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Podcast Producer 2, iTunes U, <itunes:keywords>
Podcast Producer Forums - Wed, Sep 30, 2009 10:38pm GMT
We discovered that PcP2 does not reproduce the keywords you submit in the <Keywords> tag of the --metadata xml file into the rss feed <itunes:keywords> tag. The fix we found, which carries no warranty whatsoever: diff -c /usr/share/podcastproducer/pcastserverd/app/models/episode.rb /usr/share/podcastproducer/pcastserverd/app/models/episode.rb.orig *** /usr/share/podcastproducer/pcastserverd/app/models/episode.rb Thu Oct 1 16:07:32 2009 --- /usr/share/podcastproducer/pcastserverd/app/models/episode.rb.orig Thu Oct 1 16:05:41 2009 *************** *** 61,67 **** :enabled => true, :created_at => prb_info_dict['produced_date'].to_s) - episode.keywords = prb_properties_dict['Keywords'].to_s keywords = episode.keywords.split(", ") rescue nil || [] if (ppi_dict['tags']) --- 61,66 ----
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Podcast Producer 2 + OpenLDAP / ActiveDirectory Authentication
Podcast Producer Forums - Wed, Sep 30, 2009 12:59pm GMT
Greetings! I am just setting up my Podcast Producer 2 server. We had been version 1 and users authenticated over a third party LDAP server. To make this work int he past I edited the pcastserverd.plist to allow Basic authentication. I tried doing the same thing in version 2 and noticed the password information no longer lives in this file. These were from the instructions in the new Admin guide: The authentication settings for Podcast Producer are stored in the file /Library/ Preferences/com.apple.pcastserverd.plist by the http_auth_type key. You must have root access to edit this file. By default, the basic, digest, and Kerberos authentication methods are enabled and the property list file contains this entry: <key>http_auth_type</key> <array> <string>basic</string> <string>digest</string> <string>kerberos</string> </array> To disable an authentication method, remove the line containing its <string> entry and save the file. Then stop and restart the Podcast server, in Server Admin or by using the command pcastctl server restart. Podcast Producer supports standard HTTP digest authentication for local and Open Directory users and custom digest authentication for Active Directory users. Does anyone have any ideas where I can disable the other authentication methods or other ideas on how I might authenticate in a more secure way? Thanks! Steve Vogt PS - Does anyone know what the passwordserver.plist file is for?
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Re: User Short Name in saved files?
Podcast Producer Forums - Tue, Sep 29, 2009 5:50pm GMT
I use $$User Short Name$$ in custom workflow tasks. For example, to specify a group in the format shortname_class I use: <string>--group=$$User Short Name$$_class</string> When you run the workflow, check the xgridagentd.log file to see your runtime substitutions.
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Re: Splitting mono source into two audio channels
Podcast Producer Forums - Tue, Sep 29, 2009 10:39am GMT
Usually a mono track comes out balanced to center. If you are recording in stereo, but only on the left channel, it would be better to just do the original recording in "mono" rather than in left-only stereo.
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User Short Name in saved files?
Podcast Producer Forums - Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:53am GMT
Hi everyone. I've read through the forums and I'm pretty sure this one hasn't been covered yet: I'm trying to get my workflow to save all encoded files contained the user's (the user who has submitted the podcast) ID using the $$User Short Name$$. Now I thought in setting this up it'd be easy but it aint. So, has anyone managed to do this? That variable is passed elsewhere in the groupblog action and i've been consistent in how I've used it. The workflow completes successfully but the file names do not show the user's ID, it just gets missed out. On the side to this, I've also tried incorporating the User Short Name variable in the Groupblog title but it didn't like that. Thats a shame. Any one had any luck with this? The $$User Short Name$$ variable is a global one and should work. Maybe there's some whitelist it needs to be on that I've missed. Help! cheers, Dave
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So what is Remote Camera all about?
