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  1. oddboy

    oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Feb 11, 2017

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    Hey guys,

    What's the max file size I can upload for inserting into a post?

    From my Android phone, it seems that if a file is bigger than about 1 MB, I can upload the file, but the 'button' to insert the image never appears. I have to resize the image and upload again.

    Cheers
     
  2. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 11, 2017

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  3. oddboy

    oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Feb 11, 2017

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    1 MB is the max file size?
     
  4. cicindela Ω 2

    cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 11, 2017

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  5. Alpha Ω 2

    Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Feb 11, 2017

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    I always thought it was 10MB with a workaround by uploading to the likes of Photobucket and then copying back to the forum ?
     
  6. dsio Ω 2

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Feb 12, 2017

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    For all intents and purposes there is no normally hittable limit, there are a number of 30MB+ images on the server (that triggered us to reduce it a bit as they were absolutely crippling for some people's internet) but this image I'm attaching is about 6MB and is a straight upload from my MacBook Pro. I'm not entirely sure what the actual limit is now but I'm guessing 10MB or so, which is still pretty high.

    7575143554_31521d9321_o.jpg

    But yea what's happened is resolution on some phones has gone up a lot lately so you could exceed that under certain circumstances, Tapa also resizes and rescales automatically but to a stupidly small size and we'll be getting rid of it this year.
     
  7. oddboy

    oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Feb 12, 2017

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    Thanks Ash. I don't know if it's a bug then. My phone takes pics that are about 6-7 MB. When I try to upload, the file is transferred to the server, but the option to insert it never appears. The only option I have is to delete it.
     
  8. TNTwatch

    TNTwatch Feb 12, 2017

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    Looks like a browser's bug. Try desktop mode or another browser?

    I just inserted this 2MB image from Android Chrome:
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  9. oddboy

    oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months Feb 12, 2017

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    Will do. Thanks guys.