[RDD] Post Migration Issue with Audio Resources
I'll preface this with not being extremely well versed in Linux or Rivendell back end. I just migrated from a box running an old appliance (CentOS 5) to a new box with the latest appliance. I have followed the migration instructions and created a new host and based it on the old one. In the new host, nothing populates in the Audio Resources area however all of the data is populated in the old host. This being the case, I cannot access log features or configure my audio card (ASI). We've run the scripts to start daemons, rebooted, etc. Am I missing a simple step? Thanks! brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Conference?
...or VNC out of a Windows machine. brandon sossamon On Nov 7, 2014 4:49 AM, Stephen Ward auko...@aukondk.com wrote: The biggest problem I found with screen recording on Linux is most of them have the audio get wildly out of sync with the video, obviously a big problem when demoing Rivendell! That said I recently found that simplescreenrecorder works well with syncing and I've been using it to do some Minecraft vids. I've not tried it yet but it has JACK support: http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/recording-game-audio/ Steve (aukondk) On 7 November 2014 03:03, Brian McKelvey theturtl...@gmail.com wrote: This is a great idea! YouTube is awesome for this kind of thing. I use it constantly to learn about other things, particularly hobbyist electronics (Arduono, raspberry Pi, etc.), and the maker movement. I'd offer to work on making a few videos but I'm afraid I wouldn't be best suited to it because of the aforementioned issues. Anyone know of good screencast-oriented video capture software for Linux? Brian Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com wrote: I'd support a conference but it may make more sense to host a webinar for those too far away or without time to dedicate to the travel. At minimum, a YouTube channel for how-to's. Perhaps folks could submit suggestions for content and a topic (or a topic suggested by more than one individual) is chosen each week and a video is produced. I've found some Linux YouTube channels are helpful just to understand it in a general sense which has helped me grasp the inner workings of RD a little better/faster. brandon sossamon ___ 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 -- Stephen Ward Admin - aukondk.com ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Conference?
I'd support a conference but it may make more sense to host a webinar for those too far away or without time to dedicate to the travel. At minimum, a YouTube channel for how-to's. Perhaps folks could submit suggestions for content and a topic (or a topic suggested by more than one individual) is chosen each week and a video is produced. I've found some Linux YouTube channels are helpful just to understand it in a general sense which has helped me grasp the inner workings of RD a little better/faster. brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Steps to Migrate Between Appliance Versions
Hi All- Can someone point me in the direction of the steps to migrate between Appliance versions? Perhaps there is already an email buried somewhere in the archives? I'm looking to migrate between CentOS-5 appliance to the latest appliance that's available for download. I have read the wiki: http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Migrating_Systems but that one states ...installed Rivendell on the new host and that it is the SAME version as the old host. Seeing as how I would be moving between an old appliance disc and the new DVD image, I want to make sure I take precautions in preserving my database. Thanks! -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Installing A Touchscreen on Appliance 2.8.1
So, I read somewhere that serial is the way to go with touchscreens and RD. Based on the below, is USB an option? If so, I can install the USB driver and rule out Serial Card issues. If that doesn't work then I'll have a 1928L for sale! Thanks all for the help. In general, got the rig up over the weekend and it's on the air. Still learning as I go! ---brandon FWIW, I have never in +10 years been able to get the (closed-source) calibration software provided by ELO to work on Linux. Unfortunately, there are no good alternatives on BA1/CentOS 5 of which I?m aware. BA2/CentOS 6 is a different story, where xinput_calibrator(1) has worked well with all ELO USB-based touch screens I?ve tested. 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
[RDD] Installing A Touchscreen on Appliance 2.8.1
I'm trying to install a touchscreen on my system (Appliance Disc, v.2.8.1, CentOS-5) and getting some weird errors. I'm wondering if something with RD is not set right. The drivers load, everything seems to be happy. Here's what I know: Error when trying to run calibration (happens with elovaLite as well): [root@studiomain elo-ser]# ./elova --nvram Calibration data to be stored in Touchscreen NVRAM (Non-Volatile Memory) if it exists. Error: Touchscreen hardware not responding. Check physical connection. error in ioctl get IOCTL_MM_DIAGNOSTICS : Success Elova: All active touchscreens have been calibrated. [Calibrated 0 touchscreen(s)] Shows the screen as an input device: [root@studiomain elo-ser]# cat /dev/input/ elo_ser event0 event1 event2 mice mouse0 [root@studiomain elo-ser]# ls /dev/input/elo_ser /dev/input/elo_ser System recognizes the serial card/port: [root@studiomain elo-ser]# dmesg | grep ttyS serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A Any ideas? -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Touchscreens Serial Ports
