[RDD] RDCatch Wildcard Question(s)

2022-02-22 Thread Alan Smith
What is the difference between %V and %W? Also, is there a difference between a broadcast week and an ISO week?  I've researched the subject, but its blowing up my brain. The root of the issue is I am trying to set up an automated download via RDCatch, but the provider uses broadcast weeks

Re: [RDD] Automated Library Ingest

2021-08-11 Thread Alan Smith
-Original Message- From: rivendell-dev-boun...@lists.rivendellaudio.org On Behalf Of David Klann Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 1:53 PM To: Alan Smith ; User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System Subject: Re: [RDD] Automated Library Ingest Greetings Alan, On 8/10/21 1:06 PM, you

[RDD] Automated Library Ingest

2021-08-10 Thread Alan Smith
Hello group...   Is there a way to have RD automatically ingest audio? Specifically, wanting to know if its possible to have Synchronicity (a proprietary content downloading app) say save the downloaded content to a folder on RD, and have it automatically import it to the library. We are

Re: [RDD] CentOS 8 short-lived, only rolling versions after that

2020-12-08 Thread Alan Smith
Wow.  I thought that 'upstream' was Fedora's job... What about the possibility of using scientific linux?  Think I read somewhere it is 100% binary compatible... -Alan On 12/8/2020 6:46 PM, Mike Carroll wrote: Well this will make future work on Rivendell a wee bit harder... From the CentOS

Re: [RDD] Web api documentation?

2020-04-22 Thread Alan Smith
If you decide to go this route and you have never done this before let me know.  They (AT or Comcast) will need to 'port' your existing phone numbers from the current provider unless you want all new business line numbers -Alan On 4/22/2020 11:28 AM, Lathem Gibson wrote: Hi All, I'm

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread Alan Smith
Gmeant to add that although it will stream to icecast, its not native in the app-its done through the custom ffmpeg output. -Alan On 3/6/2020 1:05 PM, drew Roberts wrote: Hello, I am looking for one or more people willing to set up a 3.x Rivendell system to play videos. (I will help

Re: [RDD] Help wanted: Rivendell Video Playing

2020-03-06 Thread Alan Smith
Let me throw out an alternative if it will make life a little easier: OBS Studio Its open source, available for Win, Linux, and Mac.  It will stream to most of the major platforms: Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, twitter, etc.  Will even stream to icecast in MPEG or WebM. The good news is its

Re: [RDD] 3.x and asi cards.

2020-02-28 Thread Alan Smith
1) Besides Time compression you get: 2) Hardware encode/decode, offloading the workload from the CPU (not really an advantage anymore with today's modern processors) 3) Balanced Audio I/Os 4) Multi-Output on a single card. Really 2 isn't a big deal.  There are other cards that provide

Re: [RDD] 3.x and asi cards.

2020-02-27 Thread Alan Smith
My last reply should have read "ASI not required to play MP3 or MP2 Audio"... On 2/27/2020 6:02 PM, drew Roberts wrote: Well, I have been thinking further and trying to remember... On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 6:10 PM Timothy Elwell mailto:telw...@pilotproductions.net>> wrote: Hi Frank,

Re: [RDD] 3.x and asi cards.

2020-02-27 Thread Alan Smith
I could be wrong, but I seem to remember asking an almost similar question when I first started with Rivendell. It is my understanding that you do not need ASI cards to play either mp3 or mp3 cards.  You might have needed them 'back in the day', but these days I believe ASI cards only gets

Re: [RDD] RDImport and Disk Space

2019-11-30 Thread Alan Smith
Again, still consider myself very new to this, but what I have started to do is use Raid1, and setup postfix to send email/text failure notifications. I haven't had a real failure yet, but during testing (including simulated failure on the bench) it works pretty well. -Alan On 11/30/2019

Re: [RDD] RDImport

2019-11-27 Thread Alan Smith
Totally ignorant here, just trying to help. Can't parted/gparted move/resize the partitions easily? Again, coming from a place of total ignorance, but on Winders machines, I often use knoppix to manipulate drive partitions/do data recovery. -Alan On 11/27/2019 12:24 PM, Cowboy wrote: On

Re: [RDD] Now and Next

2019-11-09 Thread Alan Smith
I have noticed the same behavior on RD 2.19.3 I believe it is.  I don't really know how to help in your situation, but maybe can point you in the right direction?  I think its a bug. From what I can tell it happens when 3 items are playing simultaneously from RDAirplay (such as 2 songs

