>From memory when I did this about 10 years ago RCS stored all the files with letters and numbers that look like microsoft serial numbers with a WAV file extension. Many Thanks Geoff Barkman
On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 6:38 AM Fred Gleason <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2018, at 11:24, Jeremy W. Eisenzimmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm looking at moving one of my database from RCS Master Control into > Rivendell. Taking a look at the MC database in SQL - I think I can pull all > the metadata info I need out of it (Title, Artist, NTP, TrimEnd, file name, > etc) with some manipulation to make this somewhat simple and automatic. > > The trick is importing it into Rivendell. I haven't really found any > documentation on migrating an entire database into RD. Has anyone done > something similar to this before? How'd you do it? I'm just curious how > much of a chore this may be. > > > Migrations tend to be ‘one off’ projects by their very nature. Not only > does each ‘legacy’ system have its own way of storing data (some *much* > more accessible than others!), but even with a given manufacturer and > product those things can vary according to the specific software version in > play. > > I would start by getting a few audio files out of the existing system and > importing them into Rivendell. It’s entirely possible that everything you > need is there already, and Rivendell will just populate the cart labels > accordingly as part of the import. If not, then it’s time to think about > getting out the big hammer. > > Cheers! > > > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | > | | Paravel Systems | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > | Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the road. | > | -- Anonymous | > |----------------------------------------------------------------------| > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >
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