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Problem with PDF and PPT upload

sgaucho — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:28:44 GMT

Hello,I have a fresh install of Alfresco share (4.0) and am facing a strange problem. I am unable to upload PDF files bigger than 1 Mb and PPT (powerpoint) files bigger than 4Mb. I can upload small files and other file formats without any problems. I am not noting anything unusual in the logs. Is th

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

mitpatoliya — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:12:13 GMT

Some time this behaviour is observed in the community version.
Also, this is because of restriction of memory allocated to alfresco process.
So, as such there is not configuration file where you can exactly specify the file size restriction.
But generally on the servers we do the configurations to provide high heap space and memory to alfresco and it will improve the performance.

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

sgaucho — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:51:33 GMT

thanks for the information.

So what do I need to do? should I increase the Java heap memory in tomcat start process?

tx,
sg

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

sgaucho — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:12:24 GMT

By the way, where is the java memory set in Alfresco 4.0 installation?

I have been searching in vain and cant seem to find it anywhere.. Its not present in catalina.bat file either.

tx

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

sgaucho — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:26:04 GMT

Ok, I changed the java memory setting and restarted tomcat but no changes

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

mitpatoliya — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:27:38 GMT

Please Refer this link
https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/JVM_Tuning

It will help you in JVM Tuning

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

sgaucho — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:51:18 GMT

Hi,

thanks for the update. I had already found and perused the information in the link provided. But my problem refuses to go away.

As I mentioned previously, I also tried uploading the files using a WebDav client but the problem continues to be the same.

I have another installation of Alfresco (version 3.4) where I dont have any of these problems. Is there anything specific version 4.0?

tx,
sg

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

digitagangsta — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:13:00 GMT

Hi All,

I am working on an implementation where PPTs to be converted to PDFs. I am having issues with PPTs beyond 4MB size.

I have changed the JAVA_OPTS variable content to hold -Xmx4G -XX:MaxPermSize=512M under setenv.sh. Manually reloaded the Server. No help. Tried to run setenv.sh when the Server is running. No help. Still huge ppts fail to upload and get converted.

What areas should I look at?

I am using 4.2.c Community Edition. Its a LAMP setup on Ubuntu 1204 LTS.
Got 8 GB with Dual Core in the Box.

Any help appreciated.

Rajashekhara Gopalarao
mepentium@gmail.com

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

digitagangsta — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:26:40 GMT

Team,

Edit repository.properties file and change the memory bounds, set them to the max file size that you can expect from the end user and you are done (restart the Server once!).

Thanks,
Rajashekhara Gopalarao
mepentium@gmail.com

Re: Problem with PDF and PPT upload

jackadision — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 10:22:59 GMT

To convert PDF to PPT file format according to me any third party tool is the best option because it doesn’t affect the quality of content after conversion. PDF to PPT converter is also recommended by many of the professionals so try it once.
For More Information: http://www.softwaredownloadcentre.com/software/pdf-ppt-converter.php