Re: [RDD] Best way to keep music logs on time
On my silly little Part 15 AM'er, my music hours have some "catch-ups" built in --- peppered around the hour are hard-timed marker carts that blow off any overflow music when the clock hits them. Say I schedule five songs to go from :00:00 to :20:00, but due to random timings I might end up with 23 or more minutes of music that need to fit in there. At :18:30 the log jumps to a hard-time cart with text marker and a WAIT command. If there are one or two songs left to play, they are dropped and the log advances to whatever comes after that cart once the song is over. This happens a few more times in the hour, keeping me fairly close to my quarter-hours and my :20s. In the last waning minutes near TOH, I populate the music playlist with a few Oldies which run 2:00 - 3:00 mins tops, and I put in a MAKE NEXT/WAIT cart with legal ID around :58:00 or so. Any songs left are punted, the song on air plays to completion and the ID hits fairly close to :00:00. Since I'm not doing news, a little slop either side of the hour is OK. I dont feel bad about the songs that never get played. The audience never knows they missed them. -Al Peterson _ Hello! I'm wondering what would be the best method for setting up logs so that the music would stay roughly on time... especially if a bad estimate of music length is given in the clocks (I have some tracks that are up to 5X+ the length of most others). Would there be a way to accomplish this? And if so, how would it be? ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
Re: [RDD] Best way to keep music logs on time
Set your top of the hour id, to always start the hour as near to 00 as possible. I set the TOH event to load at :58, which will drop all music that starts/falls after the clock reaches that point. You can do several fixed breaks that way, if you need more: When you make an event in RDLogManager, make a TOH event, for example, and near the top, you will see pre position, set that to :58, and that event will set itself next. Hello! I'm wondering what would be the best method for setting up logs so that the music would stay roughly on time... especially if a bad estimate of music length is given in the clocks (I have some tracks that are up to 5X+ the length of most others). Would there be a way to accomplish this? And if so, how would it be? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
[RDD] Best way to keep music logs on time
Hello! I'm wondering what would be the best method for setting up logs so that the music would stay roughly on time... especially if a bad estimate of music length is given in the clocks (I have some tracks that are up to 5X+ the length of most others). Would there be a way to accomplish this? And if so, how would it be? In addition, say if I have a power outage from 3am to 4am... is there a way Rivendell can skip all music from 3am to 4am upon Rivendell recovery? Thank you for your help. -- Signed, Patrick Schmalstig CEO/Founder of WRRJ Radio http://www.wrrj.org please remember: some of my emails are delayed 24 hours before I send them out in order to give me time to check the content of my emails. Please call me at 937-490-9775 if you need a faster reply. ___ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