Curious if the serial port for a touchscreen needs to be configured in RDAdmin or is that just for switchers and the like? I have not found any definitive info in the manual or wiki. Thanks. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Log Skipping Hard Start Time Events
As mentioned before, I'm running my system thru the rigors before putting it on air. I've been running logs the past few days and it's purging songs as needed in order to hit the hard start timed events (set up as Make Next). Every few hours it will actually skip the hard start timed event. How should I avoid this as some of these have sponsors? I've tried a couple of different scenarios: The events are Top of the Hour and Bottom of the Hour. TOH is weather Legal ID. BOH is weather intro weather sponsor weather. I've tried setting each up as it's own event, scheduled the appropriate time and Make Next. I also, and currently have it set up as a TOH event Pre-Importing the Weather cart and Legal ID Cart, and a BOH event Pre-Importing the Weather Intro cart, Weather Sponsor Cart and Weather cart. Either way, the log occasionally skips these events. Thanks in advance! RD version 2.8 on CentOS appliance disc. --brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Now Next Parameters
Question: Theoretically, are you supposed to be able to use the Now Next feature in RD without a 3rd Party? In other words, enter the IP, Port and string and it will then transmit the metadata to the stream? Or do you have to have a 3rd party such as Emitworks or the like? I have a Windows based program that will transmit to the IP after pulling the metadata from a txt file. I assumed it was the same for Now Next in RD but I don't get any title updates on the stream end. I'm streaming via ShoutCast. If 3rd party is required, who is everyone using these days? After looking at the wiki, it seems Emitworks and RD Streamdata are no longer around by the links posted in the article. --brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Appliance HDD size
Gavin- When I first looked into Rivendell, I installed from the appliance disc onto an 80G Dell. I was able to load a fair amount of music (enough for trial purposes) and the features seemed to function just fine. Hope that helps. ---brandon On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Subject: [RDD] Appliance HDD size I'm just reading over the install pdf for the appliance DVD. It says a minimum of 320GB HDD, I realise this is ideal, but will it still install on a modest 160GB drive? Cheers, Gavin. ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Now Next Parameters
Thanks! I don't think I'll have that issue as I don't have any of those characters in my library. Rick had mentioned something about using the RLM with the setup file rlm_shoutcast1.conf as a parameter. As I'm not well versed in Linux, what do I need to do with this? Additionally, I have my stream going out via a Windows box. Should the IP feed that box or does it need to go out over the stream IP:port? Many thanks! ---brandon On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Fernando Della Torre f...@vdit.com.br wrote: Hi Brandon. It works, but I had rdairplay crashing and exiting when using special chars, as ç, é, ã. And I really need them, as I'm on Brazil. Regards, Atenciosamente, Fernando Della Torre Tecnologia da Informação (: +55 16 98137-1240 (: +55 16 99137-2886 *: f...@vdit.com.br V.D.I.T. Soluções em Virtualização A utilização deste e-mail não implica em autorização ou outorga de poderes para seu usuário praticar qualquer ato em nome das empresas citadas, cuja representação considera-se válida se praticada exclusivamente por representante legal ou procurador devidamente constituído, na forma estabelecida em seu respectivo estatuto ou contrato social 2014-03-17 13:30 GMT-03:00 Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com: Question: Theoretically, are you supposed to be able to use the Now Next feature in RD without a 3rd Party? In other words, enter the IP, Port and string and it will then transmit the metadata to the stream? Or do you have to have a 3rd party such as Emitworks or the like? I have a Windows based program that will transmit to the IP after pulling the metadata from a txt file. I assumed it was the same for Now Next in RD but I don't get any title updates on the stream end. I'm streaming via ShoutCast. If 3rd party is required, who is everyone using these days? After looking at the wiki, it seems Emitworks and RD Streamdata are no longer around by the links posted in the article. --brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] RDCatch Download Issue
