Hi Patrick, Here's a quote from the news file: v1.0.0rc0 -- 04/10/2008 snip Changes: Random Cut Rotation Retired. The ability to schedule cuts to rotate 'randomly' within a cart has been removed, with all cut rotation now using the original 'sequential' algorithm. /snip
Hope that helps, Robert On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Patrick Schmalstig / WRRJ Radio <xana...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried the following when it comes to randomizing rivendell cuts... and > none of them have been a success: > > *Shuffling cut names in database via. PHP script (caused cuts to have wrong > lengths and settings) > *Clearing play log (did nothing) > *Cleared play and local counters for all cuts (did nothing) > *Cleared last play date time field for all cuts (did nothing) > *Restarted rivendell daemons (shut them down before, put them back online > after, all the above processes were done) > *Setting all cuts to Play Sequence value # 1 (Random) in database (they play > in a different order since they were 0 but it's been that same exact order > ever since I changed the values to 1... even after all the tasks above were > done) > > Does anyone have any hints on how to shuffle my cuts on a per-cart basis > efficiently? ...even if I have to use a PHP script executed on a schedule to > make MySQL queries? > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Patrick Schmalstig / WRRJ Radio > <xana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I have went through the database on my Rivendell 2.1.0 system under Ubuntu >> Studio 11.10 and set all my music carts' play order from 0 to 1 to indicate >> to play cuts randomly. >> >> It doesn't seem random enough. It's like if I was playing a regular >> rotation except the cuts are in different order; they only get randomized >> once. >> >> I tried executing a script to clear all play counters of the cuts and >> clear the Production_SRT table containing the history. What happens is the >> system simply begins playing at the same order it had before... it doesn't >> randomize it again. >> >> Example a cart with cut numbers 1 2 3 4 and 5 will play in the order 1 2 3 >> 4 5 when I have the play order set to 0... sequential. >> Now with the random order (play counter 1), it ALWAYS starts with cut 1, >> then maybe it'll play in an order such as 1 2 4 3 5. >> But when I clear all counters and logs, the system simply goes back to >> playing in the same random order as before, ex 1 2 4 3 5... it doesn't >> re-randomize the cut orders. >> >> Is there any way to remedy this situation? I'd like to be able to have a >> new different cut order in my carts each day with my script clearing and >> resetting the counters and logs in the Rivendell mysql database (or if you >> know of additional things I have to do in the database please let me know). >> >> Sorry if this sounds confusing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
