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Media directories
Where to put your files so others can experience them
Putting files into directories
Files may be placed into directories in a few
different ways:
- Map a drive (PC); AFP or SMB mount (Mac)
- Media Database auto-upload
- FTP client, such as WS_FTP (PC) or Fetch (Mac)
- Web editor, such as FrontPage (PC) or GoLive (Mac)
Media directories on condor
The following condor directories support the use of
media. Only the /media and /openmedia dirs support streaming audio
and video.
| /openmedia/username |
media accessible inside and outside of
Wesleyan domain |
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| html/username/public_html |
personal web files |
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| /media/username |
media restricted to Wesleyan domain |
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| username/wescourses |
course web sites organized by year and
semester |
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The /media directories contains subdirectories for different
types of media, and work in consort with the Media Database. Access to files placed in
these directories is restricted to the Wesleyan domain.
/media
| /archive |
store uncompressed images (store
uncompressed video offline) |
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| /small |
thumbnail image (150 x 150) |
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| /big |
screen-sized image (780 x 470) |
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| /large |
projection image (1000 x 610) |
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| /xlarge |
projection image (1250 x 870) |
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| /holding |
temp holding area for media database
auto-upload |
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| /processed |
used by media database |
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| /unzip |
used by media database auto-upload for
zipped auto-uploads |
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| /audio |
streaming and download audio |
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| /video |
streaming (rtsp) and download (http) video |
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The /openmedia directories repeat the structure of the /media dirs,
but are accessible outside of the Wesleyan domain.
/openmedia
| /archive |
store uncompressed images (store
uncompressed video offline) |
| /small |
thumbnail image (150 x 150) |
| /big |
screen-sized image (780 x 470) |
| /large |
projection image (1000 x 610) |
| /xlarge |
projection image (1250 x 870) |
| /holding |
temp holding area for media database
auto-upload |
| /processed |
used by media database |
| /unzip |
used by media database auto-upload for
zipped auto-uploads |
| /audio |
streaming and download audio |
| /video |
streaming (rtsp) and download (http) video |
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Playing media
Media may be presented through an interface, like the
Media Database or ERes which provides users help with finding what
they want, or it may be linked from a web page. Users can also open
a browser or media player to a URL in a media directory using the
following convention rtsp:// (streaming media) or http://condor.wesleyan.edu/media/username/,
where 'username' refers to the owner of the media in whose directory
the files have been placed.
Department web sites
Note that department web files are stored on www.wesleyan.edu/department/.
A separate password is maintained for department web sites. Images
and progressive download audio and video can be placed within the
department directory on www. Departments that wish to use streaming
media should contact their academic computing manager.
ds 6/3/04
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