Well written Tim Yep totally agree. Rivendell can do anything if you set your mind to it. I still recon the "Make Coffee" feature should work right out of the box :) Cheers Geoff
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Tim Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > As I monitor this list each day, I am constantly struck by the number of > questions about Rivendell from new users, > legitimate questions for the most part, but a lot having to do with > interface with something or making something happen > at a certain place in the log or at a certain time. > I really am not being a smart ass when I say this but, learn what Linux can > do and Rivendell can do it all! > Through the use of the wonderful RML (rivendell macro language) you can do > anything you can basically think of because > this is not limited to just the routines that Rivendell can do, but any > thing you can do from the command line in linux, which makes this > as you will come to learn, the most powerful automation software you ever > used. > One of the most useful and powerful macros is RN which executes a Linux > command. > This can be a script that does multiple things at once or a very simple > single command. > I have used this to do all sorts of things throughout our plant including > forwarding contact closures from one machine to another, > sending a email to my program director every hour telling him he sucks > (really should have been every half hour), > Point is that these RML commands can be in the log, run at a certain time, > by rdairplay or rdcatch. > Check out my aircheck solution in the wiki for one example. > Point is pretty much can Rivendell do this or that? YES, it might not be > turnkey, but if you think about it you can make it happen. > > > -- > Tim Camp > Director of Operations/Programming > Dot Com Plus L.L.C. > dba WZEW-FM WNSP-FM > Mobile, Al. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