Re: [RDD] Relocating shared folders

2019-09-25 Thread Alan Smith
Landry wrote: On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, Alan Smith wrote: I considered Xming, but 1)  VNC just seemed easier for me, and 2) I thought I read somewhere that *technically* Xming is NOT free...maybe just a certain version? Can't recall exactly now... It's not free, but it's cheap, and it's a one-time

Re: [RDD] Relocating shared folders

2019-09-24 Thread Alan Smith
Keep in mind guys Im still a Linux novice... I considered Xming, but 1)  VNC just seemed easier for me, and 2) I thought I read somewhere that *technically* Xming is NOT free...maybe just a certain version?  Can't recall exactly now... Back on the problem at hand: I don't know why I had

[RDD] Relocating shared folders

2019-09-24 Thread Alan Smith
The short version: Would it upset Rivendell in any way if I relocated the network shared folders to a world writable location? This in on the script install of 2.19.3 I believe it is on CentOS7. The longer version:   I know there are lots of ways to skin a cat, but this is how I prefer to

[RDD] Twitter rlm

2019-09-05 Thread Alan Smith
On some google searching looks like the twitter rlm may not be functional for the v2 branch?  Last update I found when searching this was 2010.  Just wondering if that is still the case? What about the 3.x branch? Thanks, -Alan ___ Rivendell-dev

Re: [RDD] Icecast2 RLM

2019-09-03 Thread Alan Smith
Yup.  Fred you were correct.  Although not stated in the docs that I could find either, changing to admin credentials instead of source credentials did the trick.  All is well. -Alan On 9/3/2019 4:03 PM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Tue, 2019-09-03 at 15:39 -0500, Alan Smith wrote: According

Re: [RDD] Icecast2 RLM

2019-09-03 Thread Alan Smith
, Alan Smith wrote: I am trying to update 2 icecast servers with now & next info. The first one updates fine, but the second one doesn't seem to be getting the update. I have double and triple checked my conf file for proper credentials... Anyone else trying to update more than one ice

[RDD] Icecast2 RLM

2019-09-03 Thread Alan Smith
I am trying to update 2 icecast servers with now & next info.  The first one updates fine, but the second one doesn't seem to be getting the update.  I have double and triple checked my conf file for proper credentials... Anyone else trying to update more than one icecast server with the

Re: [RDD] v2.x => 3.x roadmap [WAS: RDAirplay Log Question]

2019-03-01 Thread Alan Smith
Too bad on no more updates to the 2.x branch.  I was just starting to feel comfortable :-) But otherwise, AWESOME news!  Thanks for all that you do! -Alan On 3/1/2019 11:53 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Fri, 2019-03-01 at 11:06 -0600, Alan Smith wrote: On a more general note...is the 2.x

Re: [RDD] RDAirplay Log Question

2019-03-01 Thread Alan Smith
Will we get this feature addition (ticking the appropriate box to suppress them) in the 2.x branch? Or is it in there and I missed it? Thanks! On a more general note...is the 2.x branch going to be put to rest in favor of the 3.x branch, or will they be developed in conjunction? We are

[RDD] Fwd: RDAirplay Log Question

2019-02-22 Thread Alan Smith
Message Subject:RDAirplay Log Question Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:00:16 -0600 From: Alan Smith Reply-To: alansm...@flinn.com To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System Is it normal for the log in RDAirplay to display the "music import" an

[RDD] RDAirplay Log Question

2019-02-22 Thread Alan Smith
Is it normal for the log in RDAirplay to display the "music import" and "traffic import" links? It causes no harm, and seems to be purely cosmetic, but just wondering if that is by design or if there is a way to get rid of them after the log merge process (aside from manually deleting them in

Re: [RDD] [Off Topic] A little help with vnc on xfce please

2019-02-22 Thread Alan Smith
Im still learning the ins and outs of Linux, and vnc is one of those things I was already somewhat familiar with on that other platform... As it turns out, its not as bad as I thought.  Since both log and report paths are setup in rdadmin, it turns out the newly created linux user for the

