Simulates an old time radio station. Place program files in the numbered
folders, station identifications in the ID folder, commercials in the
com folder. run from the command line.
directories under the program are: ID, Com, 1,2,3,4,5... ID contains
station identifications. COM is commercial recordings. 1,2,3,4,5... each
numbered directory contains mp3 files of a particular show.
#!c:\Python25\pythonw.exe
#
from ctypes import * # Don't change any of these
import os, time, glob, random # they are all needed
import cgitb; cgitb.enable() # for operations or problem handling
#
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# Robot Radio WHEN V:1.0.0 (C)2012, 2013 Kirk D Bailey All rights
reserved. #
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#
# there are 2 directories under this one- com and id. There are also
numbered folders which
# contain files of old broadcasts. The system only referrs to number
name directories to play programs
# but is taken by the hand to ID or com to play station identifications
or commercials respectively.
#
# To add a broadcast group of 'programs', just create a new numbered
directory and load the program
# files into it- and that's it, the program adapts to it. DO NOT add any
directories EXCEPT numbered
# broadcast library file directories. The only 2 exceptions are com and
ID. com contains commercials.
# ID contains station identification blip, anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds
long. You can make your own mp3
# files and place them here.
#
winmm = windll.winmm # a shorthand way to access a function.
#
def mciSend(s): # we access a dlll in the operating system to
play mp3 files.
i=winmm.mciSendStringA(s,0,0,0)
if i<>0:
print "Error %d in mciSendString %s" % ( i, s )
#
def playMP3(mp3Name): # and we arap it in code to make using it
really easy.
mciSend("Close All")
mciSend("Open \"%s\" Type MPEGVideo Alias theMP3" % mp3Name)
mciSend("Play theMP3 Wait")
mciSend("Close theMP3")
#
def RandomFile(): # and this lets us pick a ramdom file in the
current directory- whatever that is.
files=glob.glob("*.mp3") # files is a list of the
CURRENT
file=random.choice(files) # directories contents
return file # and return the
filename to be played
#
os.chdir("./RobotRadio_WHEN/") # starts in cgi-bin, move
to application's
dirlist=glob.glob("*") # WE WILL NEED THIS LATER
IN RandomDir(); once is enough
#
def RandomDir():
dir=str(1+int(random.random()*(len(dirlist)-2)))
return dir
#
COUNT=8 # this is how many times to do the
loop, then quit.
limit=COUNT+1 # this masages a offset to helpo
display the loop count
print "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - BEGIN Broadcast Day - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -"
#
while COUNT: # this sets the number of loops.
Get creative to stop it.
# ok, let's do the loop.
print "Loop #", limit-COUNT # this lets us display the loop
count
os.chdir("./ID") # go to the station identification
folder
mp3file=RandomFile() #
print "Station Identification file:",mp3file," AT: ",
time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M %p", time.localtime())
playMP3(mp3file) # and pick one at random and play it.
os.chdir("..") # go back to the home directory
for this program
playMP3("./ID/NBCtones.mp3") # play the top of the hour NBC tones
print "NBCtones.mp3 - play the NBC tri-tone" # we terimmed it off
the end of another file, nice and clear and crisp.
time.sleep(2) # a breif pause between file plays
os.chdir("./com") # now back go home, then on to the
commercial folder
mp3file=RandomFile() # pick a commercial
print "commercial: ",mp3file," AT: ", time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y
%I:%M %p", time.localtime()) # show me the commercial
playMP3(mp3file) # and play it.
time.sleep(2) # another pause- so there is a
breif hesitation between one and next.
os.chdir("..") # this takes us back to the home
directory of the application
newdir=RandomDir() # pick a dir, any dir,
os.chdir(newdir) # and go there.
mp3file=RandomFile() # pick a random file from this
directory
print "Program=", os.getcwd()+"\\"+ mp3file # show us what it is,
print "AT:"+ time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M %p",
time.localtime()) # And when,
playMP3(mp3file) # and play it.
os.chdir("../com") # now back go home, then on to
the commercial folder
mp3file=RandomFile() # pick a commercial
playMP3(mp3file) # and play it.
print "commercial: ",mp3file," AT: ", time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y
%I:%M %p", time.localtime()),"<br>" # show me the commercial
os.chdir("..") # go home again.
print "- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -" # the
lines make it easier for they eye to track the half hour segments
time.sleep(2) # this gives us some time to do a
CNTL-C to break the loop.
COUNT=COUNT-1
print "DONE. Station shutdown @ ",time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %I:%M %p",
time.localtime())
# Now if we could just find a recording of a station shut down...
# ZZZzzz...
--
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Kirk Bailey
CEO, Freehold Marketing LLC
http://www.OneBuckHosting.com/
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