best ftp or similar upload tool???

gphotomomgphotomom Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
edited July 30, 2009 in SmugMug Support
What is the best uploading tool for huge quantities of images (hundreds or thousands)? It must resume where the upload left off if the network is interrupted or computer is shut down. I have always used an ftp tool for this sort of upload to other sites. I am not satisfied with the uploading tools currently offered through smug because they upload duplicate images if the transmission is interrupted.

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  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    Star Explorer. http://www.starexplorer.com.

    I've uploaded more than 35,000 photos totaling 85GB with it. You can upload to multiple galleries at once in one giant unattended upload and the upload queue is bulletproof, even saving the upload queu to disk so it can resume your upload the next time you start it up. Any images that encounter upload errors just stay in the upload queue when it's done. You configure the number of retries on error, the pause before retry, etc...

    The author is very responsive in email.
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  • gphotomomgphotomom Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    any suggestions for a Mac user? I need a tool that can run while i go to bed at night, and that can fill in the blanks in the morning if it got disconnected or shut down at any point.
  • mbellotmbellot Registered Users Posts: 465 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    I use SmugBrowser to upload photos in batches of 1000-3000 after an event.

    Never had an issue with failed connections, so I don't know how fault tolerant it is...
  • jfriendjfriend Registered Users Posts: 8,097 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    gphotomom wrote:
    any suggestions for a Mac user? I need a tool that can run while i go to bed at night, and that can fill in the blanks in the morning if it got disconnected or shut down at any point.
    Sorry, I don't know about programs for the Mac.
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  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2009
    I believe komodo drop works on the Mac. I might be worth giving it a try.

    I've reiterated the need for more robust upload tools for some time now. I still have YEARS of photos that are not on SM because of this.
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
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  • thaKingthaKing Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2009
    I didn't know we could use 3rd party ftp programs, I thought we had to use the one from our control panel? Is it ftp://username.smugmug.com (replacing username of course)?
  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2009
    thaKing wrote:
    I didn't know we could use 3rd party ftp programs, I thought we had to use the one from our control panel? Is it ftp://username.smugmug.com (replacing username of course)?
    You can't. This thread is for a request for that capability.
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
    Want faster uploading? Vote for FTP!
  • thaKingthaKing Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2009
    SamirD wrote:
    You can't. This thread is for a request for that capability.
    really? cause the OP asked which tool to use to upload thousands of pics at a time...i didn't see anything about a feature request, other than your comment..
  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2009
    thaKing wrote:
    really? cause the OP asked which tool to use to upload thousands of pics at a time...i didn't see anything about a feature request, other than your comment..
    Well, it was a request for a better uploader and FTP was mentioned. So I put one and one together. FTP is far superior to any other upload tool since it is the File Transfer Protocol. But SM does not have FTP upload capabilities. :cry I'd have 2-3 years more worth of photos online if they did.
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
    Want faster uploading? Vote for FTP!
  • thaKingthaKing Registered Users Posts: 478 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2009
    yeah, that's why i got excited when i saw this. i was thinking we could use something different. rolleyes1.gif
  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2009
    gphotomom wrote:
    any suggestions for a Mac user? I need a tool that can run while i go to bed at night, and that can fill in the blanks in the morning if it got disconnected or shut down at any point.

    On my Mac, when I have lots of images to upload, I use.... StarExplorer. As jfriend suggested, it has no peer when it comes to large uploads and resuming when disconnected. There is simply nothing like it.

    So on the Mac, there is no replacement, therefore, I have not replaced it. I simply run Windows on my Mac when I need StarExplorer. I run it within a virtual Windows installation using VMWare Fusion, but you could run it from the Mac in Boot Camp. VMWare provides the ability for Windows and therefore StarExplorer to see all my folders on the Mac, so it is extremely seamless and StarExplorer has no idea it is talking to a Mac.

    This also works with VirtualBox (free) in case any one is wondering. I have only run under XP, I have not tested Win7 RC, but I bet Nik has tried it.
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  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited July 30, 2009
    thaKing wrote:
    yeah, that's why i got excited when i saw this. i was thinking we could use something different. rolleyes1.gif
    You and me both. :cry
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
    Want faster uploading? Vote for FTP!
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