Correspondence with TSG regarding securing additional disk space; extinguishing file upload brushfires for project leader
Streaming/Web Video questions
Answered similar questions from 2 different users about creating web friendly Quicktime movies from a DVD and using the QuickTime Streaming Server
CMD Stats
From: Wesley.Wright@uvm.edu
Subject: Some statistics from the CMD
Date: May 5, 2006 1:46:33 PM EDT
To: lrg@list.uvm.edu
I analyzed the login records (kept by any good unix system) for the four macintosh workstations available in the Center for Multimedia Development, Basement of Library.
First, local disk drive usage (including OS).
Mac A: Operational since January 17 — 232 GB capacity, 226 GB used
Mac B: Operational since April 6 — 232 GB capacity, 175 GB used
Mac C: Operational since April 6 — 232 GB capacity, 195 GB used
Mac D: Operational since January 17 — 148 GB capacity, 97 GB used
Total disk usage across all machines: 693 GB (or .7 terabytes)
Notes:
1) Up until late April, when people’s old captured video files started disappearing, files > 21 days old were automatically wiped from the drives. After numerous complaints, the auto-wipe feature was disabled until semester’s end. While is did cause problems, disks usage probably would be even higher right now without it
2) Note that Macs B and C have been in service only about a month, yet drives are at 75%-85% capacity
Users
153 different users accounted for 733 separate logins for a total of 1089 hours of usage, with the average session lasting 1 hours 29 minutes. 127 users used the equipment for 20 minutes or more per session. 94 different users used a machine 2 or more times. 40 different users used a machine 5 or more times.
693 GB disk divided by 153 users suggests an average requirement of 4.5 GB of disk per person.
Details, sorted first by total minutes used and again by total number of logins, are presented below.
Masked User | Total Logins | Total Minutes | Total Hours | Average Session Length in minutes |
---|---|---|---|---|
G130 | 107 | 11389 | 190 | 106 |
M164 | 26 | 2618 | 44 | 101 |
T265 | 24 | 2398 | 40 | 100 |
R162 | 19 | 2311 | 39 | 122 |
S542 | 24 | 2217 | 37 | 92 |
Y2526 | 23 | 2193 | 37 | 95 |
M252 | 15 | 1431 | 24 | 95 |
L200 | 10 | 1397 | 23 | 140 |
J520 | 17 | 1330 | 22 | 78 |
F230 | 17 | 1330 | 22 | 78 |
H236 | 8 | 1296 | 22 | 162 |
M2652 | 6 | 1295 | 22 | 216 |
E165 | 8 | 1283 | 21 | 160 |
S5165 | 11 | 1263 | 21 | 115 |
C52453 | 17 | 1218 | 20 | 72 |
J3235 | 7 | 1201 | 20 | 172 |
B256 | 6 | 1176 | 20 | 196 |
K526 | 11 | 1155 | 19 | 105 |
J426 | 13 | 907 | 15 | 70 |
H142 | 6 | 872 | 15 | 145 |
S465 | 8 | 856 | 14 | 107 |
J523 | 11 | 838 | 14 | 76 |
J500 | 16 | 827 | 14 | 52 |
K145 | 6 | 816 | 14 | 136 |
B560 | 13 | 785 | 13 | 60 |
S300 | 4 | 765 | 13 | 191 |
A526 | 4 | 746 | 12 | 186 |
A3242 | 7 | 738 | 12 | 105 |
J5235 | 10 | 726 | 12 | 73 |
W546 | 4 | 700 | 12 | 175 |
N1652 | 5 | 640 | 11 | 128 |
L520 | 9 | 619 | 10 | 69 |
A250 | 4 | 592 | 10 | 148 |
E6254 | 5 | 572 | 10 | 114 |
C500 | 4 | 511 | 9 | 128 |
B232 | 5 | 491 | 8 | 98 |
A160 | 6 | 470 | 8 | 78 |
M2654 | 4 | 459 | 8 | 115 |
A2625 | 3 | 451 | 8 | 150 |
D160 | 5 | 413 | 7 | 83 |
T452 | 7 | 370 | 6 | 53 |
E156 | 3 | 359 | 6 | 120 |
G6262 | 6 | 348 | 6 | 58 |
L6523 | 4 | 343 | 6 | 86 |
K500 | 2 | 323 | 5 | 162 |
B2532 | 4 | 323 | 5 | 81 |
W132 | 5 | 322 | 5 | 64 |
C100 | 4 | 319 | 5 | 80 |
B2545 | 2 | 285 | 5 | 142 |
K520 | 3 | 282 | 5 | 94 |
M6253 | 2 | 279 | 5 | 140 |
E615 | 1 | 266 | 4 | 266 |
K350 | 4 | 249 | 4 | 62 |
S565 | 5 | 248 | 4 | 50 |
K426 | 3 | 242 | 4 | 81 |
J630 | 4 | 236 | 4 | 59 |
A212 | 1 | 236 | 4 | 236 |
B2542 | 2 | 225 | 4 | 112 |
S362 | 3 | 222 | 4 | 74 |
R253 | 6 | 219 | 4 | 36 |
D2612 | 6 | 214 | 4 | 36 |
M242 | 2 | 214 | 4 | 107 |
J312 | 2 | 211 | 4 | 106 |
T62635 | 2 | 206 | 3 | 103 |
C536 | 1 | 206 | 3 | 206 |
K152 | 2 | 204 | 3 | 102 |
D126 | 1 | 189 | 3 | 189 |
B4253 | 2 | 183 | 3 | 92 |
E650 | 1 | 175 | 3 | 175 |
B2521 | 1 | 168 | 3 | 168 |
C525 | 1 | 161 | 3 | 161 |
B235 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 80 |
E2352 | 1 | 153 | 3 | 153 |
M132 | 3 | 149 | 2 | 50 |
D1235 | 4 | 146 | 2 | 36 |
N2525 | 2 | 141 | 2 | 70 |
K520 | 2 | 137 | 2 | 68 |
K423 | 2 | 128 | 2 | 64 |
A350 | 3 | 122 | 2 | 41 |
A525 | 4 | 118 | 2 | 30 |
C520 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 116 |
L5352 | 2 | 116 | 2 | 58 |
B350 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 112 |
S630 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 108 |
A12636 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 26 |
