PunkDownload.com - New file hosting server for APN

The new system is being tested extensively by the members of Pirate-Punk.net ... a few bugs have been reported and the dev team is working on an update as we speak. A lot of time is being invested in this new platform (2 months of work) to make sure it's stable so we can use it for the next 10 years or so.

We also have another major news announcement coming soon. This website is about to become even more awesome. Can't wait to share the details with you guys

 

UPDATE

PunkDownload.com just got a new dedicated server! Two years after launching this project, it was time for PunkDownload to move on to a new server of its own. Members of our 3 forums have uploaded so many albums in the last 2 years that the hard disk of the server was completely full!

Now with the new server, we got a 2TB dedicated hard drive which is currently used at only 15% of its capacity (compared to 85% on the old server). This will make sure that we have enough storage for a few years.

All of the previously uploaded albums were migrated to the new server, you don't have anything to do. Please report any bugs you find.

As always this new server is funded by No Gods No Masters Coop to which we are very thankful for their continued support since 2008.

 

Improved download page

For those who don't want to download the full album, you can now click on each track individually to display a music player and download link.




Also, the same music player already present on the forum is now also displayed on the PunkDownload landing page, if you want to play the full album




Finally, the limit has been lowered even further now that the new server has more storage space. Only 5 music shares on the forum are required before having access to the upload on the server

 

A bug has been fixed that caused an error when uploading an album in RAR format instead of ZIP

Note, however, that the display of images and the music player is only supported for files in ZIP format.

 

Updates and bug fixes to file uploads:

- New progress bar during uploads: now you can visually track the progress of your file upload

- Simplified process, now you don't even have to click any button, just select the file, and Voilà!

- We now use Dropzone for file upload with Drag&Drop support

- Fixed a bug where the wrong file was given when uploading 2 different files with the same filename

- We now add versioning numbers to filenames only when a file with the same name already exists, or else we keep the original filename

- Only ZIP files are supported from now on - we have too many incompatibility issues with RAR format. Sorry!




Ongoing issues:

- The tech team is investigating an issue reported by forum members. For some unknown reason, the upload sometimes fails or is very slow. The new progress bar will help to understand what is happening in the backend during the upload process. Sometimes an upload could appear to fail, but in reality, it is just very slow. We are currently trying to speed up the server.

 

Nice! I'll revise my instruction video when I have the time!

 

Are any of you still having issues with the upload system?
Like this error in a popup during the upload process:

2 members of the Pirate Punk forum have been facing this issue for many months. The strange thing is that every time we test our end we aren't able to reproduce the issue. It's driving us nuts because there's no error in the logs, no hints, or anything we can track down.

So at this point, we suspect it could be an issue with their internet connection. But the fact that 2 different members are getting the same error is weird. To confirm we need to check if this issue affect other forums or just Pirate Punk.

I know some of you have been facing other issues (like the page not updating) but I'm wondering if you have ever seen this "0 code"

 

I've only heard of "0 code" in the context of uploading files one time before and in that case it was a browser thing (they were able to send the file using a different browser). Never seen it on here though!

 

Thanks for the answer. This confirms what we suspected, this seems to be a problem specific to the user's internet connection. They both confirmed they use wifi to upload, so maybe there is a short network interruption that breaks the file transfer.

Pirate-Punk.net uses the exact same upload system from PunkDownload.com, there is no difference in the way members upload the albums (the upload form is literally an integration of PunkDownload.com through an iframe)

The 2 members from Pirate-Punk reported the error often showing up multiple times a day. So if it was a widespread issue with our upload system, logically you guys would have seen the error too. But it never showed up here.

 

It's worth mentioning for others who read this that Wi-Fi is generally just fine to upload on (I used it for a couple of months, with no errors uploading, before going back to ethernet), but there can be short interruptions (caused by any one of a multitude of different things) and if this or something similar happens it's always best to try again when wired. It's almost as important of a step as rebooting.

 

Good news - the upload limit requirement to get access to PunkDownload server is gone. So now, everyone has access to the upload system, even if you're a new member or never uploaded an album before.

Just make sure to respect the guidelines, NO copyrighted stuff from major labels.

 

NGNM Coop just bought a new server to replace Server 4 which hosts PunkDownload, because the disk was already almost full.

The new server will be more powerful, and faster, and with double the storage capacity.

However, the upload must be temporarily disabled during the migration, because otherwise the new files will not be transferred to the new server and will be lost.

The migration should take about 48 hours and will start today or tomorrow.

 

The migration is now complete and it seems like everything went well. Upload was reactivated.

The new server has 4TB of disk space so it should last for a while. Now let's fill it up with new uploads

If you see anything strange please report it here and we will fix it asap