App db not accepting screen shots....

[wino at piments.com]

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:29:07 +0200, Oliver Stieber  
<oliver_stieber at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

I would have thought anyone capable of taking a screen shot is capable of  
resizing an image.

Just say what size you want in px (and a max file just in case) and  
suggest users try to upload a suitable size if poss.

It's all very slick if it works but still wastes bandwidth if the server  
is going to reduce it and loses quality if it is going to expand it.

There's also a good chance that person who submits will produce a better  
end-result than the server in terms of quality.

I have seen some screenshots in the DB that were so poor you could hardly  
make them out.


Say what you want: them as don't ask, don't get.

;)


> Would it be possible to offer the option of using
> imagemagic to resize/format the uploaded images?
>
> --- Jonathan Ernst <Jonathan at ErnstFamily.ch> wrote:
>
>> If we are able to bump the size, we should still not
>> accept images that
>> are too big (>1MB for example) but instead present
>> the user with a
>> message that explains that the picture would be much
>> smaller using jpeg
>> for example.
>>
>> So the scheme is:
>> - let the server accept big files
>> - check the received size
>> - if the picture is too big, delete it and tell the
>> user to save it as
>> jpeg for example
>>
>> Having heavy images will slow down screenshot
>> displaying.
>>
>> Le vendredi 08 juillet 2005 à 11:47 -0400, Chris
>> Morgan a écrit :
>> > Why don't we just bump the max size up a bit?
>> Jeremy, is that ok from
>> > a disk space perspective?
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>> > On 7/8/05, Jonathan Ernst
>> <Jonathan at ernstfamily.ch> wrote:
>> > > Yes I know about it.
>> > >
>> > > The problem is that the file is bigger than the
>> maximum allowed by the
>> > > server.
>> > >
>> > > I'll try my best to find a solution (I already
>> tried but it doesn't work
>> > > on the live server).
>> > >
>> > > Please use jpeg when uploading game-like
>> screenshots and png for "text
>> > > and lines" screenshots. This rule makes
>> screenshots small enough
>> > > usually.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks.
>> > >
>> > > Le jeudi 07 juillet 2005 à 21:00 -0400, Chris
>> Morgan a écrit :
>> > > > I've seen these errors as well.  I'm not sure
>> about the root cause.  Jon, any
>> > > > ideas?
>> > > >
>> > > > Chris
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Thursday 07 July 2005 7:48 pm, Oliver
>> Stieber wrote:
>> > > > > Hi,
>> > > > >  The application DB won't let me upload a
>> screen shot,
>> > > > > I get 'connection to host was lost' or 'page
>> contains
>> > > > > no data'.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>>
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