cart will air at the length indicated by the Forced Length field, rather than
the native length of the audio. Care is needed when implementing
timescaling within a facility, as there are limits to how much the length
can be altered, while only certain types of audio adapters support it at all.
See the Rivendell Technical Guide for more information.
Group – This is a pull down menu by which the group ownership for the
cart can be set. The system administrator configures the list of available
groups for each user in RDAdmin.
User Defined – As the name implies, this field has no dedicated meaning
to Rivendell itself, but is provided for each site to use as is seen fit.
The example in Illustration 3 shows an audio cart. As such, the bottom half of the dialog
displays the lists of cuts contained within the cart.
3.0.1 Cuts
Each audio cart can contain one or more cuts. A Rivendell cut is an actual piece of
audio, somewhat analogous to a 'track' on a CD. Up to 999 such cuts can exist within a
single cart. Each line in the cut list contains information about the cut, including:
Description – An arbitrary name, assignable by the user as an aid in
keeping track of the content, it is roughly analogous to the 'Title' field in
the cart label.
Length – The actual, measured play out length of the cut audio. This field
is set automatically by the system.
Last Played – The last date and time that the cut was aired by the
RDAirPlay module. Useful for keeping track of stale inventory.
# Of Plays – The total number of times the cut has been aired by the
RDAirPlay module.
Origin – The name of the host upon which the audio in the cut was last
recorded, along with the date and time.
Outcue – A user settable field. This line shows up in the RDAirPlay log
when the cut is played.
3.0.1.0 Multiple Cuts in a Cart
What happens when more than one cut is placed into a cart? The answer, in a
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