I'll give this a run thru. Thanks! It at least gives me a starting point. ---brandon On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Robert jeffares.rob...@gmail.com wrote: have a look at the files that download but don't cart and see what is in the mp3 tags. I have had issues with files which to all intents and purposes are OK but had obscure characters in tag files. mp3 players are not fussy but rdimport is! Somewhere I have a tag clean up script that sets everything to null except the Title and Artist. Solved the problem for me. Check the sample rate too. RD can be a bit fussy at low or odd sample rates. resample fixed the problem on one source which would not play through on two different systems. [RD Jasler] wget pulls the file in resample using lame output file with a different name to the dropbox One of our providers has an origination system which outputs files as .MP3 with filenames including spaces that RDCATCH would not handle. [and we tried everything] wget allows us to download, rename, and the file works! In summary there is a lot of vestigial junk in mp3 files which are definitely not all created equal. Programme originators don't understand or care. Fortunately you can automate the clean up process. I look at each source on a case by case basis rather than have a jiffy fix all script because every time you resample audio you lose a little. Sometimes tags and renaming are all that is necessary. Cowboy will remember when all we had to do was switch RIAA/CCIR/LP/FLAT! regards Robert Jeffares ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Log Skipping Hard Start Time Events
Yes. I'll pull one when I get back to the machine this evening. For description; on the RDAirplay screen, the log in the right hand panel, all of the events that played are GRAY, the skipped event is WHITE, the playing is GREEN, the forthcoming is LIGHT GREEN. I'll get a shot to you this evening as I'm sure there were more skipped today. Thanks for the help! ---brandon Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:01:19 -0500 From: Chris Howard - CBR c...@elfpen.com To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] Log Skipping Hard Start Time Events Message-ID: 5327467f.2080...@elfpen.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is it possible to see a screen shot of the log and the part it skipped? ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] RDCatch Download Issue
Perhaps this will garner a response... I went back into RDCatch this morning and noticed that 1 of today's events downloaded successfully and placed the audio in the correct destination. The other event scheduled for this morning is highlighted pink. If I right click on it and select edit cue markers, it gives me the following error: Unable to download peak data, error was: RDXport service returned an error. I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't operator error. I'm just comparing all the events and they seem to be set up identically and proper according to the ops manual and wiki. Can someone lend some advice as to what else I should be checking? Many thanks! ---Brandon On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com wrote: I'm currently running my machine in test before putting it on the air chain so pardon the string of questions that may follow in the coming week. Just trying to learn all of this and get it on the air by April. I created a daily download event in RDCatch for a news report I subscribe to. It's posted as an mp3 in an open website (no username or password). The event in RDCatch turns green for 2 seconds at the download time but puts no audio in the destination cut and displays no error. I've double checked my set up against the ops manual and the wiki article and everything seems to be done correctly. Does this issue ring any bells? Furthermore, there is another mp3 file on the same site that I download daily. The address is this format: http://name.domainname.com/filename%20thursday%203-13.mp3 In order to get this into RDCatch, do I need to use the wildcard %% to recognize the %20 and %203-13? In other words, should the address be entered into RDCatch as: http://name.domainname.com/filename%%20thursday%%203-13.mp3 -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] RDCatch Download Issue
I might add that the Status states Unknown Audio Format yet they're all mp3 including the one that downloaded successfully. ---brandon On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps this will garner a response... I went back into RDCatch this morning and noticed that 1 of today's events downloaded successfully and placed the audio in the correct destination. The other event scheduled for this morning is highlighted pink. If I right click on it and select edit cue markers, it gives me the following error: Unable to download peak data, error was: RDXport service returned an error. I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't operator error. I'm just comparing all the events and they seem to be set up identically and proper according to the ops manual and wiki. Can someone lend some advice as to what else I should be checking? Many thanks! ---Brandon On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com wrote: I'm currently running my machine in test before putting it on the air chain so pardon the string of questions that may follow in the coming week. Just trying to learn all of this and get it on the air by April. I created a daily download event in RDCatch for a news report I subscribe to. It's posted as an mp3 in an open website (no username or password). The event in RDCatch turns green for 2 seconds at the download time but puts no audio in the destination cut and displays no error. I've double checked my set up against the ops manual and the wiki article and everything seems to be done correctly. Does this issue ring any bells? Furthermore, there is another mp3 file on the same site that I download daily. The address is this format: http://name.domainname.com/filename%20thursday%203-13.mp3 In order to get this into RDCatch, do I need to use the wildcard %% to recognize the %20 and %203-13? In other words, should the address be entered into RDCatch as: http://name.domainname.com/filename%%20thursday%%203-13.mp3 -- brandon sossamon -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Log Generation
