We have our legal id scheduled at xx:59:45.0 since our id is roughly 15 sec long and It's set to be start immediately and when it fires it quickly fades out the current song, plays the id and starts the next hour's clock, I can send you a copy of what our clock looks like when I get to the office tomorrow.
Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Android-powered phone On Apr 22, 2012 7:37 PM, "Gavin Stephens" <small.net...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > I'm still using an older version, but I don't see the erratic behaviour. > > I have a few timed events at the end of the hour, I have a log marker/note > that is scheduled for start at/make next at 59:00.00. > Following that is 3x 15 second placements for random sponsorship or promo > messages. 90% of the time, they don't play and are therefore not guaranteed > to air then, but occasionally the odd one or two does (about every 4 > hours). > > This prevents anything from starting a minute before the end of the hour. > I have another start time/make next log marker at 00:00.00 at the start of > the next hour. Then it's news time.... Yes, it's 60 seconds from 59 past > to o'clock, not 3x 15, but I don't mind the news starting 15 seconds before > the next hour if the clock is running short either. > > You can do start at "start immediately". This will force your ID to start > at the time specified regardless of what's playing. I prefer make next and > schedule shorter music before the 59 past marker, I've got the library > efficient enough I only need to over schedule 2 short tracks, and the odd > 15 second promo makes things really tight when needed. > > Cheers, > Gavin. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Brian P. McGlynn <jazz...@yahoo.ca> > *To:* Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > *Sent:* Monday, April 23, 2012 12:17 PM > *Subject:* [RDD] Top of Hour Timing Question / Skip Log Events > > Hello, > > I'm setting up Rivendell to act as a main playout engine for a music-based > format with some external components. The problem I am trying to solve is > how to have top-of-hour events execute near the top of the hour > consistently by skipping over over-filled schedule items for the hour. > > In scheduling music, the scheduler does not seem to allow perfect > scheduling to the top of the hour since there are often events (traffic, > etc..) that are not always filled. Songs also vary quite a bit as to their > length. In building a clock - that leads to the possibility of an > under-filled or over-filled hour. > > To deal with the under-filled hour, as in the case where there are no > traffic items to import, I over-schedule the hour with music by having 4-5 > cuts at the end of each clock as 1 minute events. Then, there is a > top-of-hour ID scheduled for "59:59" with a hard-time start to "Make Next". > > What I would like to see is to have the ID made next, and skip over all > over-scheduled log events and start with the item immediately after the > legal ID. What I am seeing is some erratic behavior where the log may > advance to play the events near the top of the hour (news, etc..), then > re-play that event once the log progresses there. > > Skipping events seems to be standard behavior in most every automation > system I've used, so I would imagine that Rivendell has this and that it is > user error on my part. > > Are there any suggestion on how to accomodate this scenario? > > Thanks in avance for the help. > Brian > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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