B253 | 2 | 101 | 2 | 50 |
G1523 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
D2532 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 50 |
S300 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
C425 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 24 |
E241 | 3 | 97 | 2 | 32 |
B242 | 4 | 93 | 2 | 23 |
C356 | 7 | 93 | 2 | 13 |
T1453 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 42 |
A562 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 |
J5624 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 68 |
J520 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 21 |
J625 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 58 |
A6162 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 57 |
J525 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 28 |
B236 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 54 |
R163 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 54 |
D252 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 |
D523 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 18 |
E15425 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 |
E612 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 47 |
A342 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 |
M635 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 22 |
C000 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 10 |
J465 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
J135 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
E264 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 |
A161 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 |
S425 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 13 |
B650 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 |
V623 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
J426 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
E2165 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 9 |
I650 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
C1652 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
C5235 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
A100 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
M250 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
E2642 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
M450 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
G352 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
T450 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
A245 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 |
T1635 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
J5142 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
N253 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
C3453 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
T520 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
M1315 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
C4316 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
J542 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
L320 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
B420 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
B546 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
L262 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
C523 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
A2536 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
K4525 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
K500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
C630 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
D2462 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
C1651 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
R260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
J520 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
A235 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
J1634 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Masked User | Total Logins | Total Minutes | Total Hours | Average Session Length in minutes |
G130 | 107 | 11389 | 190 | 106 |
M164 | 26 | 2618 | 44 | 101 |
T265 | 24 | 2398 | 40 | 100 |
S542 | 24 | 2217 | 37 | 92 |
Y2526 | 23 | 2193 | 37 | 95 |
R162 | 19 | 2311 | 39 | 122 |
J520 | 17 | 1330 | 22 | 78 |
C52453 | 17 | 1218 | 20 | 72 |
F230 | 17 | 1330 | 22 | 78 |
J500 | 16 | 827 | 14 | 52 |
M252 | 15 | 1431 | 24 | 95 |
B560 | 13 | 785 | 13 | 60 |
J426 | 13 | 907 | 15 | 70 |
K526 | 11 | 1155 | 19 | 105 |
S5165 | 11 | 1263 | 21 | 115 |
J523 | 11 | 838 | 14 | 76 |
L200 | 10 | 1397 | 23 | 140 |
J5235 | 10 | 726 | 12 | 73 |
L520 | 9 | 619 | 10 | 69 |
