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One thing I've wanted to do is access files remotely without downloading them (streaming/virtual drives, etc). Do any of these services allow that (BTsync, dro
by EricDeb 13y ago
One thing I've wanted to do is access files remotely without downloading them (streaming/virtual drives, etc). Do any of these services allow that (BTsync, dropbox, aeroFS), or am I forced to download files before accessing them?
- KaiserPro 13y agoForced to download, its not a remote filesystem
- hemancuso 13y agoYou can mount dropbox and a whole bunch of other cloud services as a filesystem using ExpanDrive - google drive and box support coming next www.expandrive.com (I am the author)
- pdx 13y agoI use a competitor of yours called WebDrive. Can you discuss how you may be better then they are? I am actually a bit unhappy with them, as I occasionally have strange behavior where a file refuses to upload, or the cache sometimes quits updating. However, my version is a few years old, so perhaps they fixed these issues. I have thought of buying their new version, but I am open to hearing why I should switch.
- hemancuso 13y agoI think it is an all around better product. No need to tweak settings to make it work. It's generally faster, licenses are cross platform, we support more protocols. It's less expensive. We care :)
- EricDeb 13y agothat's awesome! That's exactly the service I was looking at. Thanks for creating it!
- gcr 13y agoIf you're on Linux, you can mount remote filesystems super easy. Look up `sshfs`
- zzzmarcus 13y agoCheckout Bitcasa [https://www.bitcasa.com/ https://www.bitcasa.com/]. If I understand you correctly it does what you want. Their website is frustratingly scarce on technical details but I've tried it and it works as they describe it.
- zachlatta 13y agoI've had nothing but frustrations with Bitcasa. They have good ideas, but I found their execution to be exceedingly buggy and unreliable.