Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Stephen McCracken
>> if the RDD developer folk in general were to centralize on a platform... > Broadcast Appliance/CentOS *is* RHE, in all but name and logo. Just curious, are there any plans/dates of a transition to CentOS6 as the base? sjm ___ Rivendell-dev mailing li

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread John Edstrom
On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 08:48 -0800, Kevin Miller wrote: > On 07/08/2013 07:19 AM, Gary wrote: > > > if the RDD developer folk in general were to centralize on a platform > > like RHE or Suse Linux Enterprise Server - SLES with a longer life > > span would resolve to a more stable platform with grea

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Andy Sayler
It's also worth noting that all Ubuntu LTS releases (12.04, 14.04, etc) carry a full 5 year support period for both the desktop and server variants. And there's a new version every two years for those that want to stay on top of things (as opposed to RHEL/CentOS which only sees major version update

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Lorne Tyndale
Hi Gary, > In the big pic the fast moving revisions of the Linux freeware seems to be a > deal breaker with many RDD > installations. Just my perspective... if the RDD developer folk in general > were to centralize on a platform > like RHE or Suse Linux Enterprise Server - SLES with a longer li

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Kevin Miller
On 07/08/2013 07:19 AM, Gary wrote: if the RDD developer folk in general were to centralize on a platform like RHE or Suse Linux Enterprise Server - SLES with a longer life span would resolve to a more stable platform with greater support. I believe it is Actually they have. RD used to be bui

Re: [RDD] Streaming encoder options [WAS: arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request]

2013-07-08 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 8, 2013, at 12:31 52, Rob Landry wrote: > I have darkice and icecast running reliably under a variety of Linux > distributions at several stations, no problem. But the streaming encoder is > always on a separate machine from Rivendell. I'm a bit puzzled why anyone > would want to stream

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 8, 2013, at 11:19 24, Gary wrote: > if the RDD developer folk in general were to centralize on a platform like > RHE or Suse Linux Enterprise Server - SLES with a longer life span would > resolve to a more stable platform with greater support. Broadcast Appliance/CentOS *is* RHE, in all

Re: [RDD] SuSE support [WAS: arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request]

2013-07-08 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 7, 2013, at 15:54 11, G Wood wrote: > Just another comment... my experience with SLES - Suse Linux Enterprise > Server has shown excellent stability over long periods of time (6 or more > years) with a guaranteed life span of 7 years by the vendor. Although SLES > 11.2 the latest, SLES

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 7, 2013, at 16:59 24, Cowboy wrote: > Aren't all RPM the same ? > ( compatible at least ) At the file-format level, yes. However, different distros use different package naming conventions and library versions, effectively making RPMs from different distros incompatible. It's a crap sh

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Rob Landry
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Gary wrote: ...so the big picture remains that installation of Rivendell is no longer my main thorn in my side, but the streaming chain: Jack / Encoder / Icecast. I have darkice and icecast running reliably under a variety of Linux distributions at several stations, no

Re: [RDD] Streaming encoder options [WAS: arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request]

2013-07-08 Thread Fred Gleason
On Jul 7, 2013, at 15:54 11, G Wood wrote: > Now for my feature request... how about building a jack supported, streaming > encoder into RDD? That way the Darkice drama is done with. I used to have > hair when I started in this business and now I think pulled most of it out. There are defin

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Gary
Rob thanks for your post.  My two cents on the hardware: I recently purchased an HP Proliant DL 380 G4 / two - dual core Xeons, 4gb ram then set it up with raid five all under $100.00 through Craigslist.  Like you say everything has its price and I ran into the same hardware limitations with Cen

Re: [RDD] arrrrgh!!! % # -- CentOS and Rivendell: and a feature request

2013-07-08 Thread Rob Landry
On Sun, 7 Jul 2013, G Wood wrote: Your post Fred is helpful. I found this post from the past and thought I'd try to resurrect it.  I am curious about the RDD Broadcast Appliance, I have downloaded it several times from the Paravel site but have encountered repeated corrupt installs, errors r