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VideoCache 1.9.1, the new version of videocache is now available for download. This version fixes a lot of bugs in 1.9 and introduces few performance optimizations. See details.
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How to install VideoCache?
Requirements
Videocache requires following packages to work.
- Squid >= 2.6
- Python >= 2.4
- Python-urlgrabber (urlgrabber module of python)
- Python-iniparse (iniparse module of python)
- Apache (httpd) Web Server
You should have these packages installed and properly configured on your system. In case you don't have these packages installed check the respective links above.
Download
Download the latest version of videocache from the download page.
Note : For detailed instruction on installing videocache on Ubuntu/Debian or Debian derivatives, check this tutorial on ubuntuforums.
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Installation
Login to root user and install the rpm using the following command.
[root@localhost root]# rpm -ivh videocache-x.x-x.noarch.rpm
If the installation was successful, add the following lines to your squid.conf .
# --BEGIN-- videocache config for squid url_rewrite_program /usr/bin/python /usr/share/videocache/videocache.py url_rewrite_children 7 acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.youtube\.com\/get_video\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.googlevideo\.com\/videoplayback \.googlevideo\.com\/videoplay \.googlevideo\.com\/get_video\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.google\.com\/videoplayback \.google\.com\/videoplay \.google\.com\/get_video\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.google\.[a-z][a-z]\/videoplayback \.google\.[a-z][a-z]\/videoplay \.google\.[a-z][a-z]\/get_video\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\/videoplayback\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\/videoplay\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i (25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\/get_video\? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i proxy[a-z0-9\-][a-z0-9][a-z0-9][a-z0-9]?\.dailymotion\.com\/ acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i vid\.akm\.dailymotion\.com\/ acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i [a-z0-9][0-9a-z][0-9a-z]?[0-9a-z]?[0-9a-z]?\.xtube\.com\/(.*)flv acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i bitcast\.vimeo\.com\/vimeo\/videos\/ acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i va\.wrzuta\.pl\/wa[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]? acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.files\.youporn\.com\/(.*)\/flv\/ acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.msn\.com\.edgesuite\.net\/(.*)\.flv acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i media[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?\.tube8\.com\/ mobile[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?\.tube8\.com\/ acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.mais\.uol\.com\.br\/(.*)\.flv acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.video[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?\.blip\.tv\/(.*)\.(flv|avi|mov|mp3|m4v|mp4|wmv|rm|ram) acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i video\.break\.com\/(.*)\.(flv|mp4) acl videocache_allow_dom dstdomain .mccont.com dl.redtube.com .cdn.dailymotion.com acl videocache_deny_url url_regex -i http:\/\/[a-z][a-z]\.youtube\.com http:\/\/www\.youtube\.com url_rewrite_access deny videocache_deny_url url_rewrite_access allow videocache_allow_url url_rewrite_access allow videocache_allow_dom redirector_bypass on # --END-- videocache config for squid
Now follow the instructions on configuration page to configure videocache using the configuration file /etc/videocache.conf . Please don't overlook the critical options like cache_host, proxy etc.
Now restart your Apache(httpd) webserver. And then restart squid server.
