video.google.com is not cached
by bellera on 20 Dec 2008Hello!
The videocache.py code for Google videos is not working:
if host.find('vp.video.google.com') > -1 and path.find('videodownload') > -1:
I tried to cache Google videos and doesn’t work. For example:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8996836251682690877&ei=RIdLSa2KJY6EjALbxvjLCw&q=motor&emb=1
Google uses also localisation. This means that the same video can be found at different video.google.tld: video.google.com, video.google.es, video.google.cat, video.google.fr, video.google.pl, … The same path is used after video.google.tld/
In my case, users go to google.com, google.es and google.cat. They navigate using English, Spanish or Catalan.
Regards,
Josep Pujadas
9 Answers
Hello Josep,
I never noticed that as I always navigated using video.google.com while working on videocache. As you have pointed out other tlds, I'll add support for it in the next version.
Thanks for the wonderful feedback :)
Hello Kulbir,
Could you explain how you navigate using video.google.com?
I go to www.google.com.
I search "video".
I click to video.google.com.
I search "motor" for "videos playable on Google".
I choose the first video at video.google.com I see.
I play it:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8996836251682690877&ei=WghNSemMM4jojgLJm-nJCw&q=motor&emb=1
and it is not cached (?).
Regards,
Josep Pujadas
Hello Josep,
I follow exactly the same procedure and it caches. I am surprised to see that its not caching for you. Any hints from /var/log/videocache/videocache.log? Can you paste your logfile on http://pastebin.com .
Thank you for using videocache :)
Hello Kulbir,
Posted at http://pastebin.com/m55eed9f2
Note: Good tool pastebin.com!
Regards,
Josep Pujadas
Josep,
Your videocache doesn't seem to act for video.google.com which is strange. Did you change anything in the code or configuration?
Thank You.
Hello Kulbir,
No, I didn't (for the code and for the configuration).
I tried with videocache only (without squidGuard) and obtained the same result.
I’m not a Python programmer but I think that:
- videocache.py code looks for video.google.com host.
- My log looks for eyehpr.vp.video.l.google.com host.
and
- videocache.py code looks for videodownload.
- My log looks for videoplayback.
Google is very big. Perhaps they have different access for my geographical zone.
Regards,
Josep Pujadas
Hello!
I tried other videos and I got the following hostnames:
eyehgg.vp.video.l.google.com
ehkcmu.vp.video.l.google.com
Please see http://www.robtex.com/dns/vp.video.l.google.com.html
and
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/forum/Setup-Problems/14616/Google-Video-and-the-JW-player
where it says:
"But since a few days Google changed the urls retrieved from ..."
Regards,
Josep Pujadas
Hi Josep,
Nice finding. I have added this to my todo list. Will push it upstream soon.
Thank You.