Hi there. The only way I could work this one out is to do this to have two dropbox folders....
If you put a piece of audio in one... it deletes all the existing cuts. Then you put all the other pieces of audio into the second dropbox folder... it then adds cut to the existing cart. Many thanks Geoff Barkman On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Rob Landry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to imagine how this would work. > > If someone loads a single ID cut into the dropbox, you want it to delete > all current ID's from the cart and just import the one? > > I would not use the Rivendell dropbox feature at all, but set up a Perl > script to run as a cron job at the top of each minute. The Perl script > would look for dropbox files conforming to the desired specification, > delete the target cart, and run rdimport on them. > > > Rob > > -- > Я там, где ребята толковые, > Я там, где плакаты "Вперёд", > Где песни рабочие новые > Страна трудовая поёт. > > > On Thu, 3 Nov 2016, Seth Stevenson wrote: > > >> I'm not sure how to get a script to do that. Here is what I want to to in >> detail. >> >> We have a number of transmitter sites. We are putting raspberry pi with >> Rivendell at each site to run localized Id's for that station. They are in >> one cart in the panel on rdairplay. >> >> We use a Dropbox.com folder on the computer linked to our FTP server. A >> Rivendell Dropbox then imports them into that cart. When we want to change >> ids we just want to put them in the appropriate folder on the server and >> let >> Rivendell Dropbox overwrite the existing ones. The goal is to automate >> this >> so it is easy to swap out each stations ids for new ones in the same cart. >> There are dozens of stations, so I don't want to go in each one and delete >> the current cart or the cuts. The cart needs to the same, since a script >> fires it to play the same one. >> >> Hope I haven't muddied the waters with that explanation. What's the best >> way >> to do this. >> >> It should work to delete the cart with a script or by some means, then >> when >> the dropbox imports new cuts to the specific cart, it recreates it with >> only >> the new cuts in it. >> >> Tom Van Gorkom >> Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM >> Office: 956-380-8150 >> Cell: 865-803-7427 >> >> Rio Grande Bible Institute >> 4300 S US Hwy 281 >> Edinburg, TX 78539 >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Seth Stevenson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> No, actually I want to delete all current cuts before importing >> new ones. >> >> On Nov 3, 2016 10:39 AM, "David Klann" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey Fred, >> >> I think what Seth is asking for is an option to >> delete /all/ cuts in a >> cart, and then (at a later time) load the cart up >> with several cuts, and >> *not* delete each cut before importing a new one. >> This is more complex >> than a simple checkbox (i.e., binary) option. >> Because, how would >> Rivendell know, without setting some kind of >> schedule, when to drop cuts >> and when to leave cuts? >> >> *My* opinion on this is that it wouldn't be >> appropriate to change >> Rivendell to support this -- Rivendell is already >> flexible enough to >> support the few cases in which people want to do it. >> >> Hope this helps clarify! >> >> ~David Klann >> >> On 11/03/2016 08:50 AM, Fred Gleason wrote: >> > On Nov 2, 2016, at 15:27, Seth Stevenson >> <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> >> I had a question about Dropbox operation in >> Rivendell. I want to >> >> import say 25 cuts, in a cart that already has 25 >> cuts in it. I was >> >> hoping the delete cuts before import button would >> delete all the cuts, >> >> and then do the import, which is what I want to >> do. However it deletes >> >> cut for cut, so I end up with only one cut in the >> cart when the import >> >> finishes. Is there another way to do this? Can it >> be added as a >> >> feature? Thanks. >> > >> > To get this behavior, just set a destination cart >> (in the ‘To Cart’ field). >> > >> > Cheers! >> > >> > >> > >> |----------------------------------------------------------- >> -----------| >> > | Frederick F. 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