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UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Re-Encoding (BETA 3) (Jul 18, 2008)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:06 GMT

This release is much improved over the previous ones.

First off I now use the Microsoft Expression Encoder to handle video transcoding. So there is a new prerequisite, you must have Encoder installed for it to work. However it will work with the express edition so there is no reason to buy anything. You can download the encoder here http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

Second now it will support any file type that you have codec’s installed for. I recommend downloading and installing as many codec’s as you can. I personally use the XP codec pack on my server which can be found here http://www.xpcodecpack.com/. Don’t be fooled by the name this works fine on server 2003 and 2008

Thirdly this release requires some minor configuration that was not necessary in the previous ones details follow below.

To install the BETA 3 release follow these steps

1. Copy the included UploadFiles.dll to your C:\ drive
2. Copy the included gacutil.exe and gacutil.config to your C:\ drive
3. Go to Start->Run and type cmd
4. Then input the command "cd C:\" without quotes
4. Input the command "gacutil /i UploadFiles.dll" without quotes
5. Input the command "iisreset /noforce" without quotes
6. Navigate to the directory where your podcasting site is hosted usually this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\"port your podcasting site runs on"
7. Open up the web.config file
8. Use control+f to find this entry "<httpRuntime" again without quotes
9. The line you find should look something like this <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="51200" />
10. Add this to the line without quotes executionTimeout="99999999" in the end it should look like this
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="51200"executionTimeout="99999999" />
11. Now save the web.config file and you are good to go

Features that did not make it into this release

The progress bar (I am having issues with that likely there will be another release next week that fixes it)
ZUNE and Smartphone transcoding I am currently testing what the best settings are for this I have an async thread that does the encoding setup but it does not do anything yet (This should be out sometime next week as well)

RELEASED: Server Side Re-Encoding (BETA 3) (Jul 18, 2008)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:06 GMT

CREATED RELEASE: Server Side Re-Encoding (BETA 3) (Jul 18, 2008)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:23:51 GMT

This release is much improved over the previous ones.

First off I now use the Microsoft Expression Encoder to handle video transcoding. So there is a new prerequisite, you must have Encoder installed for it to work. However it will work with the express edition so there is no reason to buy anything. You can download the encoder here http://www.microsoft.com/expression/

Second now it will support any file type that you have codec’s installed for. I recommend downloading and installing as many codec’s as you can. I personally use the XP codec pack on my server which can be found here http://www.xpcodecpack.com/. Don’t be fooled by the name this works fine on server 2003 and 2008

Thirdly this release requires some minor configuration that was not necessary in the previous ones details follow below.

To install the BETA 3 release follow these steps

1. Copy the included UploadFiles.dll to your C:\ drive
2. Copy the included gacutil.exe and gacutil.config to your C:\ drive
3. Go to Start->Run and type cmd
4. Then input the command "cd C:\" without quotes
4. Input the command "gacutil /i UploadFiles.dll" without quotes
5. Input the command "iisreset /noforce" without quotes
6. Navigate to the directory where your podcasting site is hosted usually this is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\port your podcasting site runs on
7. Open up the web.config file
8. Use control+f to find this entry "<httpRuntime" again without quotes
9. The line you find should look something like this <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="51200" />
10. Add this to the line without quotes executionTimeout="99999999" in the end it should look like this
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="51200"executionTimeout="99999999" />
11. Now save the web.config file and you are good to go

Features that did not make it into this release

The progress bar (I am having issues with that likely there will be another release next week that fixes it)
ZUNE and Smartphone transcoding I am currently testing what the best settings are for this I have an async thread that does the encoding setup but it does not do anything yet (This should be out sometime next week as well)

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Re-encoding (BETA2) (Jun 23, 2008)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:45:03 GMT

This release supports many more file types and Is hardened against overlong filenames and non standard characters in file names. It also supports multiple uploads and cleans up after itsself meaning there are no dupes anymore.

The supported file types for upload are .mpg,.mpeg,.avi,.mov,.mp3,.mp4,.qt,.rm,.asx,.asf,.acc,.aif,.mpa,.ra,.wav,.m4v, and .flv

This release still requires that ffmpeg.exe is located in the C:\ drive and that all users on the podcasting site have access to ffmpeg.exe as well as the uploadfiles directory that ffmpeg.exe will write to.

Please read the included readme before attempting to install.

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding (BETA2) (Jun 23, 2008)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:51:20 GMT

RELEASED: Server Side Reencoding (BETA2) (Jun 23, 2008)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:51:20 GMT

CREATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding (BETA2)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:23:31 GMT

CREATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (BETA) (Jun 18, 2008)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:55:35 GMT

Now it can handle .mp4 files as well as .mp3,.mov,.mpeg,.avi and .mpg
Also it now does not create dupes, it supports multiple file uploads and it should no longer be broken by weird file names.

Enjoy and make sure to read the readme file

also a mycode file is included so you can see just the edits I made to the SilverlightUploadFieldControl.cs file (this should give you an idea of how small and easy to implement this project was)

ps you still need ffmpeg.exe at C:\ffmpeg.exe however that should change in the release coming later this week. Also you have to be using silverlight version 2.0.30226.2 on your computer or it will not work at all and might crash your browser (this is also getting fixed this week)

RELEASED: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (BETA) (Jun 18, 2008)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:55:35 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (ALPHA) (Jun 17, 2008)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:23:49 GMT

This is the Alpha version of the reencoding patch for the june release. It supports .mov, .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, and .mp3. It requires that ffmpeg.exe be located at C:\ffmpeg.exe on your server and that you have the june release inetalled. More instructions can be found in the readme included with the Binaries package. Keep in mind before implementing this that this is all very very alpha and might break your server, I make no guarantees about the functionality of this code. Also using this creates lots of dupes of files that are uploaded on the server because It simply reencodes to .wmv and leaves the original file alone. I will try to change this in the future. I plan continuing improvements for this patch including but not limited to cleaning up the code and adding support for more file types. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask me via email or on the discussion board. Also if you implement this please let me know how it goes.

PS I have not tested this yet but I am pretty sure that long file names and non standard characters (anything other than A-Z and 0-9) will break this solution fix coming soon.

PPS IMPORTANT since all reencoded files are named myfile.wmv you cannot have multiple files in a single upload. (fix coming asap)

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (ALPHA) (Jun 17, 2008)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:46:27 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (ALPHA) (Jun 17, 2008)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:57:53 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (ALPHA) (Jun 17, 2008)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:56:35 GMT

This is the Alpha version of the reencoding patch for the june release. It supports .mov, .mpg, .mpeg, .avi, and .mp3. It requires that ffmpeg.exe be located at C:\ffmpeg.exe on your server and that you have the june release inetalled. More instructions can be found in the readme included with the Binaries package. Keep in mind before implementing this that this is all very very alpha and might break your server, I make no guarantees about the functionality of this code. Also using this creates lots of dupes of files that are uploaded on the server because It simply reencodes to .wmv and leaves the original file alone. I will try to change this in the future. I plan continuing improvements for this patch including but not limited to cleaning up the code and adding support for more file types. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask me on this thread. Also if you implement this please let me know how it goes.

PS I have not tested this yet but I am pretty sure that long file names and non standard characters (anything other than A-Z and 0-9) will break this solution fix coming soon.

CREATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for JUNE release (ALPHA) (Jun 17, 2008)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:51:55 GMT

CREATED RELEASE: Server Side Reencoding for the MAY release (Jun 17, 2008)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:43:01 GMT

OLD A release of the server side reencoding patch for the May technology preview Not for use with later versions.