General support topic for Aeva Media (Latest release: July 28, 2010)

[telles0808]

Hello, I'm experiencing problems with the Mass Upload, it's stopping to upload many times and some times it's stop completely, no matter what I use, like IE, Chrome and firefox, I've tested it in my job and in my house =\ with win 7, win xp and win vista.

I have configured the php.ini to have a limit of 50MB and what I'm trying to upload is something like 10MB in total, +/- 500 files.

my forum is www.igmbrasil.com/forum take a look there if you want ^~

I'm very happy with this aeva version, but this mass upload was the best option to start a gallery, but it's looking odd because of it's problems.

thx.

[tfs]

The upload size limit reported by PHP is for non-image files.  When you're uploading an image, Aeva Media must generate a thumbnail and a preview picture.  To do that the original image must be uncompressed and used as the source.  (Remember, JPG's are HIGHLY compressed data)  There is a finite amount of memory space available to do that processing.  The higher the resolution of the original image, the more memory required to uncompress it and process it into a thumbnail and preview.  Note that this is based on RESOLUTION of the picture, not the SIZE of the file.

The only feedback you'll get for this is that Aeva Media stops responding during the upload.  Note that SMF has this exact same problem when attaching a very large image to a post.

Most of today's shared hosting packages provide between 32 and 40 megs of ram to PHP.  That means that the upload limit is going to be somewhere around 2000 to 2500 pixels (long side).

Before uploading a bunch of images to my forum I run them through Irfanview's (B)atch processor to reduce the long side to 1400 pixels.  That has the added benefit of reducing their physical size on disk to around 250k.  They still provide a generous amount of detail, but load much faster for your users.

This is a frustrating problem that needs to be remedied, but the only remedy I'm aware of for now is to increase the amount of RAM available to PHP, which isn't an option with the vast majority of today's shared hosting packages.

[telles0808]

that's mean more than 50mb? I'll try it and don't get a warning of my host ^^

[tfs]

that's mean more than 50mb? I'll try it and don't get a warning of my host ^^

I'm afraid I don't understand your message.

[[SAP]Francis]

Hi,

I would like to translate the menu button "Media" into other language, for example, into Slovak, please anyone will advise me? Many thanks!

Copy \Themes\default\languages\Aeva.english.php to \Themes\default\languages\Aeva.slovak-utf8.php (remove -utf8 if not needed) and start editing this new file and fill it with the strings you want to have. Be careful as it might be very long.

[Neverhurry]

Hi,

I would like to translate the menu button "Media" into other language, for example, into Slovak, please anyone will advise me? Many thanks!

Copy \Themes\default\languages\Aeva.english.php to \Themes\default\languages\Aeva.slovak-utf8.php (remove -utf8 if not needed) and start editing this new file and fill it with the strings you want to have. Be careful as it might be very long.

Hi Francis!

I can not "$txt['aeva_gallery']" text string inside "Aeva.english.php" file.
i am using SMF2.0 rc2 and Aeva Media 1.0 Beta 3. It is so confusing and frustrating, but thank you for your help my friend.

[Nao 尚]

It's in Modifications.english.php
I'll make sure to hardcode it in case it's not found in the $txt array.

[Neverhurry]

It's in Modifications.english.php
I'll make sure to hardcode it in case it's not found in the $txt array.

Nao, it works!!!  Thank you very much! Have a nice day!

[WhiteJC]

I've just added Aeva Media on my 1.1.11 site and I'm getting this error:

Unknown column 'mem.aeva_items' in 'field list'
File: D:\Domains\friendsoffulham.com\wwwroot\forum\Sources\Load.php
Line: 895

when I try to open any post.


I've followed the pase instructions, I redid the Load.php and double checked but still got the error.
I'm assuming that I've either copied something wrong or put it in the same place, has anyone had this error and could point me in the right direction?

I've copied my 'preAeva' load.php back so that the MB can be used

[Nao 尚]

No problem.

(Note for later: many unanswered messages above.)

[Nao 尚]

Attach your Load.php file here...

[WhiteJC]

Hi Nao

the Load.php file should be attached

[Nao 尚]

Can't find any error.
Did you install it manually? If yes, you didn't run the db installer.

[WhiteJC]

that got it, thanks

[z3us]

Hi. I actually have old aeva installed in my forum and a question: The ftp to upload the images must be the same that the forum is installed? can be free imagehosts like imageshack be used? Because my space is limited
Thanks

[Nao 尚]

With the help of the Foxy! addon, you can host Imageshack (and tinypic and other stuff) pics into your gallery, but you'll still have to have the preview & thumbnail on your server.

[Nao 尚]

(Note for now: not that many messages in the end.)

@telles> What error message does it give you...? Beta 5 (and other recent betas too) gives you as much detail as possible... You can also make a mass import through the FTP Import feature.

@tfs> Actually, I thought of 'another way' of making it... But it would be complicated and would hardly give excellent results.
- Load the big file
- Copy a small part (like 1/4) of it, destroy the big file
- Resize the small part, save to temp file
- Redo process until all parts are done...
- Make a big file with all resized parts.
Of course it'll give you ugly seams around the small parts. They can be avoided by resizing parts that are bigger than the part that will be used in the end. But it's really, really complicated to implement as you can imagine... Still, I don't see any other way to make a memory-efficient resize process.

[Nao 尚]

I'd like the current situation of this board to be reviewed. It was created to allow for post moderation at a 'bad' time, then it settled down, then I was told it would be removed. Instead of that post moderation was lifted and everything stayed the same and we now have 3 pages worth of topics.
So if the board is here to stay, it should be reworked a bit...

- Name: change to Aeva Media (and just that). Not AEVA Media, please. Just 'Aeva' is okay, too, although not logical.
- Description: remove the mention about post moderation.
- Topics: the SMG topic should be imported over there.

If the board is here to stay, I'm willing to close one of the other 'official' Aeva boards or even both, as I feel this one has more exposure to the general SMF audience (even if it's harder for me to keep up with new topics.)
I will also at some point publish an Aeva Media FAQ, similar to what Akyhne did on Aeva. I'm currently in the process of gathering all questions. (There are a lot.)

Anyway-- opinions from both the SMF team and the SMF audience are welcome.

[petesky]

@NAO

Simply add a profile and delete it afterwards. You should get an error about an no existent table (because of wrong prefix) -  see my post in your own board.

[Eudemon]

u can delete this post
sry for cause trouble