Rivendell is awesome
I run it in Dunedin. The machine has been up and running onair for 85
days now and counting. I've got 3 machines networked together sharing a
music database.

*Rivendell* is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with
facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of
audio content. It has all of the features one would expect in a modern,
fully-fledged radio automation system, including support for both PCM
and MPEG audio encoding, full voicetracking and log customization as
well as support for a wide variety of third party software and hardware.
As a robust, functionally complete digital audio system for broadcast
radio applications, Rivendell uses industry standard components like the
GNU/Linux Operating System <http://www.linux.org/>, the AudioScience HPI
Driver Architecture <http://www.audioscience.com/> and the MySQL
Database Engine <http://www.mysql.org/>. Rivendell is available under
the GNU Public License <http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html>. Further
design details are available here
<http://www.rivendellaudio.org/Design.html>.

*FEATURES and BENEFITS*

# A complete GPL'ed radio automation system.

# Designed for efficient on-air use, with large, touchscreen-friendly
controls.

# Up to three full automation logs may be operated from a single computer.

# Extensive support for live assist environments, with multiple SoundPanel
arrays available at the touch of a finger.

# All configuration is done by means of point and click interfaces -- *no*
arcane configuration files to edit!

# Support for both PCM16 and MPEG Layer 2 audio formats (MPEG Layer 2
support requires the use of select sound cards available from
AudioScience Inc.). <http://www.audioscience.com/>

# Full support for both analog and AES3 digital audio interfaces, using
high-quality audio adapters manufactured by AudioScience Inc.
<http://www.audioscience.com/> and the JACK Audio Connection Kit
<http://jackit.sourceforge.net/>.

# Designed by radio broadcasters, for radio broadcasters.

# Completely free and open -- no dongles, unlock codes, software keys or
other arbitrary limitations.




*RELEASE STATUS*

Rivendell is feature-complete and on the air at many radio stations
world wide. A comprehensive operations manual is available on the
Rivendell download page
<http://www.rivendellaudio.org/rivendell/download.shtml>, and a
technical and administration guide currently in preparation.



*TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS*

Rivendell runs on the GNU/Linux operating system, and is available under
the GNU Public License <http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html>. It
currently supports operation using the full line of ASI Audio Adapters
available from AudioScience Inc <http://www.audioscience.com/> as well
as the Jack Audio Connection Kit <http://jackit.sourceforge.net/>.

*Recommended Minimum System Requirements:*
Pentium 4 CPU
256 MB RAM
SuSE Linux Professional 9.x
XFree86 Supported Video Card
AudioScience Audio Adapter
Mouse or other Pointing Device
Optional: Touchscreen Monitor


*COMPONENTS*

*RDAdmin* ~ comprehensive system configuration and management tool

*RDLogEdit* ~ complete program log editing tool

*RDLibrary* ~ audio acquisition and management tool, for maintaining a
library of audio content

*RDAirPlay* ~ on-air audio playout application

*RDCatch* ~ automatic audio recorder and event scheduler specifically
optimized for simultaneous capture of multiple long-form audio programs

*RDLogManager* ~ tool for integration with a wide array of third-party
traffic and music scheduling systems


Michael Rowse wrote:
> Try Rivendell. http://www.rivendellaudio.org/
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> Mike
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> --- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Herb" <bheath.nz@...> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> Just curious whether anyone knows of any quality automation software
>> for use under linux? I've checked the repositories in Ubuntu but
>> nothing comes up...
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>> I've tried Direttore using the wine patch with only reasonable results.
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>> Any help would be greatly apprieciated.
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>> Herb.
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