rdimport (and the dropboxes) don't do a recursive directory search from
what I can tell.
Easiest thing to do is use dropboxes and copy in the tracks one folder
at a time. I don't recommend using the terminal to recursively copy all
the files into the import folder as if you have two files called
track1.wav the first will get overwritten.
Anyway, create a folder in your home directory (or wherever really so
long as riv can access it). It needs to have enough space to deal with
as many files as you're expecting to drop on it in one go e.g. if you
try and import 100 files at once you need space to temporarily store 100
files.
Open up rdadmin -> manage hosts -> [edit the host you have] -> drop boxes
Add a new dropbox and browse to the folder you made. Give it a log
location if you want so you can see any errors.
In your case make sure delete on import is ticked too.
With that done, ok out of everything. Next copy the files from
Elements/Music/Sub Folder/track1.wav
You will have to drag and drop in the actual tracks and not folders though.
The tracks will be deleted from the import directory once they are
imported so make sure you copy/paste and not move.
Regards,
Wayne Merricks
The Voice Asia
On 28/02/14 10:45, Owen Dawe wrote:
Hello,
I'm still on a steep learning curve setting up and getting to know
Rivendell.
I'm trying to import and convert to wav mp3 files from a removable
drive via usb. The drive is called 'Elements' the main music folder is
called 'MUSIC'. Within the 'MUSIC' folder are many sub folders.
I've tried to import in terminal following these instructions
http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Using_rdimport_to_import_mp3_files
I get a reply. "Can't open Elements, skipped. Can't open MUSIC
skipped. Can't open (name of sub folder). skipped. Can't open *.mp3. I
thought I'd place the files as cuts in carts that represented the
folder it came from on the removable drive 'Elements'.
I would appreciate it if somebody could tell me the string of
instructions I need to import files from Elements/MUSIC/subfoldername.
Also. As I don't want the files on the removable drive deleted I need
to be sure. Amongst the text that 'terminal' presents it does say that
the delete function is off, so I guess that the original files are safe.
Perhaps I need to copy the files from the removable drive onto the
main hard drive and import from there.
Many thanks,
Owen Dawe.
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