Re: [RDD] [Off Topic] A little help with vnc on xfce please

2019-02-22 Thread Alan Smith
remote the system with import/export capability without being intrusive to the on-air staff. Just some food for thought. Thanks, -Alan On 11/17/2018 8:11 AM, Alan Smith wrote: As always, thank you Fred! Also, thank you for what you do and this wonderful product! -Alan On 11/17/2018 7:01 AM

Re: [RDD] RDAirplay Time Different Than Linux Time

2019-01-24 Thread Alan Smith
/2019 7:12 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Thu, 2019-01-24 at 07:01 -0600, Alan Smith wrote: I can't remember exactly what it was now, but IIRC it had something to do with setting the time zone as the root user. As oddly as it sounds I believe different "users" can set different time zones,

Re: [RDD] Any easy one: RDAiplay Time of day

2018-12-06 Thread Alan Smith
Never mind.  I got it.  I had set the "time zone" as the rd user by right clicking the clock.  I forgot to set the time zone during CentOS install, so I had to do it in the terminal as root. -Alan On 12/6/2018 3:41 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Setting up my first 'appliance' using the scri

[RDD] Any easy one: RDAiplay Time of day

2018-12-06 Thread Alan Smith
Setting up my first 'appliance' using the script install.  We are starting to load music, clocks, etc. This little tidbit escaped me during setup.  The RDAirplay clock is off by one hour exactly. The system clock during install was also off by an hour, until I set our timezone.  Now the

Re: [RDD] Clock Grid question/possibly feature request

2018-11-19 Thread Alan Smith
in one you can repeat the same clock by click-and-hit-enter on any empty hour. Set up your day then click-enter to copy down the week. It's a bit tedious but it's not something you do very often. regards Robert On 20/11/18 8:09 AM, Alan Smith wrote: This may already be implemented, I

[RDD] Clock Grid question/possibly feature request

2018-11-19 Thread Alan Smith
This may already be implemented, I just can't remember... Stealing a feature from our current system, is there a shortcut key combination/mouse click that would allow a user to: 1)  Copy selected hour to all hours of the day. 2)  Copy selected day to paste to other days of the week. I know

Re: [RDD] Win32 build ini file question

2018-11-19 Thread Alan Smith
That is pretty darn cool.  I might play around with it some one day.  Truth is, I found VNC first though. But, in digging around on the web about xming, 2 things stood out that reinforce my use of vnc [and this is quite confusing and may be inaccurate]: It looks like you can use the

Re: [RDD] [Off Topic] A little help with vnc on xfce please

2018-11-17 Thread Alan Smith
As always, thank you Fred! Also, thank you for what you do and this wonderful product! -Alan On 11/17/2018 7:01 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Nov 17, 2018, at 07:42, Alan Smith <mailto:alansm...@flinn.com>> wrote: By the way, my question still hasn't been answered yet:  Since I have

Re: [RDD] [Off Topic] A little help with vnc on xfce please

2018-11-17 Thread Alan Smith
permissions issues I need to be aware of? Again, in my limited testing the answer seems to be 'no", but I'd like to double check just in case. Thanks, -Alan On 11/17/2018 5:34 AM, drew Roberts wrote: Great... On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 3:28 PM Alan Smith <mailto:alansm...@flinn.com>> wro

Re: [RDD] VNC or X for Windows access to Rivendell?

2018-11-16 Thread Alan Smith
I have one lingering question on the VNC aspect with virtual displays: I found I had to create a separate linux user to get this to work.  Using the 'rd' account to create a virtual display for vnc caused me issues with autostart applications since user 'rd' automatically logs in locally on

[RDD] [Off Topic] A little help with vnc on xfce please

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
I've sorted it out. Just leaving notes here for anyone that may benefit: The root cause was trying to create a display for user 'rd' to vnc into.  Since rd will be logged into a local account with a real display that caused all sorts of issues for me: I don't know about other environments,

[RDD] [Off Topic] a little VNC help with XFCE, please?

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
I'm stumped.  Be gentle, I'm still a linux newb...My terminology may not be correct. I have x11vnc up and running perfectly. I installed vnc-server (tiger vnc) and set it up. When I remote in, all I get is a firefox window with no 'start' menu or anyway to interact with on the remote system.

