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error starting squid

by Anonymous on 5 Feb 2009
Hi. i install videocache, paste the lines on squid.conf but when i try to start i take: 2009/02/03 03:42:40| WARNING: url_rewriter #1 (FD 7) exited 2009/02/03 03:42:41| WARNING: url_rewriter #3 (FD 9) exited 2009/02/03 03:42:41| WARNING: url_rewriter #2 (FD 8) exited 2009/02/03 03:42:41| Too few url_rewriter processes are running 2009/02/03 03:42:41| storeDirWriteCleanLogs: Starting... 2009/02/03 03:42:41| Finished. Wrote 1491 entries. 2009/02/03 03:42:41| Took 0.0 seconds (559264.8 ...

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VideoCache + WebFilter (Websense)

by adubb on 4 Feb 2009
We currently have a web filter using url_rewrite to run in the squid.conf . Is it possible to run 2 url_rewrite setups in one conf file? It seems to crash our filter when we use both, But either or will work if used alone Anyone experience or successfully attempt this?

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Scheduler not working

by bellera on 3 Feb 2009
Hello! Today I had to reboot my proxy server because at videocache.log I saw that any video was scheduled for caching. Wich can be the cause? Using version 1.7. Thanks, Josep Pujadas

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Confused log files

by bellera on 3 Feb 2009
Hello! I rebooted my machine at 12:49 and now I see: -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 0 3 feb 12:52 videocache.log -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 23868682 3 feb 12:58 videocache.log.1 -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 1130957245 3 feb 12:49 videocache.log.2 videocache rotated the logs but it is writting to videocache.log.1 Using version 1.7. Regards, Josep Pujadas

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Youtube's ids

by bellera on 3 Feb 2009
Hello! Some youtube videos are cached many times, first by their real ID and second by temporary ID. At cache: piw-ypjgoB4.flv 16-Oct-2008 01:23 3.1M a62c3eca98e0a01e.flv 16-Oct-2008 01:23 3.1M At videocache.log: piw-ypjgoB4 URL_HIT YOUTUBE http://es.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=piw-ypjgoB4&t=OEgsToPDskIXiozoKYq2Loi2Xnj2Ofvk&el=detailpage&ps=&fmt=34 piw-ypjgoB4 CACHE_MISS YOUTUBE Requested video was not found in cache. piw-ypjgoB4 NEW_URL YOUTUBE ...

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Video keywords

by bellera on 31 Jan 2009
Hello! At our school we use squid with squidGuard + videocache. With the caches (squid and videocache) and squidGuard (no add-ons) we can optimize our Internet connection. SquidGuard filters also undesirable contents for children. But in same circumstances, specially the large video sites like youtube.com, there are adult contents difficult to detect. For example, I found cached http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5SglF2dazA not market at youtube.com as adult content. More than that. “Related ...

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How to upgrade?

by bellera on 31 Jan 2009
Hello! I used 1.6 few days. So, when I changed to 1.7, first I manualy erased all 1.6 files (cache included). Now I would like to upgrade from 1.7 to 1.9 without loosing the cache and my videoache configuration. I looked FAQ section but I dont' see how to upgrade. Regards, Josep Pujadas

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videocache-1.8 creates local file without flv extension

by Anonymous on 31 Jan 2009
Hi, I just installed version 1.8 and when a new youtube video is downloaded and cached it doesn't has the "flv" extension... anyone else has seen this behavior? regards, Horacio H.

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Classic Error Prolly to Misconfig :)

by Anonymous on 29 Jan 2009
Hello all. I'm getting the infamous following in my videocache.log DOWNLOAD_ERR YOUTUBE An error occured while retrieving the video The video file name is created in tmp folder with 0 bytes. I'm using Slackware 12 with the default packages of Apache and Python ( I did install properly the needed modules). I'm also running with no probs squid 2.7 STABLE 5 along squidGuard 1.4. My current setup uses the zapchain proggy to use both programs. Any hints would be more than welcome ...

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Multiple caches

by Anonymous on 28 Jan 2009
Right now videocache will only save to one location. Since I have many disks in my cache I would like to spread the videos across multiple disks. Is this possible? acai berry

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