Tony,
yes Dropbox under rdadmin works for one cart per day. The command line
rdimport has all the options to load cuts with dates into one cart.
I use a number of scripts to load programmes which turns repetitive
tasks into a single command. Ok when you are the production person. Not
so OK if you have operators who may not be command line savvy. Thats
when making macro's and macro buttons solves the problem.
Permissions can be an issue if you are a user not in the Rivendell set
of users. Doing everything as 'rd' is reliable.
ls -l on the directory you have created will tell you who owns it and
the files in it.
Assuming the CD is supplied by a reliable source it should be fine. Are
the programmes wav format or mp3? Do you get a week at a time or a month
at a time? Who sets the broadcast dates? How are the files on the CD
labeled?
R
On 20/12/21 7:13 am, Tony Cox wrote:
Robert,
Thank you. For testing, I have set the time to a few minutes in the
future. I used Cuts inside the cart that are departed for particular
days — 001 = Monday 002 = Tuesday, etc. If I use a Dropbox, I don’t
see a good way to use a Cut. Thus, we would need a Cart number for
each day and a new event for each day. I was hoping to simplify my
events and clocks.
I will look at Dropboxes for the process.
Another option for me is to let Rivendell grab the files from a remote
computer. I have been successful using ftp access to download.
Do you think that my issue could be permissions related on the
Rivendell computer?
Also, do you think it may be better to access a remote computer? I’ve
been following the emails regarding Ransomeware.
Tony
On Dec 19, 2021, at 12:19 PM, Robert Jeffares
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Tony,
RDCatch runs at a *time* set in the top right of the Edit Download
screen. If the time is now, not set in the future, the catch will
happen at this time tomorrow or this time on this day next week
depending on the checkboxes.
Given the work flow you describe I would use the dropbox option in
RDAdmin > Manage > Hosts > Host > Dropboxes
Depending on the labeling of the tracks on the CD you could put the
entire weeks programmes in at once and they can be imported as cuts
with play date set into the cart.
It looks like you use the cart as a two pulse cart with an intro on
cut 1 and the programme on cut 2. I am inclined to do that with two
carts one with the intro and the second with the daily content.
Another option is to write a shell script to read the tracks from the
CD and cart them directly. You can call the script from a macro cart
and put the macro cart on a button in the RDAirplay screen.
RDCatch does require a username and password. It can grab from all
sorts of places and has a one size fits all interface.
regards
Robert
On 20/12/21 5:08 am, Tony Cox wrote:
I am new to Rivendell and am trying to finish the setup of a machine to run our
radio station. Each week we have daily programs that we record from a CD and
move the files into our current automation software (SS32).
In Rivendell, RDCatch seems like to ideal solution for us to automate the
process and speed up our production work.
I have set up a folder on our new machine called “shows_import”. That will be
where I want RDCatch to look for the file. I currently have place a file called
“test1.mp3” in the folder and have RDCatch set to look for the file and place
it into a Cut in a Cart for departing.
I think I have it set up properly but have been unsuccessful at getting RDCatch
to do anything with the file. Here are my settings:
Description: Ted Watson->Cut 002
URL:file:///home/rd/shows_import/test1.mp3
User: user Password: ————
(Although the manual says no user and password are need for file transfer on a
drive, RDCatch is still requiring me to have a username associated with the
event)
Destination: 300121_002
Channels: 2
Autotrim, Normalize, Update Library Metadata (selected)
Active Days: Set to whatever day I am testing.
I have successfully downloaded from an FTP site, but can’t seem to make this
work when grabbing a file on the same computer. This seemed simple enough but
for whatever reason, I just haven’t had a success with this set up.
Any guidance is appreciated.
Thanks,
Tony
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