--- Forwarded Message from Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #9094 (!) workflow at Yale >Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:59:50 -0600 >References: <[log in to unmask]> Chris, This is incredibly helpful. Thank you for sharing it with us. Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo University of Calgary On 17-Mar-09, at 2:26 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote: > Hello all, > > At the Yale Center for Language Study we often have to encode > batches of > digital media: MOVs, MP3s, AVIs, WMVs, etc. Some of these (especially > the videos!) take up a lot of computational resources, leaving any > staff > workstation chugging along at a snail's pace. To alleviate this I > wrote > a Perl script based on FFMPEG that allows any of our staff members to > drag the media to a folder on one of our servers where the files > will be > automatically converted and placed in an outbox (er, out folder). I > figured since many of us are in the same situation it would be good to > share. > > A couple of highlights: > > * It can read and write a variety of codecs and formats. Some of them > have to be compiled into FFMPEG separately, but almost everything is > supported and it should be able to convert very nearly any media > thrown > at it (the only exception I've found so far is video files with more > than one video stream embedded in them). > * It can email a designated list of users when a job is completed, as > well as the same list of users plus a separate list of admins if a job > fails. > * Options can be given on a per-file basis by placing a special text > file alongside the media file to be converted. > * Source files can be either kept (and moved to a "processed" > directory) or deleted automatically upon successful conversion > > The web page explaining installation and customization can be found at > http://cls.yale.edu/page.asp?file=2/455 (apologies for the somewhat > unmemorable URL). The script can be run on OS X, Linux, or Windows, > although Windows users will be missing the email functionality. > > I hope this proves useful to somebody else. I welcome any comments or > improvements to the script. > > Cheers, > Chris Meyer > Programmer/Analyst > Yale Center for Language Study > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** > >