On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Beau Gast wrote:

> To really make Rivendell commercially viable it *has* to have a
> build-in function to completely control every element of the playlist
> via the build-in scheduler OR an external scheduler. EVERY other major
> automation system has this function built into some sort of code
> inserted in the playlist via the scheduling program. For example this
> is how to trigger a "soft-branch" that jumps the playlist to the next
> hour in Scott Studios via the Selector scheduling program:
>
> 00:00,*,LI4,DA0011,"LEGAL ID (FM Only)",,00:20,

Does the Rivendell import process not know how to read this and interpret 
it as "make next"?

Four years ago I needed to import a log into Rivendell systems at nine 
different stations simultaneously, and it needed to happen automatically 
with no human intervention. I wrote a Perl script to read the logs and 
create corresponding tables and entries in the Rivendell database. The 
logs were full of time jumps of both the hard and soft variety, so my 
script handles them correctly.

The chief drawback of my approach is that whenever the database scheme is 
updated, my script needs to be modified accordingly. I'd much prefer to be 
able to upload logs as text files into something like an audio file drop 
box and have them appear automagically as Rivendell logs. I don't recall 
such a feature existing in 2007; does it now?


Rob
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