Alan- That was the fix! Thanks! I would have never thought of that. I changed it to a simple %Y_%m_%d and it went thru just fine. Thanks to Chris Howard for the same tip at almost the same time. I sure I'll be back with more questions soon enough. -- brandon -- As I am a beginner too, this is probably NOT the reason, but thought I would pass it along: Back when I was testing the Rivendell Appliance V1 CD, I ran into an issue where it would only schedule one song per hour. Even though in the guide it is shown as an example, I found the problem was a - in either the hostname or service name (I can't remember which). I had the servicename something like wxyz-fm. I submitted a bug report when the mantis was online, but don't know if that ever got fixed. Like I said, that probably is not your issue, but it sounded familiar so thought I would throw in my half a cent worth. As for the artist sep rules, it is my understanding that even if it has to break a rule, it will put SOMETHING in the spot, even if its not what you intended.' -Alan ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] RDLogIn
Here's a beginners question for ya. I have my name set as the default user in the Host menu. When I go to RDLogIn and click Default User, it enters my name at the top of the window, there's nothing other than user in the drop down and none of my passwords allow me to log in. What am I missing? I seem to be locked out of log functions at this point. Thanks in advance! ---brandon -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Importing multiple files into rdlibrary via rdimport.
Hey Owen- I was on this same learning curve just a few weeks ago. I found it best to copy all the files from the original location and paste them into a folder on the desktop. For simplicity, I labeled the folder musicimport. I too had several sub folders which I wanted to import into a respective Group in RD. That being said, I copied the files out of each sub folder, one folder at a time so that it was only the files within the musicimport folder on the desktop...no sub folders. Once I had the files in place, I personally used this command in the terminal: RDImport --verbose MUSIC /home/rd/Desktop/musicimport/*.mp3 Obviously you'll want to substitute the MUSIC group with whatever group you'd like the files imported to. Additionally, if the files you're importing are WAV , you'll want to change the *.mp3 to *.wav. Doing it this way allows you to keep your files in their original location which would double as a back up. Hope this helps. --brandon sossamon Hello, I'm still on a steep learning curve setting up and getting to know Rivendell. I'm trying to import and convert to wav mp3 files from a removable drive via usb. The drive is called 'Elements' the main music folder is called 'MUSIC'. Within the 'MUSIC' folder are many sub folders. I've tried to import in terminal following these instructions http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Using_rdimport_to_import_mp3_files I get a reply. Can't open Elements, skipped. Can't open MUSIC skipped. Can't open (name of sub folder). skipped. Can't open *.mp3. I thought I'd place the files as cuts in carts that represented the folder it came from on the removable drive 'Elements'. I would appreciate it if somebody could tell me the string of instructions I need to import files from Elements/MUSIC/subfoldername. Also. As I don't want the files on the removable drive deleted I need to be sure. Amongst the text that 'terminal' presents it does say that the delete function is off, so I guess that the original files are safe. Perhaps I need to copy the files from the removable drive onto the main hard drive and import from there. Many thanks, Owen Dawe. ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Need Help With Serial Problems
Interesting. I wonder if that's the same issue with my Syba serial card. I haven't been able to get my touchscreen going. It outputs a few seconds of data then just stops. Won't work again until after a reboot but then gives the same results. -- brandon sossamon Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:20:25 -0600 From: Ryan Williams rya...@gmail.com To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] Need Help With Serial Problems Message-ID: CA+hnkHYk52QNg-dM-82=+kfkouunapxj5wwg5dod4gy1ac3...