Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Lee Baker
Thanks for that! Assistance much appreciated and worked like a dream. Cheers, Lee From: rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org [mailto:rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org] On Behalf Of Mircea Paun Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 1:59 AM To: User discussion about the

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Cowboy
On Monday 25 February 2013 11:47:29 am Jay Ashworth wrote: > In my case, the network side and the broadcast side have both been major > interests for me for a long time; I worked in my votech HS's "radio > station" with a 4-knob RCA and Big Tables, so while I'm not an expert > on either side, I'm

[RDD] RDAirplay and spacebar screeching halt behavior

2013-02-25 Thread Alan Smith
Tell tinkering around with Rivendell learning the ins and outs. We noticed that if you hit the spacebar in RDAirplay it alternates between play and stop. We are concerned about accidental use of the spacebar. I have spacebar behavior set to "none" in RDAirplay under RDAdmin/edit hosts/RDAirpla

[RDD] Nice feature with rdairplay

2013-02-25 Thread Geoff Barkman
Hi There I've just recently changed from Rivendell 1.72 to Rivendell 2.20. I've noticed a very nice feature... I don't know when it came in. In rdairplay and presumably rdpanel as well. If I put a dark colour on any of the hotkey buttons... the text colour changes to white... making it easy to read

[RDD] Some useful websites

2013-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
In exchange for my rant earlier, I'd like to share with the members of the list a couple of websites I think you might find of interest: === First is a blog written by a radio engineer named Paul Thurst on the East Coast. He contracts to a bunch of stations, and is prone to some very thoughtful

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Nathan Steele" [ quoting me: ] > > So your airchain machines don't talk to the Internet at all, then? > Well, they do. And let me state here and now that I did not design the > layout of our network, and won't claim this to be the best. All > automation equi

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:22 20, Jay Ashworth wrote: > Well, perhaps it's slightly easier to pick up the first 30% of network > engineering than it is RF engineering, but that last 70% is critical. Traffic engineering? What's 'dat?? :) > -- jr 'apologies to Fred for the noise' a No worries. It

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Nathan Steele
> So your airchain machines don't talk to the Internet at all, then? Well, they do. And let me state here and now that I did not design the layout of our network, and won't claim this to be the best. All automation equipment is on a completely seperate network from everything else. there is a co

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:00 01, Brooks Whiteford wrote: > If you're finding dropouts are common during big data transfers, perhaps a > new network switch is in order. We didn't have a lot of cash to spend, but an > enterprise grade Cisco switch has made network issues a thing of the past. I can t

Re: [RDD] Automatic "OnAir" flag [WAS: Allow sending now and next data based on rules]

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Stupid me, of course ! Thanks a lot ! Hoggins! Le 25/02/2013 18:04, Fred Gleason a écrit : > Put the appropriate RML in a startup cart (specified in RDAdmin->ManageHosts). ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http:

Re: [RDD] Automatic "OnAir" flag [WAS: Allow sending now and next data based on rules]

2013-02-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:24 06, Hoggins! wrote: > Is there a way to automatically set the "OnAir" flag when RDAirplay > starts ? Put the appropriate RML in a startup cart (specified in RDAdmin->ManageHosts). Cheers! |-| | Fr

Re: [RDD] Allow sending now and next data based on rules

2013-02-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Feb 25, 2013, at 09:01 33, Hoggins! wrote: > Using this module, you can set whether to send Now and Next data > according to the "On Air" status : Correct. All of the RLMs supplied with stock Rivendell support this functionality. For those rolling their own, the state of the OnAir flag is

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Nathan Steele" > > 1) Is there anything on that physical switch besides the Rivendell > > servers and workstations? > NOPE, and there shouldn't be. And that's probably the most important thing. > > 2) Do you have dual Ethernets in each machine? > In the m

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Nathan Steele
In my case, as I said, I'm pretty sure disk I/O is the bottleneck, not the LAN. and the large transfer I am talking about is RSYNC backing up /var/snd one a week, which I have tamed using command line options. > *The LAN it's connected to is part of your airchain*. > > *You have to treat it that

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Brooks Whiteford" > If you're finding dropouts are common during big data transfers, perhaps a > new network switch is in order. We didn't have a lot of cash to spend, but > an enterprise grade Cisco switch has made network issues a thing of the > past. The

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Alessio Elmi
We have configuration 1) We don't have dropouts, only delays. Maybe tweaking configuration files can get the situation better? Frame/period in ALSA? rsize/wsize in filesystem? I don't know... A 2013/2/25 Brooks Whiteford : > We've got 6 nodes on our network, all hitting two separate servers (one

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Brooks Whiteford
We've got 6 nodes on our network, all hitting two separate servers (one for storage and one for DB). We've found that it's best two have the audio interface remain local on a busy network. The exception would be if you're using Livewire, which we are using successfully without dropouts in a few spo

Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Mircea Paun
Hi, You Have two print screen from Rivendell settings and from Powergold settings. https://www.dropbox.com/s/5mzw4fbbyc35ub5/PGandRIVE.png mIRCea On 2/25/2013 9:24 AM, Lee Baker wrote: and the RD import ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-d

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Speaking of which, wouldn't it be neat to be able to "hot-reload" RDAirplay's config ? Hoggins! Le 25/02/2013 16:52, Nathan Steele a écrit : > this would allow you to close and reopen > rdairplay for example if you needed to change a setting ___ R

Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Mircea Paun
Hi, Two print-screen. From Rivendell settings and from Powergold settings https://www.dropbox.com/s/5mzw4fbbyc35ub5/PGandRIVE.png mIRCea On 2/25/2013 9:24 AM, Lee Baker wrote: Hi All, just wondering if anyone has had success getting Powergold to work with RD. If so, would you mind posting th

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Nathan Steele
WE use case 2. problem is, a network disturbance still causes problems., ie unplug network cable, song stops. Would be nice if the current song would at least keep playing, this would allow you to close and reopen rdairplay for example if you needed to change a setting. I also have experienced

Re: [RDD] Automatic "OnAir" flag [WAS: Allow sending now and next data based on rules]

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Hello again, I'm now successfuly using the rlm_udp module, according to the "OnAir" flag. It works like a charm ! Now I have a little question, but it is quite important. It's about RDAirplay startup. Is there a way to automatically set the "OnAir" flag when RDAirplay starts ? As stated in my pr

Re: [RDD] New installation not happening

2013-02-25 Thread techdan
Alan, My new machine install process: Install broadcast appliance and do not install any updates only update rivendell. "yum install rivendell" I've had X11 updates break some video cards I have been using. Todd On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:52:25 -0500 (EST) Alan Peterson wrote: > 2nd attempt

Re: [RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Hello, We use this case, and it works perfectly, with no problem! Maybe one slight problem, though : if heavily using the Ethernet link between the two hosts (during a big transfer, for example), we sometimes experience audio dropouts on the playing machine. We have not yet investigated whether i

Re: [RDD] Allow sending now and next data based on rules

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Woops ! I wrote two messages, and I forgot to send the one in which I thank you for your help, Tom ! Thanks again! Hoggins! Le 25/02/2013 15:01, Hoggins! a écrit : > Actually, I think I'm gonna usethe rlm_udp module, because reading > through the user forums, I discovered that the "

[RDD] Performance in a LAN environment

2013-02-25 Thread Alessio Elmi
Hi everyone, sometimes we feel like a delay in commands (from the moment we press NEXT to the moment I effectively hear sound). I was wonder is changing the structure may help or not. CASE 1 (present situation): Computer A has installed RDAirPlay and has audio card. Computer B has db and audio sto

Re: [RDD] Allow sending now and next data based on rules

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Actually, I think I'm gonna usethe rlm_udp module, because reading through the user forums, I discovered that the "built-in" is deprecated. Using this module, you can set whether to send Now and Next data according to the "On Air" status : http://rivendell-de.googlecode.com/svn/base/trunk/rivende

Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Marcin Marzec
> I would like to know the field setups for both the export of Powergold and > the import field setup for RD. Refer to wiki. All you need is there with samples. In basic setup, Rivendell only need two things: 1. Air time of imported element 2. File number of element (if applicable). Single outp

Re: [RDD] Allow sending now and next data based on rules

2013-02-25 Thread Tom Dawson
Hi Hoggins, We had a similar situation here - two machines both broadcasting Now and Next to the same SHOUTcast server. Unfortunately the On Air and Off Air flags do not determine if Now and Next data is transmitted. However, I made two Macro carts that set the flag to 1 or 0, and also echo '1' o

Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Lee Baker
Hello, Yes I did try using standard export in PG and PG Music in RD but with no success. It just doesn't import at all. I should re-word my question. I would like to know the field setups for both the export of Powergold and the import field setup for RD. IE the offset and length settings in RD

Re: [RDD] RDD and PowerGold

2013-02-25 Thread Marcin Marzec
Lee Baker wrote: > Hi All, just wondering if anyone has had success getting Powergold to work > with RD. > > If so, would you mind posting the PG export settings and the RD import > settings please. There is no such thing as export and import settings, because Rivendell can be configured to wor

[RDD] Allow sending now and next data based on rules

2013-02-25 Thread Hoggins!
Hello everyone, We use several Rivendell machines, in different studios, alternately transmitting on the same program. Both send their now and next data to the sameserver. This data is then processed to feed the streaming server and the RDS encoder. We would like to have a way to set our machines

Re: [RDD] Rivendell wiki

2013-02-25 Thread Alban Peignier
Hi Sharkie, > I want to update some entries on the wiki but Alban blocked my write > access on 16 August 2012. It's a (horrible) mistake. Before account confirmation, we had to manage hundred of spams every week. Your account has been blocked during these maintenance operations. I've just unbloc