For CD programs (now very few), we don't use a completely automated process. We use a dropbox that points to a transfer folder where the audio is placed and specifies one cart for a daily program such as "Ted Watson" so all of the daily audio loads in as various cuts. Once imported for the month, we go to the cart in Riv and set up the valid play dates on each cut. That's less automated but easy for our staff to do.
For other programs that can be automatically downloaded, I use a script that gets them, specifies the cart number and adds the valid dates to each cut. I find that RDCatch works best for FTP sites, especially where the programs include some sort of date code in the file name that you can use to specify the playout date. I hope that makes sense. Tom Van Gorkom Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM Office: 956-380-8150 Cell: 865-803-7427 www.radioesperanza.com Director of Media Rio Grande Bible Ministries 4300 S US Hwy 281 Edinburg, TX 78539 www.riogrande.edu On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 2:06 PM Robert Jeffares <jeffares.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <jeffares.rob...@gmail.com> > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing > listRivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.orghttp://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev >
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