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Only download frequently requested videos
by Anonymous on 17 Jan 2009 As noted in some of the other posts, Video Cache can actually use more bandwidth than it saves because everything is feteched once by the client and also again by the Video Cache program. Since most videos from youtube, etc.. are probably only viewed once then this leads to a bandwidth loss. We are working in an ISP environment and I would say that that 95% of videos are only viewed once, just users browsing endless and random youtube stuff. 5% of videos are "popular" and viewed ...3 Answers
Refetch when start point is passed loaded data.
by Anonymous on 17 Jan 2009 So you have a video cache hit. It sends the file to the end user but while that file is loading, if the move the player navigation passed the point that has so far loaded. It starts over from the start and refetches it. Anyone know a solution to this? I put a post about it in Bugs.1 Answers
Refetch when start point is passed loaded data.
by Anonymous on 17 Jan 2009 If the start= is greater than the amount of data streamed on a cache hit, it re-fetches the video from the start. IE /videocache/redtube/X0CBJF1ZA.flv?start=46098145 It sees this and then regrabs the video because it hasn't yet loaded to 46098145. We are using Video Cache in a live environment, feel free to ask me for any stats etc that you would like. It has a drastic effect when there are a few thousand users hitting the cache with video hits :P Also, if you used store url rewrites as ...1 Answers
erros after squid -k reconfigure or squid -k rotate
by Anonymous on 16 Jan 2009 im getting erros when run squid -k reconfigure or squid -k rotate look: Exception in thread Thread-3: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/threading.py", line 442, in "bootstrap self.run() File "/usr/share/videocache/videocache.py", line 792, in run squid_part() File "/usr/share/videocache/videocache.py", line 499, in squid_part videos = video_id_pool.get() File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/xmlrpclib.py", line 1096, in ...4 Answers
videocache and squid working but squidGuard not blocking
by Anonymous on 16 Jan 2009 I've configure videocache on fedora core 9 with the newest rpm packages , it's work perfectly, than i configure zapchain to make videocache and squidGuard working together in squid (as describe in videocache hacks), than problem occurs videocache working but squidGuard stop blocking forbidden site but from system process squidGuard is loaded as usual. Than I make some modification on videocache configuration on squid.conf, i've comment out all except : url_rewrite_program ...4 Answers
mega video sites...
by Anonymous on 15 Jan 2009 i'd like to request support for megavideos.com and megarotic.com they seem to use a basic flash without any weird random domains their all basically streamed from www1. www2. etc maybe you could include this in future versions? or if anyone has a patch that might be able to add this to the current version.1 Answers
can't figure this one out, OSX + CacheVideos error
by Anonymous on 15 Jan 2009 ok i followed the step by step instructions for installing it on my macbook to test how things are running though i had to install DarwinPorts first then the tutorial was easy to follow... i have it loaded i have squid working i even have httpd working.. but when i look at my cache.log i get Exception in thread Thread-2: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line 442, in "bootstrap ...3 Answers
Small flv files containing only text
by bellera on 15 Jan 2009 Hello! Some youtube videos are cached with a small flv file, containing only a text string: http://pastebin.com/m2e1900ff http://pastebin.com/f2522580e http://pastebin.com/f6e2f4c25 http://pastebin.com/f14f31449 http://pastebin.com/f19f5a87b http://pastebin.com/f1670139b http://pastebin.com/f5a044dad http://pastebin.com/f3e192c8b http://pastebin.com/f1121acab http://pastebin.com/f3f0283c6 This happens whe a youtube video has been removed and in other cases that I can't understand. ...9 Answers
Popular sites: Myspace Videos and Last.fm
by Anonymous on 14 Jan 2009 There are a few vastly popular sites. Myspace is huge and has videos now. Last.fm is very heavy usage as well. These would be my recommendations for future caching sites.1 Answers
error.....
by Anonymous on 14 Jan 2009 i installed videocache for few days.. and it's work for me.. but... after a few days, when open youtube.com or another video it's take long time. when i check my log messages there is error "Kernel : possible SYN flooding on port 9100. sending cookies" i restart my linux box then the video it's work again but after long time the error is come again and i restart again my linux box and it's work again. what happen ? why i always restart my linux box ? pls help me..1 Answers