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Amazon S3 - worst decision ever?!

by DanFaggella
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I recently put all my products in Amazon S3 for my customers to download from after purchasing their products.

Now I realize that mac users CANNOT "right click" and "save video as", and so I'm going to be running into a big issue. Is there a way I can have Mac users download this stuff?

Thanks a ton! I hope Amazon S3 wasn't the worst decision EVER
-Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    Daniel,

    You can add content disposition headers to the file which will mean the file also has to be downloaded and can't be viewed online but an easier way to achieve this is to just put the file into a folder and zip the folder. That way they are downloading a .zip file not a .pdf file or video file and won't be able to view it in their browser - it will force the download when they click on the download link.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yadira Barbosa
    You need to Zip them in order to automatic download when they click on the link.

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    • Profile picture of the author Tacincala
      Originally Posted by Yadira Barbosa View Post

      You need to Zip them in order to automatic download when they click on the link.

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      Yes, it would really be the best option for MAC users.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ross Vegas
        Mac users can right click.

        Either via trackpad, magic mouse...

        or for the stone aged users still bumping on the one click mouse.. (control + click)
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        • Profile picture of the author DanFaggella
          Thanks a ton, guys, I think .ZIP is probably the route I'll go for and see if I need .rar.

          Each product has a few hours of video and some PDF's included - I wonder if I can Zip them all at once?

          Thanks again!
          -D
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          • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zazz
            Originally Posted by DanFaggella View Post

            Thanks a ton, guys, I think .ZIP is probably the route I'll go for and see if I need .rar.

            Each product has a few hours of video and some PDF's included - I wonder if I can Zip them all at once?

            Thanks again!
            -D
            The reasoning behind slicing huge files for download is that if for some reason your customer's connection breaks, it might render the download unusable. Imagine how pissed he might get if he loses all that time downloading this humongous file. If he only loses a slice, well that's still annoying, but more manageable. So it all depends on the size of your files...
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  • Profile picture of the author subbun
    yes, zip files would be file to download. Because video it is trying to load and ply.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zazz
      Originally Posted by subbun View Post

      yes, zip files would be file to download. Because video it is trying to load and ply.
      Actually, I believe this is very browser-dependent (and has nothing to do with your operating system: Apple, Win, Linux, etc.). If the video file is pretty huge, packing it in zip might work, but you might also give archive file types a shot: look into ".rar" for instance - this is the format used to pack 2-hour movies in, so you can rar and split your video in that format, then your user downloads all the rar files, then "unrar" it - your user will need a utility to do that ... 7z is a good one, free, multi-platform : you can check it out here - www.7-zip.org

      good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author HelpingYouBeAnExpert
    I have a Mac and have Amazon s3 and my members can download videos and audios and pdf's from my membership. I set up new content every week and it works on Mac it's probably how you set it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    Originally Posted by DanFaggella View Post

    hope Amazon S3 wasn't the worst decision EVERl
    This isn't an S3 problem. Mac users wouldn't be able to right click anywhere you stored the files.
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  • Profile picture of the author threezerozero
    i havent had any problems with mac users downloading stuff ive hosted on ezs3. there's also only one button on a mouse for the mac....so right clicking really doesnt exist for them.

    depending on how you have the links setup, you can do a direct link to the file or as others have already posted, compress it in a .rar or .zip file and it will automatically download.
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