[RDD] Scott Studios Wave Format

Discussion:

kRis

2011-11-27 08:23:44 UTC

Greetings!

I'm looking for a linux util that will allow me to create Scott
Studios wave files. I see Rivendell has the ability to read the
headers. Can it also write them?

If not, does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks much for any help. Someday I hope to migrate to rivendell and
be done with SS forever, but for now its what I have.

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Bob Reite

2011-11-27 15:11:15 UTC

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As I recall Scott Studios puts the metadata at the beginning of the
file. Cart Chunk may be placed at the end of the file.

If you already have SS-32, you should have the TLC utility for creating
audio files for the system. Use TLC to import audio into Scott Studios,
and then when you are ready to switch to Rivendell, use the rdimport
utility to migrate your audio files into Rivendell.

I took this approach when building a backup automation system for a
client. They aren't ready yet to part with their main SS-32 system, but
because of too frequent T-1 outages, they needed backup audio at the
transmitter site. The import worked well.

You can also try creating an audio file in rdlibrary, then see if your
SS-32 system will read it.

kRis

2011-11-27 20:58:57 UTC

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Thanks much for the reply. I think I may have been a bit ambiguous with my
question. I do indeed have the TLC utility, but I am looking for a
command line way of creating the files so I can use it in scripting
(eg to download a show or weather forecast, etc. and automagically
make it a propper SP file). I was hoping that Rivendell may have some
kind of command line util (or make use of something similar to sox)
that would accomplish this.

Since SS data is mostly csv files (aired logs, schedules, etc.) I've
been able to write many useful bash scripts to do things like: Tell
me when my station is off time, send me a jabber message if I'm about
to miss a spot, text me if the logs aren't loaded by 7p, etc. Being
able to create the SS wave files with a script is the key thing that
is keeping me from automating myself out of a job :)

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As I recall Scott Studios puts the metadata at the beginning of the
file. Cart Chunk may be placed at the end of the file.
If you already have SS-32, you should have the TLC utility for creating
audio files for the system. Use TLC to import audio into Scott Studios,
and then when you are ready to switch to Rivendell, use the rdimport
utility to migrate your audio files into Rivendell.
I took this approach when building a backup automation system for a
client. They aren't ready yet to part with their main SS-32 system, but
because of too frequent T-1 outages, they needed backup audio at the
transmitter site. The import worked well.
You can also try creating an audio file in rdlibrary, then see if your
SS-32 system will read it.

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Bob Reite

2011-11-28 00:38:31 UTC

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One of my biggest gripes about Scott Studios is that it doesn't play MP3
files, they have to be converted into something else first. Maybe not a
big deal if it's just 60 sec spots, but one of the stations that I take
care of gets hour long programs as MP3 files that have to be converted
in TLC. I haven't found a command line utility yet for doing that.

Try creating a test file with rdlibrary and see if the SS-32 machine
will play it properly. If that works, I believe there are ways to
invoke rdlibrary from a command line or batch file.

Post by kRis
Thanks much for the reply. I think I may have been a bit ambiguous with my
question. I do indeed have the TLC utility, but I am looking for a
command line way of creating the files so I can use it in scripting
(eg to download a show or weather forecast, etc. and automagically
make it a propper SP file). I was hoping that Rivendell may have some
kind of command line util (or make use of something similar to sox)
that would accomplish this.
Since SS data is mostly csv files (aired logs, schedules, etc.) I've
been able to write many useful bash scripts to do things like: Tell
me when my station is off time, send me a jabber message if I'm about
to miss a spot, text me if the logs aren't loaded by 7p, etc. Being
able to create the SS wave files with a script is the key thing that
is keeping me from automating myself out of a job :)

Rob Landry

2011-11-28 15:52:09 UTC

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I believe what you want is http://interpring.com/import-normalized.txt .

This takes a .wav file, normalizes it (via /usr/local/bin/normalize), and
puts a Scott SS32 header on it.

This script was developed for remote uploading to an SS32 system mounted
via smbclient on a Linux server. The user connected to it via WinSCP,
uploaded his file to /home/scott/import, and walked away. The script would
start automatically via cron, scan /home/scott/import for files named
cccnnnn.wav, where ccc is a Scott category and nnnn is a cart number.

Thus, if the uploaded file was named com1234.wav, the Scoot-playable
output file would be named com/sp1234.wav in the appropriate directory (in
my scheme it would be /home/scott/vol1/audio/com/sp1234.wav).

Somehere in my archives I have a variant that used wget to retrieve Dow
Jones reports in .mp3 format, converted them to .wav, and then fed them to
the SS32.

Rob

Post by kRis
Greetings!
I'm looking for a linux util that will allow me to create Scott
Studios wave files. I see Rivendell has the ability to read the
headers. Can it also write them?
If not, does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks much for any help. Someday I hope to migrate to rivendell and
be done with SS forever, but for now its what I have.
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Kris Edwards

2011-11-30 05:08:04 UTC

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This was exactly what I needed. Life changer. Thanks very much!

Post by Rob Landry
I believe what you want is http://interpring.com/import-normalized.txt .
This takes a .wav file, normalizes it (via /usr/local/bin/normalize), and
puts a Scott SS32 header on it.
This script was developed for remote uploading to an SS32 system mounted
via smbclient on a Linux server. The user connected to it via WinSCP,
uploaded his file to /home/scott/import, and walked away. The script would
start automatically via cron, scan /home/scott/import for files named
cccnnnn.wav, where ccc is a Scott category and nnnn is a cart number.
Thus, if the uploaded file was named com1234.wav, the Scoot-playable
output file would be named com/sp1234.wav in the appropriate directory (in
my scheme it would be /home/scott/vol1/audio/com/sp1234.wav).
Somehere in my archives I have a variant that used wget to retrieve Dow
Jones reports in .mp3 format, converted them to .wav, and then fed them to
the SS32.
Rob