The rdimport <filespec> parameter does accept multiple filenames, so you
could specify the list of files with one rdimport-command (with i.e.
--metadata-pattern (and --xml?) parameter(s)).
I usually put a group of files in one folder for each
group/scheduler-code and use rdimport with --metadata-pattern. Many
times --metadata-pattern doesn't like just " - " so I use rename to
replace " - " with "_-_" on files to seperate artist from title etc.
Marius
On 02/09/2018 05:03 AM, Rich Stivers wrote:
Our site has thousands of files to import into Rivendell so I wrote a
bash script to generate a large list of rdimport's. Here's a very
short sample -
rdimport --log-mode --normalization-level=-12 --autotrim-level=-29
--segue-level=-20 --set-string-artist="Fort Worth Doughboys (Bob
Wills)" --set-string-title="Sunbonnet Sue" --set-string-album="San
Antonio Rose" --set-string-label="Bear Family" COUNTRY
"/home/rd/music_import/temp/COUNTRY/Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -
San Antonio Rose - Bear Family/01/01 - Fort Worth Doughboys (Bob
Wills) - Sunbonnet Sue.flac"
rdimport --log-mode --normalization-level=-12 --autotrim-level=-29
--segue-level=-20 --set-string-artist="Fort Worth Doughboys (Bob
Wills)" --set-string-title="Nancy Jane" --set-string-album="San
Antonio Rose" --set-string-label="Bear Family" COUNTRY
"/home/rd/music_import/temp/COUNTRY/Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -
San Antonio Rose - Bear Family/01/02 - Fort Worth Doughboys (Bob
Wills) - Nancy Jane.flac"
rdimport --log-mode --normalization-level=-12 --autotrim-level=-29
--segue-level=-20 --set-string-artist="Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys"
--set-string-title="Osage Stomp" --set-string-album="San Antonio Rose"
--set-string-label="Bear Family" COUNTRY
"/home/rd/music_import/temp/COUNTRY/Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys -
San Antonio Rose - Bear Family/01/03 - Osage Stomp.flac"
I usually save the output of import scripts into a log file like this
-import-script |& tee logfile.txt
This method works fine for lists less than 600-700 files. If the list
is longer it could eventually hang the terminal window, and partially
hang linux. Once the PC is in this state, existing terminal windows
still operate normally, but I can't create any new terminal windows. I
can't do a simple restart after the terminal window hangs. I must do a
complete power-down then startup to put the workstation back to
normal. Sometimes it takes a couple of power-downs/startups to return
the PC to normal operation.
The number of rdimport'ed files is accumulative for the entire PC once
it boots. So if I import 500 files successfully, then try to import
another 500 in the same terminal window, the system will hang. If I
import 500 files successfully, then try to import another 500 in a
different terminal window, the system will hang.
While my rdimport script is running, Gnome System Monitor says memory
usage is at most 10%-15% of 4GB. CPU usage is 100% but that is
expected. I've looked in /var/log/messages but found nothing I could
understand that would give me a clue to why linux get in a semi-hung
state.
Has anyone seen/solved a problem like this before? I'm in a quandary
as to how to determine the cause of this (ill-formed script?,
Rivendell problem?, linux performance issue?, etc.).
I'm running the latest version of Rivendell and Centos 6, originally
built from the appliance disk.
I'm also interested in how all of you use rdimport to import large
quantities of files.
Thanks for reading this long post! All comments welcome.
Rich Stivers
KKUP-FM 91.5
Cupertino/San Jose CA
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