltry upload speed. I wish they'd sort that out.

rymus

Calina wrote:

it really annoys me that with a 2MB download speed I have such a paltry upload speed. I wish they'd sort that out.

That used to annoy me no end... Which is why I went for a symmetric wireless connection in the end. 1mbit download may not be the fastest in the world, but having 1mbit upload helps the situation greatly!

Marcus

justagirl wrote:

ps: just noticed the thread on pix.ie - will this site eventually have an option to print/upload to printing company?... txs.

Hi justagirl,

We will indeed be offering printing from pix.ie (this is very high on our priority list), but it might be a number of weeks before we have a permanent solution in place...

Marcus

justagirl

rymus wrote:

back when I was uploading 210 images I used fireftp for to upload directly to photobox servers and it was a good deal faster.... course then again I'm on a fibre connection at work so that eases the pain of uploading hundreds of 4mb images...

What size is each image and what size are you looking to print them at?

rymus - each photo is about 2.55mb ... and i only want to print them off in 6x4....

justagirl

iampixie wrote:

Hi justagirl,

We will indeed be offering printing from pix.ie (this is very high on our priority list), but it might be a number of weeks before we have a permanent solution in place...

Marcus

Txs for reply marcus... I will register now!...Good luck!

rymus

justagirl wrote:

rymus - each photo is about 2.55mb ... and i only want to print them off in 6x4....

Wow, you could get away with halving that anyway. When you export in picasa you can alter the size the images are exported at. You could drop it down a few notches to see what the size comes out like.

justagirl

rymus wrote:

Wow, you could get away with halving that anyway. When you export in picasa you can alter the size the images are exported at. You could drop it down a few notches to see what the size comes out like.

LOL!:D I'm a nightmare eh!!.. Ok, I'll have a look at picasa and have a look for that option of making the image size smaller....Txs!

justagirl

rymus wrote:

you could try using the FTP upload instead of through that superbly dodgy java applet. There's a link to it on the upload page. Best to use something like fireftp (if you're a firefox user) with it. Works a charm, although with a large number of photos, it'll take the photobox website a while to update when they're all uploaded.

rymus..... if you don't mind - in laymans terms could you please tell me how I use fireftp pls? on the fireftp page - I have to set up an account - Account name (what is this?) ,Host (is this www.photobox.ie?)

Gosh, I'm a bit behind the times .... actually, I'm totally behind the times.... its times like this that I feel like buying a new polaroid..!!:o

rymus

if you install the fireftp extension first, then restart firefox. Go to the upload page on photobox and right click the link that says something like "upload with ftp". In the right click menu, there should be an item "open with fireftp" or similar. That'll pop open the fireftp window and automatically connect to the photobox ftp server. You shouldnt need to enter any hostnames or usernames etc..

Should then just be a case of dragging all the photos you want to print to your temporary print album folder.

justagirl

Txs so much.... but I had to put in the host name and my login / password for photobox.ie..... its saying that its uploading 69% (and counting) @ 7.23KB/s ...looks like its uploading really fast..... fingers crossed.... Txs again for replying so quickly, I've been at this all day, got no housework done!!


Update... I got a bit carried away with myself ... that was only for one photo!!!!!!!! only another 181 to go in this batch!!... gonna be a long night!!!!!!!!

Calina

Don't watch it. Like I said, i usually set it off overnight and go off and have a sleep. Practical use of time.

justagirl

Calina wrote:

Don't watch it. Like I said, i usually set it off overnight and go off and have a sleep. Practical use of time.

Good advice Calina! Txs.