Ability to specify a temporary directory.

John G. Dargie john.g.dargie at btinternet.com
Tue Feb 19 07:56:43 EST 2013


> On 19 Feb 2013, at 10:49, Shevek wrote:
>> An interim solution would be to use a local download location and then
>> specify a post process script to move the files to your network share
> 
> 
> On 19 Feb 2013, at 10:55, Kapitano wrote:
>> Obvious question: Why not download each day's programmes to a non-networked drive, do the processing there, and copy the processed files as a block to the networked drive at the end of the day, before deleting the originals?
>> It even provides a safety net, for when the network is unexpectedly down.

Another answer is to cut out an unnecessary copy process.

My suggestion:
a) Download FLV to temp location.
b) Transcode to final location.

Your suggestion:
a) Download FLV to local location.
b) Transcode to local location.
c) Then copy to remote storage.




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