It is possible to put files in the dropbox and have them carted with a start date and end date based on 'today' the day you put them in the dropbox. The offset start date end date in the Dropbox options allows this.
RD will read cart chunk data from a wav file, [start date end date] but as yet there are no linux audio editors that write cart chunk data. It's on the request list for Audacity but low priority because so few requests.[hint hint] There is a patch which allows start date start time end date end time to be put in the filename in a manner similar to that you describe. I have it and plan to test it on a non critical box here. Ideally this patch can be included in the rdimport options. Command line will be fine... it can make it to the GUI later! It's not that this has never been considered, it has been, but hasn't made it to the top of the list yet. It would be interesting to know how many users are manually setting start dates / times for cuts in carts that are time critical and who would find it useful to just save the file with the details written in the filename. Robert Jeffares Big Valley Radio The Wireless Station On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 14:24 -0500, Nathan Steele wrote: > OK, so I set this up with dropboxes, but the files come in with a start > and end date that allows for three days to play, I need it to only play > on one day and that day should be the date in the filename, but looking > in the ROG it doesn't seem like there is a metadata pattern for the > start/end date. I looked at a file in Adobe audition and can't see that > range in any of the cart chunk or other data. where are these dates > coming from and how do I fix them? > > My dropbox path looks like this: /var/amb-ux/HCJB_BTC5*.MP2 > > The files are named like this HCJB_BTC5_01-30-13_01-01 and upon creation > of the dropbox. there were 5 days worth of files in there. > > Having looked at the wiki it seems to suggest using rdcatch instead. how > do I use rdcatch to get a file from a local directory? really seems like > dropbox would be the more appropriate tool? Did I miss the medata > pattern for start end date? > > Nathaniel C. Steele > Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director > WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM > > On 1/29/2013 5:15 PM, Nathan Steele wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > So I have amb-ux configured and running and all of my ambos recievers > > files are showing up in /var/amb-ux. Can someone recommend to me the > > best way to go about getting them into the appropriate carts? RDCATCH or > > Dropbox? Previously I was using a dropbox, which had the files put into > > it from a windows systemk running the ambos ui. Ambos UI would rename > > the files and put them into a directory that was used by another > > automation system for our other station. then we used an ftp program to > > log into the rivendell server and put the ones we needed into the > > dropbox, which would import them and overwrite the previous days cut. > > Now we are adding more programs that will not be used by the other > > station and personally I would like to take the windows box in the > > middle out of the equation. The nice thing was that the ambos UI would > > handle sending the correct days program, now I am faced with the task of > > getting the correct program out of a folder with several days worth of > > them in it, I know it can be done, just have to get there. any > > suggestions the files are named like this: > > > > "HCJB_BTC5_01_29_13_more numbers_maybe some version number_not sure" > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
