# How long till plex cloud? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369 "2016-10-09T02:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ColeMundus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@ColeMundus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ColeMundus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/1 "2016-10-09T02:53:21Z")
I’m suppperrr excited to test out plex cloud and as soon as I heard about it I signed up right away. Its been almost 2 weeks and I haven’t gotten it. How long might it take for me to get to use it? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/2 "2016-10-09T03:23:20Z")
No way of knowing. I **strongly** suggest you read along in the countless other threads. You’ll find there are some serious issues on the Amazon side with uploading media (not even plex’s fault) which are impacting the testing / shakedown. ---
**Author:** ![Kraevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kraevin/32/96968_2.png) [@Kraevin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kraevin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/3 "2016-10-09T05:02:13Z")
As @ChuckPa said… > **[Plex Cloud users experience](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/238299/plex-cloud-users-experience#latest)** > > Many of us are still waiting and waiting and waiting for invite and in the meantime, I think we all would love to hear feedback from the lucky few that are using Plex cloud now. > **[Plex Cloud](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/238630/plex-cloud#latest)** > > I was delighted to be part of the Plex Cloud group since it seemed to offer the perfect solution to making my video collection available anytime anywhere with little if any effort on my part. I have to say, after a week of operation, that I have... > **[Anyone get access to PLEX Cloud yet?](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/236148/anyone-get-access-to-plex-cloud-yet#latest)** > > Anyone have access or know when they’re gonna roll out the Beta? ---
**Author:** ![ColeMundus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@ColeMundus](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ColeMundus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/4 "2016-10-09T05:26:15Z")
> @ChuckPa said: > No way of knowing. I **strongly** suggest you read along in the countless other threads. > > You’ll find there are some serious issues on the Amazon side with uploading media (not even plex’s fault) which are impacting the testing / shakedown. Well the uploading side of things isnt my concern, I already have 40TB in acd its just being able to use it ---
**Author:** ![Kraevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/kraevin/32/96968_2.png) [@Kraevin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kraevin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/5 "2016-10-09T05:32:59Z")
> @ColeMundus said: > > > @ChuckPa said: > > No way of knowing. I **strongly** suggest you read along in the countless other threads. > > > > You’ll find there are some serious issues on the Amazon side with uploading media (not even plex’s fault) which are impacting the testing / shakedown. > > Well the uploading side of things isnt my concern, I already have 40TB in acd its just being able to use it Maybe not for you, but others will/are having still having the upload issues. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/6 "2016-10-09T06:05:02Z")
If i need elaborate based entirely on my own experience and what has been reported by others: 1. Upload speeds are slow (writing to the cloud) and inconsistent. 2. PMS reading from the cloud to stream. Do not confuse downloading from the cloud with whatever mechanism Amazon uses between cloud servers. In a single sentence, Amazon I/O is slow/unstable and being worked on. It’s not giving PMS what it needs. I do not see the beta advancing much, if any, until this basic level of functionality on Amazon’s side is resolved. ---
**Author:** ![Stewie\_Griffin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/stewie_griffin/32/12790_2.png) [@Stewie\_Griffin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Stewie_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/7 "2016-10-09T09:42:30Z")
> @ChuckPa said: > If i need elaborate based entirely on my own experience and what has been reported by others: > > 1. Upload speeds are slow (writing to the cloud) and inconsistent. > 2. PMS reading from the cloud to stream. Do not confuse downloading from the cloud with whatever mechanism Amazon uses between cloud servers. > > In a single sentence, Amazon I/O is slow/unstable and being worked on. It’s not giving PMS what it needs. > > I do not see the beta advancing much, if any, until this basic level of functionality on Amazon’s side is resolved. I’m so ready to pull the trigger on Amazon Unlimited, I click on the page almost every day ready to get started by beginning to upload my ~16TB of media. These issues are enough to make me think that maybe I should wait just a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/8 "2016-10-09T16:00:10Z")
@“Stewie Griffin” The best tool we’ve found for uploading to Amazon is `rclone` . Their ACD client just doesn’t cut it, imho. Your sentiment is exactly why I keep trying to tell everyone else to calm down, be patient, and why Plex Cloud is till early in the Alpha / Beta testing. If you have `rclone` and a decent upload speed, your content will get up there a lot faster and easier. Rclone keeps working until it succeeds, Amazon’s tool will give up on the file forcing you to try again manually. ---
**Author:** ![RaGaDK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@RaGaDK](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RaGaDK)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/9 "2016-10-10T06:59:01Z")
I uploaded my entire media collection of ripped movies and TV shows (about 7TB) with rclone in 131 hours. I’m on 100/100 FTTH line. Works great. ---
**Author:** ![Nate8727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Nate8727](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nate8727)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/10 "2016-10-11T22:12:13Z")
So I know rclone is cmd line, but can you just drag and drop into the terminal window instead of typing everything? ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/11 "2016-10-11T22:16:49Z")
No… That’s why it’s “command line”. Terminal windows do not support drag & drop. They only support copy/paste of text. ---
**Author:** ![Wunderwally](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wunderwally/32/81949_2.png) [@Wunderwally](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Wunderwally)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/12 "2016-10-11T22:30:23Z")
> @ChuckPa said: > No… That’s why it’s “command line”. Terminal windows do not support drag & drop. They only support copy/paste of text. Not 100% true 😃 On OSX you can can drag&drop Folders and Files on the terminal and it writes the location, which can be useful if the folder you’re using is kinda “deep” down in a folder structure. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/13 "2016-10-11T23:08:35Z")
That’s not the terminal window doing that. That’s the Desktop Manager performing the translation. The fundamental interface (under all the drag & drop) mechanisms is the file/path name. They’ve always worked that way. In Linux, if I drag an item (file for example) onto my terminal window. The Desktop manager passes the pathname. The Terminal window accepts the implied paste and makes it look like this (when I drag photo XC-1.jpg), I get the pathname pasted. `[chuck@lizum ~.52]$ '/home/chuck/XC-1.jpg'` If that is the desired functionality, then I will agree it’s a qualified yes and agree to be corrected. That is the limit of the functionality. It’s not like having a graphical UI and it doing the rest of the work . ---
**Author:** ![willieb1172](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/willieb1172/32/7483_2.png) [@willieb1172](https://forums.plex.tv/u/willieb1172)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/14 "2016-10-12T02:18:45Z")
I’m currently using Goodsync to sync to Amazon and it’s pretty fast and won’t quit until it finishes. Been a Goodsync user for years. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-long-till-plex-cloud/162369/15 "2020-01-07T22:02:48Z")