Tag Archives: Boffins
Video Queue redux
Staged a race to transcode 4 videos concurrently on prod server and sequentially through queue on the devo server Concurrent won. So I figured I needed to use two queues to leverage multiple virtual cores. modified code to do just … Continue reading
UVMTube: Allow users to upload their own Poster/thumbnail jpeg
I am a coding machine. Today I am happy to announce that UVMTube now allows users to upload their own Poster/thumbnail jpeg. I wrote the code in the Sugarbush (Lincoln Peak) base lodge last Saturday while my wife and son … Continue reading
Job Queueing for UVMTube (CumulusClips)
Two pieces: a surrogate perl script that receives encode command. Streaming server would send this command direct to OS; now, it sends it to perl script which places job in a queue structure (See CPAN File::Queue) . Meanwhile, perl script 2 runs as … Continue reading
Stats and history for Guide on the Side
Library is heavy user go University of Arizona Guide on the Side software. http://code.library.arizona.edu/gots/ they liked the quiz/tutorial results email, but really wished it would keep a results table from which they could gather and manipulate aggregate data. I looked at … Continue reading
git out of here
Finally configured and synced uvmtube production site, development site, and git remote repository . People in the field rave about this version control system, but I just don’t git it.
Events calendar
Revamped the events listing to operate as a bunch of accordions/window shades
Windows 10 workstation
This should never have taken so long as to become a project, but there you go. Installation was attempted on NIB Dell OptiPlex 390 small form factor PC, circa May 2012, NOT certified for Windows 10 ETS ‘LiteTouch’ express install … Continue reading
ffmpeg tweaks for SS UVMToob ; Bug in server settings
MPEG-DASH streams in FF and Chrome were failing with a No Suitable Media Files error. I thought that maybe this was a lingering key frame interval issue. While researching I delved ever deeper into ffmpeg and libx264 alchemy. I learned … Continue reading
Sustainable Courses database
built cool database for Aaron Witham of sustainability office https://www.uvm.edu/ctl/apps/sustain/ But he doesn’t work at UVM anymore. Sigh .
CumulusClips now UvmTube
Using the CumulusClips 2.2 base code I was able to build out a credible video server. https://uvmtube.uvm.edu/ Features Upload videos, tag and categorize Accepts mp3, mp4, flv, wmv, rm (RealMedia), mov automatically transcodes to mp4 optionally hide or require … Continue reading