Re: [RDD] Multiple remote DB access behavior question

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
Again, AWESOME!  Good stuff.  Thank you again! -Alan On 11/15/2018 7:16 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Nov 15, 2018, at 07:39, Alan Smith <mailto:alansm...@flinn.com>> wrote: Lets say you have a PD that is working on a log remotely via the a fore mentioned vnc.  And lets say simultane

Re: [RDD] Win32 build ini file question

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
PERFECT!  This is just what I was looking for. Thanks Cowboy, -Alan On 11/15/2018 6:59 AM, Cowboy wrote: On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:31:00 -0600 Alan Smith wrote: Does anyone know if  x11vnc and vnc-server can peacefully co-exist (assuming they are configured on different ports)?  One would

[RDD] Multiple remote DB access behavior question

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
Hi again, sorry for the pestering...   I'm trying to "what-if" all the possible pitfalls I might run into *before* going live... Lets say you have a PD that is working on a log remotely via the a fore mentioned vnc.  And lets say simultaneously you have a traffic person doing the exact same

Re: [RDD] Win32 build ini file question

2018-11-15 Thread Alan Smith
they are configured on different ports)?  One would be used for desktop sharing/file transfers by support staff, the other for clock/log maintenance by the remaining station staff. Thanks, -Alan .On 11/14/2018 6:26 PM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Nov 14, 2018, at 15:31, Alan Smith <mailto:ala

[RDD] Win32 build ini file question

2018-11-14 Thread Alan Smith
Greetings again! Just a quick couple questions on the Win32 build of RD: 1)  Is it possible to specify multiple target systems from the Win32 Rivdendell modules?  Say by maybe specifying different .ini files on the shortcut/command line? Further clarification if needed:  In the upcoming

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Alan Smith
, but I feel only allowing VNC access from SSH from the outside world is good enough. On 11/13/2018 10:59 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Nov 13, 2018, at 10:19, Alan Smith <mailto:alansm...@flinn.com>> wrote: My goal is to actually have a system-wide availability to VNC, including the root

Re: [RDD] VNC on CentOS 7

2018-11-13 Thread Alan Smith
Greetings All.  I am setting up my first CentOS 7 based Rivendell system.  I noticed it already has x11vnc installed (I used the instructions on Paravel's site to get a working system). I would like to get VNC running on boot.  I have tried the command below from Fred (yum install

Re: [RDD] Easy Install / Freeze version

2018-10-03 Thread Alan Smith
LMAO!! On 10/3/2018 11:28 AM, Cowboy wrote: On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 11:08:22 -0500 Alan Smith wrote: To be completely honest, what scares me most is updates. I just need to take a leap of faith... Fear not ! Fred and I have a "gentleman's agreement" that the network

Re: [RDD] Easy Install / Freeze version

2018-10-03 Thread Alan Smith
something that isn't broke] yet station A has features that station B doesn't [because they are on different versions], then they complain. I just need to take a leap of faith... -Alan On 10/3/2018 10:56 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Oct 3, 2018, at 11:24, Alan Smith <mailto:alansm...@flinn.

[RDD] Easy Install / Freeze version

2018-10-03 Thread Alan Smith
Greetings,   In another thread I had mentioned that I was disappointed to see the appliance CD/DVD development abandoned.  I do understand their were technical reasons to do so, but it was a WONDERFUL way to easily install and get to know Rivendell from an operational standpoint.  I have been

Re: [RDD] Backup/Restoring the DB via command line [WAS: Moving RD to another system]

2018-09-28 Thread Alan Smith
Greetings,   I seldom post, but read a LOT.  Have to say, I completely agree with Cowboy here. Fred, I understand your reasoning for moving to a complete command line maintenance structure [thats how other DB-based systems do it], but hear me out here...   It seems quite a few of the

Re: [RDD] Guidance on remote machine access

2018-02-05 Thread Alan Smith
FWIW:   I use a pfsense box for our group and I LOVE that thing.  Its not perfect (nothing ever is), but I can't say enough good things about it. My particular box has 8 ethernet ports, configurable however you wish.  I currently have 2 WANs (for load balancing/failover), 1 publicly routed

Re: [RDD] Building a music library.

2017-04-28 Thread Alan Smith
I stand corrected. You sir, are indeed correct. -Alan On 4/28/2017 11:55 AM, Matthew Chambers wrote: Don't you mean if modulation drops below 100%, I don't think i saw modulation outside a 100%-120% window in some markets Matthew Chambers, CBT, NR0Q On Apr 28, 2017 11:36 AM, "Alan

Re: [RDD] Building a music library.

