Looks like the high-prio queue is back to normal, all is well. :) Please continue uploading.
-- brion On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:02 PM, James Hare <jamesmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Should people refrain from uploading videos at this time? > > > On February 9, 2017 at 5:01:51 PM, Brion Vibber (bvib...@wikimedia.org) > wrote: > > Quick update -- I tested some batch-reencoding of missing low-res files and > have flooded the high-priority queue. :) Thanks for your patience as we get > the balance right. > > I'll add a throttle to TimedMediaHandler's requeueTranscodes.php so I can > "fire-and-forget" on the background jobs without disturbing things... > > -- brion > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Brion Vibber <bvib...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Ok, the video scaler queue change is now live: SD and low-resolution > video > > output runs on a new, high-priority queue, with HD video output and > > transcodes of files over 15 minutes in length run on the old queue. > > > > Note that existing queued conversions will continue to run on the > > low-priority queue until it runs out, but most new uploads from here out > > will have web-ready output much faster. > > > > (Load on the servers may be unbalanced for a bit, and may require further > > tweaking to best balance responsiveness and throughput, so we'll keep an > > eye on the graphs.) > > > > -- brion > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Brion Vibber <bvib...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > >> We're in progress of deploying a small change to the video scalers[1], > >> which should improve availability of newly uploaded video and audio > files. > >> > >> The queue will now be split in two, one which covers low-resolution > >> conversions for relatively short files, and one which covers long files > and > >> high-resolution conversions. When there's a flood of large uploads, > other > >> new files should still go through the high-priority queue while the > large > >> uploads and HD conversions may back up on the low-priority queue. > >> > >> The queue-runner side is updated now (done during the 'puppet SWAT' > >> deployment window), with the MediaWiki side ready to roll around 19:00 > UTC > >> (11am Pacific time, regular SWAT deployment window). > >> > >> [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/336846/ > >> > >> -- brion > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikivideo-l mailing list > >> wikivide...@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikivideo-l mailing list > > wikivide...@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivideo-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
