I'm having a problem with my hosting provider about storing video files on my DNN site. I want to use the Respository to allow users to store files, some of which may be video files which they prohibit. Is there any way to tie the upload to an offsite file sharing provider and have the repository work seamlessly as if the files were local? If so does anyone have a recommendation for a service provider that will work in this manner

Unfortunately it is Webhost4Life that I am having the problem with. They limit your file upload abilities by establishing very low upload quotas to prevent you from using the site as a video server. Dealing with them on this issue is not much fun so I am looking at alternatives to house the uploads.

I've had minimal experience with Hosted File Sharing.The one that I've worked with, MediaFire, has their own loading mechanism so it's not as simple as just giving the Respository the URL. Does anyone know of a file hoster that just allows you to drop file into a folder without using some sort of proprietary file loader?

That's what I thought. I don't want to start a bash session on them but their position on this really doesn't conform with their marketing. They have instituted an FTP quota that limits how much you can ftp up to your site. Originally it is set to 2GB. You have to REALLY fight to get it set any higher. Once you hit that limit you can't upload anything. It's really limiting what I can do with my new site. In my case I've only used 5.0409GIG out of my 100GIG and every time I want to add something to the site I have to go thru support and beg them to increase my quota. They are less than hospitable about it.

My problem started because I uploaded a handful of videos of my kid playing a sport and linked them to a webpage so college coaches could view them. In addition I just upgraded my version of DNN and left the zip file from Backup Script in a folder on the site. From my vantage point neither one of these are pushing the envelope as far as a use but that is not how they see it. Here is a response they just sent me

"Mass File Storage and Backup Storage and Mass Video/Media Storage is prohibited on all of our shared hosting plans.

Please download the backup files on C:\hosting\webhost4life\member\... to your local PC instead of storing server.

Thanks."

This is why I was asking the question. The new website I am building has a social networking component to it. I want to use the repository as a library for members to share articles, links to youtube videos and play animations (its a basketball site). I imagine that members will end up uploading a fair amount of materials and see now that it is going to be a major issue. I also figure that offloading the storage component of the site probably makes sense on a number of levels but I am trying to envision how to set it up so it works seamlessly. I believe that most of these hosted file sharing providers use some sort of proprietrary loader. Any suggesions?