[RDD] Job Posting: RadioAmerica

[James L. Stewart]

Fred:  Are these people currently buying Rivendell support from 
Paravel?  I'd hate to see them discard their Rivendell system just 
because someone new comes in that knows nothing about Rivendell (or 
Linux in general), and then thinks this strange thing is not well 
supported if at all.  I've seen other perfectly good systems changed out 
by newcomers using far less excuses.


If their system doesn't qualify for Paravel support, then perhaps I can 
help them out at least remotely, and working through which ever onsite 
person they hire.  I've messed around with Asterisk some too, but I'm 
far from "good at it".


On 5/2/2015 10:00 AM, rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org wrote:

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Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 18:25:39 -0400
From: Frederick Gleason
To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System

Subject: [RDD] Job Posting: RadioAmerica
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Howdy Folks:

Thought this might be of interest, as RadioAmerica operates a largish (approx. 
10 workstation) Rivendell system:

*** snip snip ***
RadioAmerica, a national radio network and media company located in Arlington 
VA is seeking a qualified applicant for the position of Director of 
Engineering.  The position entails the strategic planning, design and 
installation as well as oversight of the day-to-day maintenance of 
RadioAmerica's broadcast technical infrastructure.

The successful candidate will posses:

A Bachelor's degree or better in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science, or 
equivalent work experience
Five years experience in management and administration of a heterogeneous 
computer network consisting of Linux / OS X / Windows systems in a realtime 
radio broadcast environment.
Five years experience in the integration, installation and maintenance of 
broadcast infrastructure, such as audio mixers, codecs and routing systems.
Proven competence in the development and implementation of multi-faceted 
technical projects

Experience with the following hardware and software systems would be a plus:

Asterisk Virtual PBX
CounterPoint Radio Traffic System
Logitek Audio Engines / Control Surfaces
Rivendell Radio Automation
X-Digital Satellite Delivery System (Westwood One variant)

Radio America offers a competitive pay package and benefits.  E.O.E. Interested 
applicants can email resumes to:

Rich McFadden, VP of Operations


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Re: [RDD] Play a live stream with Rivendell?

[James L. Stewart]

We do this all the time, but using an external player called via 
Rivendell macro scheduled in the log.  We've done it using both 
"mplayer" and "vlc" players installed in our Linux OS.


Typically we end up putting it in a small script to handle odd events 
like figuring out the audio routing of it or dealing with stream getting 
disconnected and such.  We also are running Jack audio, so it simply 
shows up as a jack client and we route it to our broadcast output.  If 
you aren't using Jack, then you can dedicate an output to an external 
audio switcher that you then command it from Rivendell to switch over 
and back when you need to.


Typically we start the player playing the stream a few seconds before it 
is needed then have a hard-timed macro put it on the air at the exact 
time we need.  Note there is typically a delay caused by the buffering 
action of the player (that can often be adjusted), that you might have 
to deal with.


The service we usually receive also sends sub-audible (25/35hz tones) to 
trigger breaks and program end events that we also send through an 
external tone decoder because I haven't yet found a way to process these 
tones internally in software although I would think some tight filtering 
with a Jack client and the use of silence-jack might work.  If you only 
need to stop the broadcast at a certain time, them another hard-timed 
macro that kills you player and re-routes the audio will do it.



On 5/4/2015 4:01 AM, rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org wrote:

Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 17:26:55 +
From: Peter van Embden
To: User_discussion_about_the_Rivendell_Radio_Automation_System

Subject: [RDD] Play a live stream with Rivendell?
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Hello,


I was wondering: is it possible to set up a cart which can play a stream? For 
example: I know there's a stream at stream.radio.com:9000 (or something like 
that), and I want to play that stream on my station. Can Rivendell handle this 
in some kind of way? The Operations Guide doesn't say anything about this, but 
I kinda need to know this. If it's not possible, I'll have to instruct someone 
to connect a laptop to the line-in of the mixer.


The reason (for if you're wondering): the major will be speaching somewhere and 
we'll be broadcasting that live. The location has a live-stream which we can 
pick up. If I can create a cart that will play this stream, things will be much 
easier. In the future we will have to do similar things more often. In the 
past, before we started using Rivendell, we also had a way to do this.


Sincerely


Peter van Embden

Radio Capelle

The Netherlands


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Re: [RDD] Play a live stream with Rivendell?