Podcast Producer Forums - Fri, Sep 25, 2009 9:45am GMT
Updating client and server to 10.6, we're exploring the new possibilities. The camera I was using with 10.5 (external iSight) still works as it did before. However, I see something new in the prefs, a way to set up a "remote" camera. The dialog calls for a camera name, server, username and password. That seems clear enough but when I started entering that info, all the fields disappeared except for camera name and server. I click on "Start Sharing" but nothing happens, not even an error message. So I cancel as the only way out. So how is this other server set up?
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Re: Publishing to iTunes U using pcastaction
Podcast Producer Forums - Thu, Sep 24, 2009 3:06pm GMT
Hi Stuart, With PcP 1 you can use pcastaction to push stuff to iTunesU. There's an article on writing actions here http://developer.apple.com/mac/articles/server/writingpodcastactions.html Another option is to use PcP 2, then use the URLs from your server's RSS feeds as the source for your courses in iTunesU. hope that helps, George
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Publishing to iTunes U using pcastaction
Podcast Producer Forums - Wed, Sep 23, 2009 6:56pm GMT
Hi everyone, I'm just in the process of working out our custom iTunes U submission process, and at the stage where I try to figure out how to actually submit the encoded content to iTunes U.. Is it possible to do this using pcastaction? I don't particularly want to build it into the workflows, as we have our own custom approval process that takes place once the media is encoded by podcast producer. Looking at the help for "pcastaction iTunesU" it looks possible, but I'm not entirely sure what an example usage would look like for a file already encoded and sitting in the podcast media library. Can anybody assist with this or am I barking up the wrong tree with this? Thanks! :)
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Podcast Producer 2 - Dual Video Sources Capture
Podcast Producer Forums - Mon, Sep 21, 2009 7:59am GMT
Hello, I'm currently testing Podcast Capture 2 with Dual Video Source. The Podcast capture 2 online Help lets understand that it is possible to record from two video sources like two videocameras,and it says "...if more then one camera is available a pop-up menus appear under each live preview video", and if jut one camera is present the other source is screen capture. I've connected two videocameras , but in the reality recording is available from one (or the other camera) and screen capture only. My goal is to record one video from an external camera and then use a frame grabber like Epiphan VGA2USB to capture slides from a VGA output of a laptop as a second video sources. I was able to record from two different video sources using two sessions of QiuckTime X ( or QuickTime 7 Pro), and then submit the video files via podcast command to Podcast Producer 2 using a dual video workflow, but this is not a good solution because I started manually the two QuickTime recording so the two videos are out of sync. I've no experience about Podcast Producer and I like to know if anybody has found a solution to have Podcast Capture 2 be able to record from two video cameras. Any help or suggestion is very appreciated (sorry about my english) Kind Regards, Diego Soldano
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PP1 workflow to PP2
Podcast Producer Forums - Fri, Sep 11, 2009 9:14am GMT
We recently upgraded to S.L w/ PP2. Now our PP1 workflow not working on PP2, because the UUID issue we think. We tried to use the Podcast Composer and made a Dummy.pwf and then deployed to the server. Then we go into the "Server" folder and found the deployed workflow then and opened the package and copied the pp1 workflow "Content" into it. Everything seems to be working fine, title show up......... but then when submit a job with the modified "Dummy" workflow, we have the error "Art "0" returned score "0" for agent" any idea why and how to fix/trick it so it will work? thanks
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Re: Workflow Name Conflict
Podcast Producer Forums - Thu, Aug 27, 2009 3:18pm GMT
That did help. Thank you very much!
