I wasn't necessarily saying there should be more detailed info out there (although it would be nice), I was just saying I want to get my hands on as much detail as possible before doing the installation this weekend. The hardest part is the fact that this product is attractive to any and all radio station operators but can be intimidating to those that have NO Linux experience (such as myself). Reading through the solutions on the wiki and here on the list is a GREAT wealth of knowledge but some of the codes and forms of executing these tasks are Greek to us newbies. I agree with what Cowboy said regarding "giving back". I'm actually documenting everything for a user review for an online community. I'm hoping I can post the notes in a public location to add to the knowledge base. I personally think the Brett Blog regarding building music schedules and logs is brilliant. I followed the steps listed and created a log on my "trial" laptop installation and that's what pushed me to dive in 100% and get it up and running on my community station. It's also confusing to read a solution to a problem written to Debian or Ubuntu when you've installed from the Appliance Disc which installs CentOS. Unless you're experienced in Linux, you don't really know what crosses over if anything. Not to say it can't be learned. It's just time consuming. In a situation like mine, you're trying to get it on the air ASAP so when you hit a roadblock, you have to stop and reference the list, the wiki, Google or YouTube. ...but, it's educating. I know us newbies with basic questions can weigh on the patience of those more experienced with "bigger" problems. That's where a lot of the give and take is in this type of list. Hence my apology for the basic questions. Luckily I have a brother-in-law that is a software engineer and I'll start hounding him with all of my basic Linux questions. Trust me, no complaints here. Just trying to soak up as much as I can without annoying everyone.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Brandon Sossamon < [email protected]> wrote: > Its looking like a stand alone set up. I thought about networking with my > OptiPlex and using that as music import and log creation but it would have > to send it to the primary play out machine. > Mainly music rotation with a few features sprinkled in daily. > > brandon sossamon > On Jan 31, 2014 10:00 AM, "Alessio Elmi" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Brandon, >> there's no unique way to set up things, as there may be many >> configurations in response to the needs of every radio station. >> Are you considering an independent stand-alone workstation or a networked >> configuration (with a db and storage server and many clients)? >> Do you need live/presenter interaction or just music rotation? >> >> Alessio >> >> >> 2014-01-31 Brandon Sossamon <[email protected]>: >> >>> Thanks. I've been on the wiki for quite some time studying up. Like >>> most wiki's it's vague in some places and detailed in others. I hadn't >>> seen the First Steps doc in quite some time so just wanted to make sure I >>> wasn't missing anything. I've had RD installed on 2 machines to play >>> around with and learn. I'm now installing it on a "pro" machine so I want >>> to make sure all is done right. >>> I apologize to all for the basic questions. As mentioned before, Linux >>> is new to me but so far I'm loving it. Thanks for the help! >>> >>> -- >>> brandon sossamon >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rivendell-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >>> >>> >> -- brandon sossamon 979-236-0782
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