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I wanted to finally follow up on the serial port problem. I intended to update this sooner, but I've had a lot going on. We are fully on the new system now, so here it is... There were actually a couple of separate issues going on which made it difficult to figure out exactly where the problem was. First, the Rosewill RC-301 PCI serial card just doesn't want to work with CentOS 6.4. I tried a handful of things and never could get any activity out of it. The specs claim Linux support, but I never had any luck. Secondly, I mistakenly set up my switcher in Rivendell as a BroadcastTools 8X2, which is not the same thing as a BroadcastTools 8.2. This explains why when I dropped in a known compatible card, the SIIG CyberPro S4, I saw serial data coming out of the card, but I couldn't get Rivendell to actually change channels. Thirdly, there does appear to be some kind of bug in the Appliance v2 involving serial ports. Even now, on Rivendell 2.8.0, when I reboot the new system, the serial ports don't work at first. They seem to not be enabled or connected in Rivendell. This problem is remedied by opening up RDAdmin and disabling each needed serial port and then re-enabling it. Finally, if anyone is looking for a USB to serial adapter that works with the Appliance, I can recommend this Manhattan model from Amazon, which is currently available for a little over $8: http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Serial-Converter- Connects-205146/dp/B0007OWNYA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid= 1389719503sr=8-1keywords=usb+to+serial . Thanks for everyone for trying to help; I'm glad to have this behind me. Ryan ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Need Help With Serial Problems
Mine is not USB based so I can rule that out. It's either the serial controller in the monitor or the card not getting along with the ASUS motherboard. I still have a few tricks to try out and I'll add yours to the list. Next on the agenda...find time! --brandon sossamon Hi, I've often run into difficulties with USB-based serial adapters, to the point where I've given up on them for all but the most trivial things. If you're able to find something with an onboard serial port, or failing that get a card-based port, you'll be likely to save a lot of headaches. Another thing I've run into, some serial ports only seem to work properly after they've been initially set up. I had one system a while back where it would not see the serial port upon boot until I opened up a terminal prompt and gave it the setup: stty -F /dev/ttyS0 9600 Of course, replace the S0 and the 9600 with the port number and baud rate you are using. What I ended up doing on that computer is I put the command into a script which runs upon boot, that solved the issue. You could potentially put this into the Rivendell daemon init script, trigger the serial port before starting up the rest of the daemons. I don't know if this might help to fix the problem mentioned below where rdadmin needs to be opened up first to diable and re-enable the serial port, but it might be worth a try. ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] RDLibrary Auditing
I'm curious to know if there's a way to audit your library and see tracks with markers/schedule codes vs. tracks without. I'm on the appliance disc 2.8.0/CentOS. Brandon -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Rivendell-dev Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1
@Cowboy: Thanks for the tips! That will come in handy! With a name like Cowboy, there's only one way to take you! ;) @Fred: I rebuilt an old box that had SS32 on it. All new guts but I kept the ASI6114! That being said, I posed this question in an earlier email, I'm assuming Rivendell comes with the drivers for this card but does it also come with ASIControl? The reason I ask is I am running my station mono and would like to run the card in mono mode instead of building a bunch of resistive networks to knock it down. Also, I'm installing from the Appliance CD you gave me last JAN which is 1.0.0-x86_64. After installing it on other machines, it looks like RD upgrades to v.2 with updates but keeps the KDE3 and CentOS 5. I'm about to start the install now. On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM, rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org wrote: Send Rivendell-dev mailing list submissions to rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to rivendell-dev-requ...@lists.rivendellaudio.org You can reach the person managing the list at rivendell-dev-ow...@lists.rivendellaudio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Rivendell-dev digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: First Steps Document (Cowboy) 2. Re: First Steps Document (Cowboy) 3. Re: First Steps Document (Fred Gleason) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 07:58:20 -0500 From: Cowboy c...@cwf1.com To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] First Steps Document Message-ID: 201402010758.20563.c...@cwf1.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Friday 31 January 2014 09:55:18 pm Brandon Sossamon wrote: Awesome! ?Thanks for the info! ?I'll give it a shot. On Friday, January 31, 2014, Chris Howard - CBR c...