2017-04-28 Thread Alan Smith
Tongue-in-cheek: If you want to be competitive, just do what all the PDs, Producers, Production guys, and almost everyone Ive run across does: Download the source in crappy mp3 format. Bring it up in the digital editor and add compression until the resulting waveform looks like a rectangle

Re: [RDD] rdxport.cgi problem

2017-03-29 Thread Alan Smith
I'm such a linux newbie, doubt I can offer any helpful advice, but since no one has chimed in yet... Are you sure you can write to the audio directory? (what is it.../var/snd I believe). The database? Maybe try manually copying a file to the audio directory (on the appliance it won't

Re: [RDD] Installation: A new approach

2016-06-28 Thread Alan Smith
WOW, Thanks Fred!!! I have to admit, I like the "appliance" approach, but understand its foibles, and I see it takes needless work "refreshing" the appliance every time a new CentOS point release comes out. This looks like its going to be a much better solution. Going to watch this with

Re: [RDD] Appliance Versions...

2016-06-22 Thread Alan Smith
+1. I guess it wasn't such a silly question afterall... I know releasing "up to date" appliance disks is an effort in futility, akin to hitting a moving target while blindfolded, BUT... On the next appliance refresh could you include a more recent (the most recent at the time?) version of

Re: [RDD] Appliance Versions...

2016-06-22 Thread Alan Smith
s RD 2.5.5 on CentOS 6.5 and the current one which is RD 2.5.5 on CentOS 6.6 Just wondering if on the next appliance "refresh" the version of RD will be incremented. This is pretty much a question for Mr. Gleason. Thanks! -Alan On 6/21/2016 5:20 PM, Cowboy wrote: On Tuesday 21 June 2

[RDD] Appliance Versions...

2016-06-21 Thread Alan Smith
Since the appliance has been mentioned, something I have wondered... There have been several "appliance" versions now, and I always take a peek in a VM, but I notice the "shipping" version of Rivendell on them is always 2.5.5...and the only thing that is actually refreshed on the newer

[RDD] Where is the combo log located?

2015-10-09 Thread Alan Smith
Had an issue last night. I suspect the log was manually edited and the log chain deleted. Everything was scheduled correctly, but the last 20 minutes of what actually played does not line up with what was scheduled. I'm wondering maybe...if someone makes changes to the log in RDAirplay if

Re: [RDD] Rivendell and Natural Log

2015-10-09 Thread Alan Smith
We are. We use NM5 and NL8 with Rivendell. Haven't played with NL9 yet. I believe NL8 even has a Rivendell "preset" in the automation type screen. -Alan On 10/9/2015 10:31 AM, Wayne Merricks wrote: I'm not familiar with natural log but if it can output csv files you can setup Rivendell to

Re: [RDD] Log transition issue

2015-01-12 Thread Alan Smith
Yep, you got it: Timed event at :59:50 (legal ID). I use that to keep the system on time during music on hard drive hours, but I use that same timed event all day long. Is it better to have the ID at the beginning of the hour instead? RDAirplay doesn't crash. Again just to reiterate-It

[RDD] Fwd: Re: Log transition issue

2015-01-12 Thread Alan Smith
Yep, you got it: Timed event at :59:50 (legal ID). I use that to keep the system on time during music on hard drive hours, but I use that same timed event all day long. Is it better to have the ID at the beginning of the hour instead? RDAirplay doesn't crash. Again just to reiterate-It

[RDD] Log transition issue

2015-01-12 Thread Alan Smith
For the past few weeks we have been having issue with our system coming to a screeching halt at midnight going from Sun into Mon. I'll preface my message by saying it is mostly user error, but there may be a bug, or the way I have my system set up. After looking at the detailed reports, here

Re: [RDD] Log transition issue

2015-01-12 Thread Alan Smith
is already running, and probably file locked, so it just stops. Solution-beat traffic on the head to fill those local avails during this long form audio, OR throw music at the end... -Alan On 1/12/2015 2:13 PM, John Anderson wrote: On Mon, 2015-01-12 at 13:59 -0600, Alan Smith wrote

Re: [RDD] RDLogManager only inserts 24 events into generated log

2014-12-12 Thread Alan Smith
I have seen this behavior with special characters in either the hostname or service name (can't remember). Even the RD Manual shows an example such as WXYZ-FM, and I have found RD does NOT like the - character. Hope this helps, -Alan On 12/12/2014 10:14 AM, James Oliver wrote: Hi, I am

Re: [RDD] rdimport converting mono file to stereo?

