No if I have say 25 cuts in the cart, when I want to update them to a new 25 I want to all the current 25 to be overwritten when dropbox starts the import. So far it adds the 25, but does not overwrite them. On Nov 4, 2016 3:23 PM, "Rob Landry" <41001...@interpring.com> wrote:
> > I'm trying to imagine how this would work. > > If someone loads a single ID cut into the dropbox, you want it to delete > all current ID's from the cart and just import the one? > > I would not use the Rivendell dropbox feature at all, but set up a Perl > script to run as a cron job at the top of each minute. The Perl script > would look for dropbox files conforming to the desired specification, > delete the target cart, and run rdimport on them. > > > Rob > > -- > Я там, где ребята толковые, > Я там, где плакаты "Вперёд", > Где песни рабочие новые > Страна трудовая поёт. > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, Seth Stevenson wrote: > > >> I'm not sure how to get a script to do that. Here is what I want to to in >> detail. >> >> We have a number of transmitter sites. We are putting raspberry pi with >> Rivendell at each site to run localized Id's for that station. They are in >> one cart in the panel on rdairplay. >> >> We use a Dropbox.com folder on the computer linked to our FTP server. A >> Rivendell Dropbox then imports them into that cart. When we want to change >> ids we just want to put them in the appropriate folder on the server and >> let >> Rivendell Dropbox overwrite the existing ones. The goal is to automate >> this >> so it is easy to swap out each stations ids for new ones in the same cart. >> There are dozens of stations, so I don't want to go in each one and delete >> the current cart or the cuts. The cart needs to the same, since a script >> fires it to play the same one. >> >> Hope I haven't muddied the waters with that explanation. What's the best >> way >> to do this. >> >> It should work to delete the cart with a script or by some means, then >> when >> the dropbox imports new cuts to the specific cart, it recreates it with >> only >> the new cuts in it. >> >> Tom Van Gorkom >> Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM >> Office: 956-380-8150 >> Cell: 865-803-7427 >> >> Rio Grande Bible Institute >> 4300 S US Hwy 281 >> Edinburg, TX 78539 >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Seth Stevenson <rcflye...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> No, actually I want to delete all current cuts before importing >> new ones. >> >> On Nov 3, 2016 10:39 AM, "David Klann" <dkl...@linux.com> wrote: >> Hey Fred, >> >> I think what Seth is asking for is an option to >> delete /all/ cuts in a >> cart, and then (at a later time) load the cart up >> with several cuts, and >> *not* delete each cut before importing a new one. >> This is more complex >> than a simple checkbox (i.e., binary) option. >> Because, how would >> Rivendell know, without setting some kind of >> schedule, when to drop cuts >> and when to leave cuts? >> >> *My* opinion on this is that it wouldn't be >> appropriate to change >> Rivendell to support this -- Rivendell is already >> flexible enough to >> support the few cases in which people want to do it. >> >> Hope this helps clarify! >> >> ~David Klann >> >> On 11/03/2016 08:50 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: >> > On Nov 2, 2016, at 15:27, Seth Stevenson >> <rcflye...@gmail.com >> > <mailto:rcflye...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> >> I had a question about Dropbox operation in >> Rivendell. I want to >> >> import say 25 cuts, in a cart that already has 25 >> cuts in it. I was >> >> hoping the delete cuts before import button would >> delete all the cuts, >> >> and then do the import, which is what I want to >> do. However it deletes >> >> cut for cut, so I end up with only one cut in the >> cart when the import >> >> finishes. Is there another way to do this? Can it >> be added as a >> >> feature? Thanks. >> > >> > To get this behavior, just set a destination cart >> (in the ‘To Cart’ field). >> > >> > Cheers! >> > >> > >> > >> |----------------------------------------------------------- >> -----------| >> > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief >> Developer | >> > | | Paravel >> Systems | >> > >> |----------------------------------------------------------- >> -----------| >> > | A room without books is like a body >> without a soul. | >> > | -- >> Cicero | >> > >> |----------------------------------------------------------- >> -----------| >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Rivendell-dev mailing list >> > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >> > >> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell >> -dev >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell >> -dev >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >> >> >> >>
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