Another alternative is to write a web app that uses Rivendell's
rdxport.cgi. Between HTML5's <audio> tags, Web Audio API, and
getUserMedia() interface, it shouldn't be hard to implement.


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Brian P. McGlynn <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> 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
>
> --
> 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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