[TYPO3-dam] external files in DAM

[Dan Osipov]

That's an interesting feature, but there is a lot to account for... a 
lot of DAM's operations assume the file is accessible via the filesystem 
- making it accessible via URI would change a whole lot. That's the 
reason that you can't create DAM records directly (although you could, 
through the list module, but that's not recommended).

Dan Osipov
Calkins Media
http://danosipov.com/blog/

stefano cecere wrote:
> thanks dan
> 
> well.. i meant external files accessed via URI like 
> http:///www.mediawebsite.com/fileadmin/hugefile.zip
> 
> so to keep a DAM record with category, filetype, data, copyright etc, 
> but the file is accessed with external URL
> 
> right now it's not possible to create a DAM record by hand!
> (and if i could, say via phpmyadmin or custom ext) i don't know it it 
> would work
> 
> do you think it coudl be an interesting feature?
> s
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Osipov wrote:
>> DAM works well with NFS, so even if files are on external server, as 
>> long as directories are symlinked or mounted somewhere in fileadmin, 
>> DAM will handle them just fine.
>>
>> We use an iSCSI for all storage, and files are accessed from multiple 
>> servers, which mount the shared directories. DAM works just fine.
>>
>> Dan Osipov
>> Calkins Media
>> http://danosipov.com/blog/
>>
>> stefano cecere wrote:
>>> hi..
>>>
>>> if one has the media archive on a different server...
>>> does anybody know if it is possibile to have external files in the 
>>> DAM list?
>>>
>>> (i would put all indexing data by hand, since indexing maybe not work 
>>> well with external files...)
>>>
>>> i see that creing news DAM records in the Media folder doesn't allow 
>>> the basic file location to be set.
>>>
>>> should i go with fake "preview" on the local server and use the 
>>> "original source" as real file path?
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks!!
>>>
>>> stefano