Hi there. My app needs to let users upload videos, and the only option seems to be the File Picker (which has very basic functionality).
When I select “Photo Library” and pick a video from there, I get an error message saying the limit is 50MB.
On the other hand, if I record a video in the moment from the File Picker, there doesn’t seem to be a limit.
How can I upload videos from the gallery if the limit is 50MB?
Is there any technical reason why there’s this limit?
Hi @afonso !
Actually Adalo has that hard limit but there are ways to sort it out.
Native file/image picker will not allow to upload more than that and +40mb will get more time than usual to upload.
The way you can fix it is using external compressors (which may reduce files quality), external APIs o servers like Youtube, Vimeo, etc.
Theres is also Adalify Plugin tu overpass the 50mb limit but i never use it so there’s something to investigate.
Hope to be helpful
Kind Regards
Jare Ramirez
Hey @afonso, yes file picker can currently handle up to 50MB per file. For larger files (Especially Videos), you can check Adalify’s integration as @JareRamirez which offers the ability of uploading larger files.
Here’s also the setup documentation for it: Adalify API Documentation
Thanks for the feedback @Ali-Bazzi @JareRamirez
It’s weird that if I record a video from the picker, the limit doesn’t apply.
Have you worked with Adalify’s integration @Ali-Bazzi ?
You’re welcome @afonso! Yes of course, I’ve implemented this (Adalify) integration in many apps especially apps that are based on displaying videos.
If you’d like to add it to your app, I would be happy to help you implement it for sure.
What does the price look for that if I have lots user uploading quite a bit of video? I run a lesson planning app and majority of my teachers upload custom video from their phone (so the files are rather large) than utilizing the YouTube link function. Would a video heavy app cost an arm and a leg?
Hey @Jacob_Lange, I don’t have information on pricing but you can check on their website. Also, you can use any other integration that offers the same feature. Almost all integrations like this one offer fixed subscriptions, so you’ll be able to compare them and choose which one would be the best for you.
Is there any advantage in using Adalify over some other strategy for video upload, like Cloudinary + Netlify? Is that what you’d recommend using?
Good question. I want to know this too. With Adalify, and any other integration, there is an added cost. @james.crennan Adalo makers are paying the platform a lot of money, could you look at removing this 50mb cap for videos?
It would be really really useful if the 50mb upload limit was removed.
Thanks for this question @afonso, let me bring this question into the team and update here based on the answers! (Current limit is 50MB and few times I’ve also seen it’s getting limited based on the uploading time)
Regarding Adalify, @theadaloguy could share some more information.
Thank you and have a great day!
Thanks for the mention Dilon. Adalify using your own Amazon S3 account is $29 per month flat, unlimited upload size. Feel free to DM me if you have any specific questions relating to your use case, happy to help.
Hey @afonso, regarding the difference between Adalify, Cloudinary, Netlify, I haven’t noticed much differences between those services regarding performance, but Cloudinary has an advantage in terms of design customization of the upload page.
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