@elfpen.com wrote: Can't access /var/snd? do this command to show mounted filesystems: prompt ?df Maybe a bit more useful to you. More familiar anyway, df -h The -h means in human terms will give you sizing in more familiar terms. Usually, -h means help but not in this case. ( or a lot of things improved by FSF ) df is a request for disk free There is also du for disk used, with several more options. Anything FSF GNU, the long option --help will get you a usage and syntax summary, so df --help will get you a usage summary. Every unix in the world has the manual installed, so man du will get you the manual page on du. Most FSF stuff has gone to INFO which is not on all systems, Kinda random on that one. If you're feeling especially masochistic, hit tab twice. You'll see how many command line commands there are on your system, and have the option of listing them all. If you hit one letter, then hit tab twice, you'll get a listing of all available commands starting with that letter. Can be very useful sometimes. -- Cowboy http://cowboy.cwf1.com BOO! We changed Coke again! BLEAH! BLEAH! -- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500 From: Cowboy c...@cwf1.com To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] First Steps Document Message-ID: 201402010851.17298.c...@cwf1.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Friday 31 January 2014 07:57:39 pm Brandon Sossamon wrote: No offense taken. That's the biggest downfall to email...perceived emotion. HEAR ! HEAR ! Truth be told, I'm just not a very nice person, so I'm often taken wrong. :) -- Cowboy http://cowboy.cwf1.com BOO! We changed Coke again! BLEAH! BLEAH! -- Message: 3 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 11:31:11 -0500 From: Fred Gleason fr...@paravelsystems.com To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Subject: Re: [RDD] First Steps Document Message-ID: f872b521-af92-4947-821d-305526cce...@paravelsystems.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Jan 31, 2014, at 17:59 58, Robert Jeffares jeffares.rob...@gmail.com wrote: The appliance CD runs a cut down KDE desktop. Getting used to it is easy enough. Version 1 (CentOS 5) uses KDE3. Version 2 (CentOS 6) uses Gnome, mostly because KDE3 went away and KDE4 is a basket case. Just as easy to use though. Get the best sound card you can afford. Check before you buy that it is ALSA compatible. Or better still, an AudioScience card (http://www.audioscience.com), in which case ALSA compatibility is irrelevant. One note of caution here: there are lots of used ASI cards for sale at places like eBay. If you go that route, be sure to get an ASI5xxx or ASI6xxx series
Re: [RDD] First Steps Document
Its looking like a stand alone set up. I thought about networking with my OptiPlex and using that as music import and log creation but it would have to send it to the primary play out machine. Mainly music rotation with a few features sprinkled in daily. brandon sossamon On Jan 31, 2014 10:00 AM, Alessio Elmi alessio_e...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Brandon, there's no unique way to set up things, as there may be many configurations in response to the needs of every radio station. Are you considering an independent stand-alone workstation or a networked configuration (with a db and storage server and many clients)? Do you need live/presenter interaction or just music rotation? Alessio 2014-01-31 Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com: Thanks. I've been on the wiki for quite some time studying up. Like most wiki's it's vague in some places and detailed in others. I hadn't seen the First Steps doc in quite some time so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I've had RD installed on 2 machines to play around with and learn. I'm now installing it on a pro machine so I want to make sure all is done right. I apologize to all for the basic questions. As mentioned before, Linux is new to me but so far I'm loving it. Thanks for the help! -- brandon sossamon ___ 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
Re: [RDD] First Steps Document
I wasn't necessarily saying there should be more detailed info out there (although it would be nice), I was just saying I want to get my hands on as much detail as possible before doing the installation this weekend. The hardest part is the fact that this product is attractive to any and all radio station operators but can be intimidating to those that have NO Linux experience (such as myself). Reading through the solutions on the wiki and here on the list is a GREAT wealth of knowledge but some of the codes and forms of executing these tasks are Greek to us newbies. I agree with what Cowboy said regarding giving back. I'm actually documenting everything for a user review for an online community. I'm hoping I can post the notes in a public location to add to the knowledge base. I personally think the Brett Blog regarding building music schedules and logs is brilliant. I followed the steps listed and created a log on my trial laptop installation and that's what pushed me to dive in 100% and get it up and running on my community station. It's also confusing to read a solution to a problem written to Debian or Ubuntu when you've installed from the Appliance Disc which installs CentOS. Unless you're experienced in Linux, you don't really know what crosses over if anything. Not to say it can't be learned. It's just time consuming. In a situation like mine, you're trying to get it on the air ASAP so when you hit a roadblock, you have to stop and reference the list, the wiki, Google or YouTube. ...but, it's educating. I know us newbies with basic questions can weigh on the patience of those more experienced with bigger problems. That's where a lot of the give and take is in this type of list. Hence my apology for the basic questions. Luckily I have a brother-in-law that is a software engineer and I'll start hounding him with all of my basic Linux questions. Trust me, no complaints here. Just trying to soak up as much as I can without annoying everyone. