# Where to keep uploaded media?

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406>\
**Category:** Database\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406 "2021-08-24T20:18:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dawid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@Dawid](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dawid)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406/1 "2021-08-24T20:18:10Z")

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Hey!  
I’m creating social media app where people can upload videos.

- How to add validate before sending video? (or converter to cut videos to some size, for example up to 50mb)
- Where can I keep media in Pro account to be able to store more videos? Few Gb.

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**Author:** ![Dawid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@Dawid](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Dawid)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406/2 "2021-08-26T09:34:55Z")

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Nobody will help? Please support, provide me info.

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406/3 "2021-08-26T10:17:35Z")

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Hi @Dawid,

- I don’t think it is possible to check for file size _before_ uploading it to Adalo db
- upload of large-sized files may not work well due to timeouts (I don’t have detailed info how this work from technical side, but it seems there are some timeouts for upload process)
- to avoid keeping media files in Adalo storage, you can move them to AWS S3 (for example). The logic will be something like: upload file to Adalo → run Custom Action calling Integromat scenario → in this scenario move the file to S3.

I remember that @JL_LJ had made a tutorial on that, but I can’t find it at the moment.

Best regards, Victor.

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**Author:** ![JL\_LJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@JL\_LJ](https://forum.adalo.com/u/JL_LJ)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/where-to-keep-uploaded-media/16406/4 "2021-08-26T18:32:31Z")

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Hi @Dawid,  
Thanks for the callout @Victor 🙂 ,  
I do have a method with Integromat, you can find here [Storing Media in AWS S3 with Integromat and Adalo - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwXh3_S9hQE)  
I have a better method, but I am involved in a very big project in other platform that I didn’t have time for more videos. I hope in next 2 weeks I get back in track.