Upload problems.

Sekihou · Post by **Sekihou** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:16 pm

Been trying to Upload my first AMV on FTP, but for some reason its not working...message is:

STATUS:> Connecting to "nago.animemusicvideos.org" on port 21.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.8 Server (Nago) [Nago.AnimeMusicVideos.org]
STATUS:> Connected. Logging into the server
COMMAND:> USER [name supplied here]
331 Password required for [name].
COMMAND:> PASS [******]
230 User [name] logged in.
STATUS:> Login successful
STATUS:> Server supports resume
COMMAND:> PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
STATUS:> Sending: C:\Documents and Settings\Family\Desktop\lotus.wmv -> /lotus.wmv
COMMAND:> TYPE A
200 Type set to A
COMMAND:> PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (205,134,161,105,202,130).
COMMAND:> LIST /lotus.wmv
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete.
COMMAND:> TYPE I
200 Type set to I
COMMAND:> PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (205,134,161,105,202,131).
COMMAND:> REST 15360
350 Restarting at 15360. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer
STATUS:> Resuming upload
COMMAND:> STOR lotus.wmv
554 lotus.wmv: invalid REST argument
ERROR:> Unable to open file
COMMAND:> NOOP
200 NOOP command successful
ERROR:> 554 lotus.wmv: invalid REST argument
COMMAND:> QUIT
221 Goodbye.

the hell is that supposed to mean...0-o
I`ve tried various FTP programs, all give more or less the same error...any help would be great.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:13 am

What about the Windows command line FTP client? Have you tried using just the following:

ftp
open nago.animemusicvideos.org
[insert given username and password when prompted]
lcd [local path goes here]
bin
put [filename goes here]
[wait, and wait, and wait some more, until "Transfer complete" finally shows up]
quit

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:42 am

Check your FTP client and make sure it's transferring the file in binary mode and not ASCII - and if you have to resume and it says 'invalid rest argument' on the first try (as long as you're in binary mode) just try again and it should work. For vids, you want to make sure your settings automatically use binary mode.

[Not sure if that's the real problem here, but it could be.]

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:04 am

The FTP client being used is uploading in binary mode, so I don't think that's the problem.

COMMAND:> TYPE I
200 Type set to I

What I'm a little confused about is why the FTP client appears to be operating as if it were resuming a transfer when it really should just be sending (e.g. PUT, STOR) a file.

Are you trying to resume an interrupted transfer, or are you sending the file for the first time? If the latter is true, is there a way to stop your FTP client from sending the REST command?

If you are trying to resume an interrupted transfer, I'd just say forget it and start over from scratch. I've had intermittent luck with resuming FTP uploads to the .org server, but they sometimes do weird things.

Sekihou · Post by **Sekihou** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 9:31 am

Ah, its `resume` cuz my first try at uploading failed, this was the second try, and I got that same `Invalid REST arguement` error...I`ll try starting over again, but since I`ve tried that before, doubt it will help. Could this be due to my router firewall or something? thanks for the help.

Sekihou · Post by **Sekihou** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:59 am

Just tried it with a completely new FTP, this is the log from beginning to end:

Connecting to nago.animemusicvideos.org on port 21. Attempt 1 of 3...
220 ProFTPD 1.2.8 Server (Nago) [Nago.AnimeMusicVideos.org]
USER [name here]
331 Password required for [name here].
PASS [***]
230 User [name here] logged in.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
Server Type: UNIX (standard)
PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
TYPE A
200 Type set to A
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (205,134,161,105,235,75).
LIST
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
226 Transfer complete.
Transferred 0 bytes in 0.00 seconds (0.00 KB/s)
Queue completed in 0.77 seconds
TYPE I
200 Type set to I
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (205,134,161,105,235,78).
STOR lotus.wmv
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for lotus.wmv
Failed [Unknown reason]
Queue processing aborted.

failed again

tho it didnt give me the `Invalid REST arguement` message with this one...any ideas people? >_>` this is getting real annoying.

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:15 pm

Have you tried changing the transfer mode to Binary instead of ASCII?

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:16 pm

Have you tried switching out of Passive mode?

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:20 pm

Ah - nevermind! It does read binary with the vid. ^_^;;

Okay, try using SmartFTP - it does pretty much everything for you. Or if you use WS_FTP for vids you want to upload in one try.

[A point that may help if you don't need to resume, is to *not* use Passive mode. It works in SmartFTP, but in others I've found that it just disconnects you without doing any real good. If your connection doesn't cut you off every few hours, I'd suggest trying WS_FTP, and making sure to disable the 'passive mode' and to click the 'binary' transfer option. The only problem with that is you can't resume an upload.

Sekihou · Post by **Sekihou** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:46 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:I'd suggest trying WS_FTP, and making sure to disable the 'passive mode' and to click the 'binary' transfer option. The only problem with that is you can't resume an upload.

The magic word....WS_FTP.

thank you so much man, worked perfectly 8)