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Today I ordered hosting from VPSLAND. I still plan on going with SliceHost when they get back to me in around 11 weeks, but in the mean time I’m going to get something going on my VPSLAND server.

I also finished up the movie data executables on linux today. I integrated and tested the xine extractor which went quite well. I had a bit more trouble coding the gstreamer extractor, but integration was easier (testing was harder because I don’t have the correct plugins.) But it’s all in there.

Then I made new channels default to downloading at most 3 unwatched videos. It’s not a new feature, but we decided to turn it on by default.

Today, I did more research on hosting providers. Slicehost appears to have an 11 week delay on signing up for their smallest server. I looked at unixshell#, but they say they aren’t taking anyone right now, so I’m going to check out TekTonic. I did put in a request on slicehost, so if in 11 weeks I still don’t have anything, perhaps I’ll go with them.

I got started on the external movie data program. I have the external xine program working just fine. I need to a) make setup.py build it and b) test it with Ben’s new system. I also need to write the external gstreamer program, but that should be easier since it’s python and thus I don’t need to worry about compiling it in setup.py.

Today I figured out how to install xpi files from our installer. It’s actually as easy as setting a Windows Registry key to point at our unpacked xpi file. I’m not sure if the extension will be ready in time, but if it is, it will be easy as toast to add it to the nsis installer.

I looked into changing my hosting, since I often lose mail sent to clahey@clahey.net and can’t fix it through cPanel. I’m planning to use xen or usermode linux and have found http://hostingfu.com/vps/xen-hosting which describes some options. If you know of other suggestions, let me know.

Finally, I’ve started to take over Will’s unicode bugs. I fixed two and will fix more tomorrow.