2014-06-27 Thread Alan Smith
You sir, now owe me a computer monitor, as I have coffee spewed all over mine! Buwhahahaha, that is awesome! Well, there was someone in South Africa a few years ago who tested the local ISP against a carrier pigeon carrying a flash drive (the pigeon won).

Re: [RDD] rdimport converting mono file to stereo?

2014-06-26 Thread Alan Smith
As a newbie, I can only offer this: It is my understanding that Rivendell uses only ONE standard file format. When setting up the machine in RDAdmin you basically tell it whether it will use raw audio (wav) or MPEG2, set the global bitrate, etc. At that point, everything that is imported

Re: [RDD] rdimport converting mono file to stereo?

2014-06-26 Thread Alan Smith
to get 1 Gig of data from here to there? FedEx. -Alan On 6/26/2014 2:02 PM, Rob Landry wrote: On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, Alan Smith wrote: I haven't really paid attention to see if you can globally set mono, but in this day and age, hard drive storage space is cheap for audio (try doing video

Re: [RDD] Big problem....

2014-06-20 Thread Alan Smith
You might already be aware of this, but as a newb this is the only advice I can offer (it worked for me): Renaming hostname on Rivendell: http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Renaming_a_Rivendell_host -Alan On 6/20/2014 12:14 PM, Nathan Steele wrote: OK, I think I really messed something up

Re: [RDD] database restore and rdcatch events

2014-06-05 Thread Alan Smith
about that editing a live log bug..have you seen my (and other's confirmation) thread on that? Thanks again for all that you do! -Alan On 6/5/2014 7:50 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On 6/4/14, 15:36 04, Alan Smith wrote: Eureka moment. Since the hostnames aren't the same, I bet I lost them when I

[RDD] database restore and rdcatch events

2014-06-04 Thread Alan Smith
Not a big deal here, but I restored all the audio and the database to a Rivendell appliance running in a virtual machine on my laptop from a recent Rivendell setup I put in the field, and the rdcatch events didn't make it. This was my first ever attempt at a db restore. I'm just messing

Re: [RDD] database restore and rdcatch events

2014-06-04 Thread Alan Smith
Eureka moment. Since the hostnames aren't the same, I bet I lost them when I added a new host (based on the old hostname) after restore... Oh well...learning experience. That's why I am playing with it in a VM! -Alan On 6/4/2014 2:21 PM, Alan Smith wrote: Not a big deal here, but I restored

Re: [RDD] Log Edit problem or Chair to keyboard interface issue?

2014-05-28 Thread Alan Smith
point in the log and not some other? Are there any times events in your logs? Rob On Tue, 27 May 2014, Alan Smith wrote: Thanks Hoggins! At least I know I am not alone. I too am using auto refresh. Would it help to turn off auto refresh and force them to manually refresh the log, or does

Re: [RDD] Log Edit problem or Chair to keyboard interface issue?

2014-05-28 Thread Alan Smith
Now that I read Mr. Smowton's message in further detail, it really does seem applicable. Problem for me anyway...is it possible to implement his patch in my version of RD, and does it really fix this issue for good [after further searching, this bug has been around for a VERY long time]:

Re: [RDD] Log Edit problem or Chair to keyboard interface issue?

2014-05-28 Thread Alan Smith
, and no satellite receiver, so all the voice tracks for those shows are downloaded via RDCatch, which has worked extremely well. -Alan On 5/28/2014 11:19 AM, Jim Stewart wrote: From: Alan Smith alansm...@flinn.com A couple of times I have had the system that I recently set up get confused

[RDD] Log Edit problem or Chair to keyboard interface issue?

2014-05-27 Thread Alan Smith
A couple of times I have had the system that I recently set up get confused in RDAirplay on the log. In some cases it seems to have jumped out of place, or most recently, it just forgot half the day. I have not witnessed this behavior directly [system is in another state], but I don't think

Re: [RDD] Log Edit problem or Chair to keyboard interface issue?