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com wrote: Its looking like a stand alone set up. I thought about networking with my OptiPlex and using that as music import and log creation but it would have to send it to the primary play out machine. Mainly music rotation with a few features sprinkled in daily. brandon sossamon On Jan 31, 2014 10:00 AM, Alessio Elmi alessio_e...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi Brandon, there's no unique way to set up things, as there may be many configurations in response to the needs of every radio station. Are you considering an independent stand-alone workstation or a networked configuration (with a db and storage server and many clients)? Do you need live/presenter interaction or just music rotation? Alessio 2014-01-31 Brandon Sossamon brandon.sossa...@gmail.com: Thanks. I've been on the wiki for quite some time studying up. Like most wiki's it's vague in some places and detailed in others. I hadn't seen the First Steps doc in quite some time so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I've had RD installed on 2 machines to play around with and learn. I'm now installing it on a pro machine so I want to make sure all is done right. I apologize to all for the basic questions. As mentioned before, Linux is new to me but so far I'm loving it. Thanks for the help! -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] First Steps Document
You have to know the OS and even basic code with the appliance CD. I'm looking to move my library from one machine to another and can't access /var/snd to get the files. I've tried as root and still no luck. All of that is outside of the Appliance CD. Same goes for networking machines. You have to know how to navigate the OS in order to establish and/or implement some features of Rivendell. If you were just planning to load music fresh, generate logs and press play then no, knowing much about the OS is not necessary. I just learned how to use RDImport last week. What was my first mistake? Knowing what a terminal is! I was entering the command in the command utility on CentOS. So, yes, you should have a very basic understanding of the OS even with the Appliance CD. brandon sossamon On Jan 31, 2014, Cowboy wrote: Which is the basis of the Appliance CD. ( and the turn-key systems from Paravel ) Why would you need to know anything about the underlying OS ? How much do you know about the OS that runs your car ? -- Cowboy ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] First Steps Document
Not at all. I just wanted to point out that you have to know a little and I speak from experience. I'm a certified idiot when it comes to anything IT...even on simple Windows machines. That being said, Linux is quite eye opening. Tying this back to topic, something like the Brett Blog for all the main features of RD would be extremely helpful for those less educated. Be it user submitted or Paravel. Being an open-source appliance, you really can't ask for the world here as everyone will have varying results. No offense taken. That's the biggest downfall to email...perceived emotion. brandon sossamon On Jan 31, 2014, Cowboy wrote: I'm not criticizing you, and I appologize if it came across that way. -- Cowboy ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Moving Library From Machine to Another
I am planning to load into my new machine this weekend. I have a good bit of my library set with markers and would like to keep that. Upon looking into the wiki for help, I found the following article: Can I move just my audio carts to another Rivendell System? Q: I would like to do a total Rivendell database overhaul and basically start over with a new system setup. The only thing that I would like to keep is my music library. Is there a way that I can keep the music data (name, artist, album, scheduler codes, etc.) and easily integrate it back into a new rivendell database? A: You might want to check out the 'rivendell-filter' utility (part of the 'rivendell-importers' package), which was designed to do precisely this sort of thing --i.e. copy carts from one Rivendell DB to another. Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. Chief Developer Paravel Systems Note: See /usr/share/doc/rivendell/RIVENDELL_FILTER.txt on a computer with Rivendell installed for more information. I entered the above path and it gave me a no such file or directory error. Are there further directions elsewhere? Anyone have any tips on making this sort of move? Will moving the database do the same or just the data? -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] OT: SoundPanel
Is RDPanel what you're looking for in Rivendell? As far as other panels available, I've used I-Jingle for iPad. It's not bad. -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Moving Library From Machine to Another
