David, if I used playlist.once instead of playlist, would it still behave
as described?
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:15 AM, David Baelde <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> The answer is A, as you probably observed yourself. If you want the
> playlist to reload when the switch leaves it, you could use a special
> effect with a side condition that triggers reload (by issuing a server
> command).
>
> If you have unusual file scheduling constraints, there's a point where
> it won't make sense to struggle with the simple operators of
> liquidsoap, and using a request.dynamic with a custom function or
> external script will be simpler. In your example, adding one
> transition is simple enough, but keep this in mind if you plan to go
> further.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Christopher Muldrow
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm struggling with some timing issues with some switches, and I THINK
> I've
> > narrowed down the problem to a misunderstanding on my part of how the
> reload
> > on a playlist works.
> >
> > Let's say I've got two playlists I've created that are both about an hour
> > long, made up of multiple songs. Each one has a file as the very first
> > "song" on the playlist that needs to be played every hour as the new
> > playlist starts.
> >
> > Now, I set those up as so:
> >
> > timelessdrive1 = playlist(mode="normal", prefix="replay_gain:",
> > reload_mode="watch", "/mnt/musicMount/playlists/timelessdrive2.m3u")
> > timelessdrive2 = playlist(mode="normal", prefix="replay_gain:",
> > reload_mode="watch",
> "/mnt/musicMount/playlists/timelessLEGALID12550.m3u")
> >
> > And I decided I want to write a switch to schedule these, so I do that:
> >
> > default = switch([
> > ({0h-0h59m}, timelessdrive1),
> > ({1h-1h59m}, timelessdrive2),
> > ({2h-2h59m}, timelessdrive1)
> > ])
> >
> > Now, let's say that I don't quite play all the tracks in timelessdrive1
> > before my switch hits. (Let's say it's an hour and 15 minutes instead of
> an
> > hour)
> >
> > When I switch BACK to timelessdrive1 at 2 a.m., will it A) start where I
> > left off the first time I switched from it or B) go back to the
> beginning of
> > the playlist when I call it the second time?
> >
> > If the answer is A, how should I call the playlists to make it behave as
> B?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
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