Re: [RDD] RDImport

2019-11-26 Thread Robert Jeffares
Hi Mark, you need a bigger drive. I started with 1TB and am now running 4TB which cost less that the 1TB at the time it was purchased! We are at about 80,000 cuts which is a reasonable size. There are reams of reasons not to use 'compressed' files. #1 is compressed = leave stuff out. I

Re: [RDD] RDImport

2019-11-26 Thread Bill Putney
We store everything uncompressed. We can use audio stored for later editing without cascading compression losses. What's the down side to compressed storage? Stacking compression has possibly unknowable consequences. Storage and playback is straightforward without coding or decoding. If you

Re: [RDD] RDImport

2019-11-26 Thread Geoff Barkman
Hi Mark. What format are you storing your audio files in? Mp2 or pcm wav? A way to work out is a 3 minute audio file is 30 mb if pcm wav, whereas mp2 is about 4mb. Pcm wavs will fill your hard drive quickly. Many thanks Geoff Barkman On Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 2:00 PM Mark Murdock wrote: > OK, need

[RDD] RDImport

2019-11-26 Thread Mark Murdock
OK, need some help. I've been using rdimport to import a bunch of songs from our SS32 system into Rivendell, and just as I was about to finish up, I started getting an error that said, "Audio Converter Error: No space left on device, skipping [file name]." The drive is a 1.5 TB drive, and

[RDD] RD3, convert standalone to server

2019-11-26 Thread nathaniel.steele
I want to convert a standalone install to a server. I was looking over the install script, but I'm not a great programmer..Can I just snip the commands for a server install out of the script and run them? Or can I just re-run the script with -server instead of -standalone? I have data in the