CookbookChapter05

Break Down This Wall!

Mass file importation strategies.

You’ll remember, Rivendell “owns” its audio library.

So, how do you get a whole huge pile of audio files, compact discs, vinyl records, etc. loaded into Rivendell's Library? Without pain? With accurate metadata?

Let’s start with the easy one: existing audio files with embedded metadata.

Batch Importing Existing Audio Files

Several possible techniques:

• set up one or more Rivendell dropboxes (not the public cloud service)
• use the Rivendell command-line command rdimport(1).
• use interns and RDLibrary

Ripping a Bunch of Compact Discs

... to be continued ...