2014-05-27 Thread Alan Smith
starts at a completely random place. Hoggins! Le 27/05/2014 21:03, Alan Smith a écrit : A couple of times I have had the system that I recently set up get confused in RDAirplay on the log. In some cases it seems to have jumped out of place, or most recently, it just forgot half the day. I

[RDD] Segue Marker Clarification

2014-05-24 Thread Alan Smith
I know this is super easy, and I am probably overlooking the obvious, but what exactly does the Segue END marker do? I know the Segue START marker starts the next event, which overlaps with the currently playing event. I did a search, and getting some mixed results. One result suggested the

Re: [RDD] Segue Marker Clarification

2014-05-24 Thread Alan Smith
I think I may have answered my own question...I had a light bulb moment: This is just a logical GUESS. Please someone confirm or clarify if I have this wrong: Markers all come down to the transition type: If the transition type is PLAY, segue markers are ignored, and the cut plays until

[RDD] General Clock Question

2014-05-19 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Everyone, I have a very basic, easy question: Lets say you are a music format, and you have liners on your clock going into and out of an imported commercial break. If the break is empty, is there an easy way to have Rivendell not play both liners back to back? I tried putting my

Re: [RDD] Qt Polymer theme on Broadcast Appliance 2

2014-05-16 Thread Alan Smith
NICE! Thank you!!! I had never heard of QT Polymer being new to Linux, but that was the FIRST thing I noticed going from BA1 to BA2-No checks in selected boxes. Thank you again for all that you do! -Alan On 5/16/2014 9:33 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:48 AM,

Re: [RDD] Broadcast Appliance v2.6.5.1

2014-05-16 Thread Alan Smith
I had been thinking about asking if the appliance would occasionally be refreshed. Its kind of funny. I just finished my system that I have been working on based on the previous appliance and shipped it out TODAY. LOL, so I am easily amused. Anyway, downloading now, and looking forward to

Re: [RDD] Qt Polymer theme on Broadcast Appliance 2

2014-05-15 Thread Alan Smith
Anyone care to post any screenshots? Got me curious now... On 5/15/2014 8:25 PM, Chester Graham wrote: Changes the style of the operating system, makes the menus and checkbox menus more readable. Dresses up the user interface a little. ___

Re: [RDD] (no subject)

2014-05-09 Thread Alan Smith
That is what I thought. I am thinking that speed 10 actually is 100.000%, but its just a wild guess. -Alan On 5/9/2014 11:06 AM, Mike Carroll wrote: Length is the length in milliseconds. 59*60 + 16.7 = 3556.7 * 1000 = 3556700. Dunno about speed. Maybe a speedup/slowdown value for

Re: [RDD] Rivendell Operations Guide

2014-05-08 Thread Alan Smith
Hmmm...I am a little confused. I find the current ROG to be excellent. It is very informative, easy to understand, and does a great job of explaining the entire Rivendell Operation. Granted, it doesn't cover operating system specific setups and installations, but that is beyond the scope of

Re: [RDD] RDCatch wildcard question

2014-05-08 Thread Alan Smith
that helps regards Robert Jeffares Big Valley Radio Thames New Zealand On 08/05/14 06:37, Alan Smith wrote: I don't know what the linux equivalent is, but in the windows world what I am looking for is either a ? or a * to be used in RDCatch. Can those types of wildcards be used? The longer

[RDD] RDCatch wildcard question

2014-05-07 Thread Alan Smith
I don't know what the linux equivalent is, but in the windows world what I am looking for is either a ? or a * to be used in RDCatch. Can those types of wildcards be used? The longer, better explanation: I am trying to automate as many ftp downloads as I possibly can. I am on the last show.

[RDD] OT: Clone Appliance Hard Drive-Raid 1

2014-05-02 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Everyone, Another not-quite-Rivendell related question here, but I know there are some brilliant minds around here... I have a Rivendell stand-alone based on the appliance v2. I have a LOT of work invested in this, and I would like to clone the hard drive(s). The problem is during

Re: [RDD] apostrophe

2014-05-01 Thread Alan Smith
Adding to this, I also noticed when you add a new cart, you can't type one in either. Oddly enough, once the new cart is created and you are brought to the Cart Info screen, THEN you can type them in the cart title. -Alan On 5/1/2014 1:24 AM, Gavin Stephens wrote: I thought at soem stage in

Re: [RDD] New platfom.