[Rob Landry]

On Sun, 3 May 2015, Peter van Embden wrote:

I was wondering: is it possible to set up a cart which can play a 
stream? For example: I know there's a stream at stream.radio.com:9000 
(or something like that), and I want to play that stream on my station. 
Can Rivendell handle this in some kind of way?


I have a client doing this. He receives the stream using a Barix 
Exstreamer, feeds the audio to one input of a Broadcast Tools switcher, 
and then uses a Rivendell macro to switch the audio on the air at the 
appropriate time.



Rob
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Re: [RDD] Play a live stream with Rivendell?

[Wayne Merricks]

You would have to use an external player but if you are using JACK, you 
could use the RN macro to spawn cvlc and connect to the same outputs as 
Rivendell.


You'd also have to have a cart that stopped the feed (rn killall cvlc or 
something).


If you're not using JACK you'd have to pass cvlc to a different sound 
card and then onto the on air play out via a desk fader. Obviously you'd 
have to remember to leave this fader turned on and you could do a 
generic now & next announcement but if the live event played music you 
couldn't automatically change to that.


Also be aware that by streaming you'll probably have a delay of up to 30 
seconds with buffers and things unless you really tune it down.


Wayne Merricks
The Voice Asia

On 04/05/15 08:13, Peter van Embden wrote:
Thanks. I think I'll just stick with the "plug in a laptop" option 
this time.


Verstuurd

*Van:* Nicholas Young 
*Verzonden:* ‎maandag‎ ‎4‎ ‎mei‎ ‎2015 ‎02‎:‎01
*Aan:* Peter van Embden 
*CC:* User_discussion_about_the_Rivendell_Radio_Automation_System 



I asked about this a while back. The answer I received was no.

I haven't tried it, so I don't know if it will work. The advice I 
received was to use an external media player and route the audio as 
needed. Then, use Rivendell's trigger to update the Icecast metadata, 
should you need to do so.


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On May 3, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Peter van Embden > wrote:


Hello,

I was wondering: is it possible to set up a cart which can play a
stream? For example: I know there's a stream at stream.radio.com
:9000 (or something like that), and I
want to play that stream on my station. Can Rivendell handle this
in some kind of way? The Operations Guide doesn't say anything
about this, but I kinda need to know this. If it's not possible,
I'll have to instruct someone to connect a laptop to the line-in
of the mixer.

The reason (for if you're wondering): the major will be
speaching somewhere and we'll be broadcasting that live. The
location has a live-stream which we can pick up. If I can create a
cart that will play this stream, things will be much easier. In
the future we will have to do similar things more often. In the
past, before we started using Rivendell, we also had a way to do this.

Sincerely

Peter van Embden
Radio Capelle
The Netherlands

Verstuurd

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Re: [RDD] Play a live stream with Rivendell?

[Peter van Embden]

Thanks. I think I'll just stick with the "plug in a laptop" option this time. 






Verstuurd





Van: Nicholas Young
Verzonden: ‎maandag‎ ‎4‎ ‎mei‎ ‎2015 ‎02‎:‎01
Aan: Peter van Embden
CC: User_discussion_about_the_Rivendell_Radio_Automation_System





I asked about this a while back. The answer I received was no. 




I haven't tried it, so I don't know if it will work. The advice I received was 
to use an external media player and route the audio as needed. Then, use 
Rivendell's trigger to update the Icecast metadata, should you need to do so. 


---
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Founder / Original Machine LLC
Executive Producer / The Machine Broadcasting Network
Creator / Mixdown
http://OriginalMachine.com / http://Machine.FM / http://Mixdown.co
(312) 685-2109 (Direct)

Schedule an interview with me: http://calendly.com/machinefm



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On May 3, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Peter van Embden  wrote:





Hello,




I was wondering: is it possible to set up a cart which can play a stream? For 
example: I know there's a stream at stream.radio.com:9000 (or something like 
that), and I want to play that stream on my station. Can Rivendell handle this 
in some kind of way? The Operations Guide doesn't say anything about this, but 
I kinda need to know this. If it's not possible, I'll have to instruct someone 
to connect a laptop to the line-in of the mixer.




The reason (for if you're wondering): the major will be speaching somewhere and 
we'll be broadcasting that live. The location has a live-stream which we can 
pick up. If I can create a cart that will play this stream, things will be much 
easier. In the future we will have to do similar things more often. In the 
past, before we started using Rivendell, we also had a way to do this.




Sincerely




Peter van Embden

Radio Capelle

The Netherlands






Verstuurd





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