[Laszlo-dev] where to put a test file that needs to be remote?

Sarah Allen sarah at ultrasaurus.com
Mon May 18 19:27:59 PDT 2009


If I do that, then I need to check the really big file into svn, which  
Tucker wasn't excited about since it looks like to slow down the flv I  
need to serve it from the same site as the web page... or am I missing  
something?

On May 18, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Max Carlson wrote:

> I've used http://www.dallaway.com/sloppy/ in the past for this kind  
> of testing.  It works well!
>
> -Max
>
> Sarah Allen wrote:
>> I'm trying to make it so that the video tests will cover the  
>> functionality of the components (as seen in the YouTube demo).   
>> Right now I can't test the buffering functionality except within  
>> the YouTube demo.  Anyone modifying the components and a/v  
>> extensions should be able to run these tests.
>> Sarah
>> On May 18, 2009, at 10:15 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>>> So, are you trying to make a permanent demo, or just set up a test  
>>> jig for yourself?  I can't tell.
>>>
>>> On 2009-05-18, at 12:52EDT, Sarah Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Except I don't have ASP.NET deployed... running Linux, I'm  
>>>> guessing the Apache module would be the easiest thing for me (and  
>>>> openlaszlo.org)
>>>>
>>>> On May 18, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Raju Bitter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Sarah,
>>>>>
>>>>> this might help you:
>>>>> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/Bandwidth_throttling.aspx?fid=402633&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&select=2248516
>>>>>
>>>>> - Raju
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 18, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Sarah Allen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is that it takes a fragile jsp to gt the flv path  
>>>>>> from YouTube.  I tried just putting it on my webserver, but it  
>>>>>> downloads too fast :) It looks like there are some Apache  
>>>>>> modules for bandwidth throttling.  In particular, mod_cband  
>>>>>> looks fairly up to date and has positive reviews.  Does anyone  
>>>>>> have any experience with that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any chance of getting it installed on www.openlaszlo.org and  
>>>>>> configuring a directory to be slow?  then we could put the test  
>>>>>> file in there to be able to reproduce the buffering feedback  
>>>>>> without depending on a website which keeps changing its behavior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If not, I'll look at installing it on ultrasaurus, but it may  
>>>>>> be a while before I can get to that.  (FYI: the context for  
>>>>>> this is that I've got some scrubber/progress components in the  
>>>>>> works that are more independently usable that the ones  
>>>>>> currently used by the videoplayer component. I'd rather check  
>>>>>> them in when I can make it so that the videoplayer classes use  
>>>>>> them, rather than having duplicate private/public components  
>>>>>> that do almost the same thing.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sarah
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 12, 2009, at 10:09 AM, P T Withington wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't you post it on YouTube or some other place that has lots  
>>>>>>> of bandwidth and (for now at least) is willing to host your  
>>>>>>> content for free?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd hate to have our svn server have to get beat up every time  
>>>>>>> someone runs this test.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2009-05-12, at 12:26EDT, Sarah Allen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I want to make a test case for the video player that shows  
>>>>>>>> the visual feedback of the buffer (which I just realized is a  
>>>>>>>> feature of the video player!), so I recorded a six minute  
>>>>>>>> video to add to /test/video/videos ... but when I fetch it  
>>>>>>>> locally via http, it downloads too fast to see the visual  
>>>>>>>> feedback.  Should I check it in and then change the test to  
>>>>>>>> point to http://svn.openlaszlo.org/... or should I put it  
>>>>>>>> elsewhere? (it is 7.6 MB)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please advise.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Sarah
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.ultrasaurus.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ultrasaurus.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://www.ultrasaurus.com
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Max Carlson
> OpenLaszlo.org

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