I like this approach in that it reduces the footprint of what needs to be on
the client machine. I could envision this being rolled into the distribution
as a Voicetrack client on multiple platforms. AVFlex and other commercial
solutions utilize a client-server configuration where the audio and mechanics
of the station are housed on one machine and the control logic is externally
controlled with TCP/IP. In the case of Rivendell, RDAirplay could be embedded
into an audio server machine and a remote client would talk with it to control.
I can see this in a production environment with a custom Voicetrack and
controller client that runs on a variety of platforms. This client would speak
Web Services (under SSL) to a Rivendell playback server to control RDAirplay,
get Peak data, and punch-down and save Voicetracks. The server and client
would have a SIP client embedded to allow super-low latency control and
playback. You could monitor what is going on, voicetrack, and manage the
production library from remote.
This sort of configuration would be excellent for:
1) Live Remotes to control the board, drop in updates, and broadcast live
2) Live Sporting Events
3) Simplified, secure Voicetracking
4) Multi-purpose studios (where one console could log into multiple radio
stations to control them)
5) Easy phone call integration via SIP
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Brian P. McGlynn
On Sunday, May 11, 2014 3:15 PM, Administration <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello All,
We have been testing a way to give rivendell some new life in one area it is
seriously lacking in, remote voicetracking.
Below are results from some initial tests, we wanted to share them with the
community, we will update this as further testing becomes successful
PROJECT OUTLINE (prereq)
1. Ability for DJ to voicetrack with limited user knowledge
2. Ability for DJ to voicetrack without having to have a complicated
multiple database setup)
3. Ability to avoid having to have duplicate copies of rivendell and its
entire library on multiple linux workstations in multiple locations
4. Ability to allow DJS to voicetrack into rivendell from any device
(tablet, smartphone, computer running any operating system)
5. Ability for DJ to record voicetrack shifts while having minimal contact
with rivendell system
6. Ability to allow DJS to hear "backsell" and "upcoming" audio without
complicated server and streaming configuration
7. Ability to avoid any files having to be uploaded from DJ device to
rivendell
8. Ability to allow DJ a way to interface additional audio into voicetracks
(IE: weather beds or sound effects) this audio can be on rivendell system,
but in the voicetrack file a copy of this audio will exist, the copy being
purged once voicetrack has been aired
from the prereq above a test session was performed, follows is the results
of that test!
TEST DATE: May 7th 2014
LOCATIONS: Maine, Bermuda
TOTAL DJS: 2
TOTAL ON AIR SHIFTS: 7
TEST RESULTS (90% Complete)
SCENARIO 1
dj is a teen in MAINE and all she has is iphone
she uses teamviewer to login to the vt box on her phone
she uses a app that allows her mic to sound like stereo quality
she calls and answers the VT (SIP CLIENT TESTING) on her phone,
she pulls the log up in rdlogedit (we leave that open on the vt machine
along with rdcatch 24/7, they cant X out of it
she finds her log with the VT markers in it
she calls the rdpanel we have setup for vt in
she goes to the voicetracker, finds her first vt memo line
she cuts 4 hours of vts, including weather breaks, contest calls, and
various music beds when she is on a song break
she saves the log
the log gets ready for air
TOTAL TIME SPENT: 35 minutes for a 4 hour shift
Scenario 2
Disc Jockey in bermuda connects from a windows 7 box using teamviewer
he calls and answers (SIP CLIENT TESTING)from his box
once connected he looks through the log (he has multiple shifts)
he goes through each log (our djs have four talk stops an hour while on VT,
so a total of 4 vts per hour)
he tracks and and saves 6 logs (one weeks worth of vt shifts at 4 hours
each)
he does not DO weather, we use rdcatch to carry an audio weather update from
an external source to a cart, we then put a pre cart with the weather opener
bed in it, then we use a post cut for the weather closer
when he is done he closes out of the vt and leaves rdlogedit
TOTAL TIME SPENT: 1 hour 10 minutes for 6 4-hour shifts on air
More Coming Soon!
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