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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« on: January 29, 2009, 03:37:13 PM »
Added "load" command which will schedule a DJ program file.
Added AppleScript track action assignment (supported by DJ 1.5+)
Fixed problem with calculating min and max times for 2 hour segments

get it here > http://macinmind.com/?pid=2&progid=5&subpid=3

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2009, 03:46:15 PM »
Jay, I could kiss you!  But you're safe, my wife won't let me. :)

The addition of the load command is the one that makes it all come together for me.  I can now voice track hours of music to play when I'm not there, and know it will operate smoothly, loading them up automatically through the scheduler.  I will write a detailed post on exactly how I do that at some point.

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2009, 01:15:51 PM »
hi you both,

i can not load a saved spotfile.
is that right?
is it planned to?

what i would appreciate is that i get my advert-opener, some spots and a jingle in the spotlist.
then save it. and load the spot programm everywhere in the programm i want to.
is that possible?
do you maybe have an other solution how i can easily get spotlists in the running musicprogramm?

thanks 4 support,
philipp from germany.

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2009, 02:19:45 PM »
The spot list is meant for manual playing. Since it can only be manually played, there is someone there to manually load it.  If you're talking about short items that are automatically played in the third deck, those should be taken care of in a normal program saved file.

Maybe I 'm missing something. Can you elaborate more on what you need to happen?
« Last Edit: February 22, 2009, 02:20:01 PM by Lane »

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2009, 05:20:13 PM »
hi lane,

the music programm runs 24/7 without a break.
the songs are overlapped.
now i have to plan the advertisment spots.
no overlapping!
the way i do it now is ok but a little bit more effort than it could be.

i produce the whole spot list in a different programm,
then i put the whole thing in a playlist and tell the scheduler to pick this playlist at a certain time in the hour.

now i thought i can produce the ads in radiologik, save it and load it where i want to have the ad-break.
is this possible with the spotlist?
i hope you could understand my problem.

or maybe you tell me how the best way can be in radiologik to plan advertisment in a 24/7 music programm.

thanks a lot,
philipp.

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2009, 05:46:43 PM »
If you want the scheduler to load a playlist, it needs to be a program playlist, not a spot playlist.  If you put those files into a Radiologik program, and save choose "Save Program As", naming it appropriately, the scheduler will be able to add those in.

As far as not having them not overlap, there are various ways to deal with that.  You can put short silence tracks between them.   Perhaps necessary at the start of several to compensate for the overlap of the previous song.  You can edit the properties of the files so the fades are zero, and the overlap is 0, and not default.  By setting a 0 for overlap, it overrides the overlap value in the preferences.  I don't actually have a large overlap value in the Radiologik preferences, so nothing really overlaps by default.  I rely on the track properties to overlap songs.  Because an ad won't have an overlap value, they don't overlap anyway.

Personally, I do advertising a little differently.  I'm making use of itunes playlists and smart playlists to select ads to run.  In my case, I'm mostly random with ads, and mostly only control what time of the day they are allowed to run. So I have codes in the grouping tag like "morning", "afternoon" etc.  A smart playlist for morning ads will only have ads that have the 'morning' data in it's grouping tag.  

There are lots of ways to do this kind of thing, depending mainly on your own personal requirements.

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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2009, 09:03:29 AM »
hi lane,

the problem is that i cannot empty the programm list to do my ads and save it,
because the programm must run 24/7. so i thought i could do this parallel in the spotlist.
but i can't.

now i have a new idea: i creat normal playlists in my itunes (not smart):
for example

4 p.m.
5 p.m.
6 p.m.

now i put in the 4 p.m. playlist:
ad-opener
first spot
second spot
third spot
jingle

then i put in the 5 p.m. playlist
ad-opener
first spot
second spot
promo
fourth spot
jingle

then in the 6 p.m.:
ad-opener
first spot
third spot
jingle.

what do i have to program now in the scheduler that it plays the right order in the radio-program.
is it:
pick 4 p.m. (without a radom or artist seperation)
pick 4 p.m.
pick 4 p.m.
pick 4 p.m.
pick 4 p.m.

or does it work with the fill command?
i mean it is not far away from how you play the ads.
how do you make sure the program plays spot after spot after spot after spot in your playlist?

did you understand my idea?
hopefully:)

thanks and "bis später":)

philipp.

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2009, 09:16:22 AM »
You can probably do a fill of the playlist, make sure you don't have any Attributes chosen (like random etc.).  It should grab them all in order.

Also, a possible future feature will be a Save Selection option in Radiologik.  If this is implemented, you'll be able to put your items at the end of your running program, select them, save them, and then use them in a schedule.  Jay has said this feature *might* be done, so you may wish to email him to let him know it's something you could also make good use of.

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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2009, 12:09:14 PM »
hm, i tested it but i didn't work.
whyever the whole ads were repeated:

Line 1      fill  w 18
(17:57:16)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Trocken:Unbekanntes Album:ohne Sprache 1 1.mp3
(17:58:02)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:C-College:Unbekanntes Album:Kinder.mp3
(17:58:47)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Stadtwerke Augsburg:Unbekanntes Album:Das gute Gefühl.mp3
(17:58:48)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Trocken:Unbekanntes Album:ohne Sprache 1 1.mp3

these 2 lines should be not there:
(17:59:33)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:C-College:Unbekanntes Album:Kinder.mp3
(18:00:18)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Stadtwerke Augsburg:Unbekanntes Album:Das gute Gefühl.mp3

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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2009, 12:21:26 PM »
in the next test hour, it is like that

Line 5      pick ra Jazz
(19:12:54)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Van Morrison with Georgie Fame:Unbekanntes Album:Sack o'woe.mp3
Line 6      fill  w 18
(19:12:55)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Trocken:Unbekanntes Album:ohne Sprache 1 1.mp3
Line 7      pick ra Pop Black
(19:16:35)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Drizabone:Unbekanntes Album:Real love.mp3

it wont play the whole list, only the first track.

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2009, 12:22:31 PM »
Try putting on the unique track attribute  for the ads fill.

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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2009, 01:03:35 PM »
Line 5      pick ra Jazz
(21:14:44)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Compilations:Bar Jazz_ The Finest (Disc 3):3-13 Darn That Dream.mp3
Line 6      fill u w 18
Line 6      *Duplicate: smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Trocken:Unbekanntes Album:ohne Sprache 1 1.mp3
(21:15:30)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:C-College:Unbekanntes Album:Kinder.mp3
Line 7      pick ra Pop Black
(21:19:51)  Added smart radio:Users:smartradio:Music:iTunes:iTunes Music:Janet Jackson:Unbekanntes Album:Janet Jackson - That's the way love goes.mp3

it is a pitty: not successful.
does jay know a way how to play the ordered order of an itunes playlist?

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Scheduler 1.0b24 - January 28, 2009
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2009, 02:03:26 AM »
Scheduler looks at an iTunes playlist as a circular object when not random. It's pretty particular about getting in the min and max times.

With unique on and with fallback steps set at none I would have thought it would have given up but it is still allowing duplicate tracks after 20+ tries.

So.... that is fixed, it will now give up and exit the line if it runs out of unique tracks and can't fill the min so long as fallback steps are set to none. Download version 1.0 of scheduler again. The build is 257 which you can verify by clicking the version number in the about box. This is known as a quiet fix until I announce it in a future version number.

I've been toying with the idea of the load command on iTunes playlists as well, we'll see.

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« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2009, 04:16:49 AM »
download done, but i only see the built 249.
i use the free version.
has this to do with it?

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« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2009, 08:57:48 AM »
now i have the latest one. thanks a lot.