Server Side Re-encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

New Post: Support for more file types

bevsdk — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:19:50 GMT

.mp4 would be nice

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:34:27 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of any type you have codec's for on your server
Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

BETA 3 RELEASED

actual Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronous (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding (not done yet)

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rss feed points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads
Status bar for re-encoding

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:27:03 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of any type you have codec's for on your server
Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

BETA 3 RELEASED

actual Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronous (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding (not done yet)

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rss feed points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads

**Status bar for re-encoding

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

RELEASED: 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)

UPDATED RELEASE: 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 Wiki: Home

keilxo — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:42:30 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

July 17th Beta 3 release date (this has been pushed back to the 20th to insure stability, sorry everyone.)

Expected Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronous (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rss fead points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:27:22 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

July 17rd Beta 3 release date

Expected Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronous (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rss fead points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:14:00 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

July 17rd Beta 3 release date

Expected Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronous (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rrs fead points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:15:57 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

July 17rd Beta 3 release date

Expected Features

Use Expression Express
Files re-encoded into 3 types one for the player, one for the zune, and one for smartphones
Smartphone and zune encoding will be asynchronously (the user will only have to wait for one re-encoding to finish)
Lower CPU usage
More file types
Fix minor corruption in uploaded files
Status bar for re-encoding

July 30th RC1 release date

Expected Features

rrs fead points to zune videos
smartphone page points to smartphone videos
deleting podcast deletes all associated files
Use expression for thumbnail and duration calculation
Enable support for changing podcast primary file
enable support for multiple file uploads

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:56:19 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Timeline

July 3rd Beta 3 release date

Expected Features

easy .exe installer
no requirement for ffmpeg.exe in C:\
optimization for faster Re-encoding (unlikely to make it in this release)

July 20th RC1 release date

Expected Features

Support for more file types
optimization
improved installer
support for file links (download files from links then re-encode and put on server)
increased stability
no need for permission changes

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:43:13 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:40:40 GMT

Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint

Capabilities

Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player

.mpg
.mpeg
.avi
.mov
.mp3
.mp4
.qt
.rm
.asx
.asf
.acc
.aif
.mpa
.ra
.wav
.m4v
.flv

Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server

The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name

No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

Project Team

Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

Current Release

http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:38:35 GMT

!Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint
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!Capabilities
*Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player
**.mpg
**.mpeg
**.avi
**.mov
**.mp3
**.mp4
**.qt
**.rm
**.asx
**.asf
**.acc
**.aif
**.mpa
**.ra
**.wav
**.m4v
**.flv
*Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server
**The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name
*No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

!Project Team
Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

!Current Release
http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

Updated Wiki: Home

keilxo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:47 GMT

!Server Side Re-Encoding for Podcasting Kit for SharePoint!
Cannot resolve link: [image:uploadfiles.JPG]

!Capabilities!
Upload files of the following types and get on the fly Re-encoding via ffmpeg to .wmv files playable by the silverlight player
*.mpg*
*.mpeg*
*.avi*
*.mov*
*.mp3*
*.mp4*
*.qt*
*.rm*
*.asx*
*.asf*
*.acc*
*.aif*
*.mpa*
*.ra*
*.wav*
*.m4v*
*.flv*
Active clean up leaving no duplicates on your server
*The user can upload a .asx file and all you will ever see is a .wmv of the same name*
No change in user interface everything about the UI of the podcasting system stays the same

!Project Team!
Xavier Keil mailto:keilxo@apci.com- Primary Stakeholder

!Current Release!
http://www.codeplex.com/REPKS/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx

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.

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

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:51:20 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: 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

New Post: Would you like to become an official PKS Child Project?

keilxo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:54:54 GMT

Chevas,

I would love to make the server side reencoding project an official PKS Child Project. Can you migrate over my current project page or do I need to create a new one?

If you have looked at my source you will realize that this project has a ways to go before it is ready to be integrated with the core offering. However I will be working toward that goal over the next few weeks. Air Products wants to have a stable reencoding feature implemented and supporting most imaginable file types before starting our test pilot of the PKS system.

PS that email bounces back as undeliverable

Thanks,
Xavier Keil