When you are on the “Create Song” or "Create Video" form screens in Jamroom, Jamroom will show you the "Maximum Combined Upload Size":

This value is the Maximum amount of data that can be uploaded via the Jamroom form.

Unfortunately, by default, most PHP settings are set for 2 megabytes (2M). You can contact your system administrator and have them change 2 settings in the master php.ini file (it requires root access):

• post_max_size
• upload_max_filesize

Have them both changed to “32M” for 32 megabytes and you should be able to upload much larger media files.

Note: Changing these settings will have zero impact on other areas of your system - it is an easy and safe change to make, although you will likely encounter resistance from your webhost to change them. If your System Administrator is not comfortable making the change, you can try to do it yourself:

• create a file called “.htaccess” in your jamroom directory (i.e. jamroom/.htaccess) and put the following 2 lines in it ¹⁾:

  php_value post_max_size 32M
  php_value upload_max_filesize 32M

and try refreshing your Jamroom “Create Song” or “Modify Song” screen and see if it has allowed a larger upload.

If you get an “Internal Server Error” message, or it fails to change the Maximum Combined Upload size, you can try the next option, although this option will typically only work for servers that are running with PHP in “CGI” mode:

• create a file called “php.ini” and place it in your web root directory (i.e. /home/yourname/public_html/php.ini) and place the following 2 lines inside:

  post_max_size = 32M
  upload_max_filesize = 32M

If you still have no luck getting it to work, you will have to contact your System Administrator and have them modify the master php.ini config file to allow larger uploads, or direct you to the method for changing the necessary values. Jamroom does not control these settings.

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1) Note that if you already have a .htaccess file in your jamroom directory, just add the 2 lines to the top of the file.