Hi, or you could download the file, save it to disk and import it with the rdimport option "--set-marker-end-cut=180000" (3 minutes in ms).
Then the cut is still 5 minutes long, but only the 3 minutes are played out. Best Keywan Am Dienstag, den 14.04.2015, 19:55 -0700 schrieb Lorne Tyndale: > 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 -- Keywan Tonekaboni http://www.prometoys.net _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
