Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread David Henderson
Hi David, Many thanks. That first command worked and the clients are now able to playback the audio :) > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 9:02 PM > From: "David Klann" > To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > Subject: Re: [RDD] Playback Problem > > David, > > Type this command in a

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread David Klann
David, Type this command in a terminal window on the server: sudo chmod a+rx /var/snd and see if you can play audio on the clients. If not, you may also need to run this command on the server: sudo find /var/snd -type f -exec chmod a+r '{}' ';' (Best to copy and paste that command into the

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread David Henderson
Of course - here are the results... [rd@rdcl1 ~]$ ls -la /var total 352 drwxr-xr-x. 24 root root4096 Jun 11 2018 . dr-xr-xr-x. 25 root root4096 Aug 21 20:18 .. drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root4096 Mar 22 2017 account drwxr-xr-x. 15 root root4096 Jun

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread David Henderson
Thanks again for the help :) Seems it is permissions related as the server displays the contents of the folder no problem, but the clients don't: [rd@rdcl1 ~]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 24G 3.8G 19G 17% / tmpfs1.7G

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Max Kelley
Hi Fred, all,The 18i20 is a rack-mount unit and has a built-in AC supply which is required for operation... it won't run just from USB. Manual specs +15.5dBu which is just under +20dBm.All I know is that we had tried a usb-powered card in the past from Behringer and the Scarlett definitely blows

[RDD] Fwd: Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Tim Camp
Greetings, In the case of the X32 usb interface, it is powered by the same rails as the console. According to Music-Tribe the clip point on the x32 usb interface and their other expansion cards is +16dbm Interface is 24 bit at whatever sample rate the console is running. I haven't put it on the

Re: [RDD] Broadcast Tools ACS 8.2 Plus

2019-08-21 Thread Rob Landry
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019, Jamie Dennis wrote: I am building a new machine and have installed the latest version of RD.  The machine seems fine but I am having issues with my switcher, the BT ACS 8.2 Plus.  There are no serial ports on this machine so I am connecting the switcher to the computer

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 17:46 +0200, Hoggins! wrote: > This interface has its own power supply, so I guess it shouldn't be a > problem to have internal ±15 vdc available, right? You've a much better chance, certainly. The only way to tell for sure is to put an ocilloscope on an output, run

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 09:55 -0400, Max Kelley wrote: > We use a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, it works great! Can support 4 > stereo balanced playout channels... Or is it five? Regardless, we're > using four. The other nice thing is that it's completely compatible > with the USB sound protocol or

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 08:30 -0500, David Klann wrote: > It seems like the combination of 1) "reasonably priced", 2) > "industrial > grade", and 3) "works with Linux" audio devices have become unicorns. For Pro Audio applications, all the world is moving to some form of AoIP. For Sound

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 08:52 -0400, Rob Landry wrote: > On Monday morning a direct lightning hit to the building where two of > our > stations have their studios took out several thousand dollars worth > of > equipment, including the ASI sound cards in the Rivendell playout > systems > for the

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread Fred Gleason
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 12:26 +0200, Gabriele Fergola wrote: > in sheel try to simply do an "ls /var/snd" (without quote) > or you can just execute "mount |grep snd" but in this case, u see > only if it is mounted but not if it is accessible You can also get a list of all mounted filesystems by

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Hoggins!
Hey there, We also use an X32 (compact version) as our main studio console, along with the ADAT expansion card, and all our computers and the encoders are connected to it through their lightpipe "cables" and RME Digi9652 ADAT cards. Works like a charm, we are able to route in and out a lot of

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Tim Camp
Greetings Rob, Of course it always depends on your needs, but on each station we use a Behringer X32 rack, which is in itself a console however it gives you 32 in and 32 outs via usb which can easily be configured as 16 stereo in and outs or a combination of stereo and mono. It works a charm and

Re: [RDD] Glasscoder icecast/shoutcast V1

2019-08-21 Thread Bill Putney
Patrick, I know the addresses are a bit more daunting than the 4 octets we're use to. At least they're in hexadecimal. Back in the early days of digital networking I was a support engineer for a packet switched network carrier. We used Varian minicomputers that has about the same compute

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Rob Landry
I have a client with a Focusrite Scarlett... 6i6, I think it is. It works, but if the system gets rebooted, it doesn't see the Focusrite on startup. The Focusrite has to be power-cycled to be recognized by the RD system, which I think is running Debian 8, but I forget. Rob -- Сквозь грозы

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Max Kelley
We use a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, it works great! Can support 4 stereo balanced playout channels... Or is it five? Regardless, we're using four. The other nice thing is that it's completely compatible with the USB sound protocol or whatever for all of its controls, so they're all accessible in

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Steve Varholy
The Rivendell system I have set up to play IDs for network affiliates uses Lexicon Alpha USB interfaces. They are two-channel only, but were cheap and reliable. I say "were" because they are now discontinued. Steve Varholy President and General Manager

Re: [RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread David Klann
I'm with you on this Rob. It's frustrating! It seems like the combination of 1) "reasonably priced", 2) "industrial grade", and 3) "works with Linux" audio devices have become unicorns. I used to install the Digigram VX222 (PCI) and VX222e (PCIe), but Digigram recently made a hardware

[RDD] Sound cards

2019-08-21 Thread Rob Landry
On Monday morning a direct lightning hit to the building where two of our stations have their studios took out several thousand dollars worth of equipment, including the ASI sound cards in the Rivendell playout systems for the two stations. The exact card we were using is no longer in

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread Gabriele Fergola
u need to make some try :D in sheel try to simply do an "ls /var/snd" (without quote) or you can just execute "mount |grep snd" but in this case, u see only if it is mounted but not if it is accessible if u can see all your files it's meaning all is mounted well. If it stuck or don't see nothing

Re: [RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread Workino
Hello David, Double check if the directory /var/snd is well mounted. Normally rdairplay is doing that when cannot read the songs. Regards Gabriele Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Aug 2019, at 08:00, David Henderson wrote: > > I had to do a fresh install on my Rivendell server due to the OS hard

[RDD] Playback Problem

2019-08-21 Thread David Henderson
I had to do a fresh install on my Rivendell server due to the OS hard disk developing a fault. I've replaced it and got everything imported, including all the audio and the database. For some reason the clients can't play any audio - when adding an audio cut to RDAirplay and pressing the