So here is a quick nutshell example of how I am using the new django.core.paginator classes to replace the old ObjectPaginator wrapper from my previous example.

in your view:

from django.core.paginator import Paginator

#create a new paginator instance by passing it a collection of objects and the per page count
paginator = Paginator(Contact.objects.all().order_by('last_name'), 10)

#get the page number from a get param
#if param is blank then set page to 1
page = int(request.GET.get('page', '1'))

#grab the current page from the paginator...
contacts = paginator.page(page)

#render the template and pass the contacts page into the template
return render_to_response('contacts.html',{'contacts':contacts})

in your template:

{% for contact in contacts.object_list %}
{{ contact.name }}
{% endfor %}

I’d say that’s pretty easy. Here is a link to a simple snippet that you can use to create a paging footer.

Notice to get the page of pages info all you have to do is output the page object like so… {{ contacts }} . Pretty cool.

def group_required(group_name, login_url='/accounts/login/'):
    def wrap(view_func):
        def in_group(request, *args, **kwargs):
            from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
            try:
                group = request.user.groups.get(name=group_name)
            except Group.DoesNotExist:
                from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
                return HttpResponseRedirect(login_url)
            else:
                return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

        return in_group
    return wrap

to use

@group_required('groupies')
def index(request):
   ...

I’m posting this with a disclaimer up front. Every time I post what I think is a clever snippet someone always tells me that I am reinventing the wheel and it already exists in django. So if this is another case of me being tragically uninformed then please let me know as I would most likely use the official way instead.

First the convert.bat file. Copy this code to a file and name it convert.bat. Put it in the directory where all your avi files are.

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc" -vvv %1 --sout-ffmpeg-qscale 1 :sout=#transcode{vcodec=WMV2,scale=1,acodec=wma,ab=96,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=asf,dst=%1.wmv}} vlc:quit

note
You may have to change this part C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc to point at the path you installed your alc player if you didn’t go with the default install location.

Next the the bulk-convert script. Save the following code into a file and name it bulk-convert.bat. Put this script in the same directory as you convert.bat and all your avi files.

lfnfor off
for %%x in (*.avi) do call convert.bat %%x

From there all you have to do is click on the bulk-convert.bat file and it will cycle through all the avi files in the directory and feed them into your convert.bat file.

Enjoy