Implement size limit on file uploads: 500MB

[Ironman28]

Uploads over 500MB should generate an error message as soon as a user tries to upload the file (i.e., not after waiting for the upload to complete or to reach 500MB!)

[ahelme]

Hmmm, is this possible, I wonder, Markos - to check filesize as it is uploading, and then stop it from uploading with an error (do files even contain their size, in the header?) ???

At the very least, the upload button could be changed to say UNDER 500MB ONLY?

The button that says "Add a Video - Click or Drag & Drop"

could instead say "Add a Video - Click or Drag & Drop - UNDER 500MB ONLY"
http://www.criticalcommons.org/cc/Members/anna/clips/@@publish_video

What do you think, Steve - if we can't do the optimum?

[Ironman28]

I thought we had a file size limit implemented previously, but maybe not. This 21 minute video is 1GB, uploaded over a year ago: http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/DawnFratini/clips/caged-heat-and-the-women-in-prison-genre If we can't implement a real file limit, a fake warning would be fine. It hasn't been a problem so far, but our new servers cannot be expanded beyond 4TB.