Memo

Date: 12/5/2007
To:     University of Idaho Streaming Media Clients
From: Center for Teaching Innovation
RE:     Streaming Video/Audio URL Addresses Must Change by 12/31/07

We are updating our streaming services over the Christmas break and will be moving to a new server as part of that process. The new server must have a different IP address for security reasons and thus, we need to change all of the links that were using the old IP address convention over to the more standard DNS naming convention (see example below). By making this change now, the links to the audio and video files will continue to work throughout the migration process. From this point forward, please make sure all links to your streaming video/audio use the DNS name rather than the IP address. We have worked to convert all of the links in the FrontPage sites that we have access to. Please fix the links for sites you manage. Also, please use the new convention for all streaming media links in the future.
 
Old method which will no longer be valid:
http://129.101.119.248:8080/ramgen/folder/filename.rm
 
New recommended method:
http://realvideo.uidaho.edu:8080/ramgen/folder/filename.rm
 
If you are using FrontPage for web sites that we do not have access to, you have the option to fix the links using a bulk find and replace. This is very accurate as well as  save you a lot of time. To do this:

1. open your FrontPage site for editing
2. Select Edit > Replace
3. enter ‘129.101.119.248 into the search field
4. enter ‘realvideo.uidaho.edu’ into the replace with field
5. Select ‘all pages’
6.  Check the ‘Find in Source code’
7.  Click on ‘Replace All’
8.  Select ‘Yes’
9.  Select ‘Close’
   

Following this procedure should change all of the IP address references in your site.

Please contact the CTI if you have questions about any of this cti@uidaho.edu.