Thanks, Geoff. There's not much to keep on the old machine. I was originally going to use it as my primary machine but discovered my AudioScience card doesn't fit. So...I took an old SS32 machine and rebuilt it last weekend with all new guts. I'm planning to install RD from the appliance CD this weekend so as far as host names, it's a blank slate. I assume I can follow the steps in the Migration article on the wiki ( http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Migrating_Systems). I'm new to all flavors of Linux so I'll have to figure out locating the audio files in /var/snd. I have RD installed on a laptop here at the office just to help get the feel of it and CentOS. This particular machine won't let me into /var/snd even if logged in as su or root. -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Moving Library From Machine to Another
Sorry. Maybe it's because I'm new to all of this but I am installing from the Paravel Appliance Disc which is CentOS. It has an early version of RD on it but updates once installed. Just for grins, I entered the path in the computer here and it came back with no results. There's a good chance I'm not doing something right. I'm a rookie at this so I may need a little step x step handholding. Am I entering it in a terminal or in the find files utility? On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Robert jeffares.rob...@gmail.com wrote: Brandon, if you are using other then the appliance os your files may be in a different place use find / -name '*FILTER.txt' and you should track it down or locate if your system has it you need to be root It works fine You can also backup and restore and copy the /var/snd from the old system to the new system Robert On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 14:04 -0600, Brandon Sossamon wrote: I am planning to load into my new machine this weekend. I have a good bit of my library set with markers and would like to keep that. Upon looking into the wiki for help, I found the following article: Can I move just my audio carts to another Rivendell System? Q: I would like to do a total Rivendell database overhaul and basically start over with a new system setup. The only thing that I would like to keep is my music library. Is there a way that I can keep the music data (name, artist, album, scheduler codes, etc.) and easily integrate it back into a new rivendell database? A: You might want to check out the 'rivendell-filter' utility (part of the 'rivendell-importers' package), which was designed to do precisely this sort of thing --i.e. copy carts from one Rivendell DB to another. Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. Chief Developer Paravel Systems Note: See /usr/share/doc/rivendell/RIVENDELL_FILTER.txt on a computer with Rivendell installed for more information. I entered the above path and it gave me a no such file or directory error. Are there further directions elsewhere? Anyone have any tips on making this sort of move? Will moving the database do the same or just the data? -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] First Steps Document
Is there a copy of the First Steps document floating around somewhere? I have Rivendell installed on 2 machines and both of them come up blank. I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything when I do the new install this weekend. -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782 ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] RD and AudioScience Cards
I finished building my PC I plan to implement with Rivendell and have the AS6114 installed. I'm curious if RD comes loaded with the AudioScience drivers or if I will need to download those. Also, is ASIControl included? Curious as I will want to run my card in mono mode. Perhaps there's an RD utility that manages this? -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] RDImport Errors
Worked like a champ! Thanks! -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] RDImport Errors
Hi- I'm new to RD and new to this list. I've been trying to run RDImport for the last 4 days and consistently get the invalid group specified error. I've entered the command in countless variations. The base line command I'm using is as follows: rdimport %t%a%l MUSIC /home/rd/Desktop/musichold/*.mp3 As it's written, I'm trying to import all mp3 files from a folder on the desktop labeled musichold and place them in the MUSIC group with the title, artist and album metadata. The only time I have received a different result is when I entered the following line: rdimport --metadata-pattern='%t_%a_%l' MUSIC /home/rd/Desktop/musichold/*.mp3 This command gave me the following error: Unable to open /home/rd/Desktop/musichold/*.mp3, skipping... When I tried to repeat this, I get absolutely no reaction from the terminal. No error, no new line, no nothing. As I'm new to Linux CentOS as well, I will say the Terminal opens with [rd@localhost ~]$ already in the window. I'm assuming this is supposed to be there. Other info that may be helpful to my case: The music is being pulled off of a Windows machine via smb. I have tried both importing via the smb path as well as copying and pasting onto the desktop. Additionally the files have a '~4' within the name due to the previous automation system. The 4 being a variable number between different files. This is in the title before the file extension (obviously). I'm greatful for any help offered. I've perused the google group as well as any related help pages and so far, no solution. Thanks! -- brandon sossamon ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
