Guide For Newbies At Hf, Uploading, Downloading, Attachments Options

[deewani]

IMPORTANT LINKS!
HF Guidelines: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=boardrules
Announcements Section: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showforum=47
Help http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=Help

The most common question I keep seeing over and over from new members is How do I download?, which leads to the question, How do I upload?, because of the ratio system. So I am writing this topic, so I don't have to dig out previous topics where I've helped folks before, this way I can easily find my post and refer them here, hopefully it will be helpful in the future.

Please read the above 4 links first!

After reading the guidelines you will realize you need to compress your mp3s. You have to use a software like winrar or winzip to compress your mp3s before uploading to the board, and the files have to meet the requirements as listed in the guidelines. And then you have to maintain a 1:2 upload to download ratio (in other words, for every 1MB you share, you can download 2MB), so if the ratio is above .50 under your name, you can download with no problems. You can upload, however, at any time. You can find winrar free here:

CODE

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

If you still have problems uploading, make sure you have compressed (.rar or .zip) the .mp3 files.

Whenever you REPLY or create a NEW TOPIC you should see a window like the one below.
You will see the file attachments box with a BROWSE button, click on that and browse to your file, then you have to click "Add This Attachment", and then you have to wait as your browser uploads the song to page. After that is done, (can take a while depending on your ISP speed) you click the Add Reply button to make your post. You will be able to tell when it's done because your page will no longer be loading, it will refresh, and you will see a white box with your attachment inside it, it will read something like "you have used 4 mb of attachment space for this post......." and you will see a Remove button (deletes the attachment) and an Add Into Post button (which shows the attachment inside the post, not necessary, but nice to use). Good luck!!



More help with the softwares here:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=17216
and
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=6074
More about bitrates:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?s=&a...st&p=425594
Help on transcoding to lower bitrates here:
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=35280

If I have referred you to this post, and you have further questions, ask them HERE.

[ahariani]

I was referred here because I was told the song I uploaded was without any details. I had included all the details as explained in the forums. Do I need to do this again, or is there another issue with my upload.
Thanks,
ahariani

[Mohan22]

Hello

I am new to HF. I have a good collection of Old Hindi Video Songs, which I like to share. Please help me:
- Which is the right Forum where I can post these?
- I understand from the guidelines that the maximum size for upload file is 10 MB. This may be too short for a video file. If I chose the least bit rate allowed, I may be compromising on quality. Any suggestions?

Regards
Mohan22

[hildebrand]

Hello

I am new to HF. I have a good collection of Old Hindi Video Songs, which I like to share. Please help me:
- Which is the right Forum where I can post these?
- I understand from the guidelines that the maximum size for upload file is 10 MB. This may be too short for a video file. If I chose the least bit rate allowed, I may be compromising on quality. Any suggestions?

Regards
Mohan22

Normal members have a maximum upload per post of 20 MB. If you have a bigger file you may consider making split zip files. Angels can upload upto 50 MB per post to my knowledge.

[Exon]

How do I post a message in Shoutbox?

I keep getting an error message saying, 'nick name' is missing. I couldn't find a box to enter nickname either.

I wanted to post the following search string for Yogihit's question on Salma Agha.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=...lite=salma+agha

Exon