Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Rob Landry
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, ltynd...@tyndaleweb.com wrote: I too have heard the linux concerns. This is probably the biggest challenge. Why should the jock looking at rdairplay or the production guy looking at rdlibrary know, or care, that it's running on Linux? EAS encoder/decoders, satellite

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Fred Gleason
On Mar 5, 2013, at 19:35 30, Bill Putney wrote: Apple and to an extent Ubuntu have made great strides in hiding the OS from innocent eyes. There's still a ways to go but it's come along to a point where I think 99% of users can ignore Unix like they do the Windows OS. This is true.

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Brian P. McGlynn
I also think of Linux as a plus in the DJ's are either not able, or not familiar enough to install external programs on the computer. On our Windows systems, I need to police the computers for add-on virus/spy-ware conduits. As for training - Rivendell does not pose any more of an issue

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Alan Peterson
one area that would help for student/college radio would be a web-based system for log-creation and editing. There are a few areas that could be developed to top the industry in features, such as: 1. Remote Voicetracking 2. Simplified Remote control GPIO 3. Ability to tie Macro carts to

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - From: Alan Peterson apeter...@radioamerica.org There are a few areas that could be developed to top the industry in features, such as: 1. Remote Voicetracking 2. Simplified Remote control GPIO 3. Ability to tie Macro carts to stop/start events behind the scenes

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Brian McGlynn
On 2013-03-06, at 12:39 PM, Alan Peterson wrote: one area that would help for student/college radio would be a web-based system for log-creation and editing. This would be fantastic. You could also use the web interface to remote voicetrack with a Flash App or something similar.

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Brian McGlynn
On 2013-03-06, at 12:39 PM, Alan Peterson wrote: one area that would help for student/college radio would be a web-based system for log-creation and editing. This would be fantastic. You could also use the web interface to remote voicetrack with a Flash App or something similar.

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Kevin Miller
On 03/06/2013 09:07 AM, Brian McGlynn wrote: component I would add to the list that I see in some commercial systems is the ability to embed a cart within a cart. Can you have a macro in the cart that chains to the next cut/cart? -- Kevin Miller Juneau, Alaska http://www.alaska.net/~atftb In

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-06 Thread Rob Landry
On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, Kevin Miller wrote: On 03/06/2013 09:07 AM, Brian McGlynn wrote: component I would add to the list that I see in some commercial systems is the ability to embed a cart within a cart. Can you have a macro in the cart that chains to the next cut/cart? It looks like you

[RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Alan Peterson
Hello all; I'm just back from a stimulating weekend in New York City, addressing college radio students at the annual conference for the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS). One of my workshops - Run Your Entire Station on Free Software - was accompanied by a weekend-long running demo of

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Brian P. McGlynn
Excellent point. I've evaluated RD against most commercial offerings and Rivendell really stands up and exceeds. What Rivendell provides - above other solutions - is the ability to interface to almost anything. It is open, flexible, and stable. We are testing Rivendell in a News/Talk

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Andy Sayler
We're a college radio station who has been using Rivendell and Linux for over 5 years now. We're always happy to talk to others about our reasons for using Rivendell (and do on a regular basis), but Alan hits on many of the reasons above. Also, we've found it's actually far more usable by novice

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Rob Landry
On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Andy Sayler wrote: We're a college radio station who has been using Rivendell and Linux for over 5 years now. We're always happy to talk to others about our reasons for using Rivendell (and do on a regular basis), but Alan hits on many of the reasons above. Also, we've

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Christopher Cmolik (RIT Student)
WITR in Rochester, NY has been running on Rivendell for about four years now. It's worked pretty well for our purposes; in fact the major issue we had was convincing people to play from Rivendell rather than from CDs or (bad-quality) Vinyl. We're lucky to have many linux-type students here so

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread ltyndale
Hi, I have to agree that Rivendell can be a good option for student / college / campus radio. I've talked to people within the student / campus / non profit radio sector about it and one thing that I do like to point out - a lot of stations that run on volunteer effort like to say that a benefit

Re: [RDD] Academia --- RD in NYC

2013-03-05 Thread Bill Putney
I just have to say... This whole _/Linux/Unix == Hard to understand thing/_ is B.S.! People just psych themselves out with all that. Mac OS X is Unix although very well hidden beneath an Apple-esque user interface. Microsoft has always said that Windows is a POSIX compliant OS but it's so