As we’ve not upgraded Replay since summer 2014, we’ve jumped up a couple of versions. Here’s what’s new
September 9th: Upgrade
We will be upgrading Aston Replay to the latest version of Panopto on September 9th, 2015 At risk all day There will be times when it is unavailable, so consider access to Replay at risk during the entire day. If you need to make a recording, contact us. Look out for information next week about Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: Wednesday 18th February
We’ll be performing maintenance on Aston Replay between 1600-1800 GMT on Wednesday 18th February. There will be brief periods of downtime during the maintenance window. If you are planning on recording a session during this time, contact replay@aston.ac.uk. View details for other time zones.
Copying sessions
Panopto have fixed the issue preventing copied sessions from processing. If you had any sessions that you tried to copy over the last couple of weeks, they will now be available.
Fixed: Off campus uploads & broken images
Panopto were working on Replay over the weekend. The result of that is that lecturers can now upload content from off campus, and users shouldn’t see any broken images across the site.
Server upgrade
The work over the last two days should increase our capacity to process sessions more quickly, and let you view more sessions without it slowing Replay down What have we done? Working with Panopto, we’ve added an extra web server to cope with the demand, which has increased dramatically compared to this time last year. Also, Continue Reading…
Short Notice Disruption: 18th December
Panopto are continuing to work on Aston Replay today, and have advised us they’ll require some downtime to complete the work. Access to Aston Replay should be considered at risk between 1410 and 1455 GMT this afternoon. We’re intentionally avoiding the start of the hour to give people a chance to log in to the Panopto Continue Reading…
Upcoming Scheduled Maintenance for Panpoto/Aston Replay
On Wednesday December 17th between the hours of 14:00 and 16:00 we will be performing scheduled maintenance of the Panopto/Aston Replay system. During this time there will be intermittent service disruption. It is anticipated that this work will not only solve the problems that users have been experiencing in recent times but also provide an Continue Reading…
Slow afternoons and evenings
At times during the afternoons and evenings, Replay can be slow or unavailable. We’re working with Panopto (the people who make the software) to get this fixed, and we’ll post more here and via Twitter when we’ve got more information. In the meantime, you could subscribe to podcasts of your sessions (so they download to your computer), Continue Reading…
Sessions not uploading
Uploads have now resumed, although there is a backlog of sessions to process. You can check on your sessions by logging into Replay and looking at the processing tab. Uploading from recorder If this says 0% it means the computer it was recorded on hasn’t been switched on since uploads were enabled again. If the percentage doesn’t Continue Reading…