text: This is the README file for the Rivendell package.
  
  This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for
  details.
  
  Welcome to this 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. If you are upgrading from
  a 1.x or 2.x version of Rivendell, also see the file 'UPGRADING'
  for important notes and pointers.
  
  
  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 and task scheduler interface.
  
  RDLogin
  A small utility for logging users into and out of the system.
  
  RDLogEdit
  A air log creation, editing and voicetracker 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.
  
  RDCartSlots
  An application that emulates a multi-slot cart decks.
  
  RDCastManager
  A utility for posting and managing podcast episodes.
  
  RDGpiMon
  A utility for monitoring GPI line status.
  
  RDAlsaConfig
  A utility for configuring ALSA audio adapters.
  
  RDDbConfig
  A utility for creating, backing up and restoring the Rivendell
  database.
  
  RDImport
  A command-line utility for batch importing audio along with
  accompanying metadata. Do:
  
  	man 1 rdimport
  
  for usage help.
  
  RMLSend
  A GUI and command-line utility for sending Rivendell Macro Language
  (RML) commands.
  
  RDSoftKeys
  A lightweight button panel utility for sending RML commands.
  