E165 | 8 | 1283 | 21 | 160 |
H236 | 8 | 1296 | 22 | 162 |
S465 | 8 | 856 | 14 | 107 |
J3235 | 7 | 1201 | 20 | 172 |
A3242 | 7 | 738 | 12 | 105 |
C356 | 7 | 93 | 2 | 13 |
T452 | 7 | 370 | 6 | 53 |
H142 | 6 | 872 | 15 | 145 |
D2612 | 6 | 214 | 4 | 36 |
G6262 | 6 | 348 | 6 | 58 |
B256 | 6 | 1176 | 20 | 196 |
A160 | 6 | 470 | 8 | 78 |
K145 | 6 | 816 | 14 | 136 |
R253 | 6 | 219 | 4 | 36 |
M2652 | 6 | 1295 | 22 | 216 |
W132 | 5 | 322 | 5 | 64 |
N1652 | 5 | 640 | 11 | 128 |
B232 | 5 | 491 | 8 | 98 |
E6254 | 5 | 572 | 10 | 114 |
D160 | 5 | 413 | 7 | 83 |
S565 | 5 | 248 | 4 | 50 |
B242 | 4 | 93 | 2 | 23 |
K350 | 4 | 249 | 4 | 62 |
A250 | 4 | 592 | 10 | 148 |
A525 | 4 | 118 | 2 | 30 |
W546 | 4 | 700 | 12 | 175 |
C100 | 4 | 319 | 5 | 80 |
S300 | 4 | 765 | 13 | 191 |
C500 | 4 | 511 | 9 | 128 |
A526 | 4 | 746 | 12 | 186 |
C425 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 24 |
C000 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 10 |
D1235 | 4 | 146 | 2 | 36 |
J630 | 4 | 236 | 4 | 59 |
M2654 | 4 | 459 | 8 | 115 |
A12636 | 4 | 103 | 2 | 26 |
B2532 | 4 | 323 | 5 | 81 |
L6523 | 4 | 343 | 6 | 86 |
E241 | 3 | 97 | 2 | 32 |
J520 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 21 |
K520 | 3 | 282 | 5 | 94 |
S362 | 3 | 222 | 4 | 74 |
E156 | 3 | 359 | 6 | 120 |
A350 | 3 | 122 | 2 | 41 |
A2625 | 3 | 451 | 8 | 150 |
S425 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 13 |
K426 | 3 | 242 | 4 | 81 |
D523 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 18 |
M132 | 3 | 149 | 2 | 50 |
E2165 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 9 |
J312 | 2 | 211 | 4 | 106 |
M6253 | 2 | 279 | 5 | 140 |
M242 | 2 | 214 | 4 | 107 |
A100 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
K500 | 2 | 323 | 5 | 162 |
B2542 | 2 | 225 | 4 | 112 |
J525 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 28 |
K423 | 2 | 128 | 2 | 64 |
J426 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14 |
K152 | 2 | 204 | 3 | 102 |
K520 | 2 | 137 | 2 | 68 |
T1453 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 42 |
B235 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 80 |
B253 | 2 | 101 | 2 | 50 |
B2545 | 2 | 285 | 5 | 142 |
M635 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 22 |
D2532 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 50 |
N2525 | 2 | 141 | 2 | 70 |
B4253 | 2 | 183 | 3 | 92 |
T62635 | 2 | 206 | 3 | 103 |
N253 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
A2536 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
L5352 | 2 | 116 | 2 | 58 |
A245 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 |
S630 | 1 | 108 | 2 | 108 |
A235 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
M1315 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
K500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
A562 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 |
C3453 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
T520 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
I650 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
J5142 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
B350 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 112 |
C630 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
D126 | 1 | 189 | 3 | 189 |
B420 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
J542 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
C525 | 1 | 161 | 3 | 161 |
J625 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 58 |
B546 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
A342 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 |
M250 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
E650 | 1 | 175 | 3 | 175 |
G1523 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
J1634 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
E264 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 |
D2462 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
B650 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 31 |
E15425 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 |
E612 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 47 |
B2521 | 1 | 168 | 3 | 168 |
L262 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
J465 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
G352 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
E615 | 1 | 266 | 4 | 266 |
B236 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 54 |
D252 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 |
C1651 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
C523 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