2014-04-29 Thread Alan Smith
I haven't been around long enough to know what it was like back then, but I can only imagine what it was like. From a newbie perspective, the appliance DVD was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I find Rivendell easy to use and very intuitive. The great majority of questions I have had

Re: [RDD] NEW PLATFORM

2014-04-28 Thread Alan Smith
Just reading everything that is going along here, and I had thought of that as well. Big problem though is exactly how do you do it? I mean there are guys like me that are starting out fresh on the latest appliance, which a lot of that info doesn't apply (and can really confuse a newcomer

Re: [RDD] Ultimate Plan for rivendell (need help along the way)

2014-04-26 Thread Alan Smith
Rual, I am fairly new to Rivendell myself; I have read all your messages, but I can't quite make our what you do and don't know about Rivendell. Although you are in the right place for support, this list has been geared towards answering specific questions. Not really that good for a

Re: [RDD] Appliance Networking/Workgroup Question

2014-04-25 Thread Alan Smith
- From: Cowboy c...@cwf1.com To: rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [RDD] Appliance Networking/Workgroup Question On Thursday 24 April 2014 02:35:48 pm Alan Smith wrote: because our group has about 100 computers, and no domain, so I have several

Re: [RDD] Audio Import Question

2014-04-25 Thread Alan Smith
Thanks Tim, appreciate the advice and it all made perfect sense (unbelievably since I am new to Linux). I am not THAT afraid of backup/restore, but there are some little things that bother me about this transition from v1 to v2. I really don't want to bore with all the tech details, but

Re: [RDD] ssh on appliance v2; Appliance and/or CentOS6 bug?

2014-04-25 Thread Alan Smith
, 2014, at 14:47 53, Alan Smith alansm...@flinn.com wrote: When using putty to connect it takes a while before my password prompt is displayed. Likely a DNS problem. Make sure you’ve to the resolver pointing to a valid DNS server in ‘/etc/resolv.conf’. Like so: nameserver 75.75.75.75 Cheers

Re: [RDD] ssh on appliance v2; Appliance and/or CentOS6 bug?

2014-04-25 Thread Alan Smith
that you do. -Alan On 4/25/2014 2:14 PM, Frederick Gleason wrote: On Apr 25, 2014, at 13:48 50, Alan Smith alansm...@flinn.com wrote: Whether that is on purpose, or an oversight I don't know, but thought I'd pass that along if you experience any dns related issues. FWIW, you really don’t want

[RDD] View Songs with no scheduler code set

2014-04-25 Thread Alan Smith
While this is fresh on my mind: There doesn't appear to be a way in RDLibrary to view only songs with no scheduler code set (Unless I am missing something). Would be a nice feature to see if someone forgot to set a code on some of the music. -Alan

[RDD] Audio Import Question

2014-04-24 Thread Alan Smith
The short version: When you import audio, and it goes through its processes (autotrim, normalization, etc) does it actually change anything on the audio file itself, or does all the processing occur non-destructively [as in database parameters]? The longer explanation: Due to a variety

Re: [RDD] Audio Import Question

2014-04-24 Thread Alan Smith
, 2014, at 11:01 42, Alan Smith alansm...@flinn.com wrote: When you import audio, and it goes through its processes (autotrim, normalization, etc) does it actually change anything on the audio file itself, or does all the processing occur non-destructively [as in database parameters

[RDD] Appliance Networking/Workgroup Question

2014-04-24 Thread Alan Smith
Just wondering, why does a windows computer need to be in the rivendell workgroup to see it? I know there is some mis-information out there that suggests that you always have to be in the same workgroup, but I know that isn't true... I have a CentOS 6.4 samba server I recently set up at work

Re: [RDD] Appliance Networking/Workgroup Question

2014-04-24 Thread Alan Smith
to personally abandon Windows almost completely. [I'm convinced open source is the way of the future of computing]. -Alan On 4/24/2014 1:23 PM, Cowboy wrote: On Thursday 24 April 2014 02:07:54 pm Alan Smith wrote: Just wondering, why does a windows computer need to be in the rivendell

Re: [RDD] ssh on appliance v2

2014-04-23 Thread Alan Smith
is unlikely to do any harm that isn't already done by connecting with a client that doesn't recognize it.. Hope that helps, Rick On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Alan Smith alansm...@flinn.com wrote: An update again for posterity: After much research, fiddling, and trial an error I finally got

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