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50,000 Foot View
The beginning of a Rivendell journey.
Rivendell is, at its core, a set of computer tools for automating the acquisition, playing, and disposition of audio. Rivendell achieves this through a coordinated set of applications which are tied together with a database containing configuration details, audio metadata, and historical records; a storage volume containing audio files (sometimes called “audio assets”). It is most commonly used in broadcast and Internet radio stations.
After you obtain Rivendell, you start with a “blank slate”. That is, you get all the tools, and you must configure them for your station. This article is a brief guide to getting from “Zero” to “Playing” with links to necessary details.
The series assumes you have already installed Rivendell on a computer dedicated to running only Rivendell apps.
This series was originally written in August, 2020. Some of the links may be out of date or simply not work. The original author intends to keep this article and the others in this “Cookbook” up to date.
Rivendell Block Diagram
This block diagram shows roughly how (some of) the various Rivendell applications work.
