2022-05-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>

* Revised the material dealing with CD ripping in the 'Content
	Management with RDLibrary' chapter of the Operations Guide.

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* Added a 'Managing Voicetracking' section to the 'Configuring
Rivendell with RDAdmin' chapter.
* Updated the 'VoiceTracking' chapter of the Operations Guide.
2022-05-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
* Revised the material dealing with CD ripping in the 'Content
Management with RDLibrary' chapter of the Operations Guide.

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@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ OPSGUIDE_IMAGES = rdadmin.audio_resource_information_dialog.png\
rddbconfig.login_dialog.png\
rddbconfig.rddbconfig_screenshot.png\
rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog.png\
rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog_mb_choose_disc.png\
rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog_mb_success.png\
rdlibrary.edit_cart_dialog.png\
rdlibrary.edit_cut_info_dialog.png\
rdlibrary.edit_macro_cart_dialog.png\

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The Rivendell Library consists of a set of objects called
<emphasis>carts</emphasis> (short for "cartridge", a nod to the days
when audio material for radio broadcast was commonly loaded to and
played from physical cartridges).
played from physical magnetic tape cartridges).
A Rivendell cart is a data container that holds either one or more
pieces of audio (called an <emphasis>audio cart</emphasis>), or macro
commands to the system
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.rdlibrary_screenshot.png" scale="43"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.rdlibrary_screenshot.png" width="154mm" depth="97mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>RDLibrary Main Window</para>
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_cart_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_cart_dialog.png" width="114mm" depth="138mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Edit Cart Dialog</para>
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_cut_info_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_cut_info_dialog.png" width="67mm" depth="124mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Record Dialog</para>
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.import_export_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.import_export_dialog.png" width="84mm" depth="65mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Import/Export Audio Dialog</para>
@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog.png" width="130mm" depth="116mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Rip CD Dialog</para>
@ -610,14 +610,48 @@
<para>
Load a CD into the CD drive. After a few seconds, list of tracks
should appear in the Tracks area. If the system administrator has
enabled the FreeDB CD Lookup Service, the names of the various
tracks may appear as well.
enabled it, the system will attempt to locate a record for the
disc at the MusicBranz.org music encyclopedia. If it finds a
record there, the disc title and track information will be populated
automatically.
</para>
<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog_mb_success.png" width="130mm" depth="116mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>A typical MusicBrainz lookup</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</para>
<note>
It's possible that a disc will match more than one MusicBrainz record,
in which case the system will present a dialog asking you to select
the actual disc being used.
<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.cd_ripper_dialog_mb_choose_disc.png" width="80mm" depth="30mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The MusicBrainz Multiple Matches Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</para>
<para>
If this occurs, select one or more entries from the dropdown list
and then touch <computeroutput>OK</computeroutput>. If more than
one track is selected, the selected tracks will be seamlessly
concatenated together in the target cut.
</para>
</note>
<para>
Set the <computeroutput>Channels</computeroutput>,
<computeroutput>Normalize</computeroutput> and
<computeroutput>Autotrim</computeroutput> controls appropriately (see
section 2.1.0 for more details on using the
<xref linkend="sect2_rdlibrary_importing_audio_from_a_file" />
for details on using the
<computeroutput>Normalize</computeroutput> and
<computeroutput>Autotrim</computeroutput>
controls). Next, touch the track you wish to rip and then press
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rip is complete, a message box will pop up to inform you of this.
</para>
<para>
If FreeDB data was found for the CD, you can have the FreeDB track,
artist and album names be automatically placed on the cart label
for the cart by checking
<computeroutput>Apply FreeDB Values to Cart</computeroutput> before
closing the Dialog.
If MusicBrainz data was found for the CD, you can have that
information automatically be placed on the cart label
for the cart by ticking the
<computeroutput>Apply MusicBrainz Values to Cart</computeroutput>
box before closing the Dialog.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="sect.rdlibrary.ripping_multiple_cd_tracks_at_a_time">
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.rip_disk_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.rip_disk_dialog.png" width="130mm" depth="138mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Rip Disk Dialog</para>
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</para>
<para>
This dialog is similar in many ways to the Rip CD Dialog described
above, except that each track can be assigned to transfer to a
different cut by double clicking on its listing, or by touching
the listing and then the Set Cut button, bringing up the Select
Cart/Cut Dialog.
above, except that each track or range of tracks can be assigned to
ripped to a different cut by double clicking on its listing or
selecting the desired tracks, touching the listing and then the
<computeroutput>Set Cart/Cut</computeroutput> button, bringing up
the Select Cart/Cut Dialog. It's also possible to create a new
cart automatically for each selected set of tracks by touching the
<computeroutput>Add Cart Per Track</computeroutput> or
<computeroutput>Add Single Cart</computeroutput> buttons.
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.set_cart_cut_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.set_cart_cut_dialog.png" width="143mm" depth="60mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Set Cart/Cut Dialog</para>
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</mediaobject>
</para>
<para>
The destination cut is selected by first choosing the cart from the
left-hand pane, followed by the desired cut within that cart on the
right-hand pane. The complete set of library filtering tools are
available to you here see section 2.2, 'Navigating the Audio
Library' for details on their function, just as in the main
RDLibrary screen.
Select the desired cut to rip to and then touch the
<computeroutput>OK</computeroutput> button, or create a new,
empty cart/cut by touching the
<computeroutput>Add New Cart</computeroutput> button.
The complete set of library filtering tools are
available to you here see
<xref linkend="sect.rdlibrary.navigating_the_audio_library" />
for details on their function, just as in the main RDLibrary
screen.
</para>
<para>
Once all of the desired tracks have been assigned to cuts, be sure
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_macro_cart_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_macro_cart_dialog.png" width="114mm" depth="138mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Edit Macro Cart Dialog</para>
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_marker_dialog.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_marker_dialog.png" width="150mm" depth="90mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Edit Marker Dialog</para>
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<para>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_marker_dialog.marker_menu.png" scale="50"/>
<imagedata align="center" fileref="rdlibrary.edit_marker_dialog.marker_menu.png" width="150mm" depth="90mm"/>
</imageobject>
<caption>
<para>The Marker Menu</para>