Re: [squid-users] Youtube Caching

Dear Sir Amos and the list,
Thank you so much again for your useful comments; that is definitely
helpful for me. I was fiddling with how to cache videos from YouTube for
a while but could not succeed; then I googled and came across the
videocache software and would like to ask the list first before i tried
it out.

Now, my next step is to try both the videocache and the sotreurl
feature. I will update the list again.

Thanks & regards,
Khem

On 04/26/2010 07:06 PM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Khemara Lyn wrote:
>> Thank you, Amos, for your comments and sorry for my late response.
>>
>> I don't use any auth methods. In fact, I am using WCCP2 with a Cisco
>> router.
>
> (I didn't write that, Luis did. But okay).
>
>>
>> I don't know if the patch you mentioned is compatible with the
>> version 2.7 STABLE7.1 that i'm using now.
>>
>
> That ".1" at the end of your version indicates a distro-packaged
> version. And it probably has not been updated to use the patch.
>
> To use the patch you will likely need to build your own Squid from
> sources which have had it applied. It should be compatible with all
> the 2.HEAD and 2.7 series code.
>
>
>> BTW, I am considering using cachevideos (http://cachevideos.com/) to
>> help cache the videos. Could someone with experience with the
>> software comment about it and suggest an alternative software?
>
> Videocache uses a two-layered approach to download the videos then
> server them from the local machine. It's a bit winding and causes
> delays on the initial fetch. That said, it's the best available for
> Squid without the storeurl feature.
>
> squid-2.7 storeurl as configured on the YT wiki page does the same
> thing as videocache without the extra software plugin and startup lag.
>
> And yes, videocache can still be used with squid-2.7 if you really
> want to.
>
> Amos
Received on Tue Apr 27 2010 - 02:53:57 MDT