[linux-audio-announce] Rivendell v0.9.76

On behalf of the Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the immediate release of Rivendell v0.9.76. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License. From the NEWS file: *** snip snip *** Changes: New/Extended RMLs -- A new 'Toggle On Air Flag' [TA] RML has been added that toggles the 'On Air Mode' of RDAirPlay. A new argument added to the 'Start Next' [PN] RML allows log meta-events to be automatically skipped (useful primarily when integrating with mixer surfaces in Manual or LiveAssist modes). Log Refreshing -- It is now possible to 'refresh' a log while playing out, thus preserving the view of what has already been played in the Full Log widget while still loading updated log elements. Such refreshing can be done either manually or configured on either a log-by-log or service-by-service basis to happen automatically whenever log updates are saved to the database. New AsPlayed Reports -- A 'Technical Report' has been added that captures extended playout information from RDAirPlay (such as the cause of an event start). A 'SoundExchange Statutory License Report' has also been added that can be used to generate data in a format suitable for direct submission of music playout data to SoundExchange. Printable Reports -- It's now possible to generate ASCII-formatted and printable reports about virtually every aspect of Rivendell operation, including Cart/Cut lists, Logs, RDCatch events and more, by touching the 'Reports' button in the respective Rivendell modules. The choice of external viewer/editor used can be set by means of the VISUAL environmental variable (default is 'vi' on Linux, 'Notepad' on Win32). Log Data Importer Changes -- The parser parameters for 'Length' in RDADmin->ManageServices has been split into sections to allow specification by hours, minutes and seconds as well as the previously supported plain seconds. Audio Auditioning -- It's now possible to audition audio directly from the Edit Log dialog in RDLogEdit and the Edit Event dialog in RDLogManager. No attempt is made evaluate rotation logic when auditioning -- merely the first valid audio found in the selected cart is played. Cart Validity Indication (EXPERIMENTAL) -- The color-coding of Carts and Cuts in RDLibrary has been altered so as to show the event's 'playability' *at the instant the event is viewed*. The yellow 'conditional' indication has been retired. Many Bugfixes -- See the ChangeLog for details. Library Versions: This version requires that, at a minimum, libradio-0.97.4 and librhpi-0.94.7 be installed. If installing from RPM, the version of the currently installed libraries can be determined by doing: rpm -q libradio rpm -q librhpi Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 126, and will automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo. As always, be sure to run RDAdmin immediately after upgrading to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied. *** snip snip *** Further information, screenshots and download links are available at: http://www.salemradiolabs.com/rivendell/ Cheers! |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Director of Broadcast Software Development | | | Salem Radio Labs | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Focus on the dream, not the competition. | | -- Nemesis Racing Team motto | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|