>RD does save all audio as wav and having worked with mp3 systems as well I >can tell you the results are 10*6 better
So why did I buy the AudioScience sound card again? > If you can avoid mp3 as a source, your audio out will be considerably easier > to listen to I guess that's why Air Play Direct furnishes new releases in mp3. Anyhow, I may have the2nd drive mounting problem resolved, and found the save as selections deep in the rdadmin menu. The next question concerns the beforementioned sound card. Is there a step by step procedure for installing the AS HPI driver? I have the hpilinux-4.06-04.tar.bz2 file but do not know what to do with it -Bill Fawcett -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Jeffares Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 5:59 PM To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System Subject: Re: [RDD] New USer / Old questions On 28/07/2011 20:24, Andy McCall wrote: > 2>I have 4300 mp3s, about 10GB. It looks as if the system is > 2>converting > them to .wav as I ingest them using RDimport from the command line and > using way too much disk space. Can these be saved as .mp3s? . > Sound card is AudioScience 6620. > RD does save all audio as wav and having worked with mp3 systems as well I can tell you the results are 10*6 better. Drive space is cheap. If you can avoid mp3 as a source, your audio out will be considerably easier to listen to. There's a thesis that goes with this. > 3>I do not wish to use a music scheduling program. To avoid repetition > within the hour, I have created carts with about 130 cuts in each, and > that cart will never be scheduled more than once an hour. Major > Artists might share a cart, others are minor (e.g. A-F) carts. The > scheme seems to work fine but > RD has an excellent on board scheduling system which can be set up to create logs on a daily basis. Ours runs a log for 5 days out at a fixed time every day. We have 4 days in a year when we need to make a change: next one is Christmas Day. HOWTO is on the wiki. I would build a set of clocks that can run 24/7 which a departing jock can enable to play until the next jock gets in the chair. Top or bottom of the hour time sync macro carts will ensure it is where you expect it to be at any time. That way you can day-part music. If you cart each song separately and use the GROUPS and Scheduler Codes you can get a really good random play from your library, which does deliver an even spread of play through the library over time. Ours is running at +-5% for GROUPS and Scheduler Code combination's over a year. The only thing it does not satisfy is the irritant factor of some songs for some listeners. That will never change. Once it's set up you can add a song to the library and it will be automatically included in the playout according to the criteria you have set up. They are easy to take out as well. N.B. A 'New' song will play more often until it catches up with the others. You can also use this to play out programmes which have been pre recorded and may play out once or twice, or more in a week. regards Robert -- Robert Jeffares Big Valley Radio Thames New Zealand _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
