[RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-14 Thread Admin
Hi Guys, We are downloading NPR news each day for rebroadcasting by ftp via RDCatch, the file is a 5 min news file with a pause at 3 mins if you wish to only take the 3 min part we can download the cart at 5 mins and manually edit it to 3 mins but really needs to be done automatically so far

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-14 Thread John Anderson
> Most other Broadcasters have different length news files but out > listeners want NPR as there news service so looking for any ways that > you may have got around this problem or could be a bug in forced length > in carts. Obviously, the edit is the best way... but.. does the newscast run a

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-14 Thread Admin
On 14.04.2015 23:50, Robert Jeffares wrote: you can download the file using a shell script triggered by cron and run it through a program which finds the 2 seconds silence and clips it there. shorter file is output to your dropbox RD Catch loads the short version and you're where you want to be

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-14 Thread Lorne Tyndale
Hi, I agree that a manual edit is going to give you the most reliable results, however if the audio file always follows the same format - the first 3 minutes is all you ever want, then you could use rdcatch to start a script that 1) downloads the file, and then 2) uses the trim feature in SOX to c

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-15 Thread Keywan Tonekaboni
Hi, or you could download the file, save it to disk and import it with the rdimport option "--set-marker-end-cut=18" (3 minutes in ms). Then the cut is still 5 minutes long, but only the 3 minutes are played out. Best Keywan Am Dienstag, den 14.04.2015, 19:55 -0700 schrieb Lorne Tyndale: >

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-15 Thread Geoff Barkman
Hi Les The is linux command line program called mp3split. It should be available on most linux distros. You download the file run it through mp3split dump any longer that 3 mins and then copy the modified file to your cart. This all could be done using a script that could be automated easi

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-15 Thread Geoff Barkman
I just did a test on mp3split # mp3split -t 3.00 filename.mp3 and it makes a new shorter piece of audio 3 minutes long. There are other ways you can split it if it detects silence at a point in the audio. Many thanks Geoff On 4/15/15, Geoff Barkman wrote: > Hi Les > The is linux command line pro

Re: [RDD] NPR news auto FTP limit to 3 min ONLY

2015-04-16 Thread James L. Stewart
he names, or having a non-standard authentication procedure. On 4/15/2015 2:43 AM, rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org wrote: Message: 9 Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:43:15 +1200 From: Geoff Barkman To: Admin Cc:rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] NPR news auto