This is the README file for the Rivendell package.

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  See the file COPYING for
details.

WARNING: This is BETA software.  It likely contains bugs, some possibly
serious.  Do not use it on-air unless you understand the risks.

Welcome to this release of the Rivendell Project.  Rivendell aims
to be a robust, functionally complete digital audio system for use in 
professional radio broadcast environments.

See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.  If you are upgrading from
a 1.x version of Rivendell, also see the file 'UPGRADING' for important notes
and pointers.


OVERVIEW
Rivendell contains a full set of functionality needed to operate a radio
automation system, consisting of the following components:

RDAdmin
A comprehensive application for the administration and configuration
of Rivendell.

RDLibrary
The production audio interface.

RDCatch
The automatic recorder and task scheduler interface.

RDLogin
A small utility for logging users into and out of the system.

RDLogEdit
A air log creation, editing and voicetracker tool.

RDLogManager
A utility for the automatic generation of logs, based on templates.
It also supports importation of schedule information from a wide
variety of third-party traffic and music scheduling systems.

RDAirPlay
The on-air playout application.

RDPanel
A 'fullscreen' SoundPanel cartwall application.

RDCastManager
A utility for posting and managing podcast episodes.

RDGpiMon
A utility for monitoring GPI line status.

RDHPIInfo
A utility for configuring AudioScience audio adapters.

RDAlsaConfig
A utility for configuring ALSA audio adapters.

RDImport
A command-line utility for batch importing audio along with
accompanying metadata.  Do:

	rdimport --help

from a command prompt for a list of options.

RMLSend
A GUI and command-line utility for sending Rivendell Macro Language
(RML) commands.

RDSoftKeys
A lightweight button panel utility for sending RML commands.
