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Fred Gleason fd713a38bb 2017-09-18 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
* Fixed typos in the rdrender(1) man page.
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>rdrender</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class='source'>August 2017</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='manual'>Linux Audio Manual</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>rdrender</refname>
<refpurpose>Render a Rivendell log as a single audio file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<info>
<author>
<personname>
<firstname>Fred</firstname>
<surname>Gleason</surname>
<email>fredg@paravelsystems.com</email>
</personname>
<contrib>Application Author</contrib>
</author>
</info>
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<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>rdrender</command>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>OUTPUT OPTS</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>RENDERING OPTS</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>AUDIO OPTS</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='req'><replaceable>logname</replaceable></arg>
<sbr/>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'><title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>rdrender</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> can be used to render
an existing Rivendell log as a single audio file, thus enabling playback
of the rendered content independently of Rivendell.
</para>
<para>
Three different types of options can be given to
<command>rdrender</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>: Output,
which affect the outputs of the program, Rendering,
which control how a log is virtually &quot;played&quot; and Audio,
which control the format of the resulting audio file. Each group of
options is documented separately below.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='output_options'><title>Output Options</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--to-cart=</option><replaceable>cartnum</replaceable>:<replaceable>cutnum</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Save the rendered log to cut number
<replaceable>cutnum</replaceable> in cart number
<replaceable>cartnum</replaceable>. Both cart and cut must already
exist.
</para>
<para>
This option is mutually exclusive with the
<option>--to-file</option> option, below. Exactly one
<option>--to-cart</option> or <option>--to-file</option>
option must be specified.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--to-file=</option><replaceable>filename</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Save the rendered log to the <replaceable>filename</replaceable> file.
</para>
<para>
This option is mutually exclusive with the
<option>--to-cart</option> option, above. Exactly one
<option>--to-cart</option> or <option>--to-file</option>
option must be specified.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--verbose</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Be verbose. Among other things, this will cause
<command>rdrender</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> to print
a disposition for each log event encountered to standard error.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='rendering_options'><title>Rendering Options</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--first-line=</option><replaceable>lineno</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Start rendering the log at line <replaceable>lineno</replaceable>.
This option is mutually exclusive with the
<option>--first-time</option> option, below.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--first-time=</option><replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Start rendering the log at the event having a hard-start time
of <replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable>. This option is mutually
exclusive with the <option>--first-line</option> option, above.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--ignore-stops</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Treat any STOP transitions encountered as if they were PLAY
transitions. If not given, a STOP transition will cause rendering
of the log to be terminated at the point where the STOP was
encountered.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--last-line=</option><replaceable>lineno</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Stop rendering the log at line <replaceable>lineno</replaceable>-1.
This option is mutually exclusive with the
<option>--last-time</option> option, below.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--last-time=</option><replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Stop rendering the log at the event having a hard-start time of
<replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable>.
This option is mutually exclusive with the
<option>--last-line</option> option, above.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--start-time=</option><replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Render the log as if it had been started at a time of
<replaceable>HH:MM:SS</replaceable> (useful for ensuring that
dayparted carts play as expected). If not given, the current
system time will be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='audio_options'><title>Audio Options</title>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--bitrate=</option><replaceable>rate</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the bitrate to use, in <replaceable>rate</replaceable>
bits per second. Default value is 256000 bits/sec.
</para>
<para>
This setting is meaningful only when used with the
<userinput>MP2</userinput> or <userinput>MP3</userinput> formats.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--channels=</option><replaceable>chans</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Use <replaceable>chans</replaceable> channels in the output file.
If not given, <computeroutput>2</computeroutput> channels (stereo)
will be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--format=</option><replaceable>format</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the file and audio encoding format to be used. The
following values for <replaceable>format</replaceable> are
recognized:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>FLAC</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>MP2</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>MPEG-1 Layer 2 (.mp2)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>MP3</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>PCM16</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>PCM16 audio in a WAV file format (.wav)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>PCM24</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>PCM24 audio in a WAV file format (.wav)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput>VORBIS</userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>OggVorbis (.ogg)</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
Default value is <userinput>PCM16</userinput>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--normalization-level=</option><replaceable>level</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Peak normalize the audio to <replaceable>level</replaceable> dBFS.
Default value is <userinput>0</userinput>, which will disable
peak normalization.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--quality=</option><replaceable>qual</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the quality level to use, in the range
<userinput>-1</userinput> through <userinput>10</userinput>,
inclusive. Default value is <userinput>3</userinput>.
</para>
<para>
This setting is meaningful only when used with the
<userinput>VORBIS</userinput> format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--samplerate=</option><replaceable>rate</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify the sample rate to use, in <replaceable>rate</replaceable>
samples per second. Default value is the sample rate configured
in <computeroutput>System Settings</computeroutput> in
<command>rdadmin</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='bugs'><title>Bugs</title>
<para>
<command>rdrender</command><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> makes no attempt to
interpret hard-start time values beyond allowing them to be
used to flag the start and end of rendering. (See the
<option>--first-time</option> and <option>--last-time</option> rendering
options).
</para>
<para>
Maximum length of the rendered log is limited to appoximately two hours when
using <option>--to-cart</option>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>