Topic: phpdvdprofiler

[Jimmy]

Marie I'm sure you know it already, but you don't have to upload a full xml file every time you need to update your online. I only upload the new profiles and the modified one when I update mine (I just upload a full collection.xml file when I remove a profile)... maybe that would prevent the problem with your host

[Dragonfire]

When I set up stuff there for the program, it said the xml file was too big when it had all the profiles in it.  So I switched to one per profile.  I just upload the ones that I've watched or the new ones when I upload, not all of them.

[FredLooks]

Yes, your host provider seems to be bytehost.com

Their webpage suggests that they provide some statistics and stuff, and have free support, so looking at the stats and logs might be a good idea.

[Dragonfire]

What would I be looking for in the stats and logs?

[FredLooks]

well, in the logs you'd be looking for some text involving your username, dragonfire88, and indicating some problem or another. As for stats, I would be inclined to look for times that are all the same (+/- .01 sec) as well as any other limits that are all suspiciously similar (memory usage, etc.) The more difficult thing to see would be if the provider has put a limit of xxx SQL queries per (min./hour/day) since the stats likely won't capture that information in a way that would be easy to spot without post-processing the data (when the unit of time is greater than a single run, then one would have to take the numbers and compile them into statistics for that unit of time)

Generally, the easiest place to start would be to simply tell your provider that you have a script which seems to be dying abnormally in a way that suggests it is being stopped by some sort of resource-limiting agency and could they suggest a way of figuring out if it is an administrative function stopping it. Perhaps they have some system logs (to which it would be unlikely for you to have access) which indicate things like "process yyy of user xxx exceeded time-limit - terminated" which might shed some light on things.

HTH

[Dragonfire]

Ok...thanks.  I'll try that tomorrow.  I would have tried it by now, but I haven't had time to post here last few days.

[Dragonfire]

My host no longer does script/code/html support for free accounts..which is what I have.

I probably need to find a different host, but I really don't have the extra money for a paid one right now...and I dread the thought of setting everything again...it was difficult for me to get it to work the first time.

[Dragonfire]

Thanks to Sebastien, I have a new host and no more issues with the update thing stopping instead of completely finishing.  

Thanks again Sebastien.

[Jimmy]

He sure is a great host and fast when we need help, but his name is Sebastien not Sebastian

[Dragonfire]

Ack.
Ok..I fixed that. 
Sorry about that Sebastien.  I do know who you are.  I even doubled checked to make sure I spelled your name right..then I still managed to goof...  I must have had a blonde moment. 

And you're right Jimmy..he was really fast getting stuff set up for me to start uploading.  He even changed what needed to be changed in the localconfig file for me too.   

[RossRoy]

Ok ok enough with the flowers because the pot will hurt that much more when it comes! 

Oh and Sebastien / Sebastian .. same difference .. even all my work paper says Sebastian .. I keep trying to get my employer to fix it, but I just learned to live with it instead.

[Kathy]

Ok ok enough with the flowers because the pot will hurt that much more when it comes! 

Oh and Sebastien / Sebastian .. same difference .. even all my work paper says Sebastian .. I keep trying to get my employer to fix it, but I just learned to live with it instead.

I always copy your name listed above your list of movies you just watched. I figure you know how to spell your own name! 

[RossRoy]

I figure you know how to spell your own name! 

You'd be surprised!     

[Dragonfire]

Ok ok enough with the flowers because the pot will hurt that much more when it comes! 

Oh and Sebastien / Sebastian .. same difference .. even all my work paper says Sebastian .. I keep trying to get my employer to fix it, but I just learned to live with it instead.

I always copy your name listed above your list of movies you just watched. I figure you know how to spell your own name! 

I looked at it above the watched banner too...but I still managed to goof.  But at least I was close.

[RossRoy]

Fred, little request for you, if at all possible.

We just had a minor issue with Marie's site where a thumbnail file was the wrong one, it still showed a copy of the front image. My guess is that it was uploaded with the front image for both front and back, and the thumbnails were generate that way. Then she uploaded the correct back, but not the thumbnail.

But because I can't give her rsync access, what she does is upload only new or modified images and let phpdvdp do the thumbnailing. That's all fine, except in this case, because the thumnbail already existed, it didn't regenerate it.

Would it be possible to add something that would basically tell phpdvdp "this thumbnail is showing the wrong image - recreate it from the image file". Either as a whole process (going through each image and regenerating those that need it) - or on a profile by profile basis with a button, link or something.