Hi, Rivendell doesn't import wma files. Without resorting to ffmpeg, have a look at Audacity chains to batch convert them, only downside is Audacity spawns lots of progress windows that steal focus while it does it so it can be frustrating if you're trying to use your PC while the batch is going.
Regards, Wayne On 30/04/13 12:54, Jorge wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. Turns out I was missing a > password. I will run with this for now and I'll see if I can get it to work > with liquidsoap. I have another question now. I have about 80 gigs worth of > music on an external drive that I want to load into rdlibrary, the files are > labeled as wma and some as mp3 but when I try to import into rdlibrary I get > a "transcoding error". Now if I first import to audacity and then export them > as mp3 then import to rdlibrary they work fine. Any ideas on this? I'm > running rivendell 2.5.0 on ubuntu 11.04. > > T-Mobile, America's First Nationwide 4G Network > Sent by Samsung Mobile > > Wayne Merricks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree, Liquidsoap is the way to go. Getting darkice to work reliably >> was something I gave up on in the end. I think the best up time I had >> was about 6 weeks. >> >> I have a guide on pastebin (http://pastebin.com/u/MezzFA0) for >> liquidsoap, JACK and rotter using Ubuntu server. Since I set it up >> about a year ago its still working fine without any intervention. The >> bonus is by using upstart scripts to get everything going, if any >> component fails it will auto restart (I tested it by killing random >> processes but as far as I can tell nothing has broken since then). >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Wayne >> >> On 30/04/13 07:34, MICHAEL SMITH wrote: >>> I have to confess I abandoned Darkice as I had a lot of issues with it >>> glitching. Liquidsoap has lots more options and seemed a lot more >>> stable... although we were using an old vs of Darkice and I hear >>> things have improved. >>> >>> What OS are you using? Are you using the latest DarkIce? Have you got >>> the latest Jack? Jack and Darkice need to run as the same user. >>> >>> The DarkIce config that "worked" for us was: >>> >>> # sample DarkIce configuration file, edit for your needs before using >>> # see the darkice.cfg man page for details >>> >>> # this section describes general aspects of the live streaming session >>> [general] >>> duration = 0 # duration of encoding, in seconds. 0 means forever >>> bufferSecs = 10 # size of internal slip buffer, in seconds >>> reconnect = yes # reconnect to the server(s) if disconnected >>> #realtime= no >>> #rtprio= 4 >>> >>> # this section describes the audio input that will be streamed >>> [input] >>> device = jack_auto >>> sampleRate = 48000 # sample rate in Hz. try 11025, 22050 or 44100 >>> bitsPerSample = 16 # bits per sample. try 16 >>> channel = 2 # channels. 1 = mono, 2 = stereo >>> >>> #[file-0] >>> #bitrateMode= cbr >>> #format= vorbis >>> #bitrate= 192 >>> #fileName= /home/hamster/backup.ogg >>> >>> # this section describes a streaming connection to an IceCast2 server >>> # there may be up to 8 of these sections, named [icecast2-0] ... >>> [icecast2-7] >>> # these can be mixed with [icecast-x] and [shoutcast-x] sections >>> [icecast2-0] >>> bitrateMode = abr # average bit rate >>> format = vorbis # format of the stream: ogg vorbis >>> bitrate = 128 # bitrate of the stream sent to the server >>> server = server.co.uk >>> # host name of the server >>> port = 8000 # port of the IceCast2 server, usually 8000 >>> password = password1 # source password to the IceCast2 server >>> mountPoint = radiostation.ogg # mount point of this stream on the >>> IceCast2 server >>> name = Name of station - High Quality OGG stream >>> # name of the stream >>> description = description >>> # description of the stream >>> url = http://www.mysite.org.uk/listen >>> # URL related to the stream >>> genre = genre # genre of the stream >>> public = yes # advertise this stream? >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> *From:* Jorge Soto <[email protected]> >>> *To:* User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System >>> <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 4:15 >>> *Subject:* [RDD] icecast/darkice help >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> I am trying to set up Icecast2 and darkice but I just can seem to get >>> them to work. Icecast loads up fine but when trying to load darkice I >>> get the following: >>> >>> Starting icecast2: jorge@jorge-Inspiron-1000:~$ sudo darkice -c >>> ~/darkice.cfg >>> DarkIce 0.20.1 live audio streamer, http://darkice.tyrell.hu/ >>> Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Tyrell Hungary, http://tyrell.hu/ >>> >>> Using config file: /home/jorge/darkice.cfg >>> Using JACK audio server as input device. >>> Using POSIX real-time scheduling, priority 98 >>> jack_client_new: deprecated >>> Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory >>> Cannot connect to server socket >>> jack server is not running or cannot be started >>> DarkIce: JackDspSource.cpp:216: JACK server not running? [0] >>> >>> >>> But jack IS running. >>> >>> If I change the input device in the config file I get the following: >>> >>> >>> DarkIce 0.20.1 live audio streamer, http://darkice.tyrell.hu/ >>> Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Tyrell Hungary, http://tyrell.hu/ >>> >>> Using config file: /home/jorge/darkice.cfg >>> Using ALSA DSP input device: default >>> Using POSIX real-time scheduling, priority 98 >>> Home directory /home/jorge not ours. >>> DarkIce: DarkIce.cpp:1187: can't open connector [0] >>> >>> Any ideas? suggestions? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
