On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:56 AM, VE4PER/Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
> A little off the normal topic here; not having a full blown station to > work with I was wondering if the RD > macros can be used to trigger launches of something like batch files or > compiled scripts. > > I know there is often some done to get satellite feeds etc caught and > imported, but what I am looking at is being able to launch multimedia > streams without having to import them into the RD database as music is > done. > I have played with getting RD to schedule macros to kick off videos played with VLC. It worked OK but not great for what I wanted. Partly RD's fault, partly VLC's fault iirc. I have been meaning to set up a new box and try again with FREEJ this time. Basically I want to kick off a video screen (full screen) and then send the vids to play to that already open screen. IIRC, the RD problem had to do with scheduling codes and perhaps even multiple groups for macros. > > Want to be able to use RD as a immediate controlled/assist edje drive as > it were, if you can grasp my meaning. > > Thanks. > all the best, drew -- http://freemusicpush.blogspot.com/
_______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