V623 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
E2352 | 1 | 153 | 3 | 153 |
T450 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
S300 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
J5624 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 68 |
J520 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
R163 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 54 |
R260 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
E2642 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
J135 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 41 |
A161 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 39 |
C520 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 116 |
A6162 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 57 |
C1652 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
M450 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
C4316 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
L320 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
C5235 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
T1635 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
A212 | 1 | 236 | 4 | 236 |
K4525 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
C536 | 1 | 206 | 3 | 206 |
Instructions for uploading a debate video
It goes something like this:
Before you get started, we highly recommend using the free FireFox browser for PC or Macintosh. Many "Write a Post" and "Upload a File" features do not work with other brands.
First, If this is your first time, scroll down the Let’s Debate home page (http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/letsdebate/ ) and look for "Register" under the "meta" heading in the left and column
Register using any username you wish, but be sure to use your real email address. A password will be emailed to you.
Registering is enough to post comments to the Let’s Debate blog, but it isn’t enough to upload a file. You also need to send a personal email message to the Let’s Debate Administrator requesting that you be approved as an "author," which grants upload privileges. Send mail to
Once you are registered AND approved as an Author, scroll down the LetsDebate home page and look for "Login" under the "meta" heading in the left hand column
Login using the username you provided above and the password that was emailed to you
You should now see the Let’s Debate blog Dashboard.
If this is you first visit, you are advised to click on Profile (or Update your profile or change your password). Fill in as mush (or as little!) as you wish; however, we highly recommend setting a new password for yourself.
Now, click on Write…
You’ll see a screen looking something like this
Go ahead and start typing up a title for your Post and some text to accompany your video. Note that you can use the tool bar to format you text, just like a word processor
When you are done, position the cursor at a spot where you would like to provide a link to your video
Now, scroll down a little to see the Upload dialog
Click the Browse button (NOT Browse All) and find the video file on your computer that you wish to upload. Then, provide a title and description for the file, and finally click the Upload button.
The Upload Dialog changes to show the uploaded file — listed by its Title — under a Browse tab.
Click on the blue title, and the view changes again
Click on "Send to editor" to insert the link in your Post content
Finally, click the Publish button to publish you Post and video.
Image Updates
Updated ART and CMD disk images, preparing for summer
mysql questions
Office of International Education lost passwrod to mysql database created way back in Nov 2002. Found it.
debateoneworld fixes
Apparently the changes I made last week to implement access restricts implemented some rather harsh restrictions. I think I’ve got it right now.
Webteam meeting
Items with larger impact and some permancy:
- "Courses" functionality-Aaron was working on it, but not done
- we believe LDAP will remain intact, thus the Directory
- map needs update
- Tim will contact me re: web interface
Things to do with Directory
- 100 name limit
- preferred name is not prefered
- add clues (department, phone, etc.)
- department search
- simple search, advanced search, authenticated search
- suffix on name
- spell check module
- look at old webmaster listserv stuff for directory complaints
- &dir= Stuff – add options
- maybe show less info by default
Unix questions
Tom Streeter asked about unix pathnames in context of MacOSX and terminal application