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Re: Custom Workflow Variables Broken
Podcast Producer Forums - Thu, Aug 27, 2009 5:04am GMT
Hello, Be carefull guys... ! This is working just fine but you probably ran into the same problem as we did (described at the end).... First, let me explain a bit more in detail how it works : The " Custom Properties" (defined in Podcast Producer Service in Server admin) are supposed to be used as custom GLOBAL variables (belongs to the whole Podcast Producer service), The user_requirement you pass at the end of your workflow's template are LOCAL variable (belongs to the workflow). They are defined as follow in your workflow's template.plist file : <key>userRequirements</key> <array> <string>MY_Title_W1</string> <string>MY_Episode Description_W1</string> <string>MY_Author Full Name_W1</string> <string>MY_Author Email_W1</string> <string>MY_own_meta_W1</string> </array> You DON'T NEED to declare these local variables as a custom_property in Podcast Producer service administration.. In fact, YOU SHOULDN'T declare these local variables as a custom_property . If you do so, global variables (declared as custom properties) take precedence over the local ones => that's why you get blanck values if you declared them (with no value). In this case, even if you specified values for these local variables in the metadata_file (or through whaterver interface you use), the global ones will erase them... and that's what's happening I would guess. Be carefull as the problem can also raise if you use in your task description a variable which hasn't been declared in a workflow template (basicly you forgot to declare them in you template.plist file... easy mistake to do !). If you do so, Podcast Server automatically creates a custom_property with the name you used in the task description (strange behavior, probably thought by Apple to avoid runtime errors, but can be confusing). You also have to be very carefull not to have custom_properties declared in server admin while they should be only declared in the template.plist file. Also, you need to be carefull never to have the same name in a local variable and in a global variable, if not, you run into the problem ! By the way,... property name are case sensitive ! Hope it is clear and helpful, Vanessa
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Podcast Producer 2 and Snow Leopard
Podcast Producer Forums - Wed, Aug 26, 2009 11:53pm GMT
So now that Snow Leopard is being released on Friday, I am dying to know more about Podcast Producer 2. Is the setup of a new system any easier? How much flexibility is there with the GUI workflow editor? Any HD compressions by default? Any chance they will have better documentation on launch than they did with PCP 1? etc..... Those of you that got to go to WWDC, please give us the dirt on PCP 2. And the biggest question of them all. Is it worth me upgrading my already working system?
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Re: SSL issues
Podcast Producer Forums - Wed, Aug 26, 2009 12:07am GMT
Did anyone solve this?
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Podcast Producer 2 in Snow Leopard Server
Podcast Producer News - Mon, Aug 24, 2009 7:24pm GMT
Podcast Producer 2 is a complete, end-to-end solution for encoding, publishing, and distributing high-quality podcasts — ideal for employee training, university lectures, presentations, and more. New features in Podcast Producer 2 offer more options for capturing, creating, and publishing podcasts, making it even easier to share critical content around your organization.
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Re: Workflow Name Conflict
Podcast Producer Forums - Mon, Aug 24, 2009 5:01pm GMT
Hello! The identity of the workflow needs to be unique, and this means changing it in several places: The Info.plist file <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.PodcastProducer.workflow.Blog_with_streaming_and_intro</string> you need to make this string unique across all the workflows, so perhaps change the string to my_Blog_with_streaming_and_intro In en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings make sure the Name is unique PcP looks at all the workflows on the system, so you need to consider the system ones in /System/Library/PodcastProducer/Workflows as well as your ones in /Library/PodcastProducer/Workflows Remember to refresh the workflows, or restart the PcP service to make it understand. hope that helps, George
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Workflow Name Conflict
Podcast Producer Forums - Mon, Aug 24, 2009 2:25pm GMT
Hello all, I am currently making my way through Apple's Workflow Tutorial. When I attempted Workflow 6, I ran into a problem. Although the workflow is valid and queus just fine, it fails and I get this message in my Server log. Workflow name confict, favoring: /System/Library/PodcastProducer/Workflows/Blog.pwf I tried copying the workflow directly from the tutorial files and it did the same thing. In fact, it does it for all the tutorial files past Tutorial 5. Any suggestions as to how I might fix or work around this? Thank you in advance!
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