Add Scheduler Code str to the target cart. The specified code must exist in RDAdmin->SchedulerCodes. This option may be specified multiple times.

Specify the threshold level to use for autotrimming the audio, in dBFS. Specifying 0 will turn off autotrimming.

Determine the target cart number by looking it up in the ISCI cross-reference table, using the ISCI code provided by the --set-string-isci or --metadata-pattern options. If service-name is given, prepend the Program Code for the specified service followed by an underscore to the ISCI code when doing the cart number lookup in the ISCI cross-reference table. Useful for importing sets of copy-split audio.

This option is mutually exclusive with the --to-cart option.

Add offset to the cart number as determined from the metadata pattern or --use-cartchunk-cutid.

Do not set the cut start and end datetimes, even if such are found in the file's import metadata. Mutually exclusive with the --set-datetimes option.

Do not set the cut start and end daypart times, even if such are found in the file's import metadata. Mutually exclusive with the --set-daypart-times option.

If the imported file does not reference an end date, create with end date offset by days days relative to the current date. Cannot be less than the value the value for --create-startdate-offset (default = 0).

If the imported file does not reference an start date, create with start date offset by days days relative to the current date. Cannot be greater than the value the value for --create-enddate-offset (default = 0).

Delete all cuts within the destination cart before importing. Use with caution!

Delete each source file after successful import. Use with caution!

Operate in DropBox mode, causing rdimport(1) to run continuously, periodically scanning for files matching the specified filespec, importing and then deleting them when found. WARNING: use of this option also implies the --delete-source option!

Print a copy of the current ISCI cross-reference table and then exit. Useless except for debugging.

If the imported file references an end date, offset the value by days days.

Attempt to work around malformed audio input data.

Print a short usage message and exit.

The filename to write logs to. This option is mutually exclusive with the --log-syslog option.

Rivendell "Filepath" wildcards can be used in filename. See the rivendell-wildcards(7) man page for details.

Writes the logs to syslog(3). Overrides the [Logs] section of rd.conf(5). This option is mutually exclusive with the --log-directory and --log-filename options.

Send an e-mail message for each file processed, rather than a single message per run summarizing all actions taken. Implies the --send-mail switch.

See the --send-mail switch (below) for more details about generating e-mailed reports from rdimport(1).

Attempt to read metadata parameters from the source filename, using the pattern pattern. Patterns consist of a sequence of wildcards and regular characters to indicate boundaries between metadata fields. This option is mutually exclusive with the --xml option.

The available wildcards are:

Detection of either the Rivendell Group [%g] or Rivendell Cart [%n] will cause rdimport(1) to attempt to import the file to the specified Group and/or Cart, overriding whatever values were specified on the command line. If the --set-user-defined option has been used, then the value specified there will be used instead of %u.

Boundaries between metadata fields are indicated by placing regular characters between macros. For example, the pattern %t_%a_%g_%n., when processing a filename of 'My Song_My Artist_TEMP_123456.mp3', would extract 'My Song' as the title and 'My Artist' as the artist, while importing it into cart 123456 in the TEMP group.

Specify the level to use for peak normalizing the audio, in dBFS. Specifying 0 will turn off normalization.

Specify a pattern string (which may include metadata wildcards), which will cause rdimport(1) to print this string to standard output once for each file successfully imported, with the wildcards appropriately resolved.

See the --metadata-pattern section (above) for the list of supported wildcards.

Length of the added segue in length msecs. See --segue-level, below.

Specify the threshold level to use for setting the segue start marker, in dBFS, as measured after any specified normalization has been applied. Default action is not to create segue markers.

Send e-mail to the address(es) specified in the destination group's Notification E-Mail Addresses setting in rdadmin(1) summarizing the action(s) performed during the run. Each invocation of rdimport(1) will potentially generate one message for all successful imports and another for all failed imports (but see the --mail-per-file switch (above) for a way to modify this behavior).

NOTE: Rivendell uses the system's sendmail(1) interface when originating e-mail. For many modern e-mail setups, additional site- and distro-specific configuration will likely be necessary beyond what can be covered here.

Set the cut start and end datetimes, in the format YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS. Mutually exclusive with --clear-datetimes.

Set the cut start and end datetimes, in the format HHMMSS. Mutually exclusive with --clear-daypart-times.

Set the marker end marker to a given offset value, with offset specified in milliseconds. If positive, it is taken to indicate a marker position relative to the absolute beginning of the audio cut, while if negative, it is taken to indicate a marker position relative to the absolute end of the audio cut.

The following marker values are recognized:

Set the FadeDown marker to offset. See the discussion of the --set-marker-end-marker option above for a description of the offset parameter.

Set the FadeUp marker to offset. See the discussion of the --set-marker-end-marker option above for a description of the offset parameter.

Set the marker start marker to a given offset value, with offset specified in milliseconds. See the discussion of the --set-marker-end-marker option above for a description of the marker and offset parameters.

Set the cart label field field to string. This will override any other values --e.g. from --metadata-pattern.

Values recognized for field are:

Deprecated. Use --set-string-user-defined instead.

If more than one file is imported, place them within multiple cuts within a single cart, rather than creating separate carts for each file.

If the imported file references a start date, add days days to it.

Set the cart title from CartChunk CutID.

Run rdimport(1) as the Rivendell user specified by ticket rather than as the currently "logged in" user.

Import into cart cartnum, rather than using the next available cart number for the group. If the cart does not exist, it will be created. Each file will be imported into a separate new cut within the cart. Use of this option implies --single-cart and is mutually exclusive with --use-cartchunk-cutid.

Import the file as a monaural cut. If the file is stereo, both left and right channels will be mixed together.

Attempt to update the library metadata from the embedded data in the source audio file when importing new audio into an existing cart.

Import the audio into the cart specified by the CartChunk CutID parameter associated with the file. If the cart does not exist, it will be created. Use of this option is mutually exclusive with --to-cart.

Print progress messages during processing.

Output version information and exit.

Attempt to read file metadata in RDXML format from the file basename.xml. This option is mututally exclusive with the --metadata-pattern option.