hello, but the user will have to wait anyway until the file is processed, no matter what approach you take. i think what you are doing now is fine. it may even be better because this way the wait time might be shorter compared to the cron job that migh ttake a while to get to the file.
konstantin On Mar 7, 5:47 pm, "Henrik Lied" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm creating a video upload feature for a social network. The uploaded > video gets converted to Flash Video (flv) using mencoder. > > I need some input on how to convert the video. As it is now, I'm just > converting the file directly after the original file is saved (via > os.system). The problem with this (I think) is that it won't be good > in the long run, since the user has to wait until the video is > processed by mencoder. > > So I've been thinking about a queue-system. How I should do this I'm > not sure about. I was thinking about adding an extra field to the > model (encoded = models.BooleanField), and setup a python script which > returns all the non-encoded entries. This script then executes the > os.system()-command, and sets encoded to True. > I guess I'd have to setup a simple crontab that would run this script > every 10-20 minute. > > Do you have another idea? I've read about os.fork - would that be > ideal for my problem? > > I welcome every input, so please - don't be shy! :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
