On Wed, 26 Feb 2020, Frank Christel wrote:
Basically, we would need Rivendell to replace our network of ten BSI Simian workstations located in three studios, a master control, and one office, all tied together by a ZFS server. Programming originates from our studios, four NPR satellite receivers, Content Depot, and PRX SubAuto.
That should be eminently doable. The satellite receivers are Linux boxes and can do NFS. At WUMB, we no longer use satellite receivers because the university took our dish away, but it shouldn't be hard to get them to work with Rivendell. With WUMB's old WireReady system, I had to write a Perl script to grab the files off the receivers, extract the metadata, decode the files to linear .wav files, and rename them to the five-digit numbers specified in the metadata. Rivendell can do all of that out of the box.
We still have a script executed by a cron job that grabs files from Content Depot and drops them into Rivendell drop boxes.
The motivating factor behind considering a switch to Rivendell is the utter madness induced by Windows 10 updates over which we have little control. Our Simians ran fine on XP; were stable running 7; but are now falling apart on 10. Factory fixes include obscure registry tweaks on individual machines following Windows updates. In the meantime, too much dead air and 3 am calls.
I take it that continuing to run the Simians son Windows 7 is not an option.
Even in the midst of all this insanity, zombie-eyed staff are embracing the devil they know rather than the one they don’t. It’s going to be a hard sell to switch automation systems for a third time; it took ten years for them to adjust to this one.
Give them a laptop with a stand-alone Rivendell system on it for them to play with. Rivendell was so much more intuitive than what they were used to that our people's inertia quickly melted away.
Rob -- Сквозь грозы сияло нам солнце свободы И Linus великий нам путь озарил; Нас вырастил Stallman на верность народу, На труд и на подвиги нас вдохновил.
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