Delivering video files

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So I was talking to a long term client/PR agent/person who gets me work the other day. She mentioned that her wedding video was on DVD and it was starting to skip. I mumbled something about limited lifespan of DVDs and had another beer (it was that kind of meeting). A few days later she rcoked up at my house and handed my wife a stack of DVDs that apparently I had promissed to back up for her.

Anyway, ripping them is easy - I have 4Videosoft running right now. But when I'm done I want to go here's a link to them online - they are all backed up. And then get back to you know, being a photographer....

Experience tells me she will thank me profusely and then forget all about it. In a year or 2 she'll ask me where the link is. So WeTransfer is out because the links expire. And I don't want to use Dropbox etc as it will eat into my allowance. Is there some service I can pay a small amount of money, whack the files on and they will always be there next time she asks? I'd probably pay 20 quid to make this problem go away. Alternatively how is the longevity on USB sticks? Can I just put them on one of those? (actually 2 because she'll lose the first one)
 
YouTube may be an option, as long as you select the correct option people cannot find it and only a person with a link can view it.

Another option is two usb as your suggestion and keep a backup on your network incase they lose the usb sticks.
 
How big are the files in total?

Been a while since I ripped a dvd but I seem to remember a movie was about 700mb uncompressed.

It's something to consider as may impact costs.
 
You could set her up with her own dropbox account and download the DVD's to there. That way she has exclusive access to them.
 
While it was legal to make copies of movie DVDs for personal use, I backed a few up to watch on flights. They vary from 1.5 to 2.5 GB (approximately).

I'd giver her a USB stick with instructions on how to transfer the files to her 'puter.
 
Thanks - there are about 5 disks (no, I've no idea why - one of them appeared to be some sort of cartoon off of the telly - I don't intend watching them.....). Conversion to MP4 seems to be about 1.5 - 2GB per disk.

I'll bet a 16GB thumbdrive will be my best bet.
 
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