Notable Differences Between Version 2 And Version 4

2019-07-31T15:34:31Z

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== Notable Differences Between Version 2 And Version 3 ==

Rivendell Version 3 (RD3) was released on July 16, 2019. This release came after nearly a year of concentrated development and testing by the Rivendell community, led by [https://www.paravelsystems.com/our-crew Fred Gleason]. One of the primary motivating factors for RD3 was the update to version 4 of the [https://qt.io/ Qt] development library. For most users this is mostly an “under the hood” thing, but this change has positioned Rivendell for future growth, modification, and improvement.

Here are some more changes and improvements in Rivendell Version 3.

=== User-visible Changes in RD3 ===

[[File:Screenshot from 2019-07-30 12-15-33.png|right|thumb|border|Ops Guide Cover Page]]

Quite notably one of the most visible changes is the improved user documentation.

:This version includes expanded discussion of many aspects of Rivendell operation and administration.

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[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 13-07-30.png|left|thumb|800px|border|RDLibrary Showing New Fields]]

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RDLibrary has gotten a new look and some new functionality:
:# RDLibrary now tells you the count of currently displayed Carts
:# you may filter Carts based on up to ''two'' Scheduler Codes
:# Carts with multiple Cuts are shown with a ⊞ symbol; clicking on the ⊞ causes RDLibrary to display each of the Cuts in the Cart
:# Carts may now be played directly from the Cart list
:# Macro Carts may now be run directly from the Cart list

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[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 13-20-41.png|left|thumb|400px|Artist Separation, Version 2]]
[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 13-21-22.png|right|thumb|400px|border|Artist Separation, Version 3]]

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''Artist Separation'' has moved from '''Clocks''' to '''Events''' in RDLogManager. ''Artist Separation'' now behaves like ''Title Separation'' when using Rivendell to generate Logs. Artist and Title separation can also be disabled.

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You can rip compact discs in Rivendell 3 with the standalone ''RDDiscImport'' utility.

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[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 21-37-16.png|left|thumb|200px|RDAdmin Host Management showing new PyPAD button]]

Player instances now communicate '''Now''' and '''Next''' program-associated data ([[wikipedia:Program-associated_data|PAD]], or so-called ''[[wikipedia:Metadata|metadata]]'') via a standalone service called ''PyPAD''. This service uses short, easy to read [[wikipedia:Python_(programming_language)|Python]] scripts and configuration data to send the updates to the destinations of your choice. You may assign multiple PyPAD instances to each workstation in your Rivendell network.

A new PyPAD script was added to send Now data to RDS Encoders that support the X-Command protocol, such as the Pira.cz.

[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 21-39-29.png|center|thumb|List of PyPAD instances on a workstation]]

Like Rivendell version 2 (and prior), the Now and Next instances are configured with data specific to each instance. Starting with Rivendell 3, this configuration data is no longer separate from the instance; the data resides in the Rivendell database.

[[File:Screenshot from 2019-06-16 21-40-16.png|right|thumb|Configuration data for a PyPAD instance]]

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A new RDDBConfig graphical utility was added for upgrading database schemas and backing up and restoring the database.

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=== “Under-the-hood” Changes in Rivendell 3 ===

Rivendell 3 has many invisible changes in addition to the visible improvements.

;rdservice
:The various service [[wikipedia:Daemon_(computing)|daemons]] are now launched and monitored by a “super server” called ''rdservice''. This daemon is configured to run via [[wikipedia:Systemd|systemd]] and is responsible for keeping all the background services running.

;dropboxes
:Rivendell dropbox instances are now started by and monitored by ''rdservice''. In addition, the RDAdmin Dropboxes dialog includes a '''Reset''' button that enables manually re-starting the dropbox. It is now possible to Duplicate dropboxes.

;“headless” RDAirPlay
:Rivendell 3 supports up to 23 so-called ”virtual“ players. These players work much like the original RDAirPlay, but require no physical (or logical) display to run. Instead of controlling the headless players with button clicks, you use Rivendell Macros to control the virtual players.

;Unicode
:Rivendell is now Unicode UTF-8 clean. Your foreign-language metadata is safe with RD3.

;web API
:A compatibility library to has been added to facilitate the use of the Rivendell Web API in external applications

;scheduler
The "STACK", which keeps track of scheduled carts, is now purged and no longer grows indefinitely. This can significantly speed up log generation.

;stability
:The changes in Rivendell 3 amount to even more stability and resilience.

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Notable Differences Between Version 2 And Version 4