This is the README file for the Rivendell package.

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

This software is BETA code.  As such, it is likely to contain bugs, 
possibly serious ones.  Use with caution!

Welcome to this BETA 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.


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 interface.

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

RDLogEdit
A basic air log creation and editing 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.

RDGpiMon
A utility for monitoring GPI line status.

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.

Good Luck!


Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
