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Podcast Library :: Re: Deleting videos from library

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:10:55 +0200

i have the same problem in ver 10.6.4, but the pcastconfig --sync_library dident finish because an error.
i delete the links in UUIDs directorys with error in pcastconfig --sync_library, and try again. When no error ocours, the script show:
Cleaning 'Library/PodcastProducer/Shared/UUIDs'
Cleaning old database entries...

i think when pcastconfig --sync_library have a error, not complete the cleaning process

escuse my english

Podcast Library :: Re: PP2 Library catalog in Internet explorer

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:32:37 +0200

By: ksmith52

I received this reply from my contact at Apple:

IE is not displaying the catalog feeds properly. (A bug in IE?? - and I just don't see us reverse engineering what might be broken)

That may well be the case, but I also read somewhere -- and of course now I can't find where -- that the problem was some tag in the XML that PCP produces that doesn't conform to feed standards.

Fortunately for me, the links to the actual content in IE work fine, which is all I need. It's just navigating to the page with the content that is problematic.

Podcast Library :: Re: PcP2 Library Catalog suddenly empty

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:14:31 +0200

By: Marcel+Borsten

I've seen sometimes that the changes after doing a 'sync_library' only take effect after a restart. Also, make sure your not just looking at your browser's caches after the sync.

Podcast Library :: PcP2 Library Catalog suddenly empty

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:36:03 +0200

By: Zippy%40openid

So, yesterday my Library Catalog as fine. Today its completely empty.

GOing directly to the URL of an existing feed works fine; its still there and I can see it. The data is still in the proper place on the server (/Library/PodcastProducer/Shared).

Have tried the following command:

PHP Formatted Code
sudo pcastconfig --sync_library

It ran and completed successfully with no errors.

Anyone experience this? Any advice?

Thanks

3rd Party Tools :: Re: Podcast Producer feeds in Blackboard 9?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:27:34 +0200

By: Zippy%40openid

Found a bit of a work-around:

As part of the PcP workflow,publish to blog/wiki

Then used similar technique to the Feed2JS.org, with RSSinclude.com producing the javascript that gets embedded in the Blackboard page. Trick is to use the blog RSS feed, not the raw PcP Atom feed.

Podcast Producer :: Re: author with bumper title?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:47:07 +0200

By: Jaime+Gago

I'm afraid staying in the Podcast Composer confined realm is going to make your life harder. Podcast Composer/PcP ruby engine uses yaml for metadata stuff, in your working folder you will have to look for "edit-info.yaml" and find out what's the value for the Author.
Personally rather than reverse engineer the whole YAML thing I preferred to customize my template.plist as describe in the various Apple doc on the topic, then we probably don't have the same requirements.

The pcastaction that Podcast Composer uses when you add a title is...title.

Here is the detailed man page

$pcastaction help title
Podcast Producer action task, version 2.0
Copyright 2007 Apple, Inc.

title: adds the title to the input video (using a QC Filter composition)

usage: title --prb=PRB --output=OUTPUT [--input=VIDEO]
(--composition=COMPOSITION | --pqz=PATH_TO_PQZ)
[--offset=TIME] [--duration=TIME] [--width=WIDTH] [--height=HEIGHT]
[--title=TITLE] [--enable_title=YES|NO]
[--author=AUTHOR] [--enable_author=YES|NO]
[--date=DATE] [--enable_date=YES|NO]
[--organization=ORGANIZATION] [--enable_organization=YES|NO]
[--copyright=COPYRIGHT] [--enable_copyright=YES|NO]
[--description=DESCRIPTION] [--enable_description=YES|NO]
[--logo=PATH_TO_LOGO] [--enable_logo=YES|NO]
[--edit_info_file=PATH]

If you get to figure out the edit-info.yaml post your findings, I haven't found any documentation about it.

Podcast Producer :: Re: author with bumper title?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:21:50 +0200

By: tpat

I had already thought of modifying the template.plist to include an author argument, however, I'm trying to stay within the confines of Podcast Composer. When you modify template.plist, the checksum becomes incorrect, and you can no longer open the workflow in Podcast Composer. I guess I will pour through the Podcast Producer ruby scripts to see if I'm missing something.

3rd Party Tools :: Podcast Producer feeds in Blackboard 9?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:37:36 +0200

By: Zippy%40openid

We would like to have our Podcast Producer Library feeds show up directly in Blackboard (ver. 9). I have searched for a BB building block to pull in external RSS feeds with no luck; have tried the Feed2JS trick that many people use for pulling in external feeds into BB, but the XML in the PcP feeds is just quirky enough that it doesn't quite do the job: One can see the titles and descriptions of the feed, but links do not work, and the audio/video link is not there at all.

Is anyone else attempting something similar with any luck?

Eric Givens
Gordon College - Wenham, MA

Podcast Producer :: Re: author with bumper title?

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:04:43 +0200

By: Jaime+Gago

Hey there,
In your workflow bundle/resources/template.plist look for the pcastaction responsible for you bumper title

it looks like this

<key>slide-creation</key>
<dict>
<key>arguments</key>
<array>
<string>title</string>
<string>--prb=$$GLOBAL::Library Bundle Path$$</string>
<string>--pqz=$$GLOBAL::Workflow Resource Path$$/Compositions/RevealTitle.pqz</string>

In there you should find

<string>--author=$$THE_VALUE_YOU_ARE_LOOKING_FOR$$</string>

Make sure your metadata.plist you are passing at job submission time contains the key that matches this value, chances are you left the default property which refers to what is set in Server Admin>Podcast Producer>Properties

I do what are you trying to do on a constant basis so it's definitively something missing in your set up. You might want to check my article on dynamic workflow chaining, the technique I use to chain workflow is the same I use to pass my "custom" author.

Podcast Producer :: author with bumper title?

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:45:32 +0200

By: tpat

With our Podcast Producer setup, all podcasts are recorded and submitted using only one user account (our system is automated so the professors don't have to do anything with the podcasts). The podcasts are sent with the metadata option specified. The metadata plist contains both Author and User Full Name keys set to the professor of the recorded lecture. However, when the bumper title is generated, the author is filled in with the user account instead of the values of Author or User Full Name. What could I be missing? Thanks