I mentioned the connection closing as a drawback of restarting the server -- it was slightly OT for the thread.
Yes, it is a subclass of Apache::MP3 that can stream video and audio. There is an old version called Apache::Jukebox in the Apache::MP3 CVS at namp.sourceforge.net in case anyone is interested. -Allen On Mon, 20 May 2002, Per Einar Ellefsen wrote: > At 23:54 20.05.2002, Allen Day wrote: > >I've noticed that if I restart apache while I'm in the middle of a > >download (MP3 stream), after the buffer in my MP3 player runs out, it > >skips to the next track -- presumably because the connection was closed. > > > >This might cause a problem for you if your users are downloading big > >files. They might have to restart from the beginning if they didn't cache > >the partial download somewhere. > > Hmm, if you are serving big files off of mod_perl, memory leaks are the > least of your problems :) That doesn't apply to Apache::MP3 of course, for > which it's normal, but in no case should your mod_perl server be serving > your big files. > > >On Mon, 20 May 2002, Matt Sergeant wrote: > > > > > On Monday 20 May 2002 9:30 pm, Gregory Matthews wrote: > > > > I too thought of setting a cron job to restart the server once per day in > > > > order to keep the memory "fresh". > > > > > > > > In a production environment, are there any downsides to doing this, i.e., > > > > server inaccessibility, etc..? > > > > > > It's very rare to have a site that can't cope with just a few seconds > > > downtime. Most users won't even notice, save for some slight delay in > > getting > > > their request through. Users tend to be pretty used to trying again in this > > > world of "reliable" computing. > >
