Thanks Mike. I'd been beating my head against RDCatch to get some sort of wildcards to work with no luck. Using separate dropboxes for each program is a really good idea. Much easier all around. I've already got some dropboxes in place for various announcer-produced content. Just need to expand the idea.
Thanks Jeffrey On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM Mike Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > RDCatch won't work for this, specifically because it doesn't handle > variable file names very well. We use Rivendell's dropbox facility instead, > with separate download folders for each program. The dropbox events can > then set to look for a fully generic file name (*.mp3 for example) and not > worry about the messy parts of the file name. > > Dropboxes are managed on a per-host basis in RDAdmin. > > Note that there are two file mask patterns in a dropbox definition: one > for the location and name of the file to ingest ("Path Spec") and another > one that specifies pieces of information that can be extracted from the > file name ("Metadata Pattern"). The name/location mask can have > generic-match characters in it. > > Mike > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 1:22 PM Jeffrey Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have just installed our PRSS Satellite Receivers (XDS-PRO) after >> moving to a new facility. Before the move we were using Enco and file >> ingestion was working through a dropbox configuration. Now that we are >> with Rivendell (thank goodness!) I wanted to configure file ingestion >> through RDCatch. Is this the best way to go? Maybe just use Dropbox to >> monitor a mirrored folder? How do I handle the fact that cutID numbers and >> portions of the CDLongName change with each program? >> >> So I ask the braintrust...what is the best way to handle ContentDepot >> file ingestion into Rivendell? >> >> Thanks >> Jeffrey >> >> *Jeffrey Blair* >> >> Production Manager/Announcer >> >> *KMFA Classical 89.5* >> >> 512.472.8160 | [email protected] | kmfa.org <http://www.kmfa.org/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >> >
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