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== 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|rdimport]][http://opsguide.rivendellaudio.org/html/sect.utilities.rdimport.html (1)].

* use interns and [[RDLibrary]]

=== Ripping a Bunch of Compact Discs ===

... to be continued ...

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