Hi, I agree that a manual edit is going to give you the most reliable results, however if the audio file always follows the same format - the first 3 minutes is all you ever want, then you could use rdcatch to start a script that 1) downloads the file, and then 2) uses the trim feature in SOX to cut it down to 3 minutes, then 3) rdimports the file that SOX creates into your desired cart/cut.
I have not tried this directly, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Lorne Tyndale > > Hi Guys, > > We are downloading NPR news each day for rebroadcasting by ftp via > RDCatch, the file is a 5 min news file with a pause at 3 mins if you > wish to only take the 3 min part we can download the cart at 5 mins and > manually edit it to 3 mins but really needs to be done automatically so > far we have tried > > rdlibray npr cart > > Click enforce Lenth > change Forced Lenth to 2.59.1 > > > result > > Just ignores forced length although shows cart as 2.59.1 in log. > > also tried to use threshold settings but as so many dips its not stable > enough. > > Most other Broadcasters have different length news files but out > listeners want NPR as there news service so looking for any ways that > you may have got around this problem or could be a bug in forced length > in carts. > > Thanks > > Les > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
