RadioBOSS 7.1 [beta]

[tomimatko]

Please check if you have the "Shuffle adverts" option enabled in Settings->Event properties.

Yes, it's enabled. Always, because it's an important thing to me.

 

[tomimatko]

In Advanced configuration, I set "UI Hide logo" to True. But when I switch the Top panel to View > Hide and then later switch to, for example, Full, the empty field appears again. I need to reset RB for it to be hidden again.

The empty logo field appears whenever you change the Top panel view, even when switching from Full to Large. I thought this only happens if it's set to Hide.

 

[Guillaume]

Time Stretch can only be applied (for technical reasons) before playback starts. Do you want to periodically turn this feature on/off? Presently, you can always keep it on and then cancel it using right-click menu option when you don't need it.

Yes, I want to enable it periodically using the context menu option. This activation would be taken into account for the next music track, as currently configured.

The problem with +15 and +30 is that there are few music tracks, meaning it will have to do bigger speed changes. Entire hour is 10-15 tracks which allows some room for adjustments. But first block at +15 minutes is only 3-4 tracks which is very few.

Indeed, the amount of music tracks in a 15-minute block is smaller.
To explain my point of view, the idea is to "catch up" with an acceptable delay according to my configuration.

Example:

my antenna game is at h+15 and my next appointment is the flash at h+30.
Between these two appointments, there is a block of commercials and 3 music tracks with a total duration of 10 minutes (excluding jingles).

In the current Time Stretch configuration, only music tracks are editable in terms of playback speed and I have indicated a value of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" at -4% and +5%.

So I'm going to extend the playback time of these 3 music tracks by a few seconds (about 23 seconds maximum).
So I'm going to shorten the playback time of these 3 music tracks by a few seconds (about 28 seconds maximum).
And that's what I want: to be able to act on a slice of my hour in order to avoid putting a Sweeper or cutting one or more endings of music tracks.
The goal is to use Time Stretch for short periods of time instead of using elements or doing actions that "spoil" the antenna rendering.

Thank you for your interest in my remark. Also, I perfectly understand the work that it generates on your side to arrive at an optimal Time Stretch model.

I think a sort of universal solution can be implemented like adding time stretch start/time stretch end markers and it will operate between them. The end marker will have an option to specify the desired time. But this is for newer versions, for this beta it's too much work.

That's exactly it. This future solution is very interesting. It would suit me perfectly.

You can use set timestretch on and set timestretch off commands in the scheduler to turn it on/off when needed.

That's what I've been testing for a few days

We use second number as major version, e.g. 7.0 - and major update after that is 7.1. That's to avoid version number inflation, Sometimes first number increases prematurely when there are incompatible changes (like changing database format, or dropping Windows XP support). With usual version numbering, it would have already been something like version 71.0 (as web browsers currently are at 100+ something versions).

Thank you for this useful clarification.

 

[Guillaume]

Suggestion (Time Stretch): Is it possible to add an option in the Time Stretch to force to set the minimum or maximum value of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" even if the arrival at the precise time is not respected?

Example:

Time Stretch is enabled but it won't work because the minimum (-4%) or maximum (+5%) values of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" that I set are exceeded.
The current configuration is: no Time Stretch action if the minimum or maximum values of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" are exceeded.

But if the minimum or maximum value of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" is forced to activate, I will be able to get closer to the top hour and be more consistent.
It's better to do a top hour at 9:00:30 instead of 9:01:45, for example.

 

[Guillaume]

RadioBOSS 7.1.0.9 Release Candidate

Changes

• Fixed minor UI and translation issues

Translation. English version only. In the "lang.ini" file.

Paragraph [Strings], Ln 1125 =>
What does the command « S17 » mean ? Is it useful ? There is nothing to indicate, it has been empty for a while.

Paragraphe [Strings], Ln 1135 =>
Modify the information message for the upcoming 7.1 release by: This feature is only available in RadioBOSS Advanced Ultimate.
Or add a line for the Ultimate version.

 

[djsoft]

Yes, it's enabled. Always, because it's an important thing to me.

Actually, "Resolve type conflicts" option works also when ads are shuffled (it's applied after shuffling), so I think more information is needed on this problem. Please make a screenshot of how a block looks like in block preview in the Ads Scheduler, and hot it looks like in the created playlist. They should be the same.

The empty logo field appears whenever you change the Top panel view, even when switching from Full to Large. I thought this only happens if it's set to Hide.

This will be fixed in the next update.

 

[djsoft]

Yes, I want to enable it periodically using the context menu option. This activation would be taken into account for the next music track, as currently configured.

We'll consider it for the next update.

Suggestion (Time Stretch): Is it possible to add an option in the Time Stretch to force to set the minimum or maximum value of the "Speed adjust frame (%)" even if the arrival at the precise time is not respected?

Currently it will not apply time stretch if it's not possible to make it end at the hour end. We'll add an option to apply maximum possible (within the set time frame) speed adjust in any case. But this is the the next minor update, as RadioBOSS 7.1 should be released shortly and we can't afford another development cycle for this version.

What does the command « S17 » mean ? Is it useful ? There is nothing to indicate, it has been empty for a while.

If it's empty then it's not used, some legacy value from older versions.

Modify the information message for the upcoming 7.1 release by: This feature is only available in RadioBOSS Advanced Ultimate.
Or add a line for the Ultimate version.

It will replace Advanced to Ultimate where needed.

 

[NestorC]

I have several cases where "Resolve type conflicts" has not worked for me. I'm using RB 7.0.1.9 and the Ads database that I have in production. There are situations where I have 3 ads with the same priority, and 2 of them have the same Type.
In these cases, it keeps the 2 ads of the same Type together without placing the other one in between.
If you want, I can send you the adscheduler.ini file

 

[tomimatko]

Actually, "Resolve type conflicts" option works also when ads are shuffled (it's applied after shuffling), so I think more information is needed on this problem. Please make a screenshot of how a block looks like in block preview in the Ads Scheduler, and hot it looks like in the created playlist. They should be the same.

I've been monitoring this for two days, and the issue hasn't occurred once, but in the last hour, it's happened twice. I've checked multiple times if they are the same priority/type. I'm sending a screenshot from earlier - Ads, Block preview, and from the Report file. Divna and Bingo same type/priority.
Shuffle adverts is checked
Resolve "two ads of the same type" conflicts automatically is checked
RB 7.1.0.9.

 

[tomimatko]

For checking or unchecking tags in the Music Library, I’d prefer the system to be like in the Track Tool - all in one window, instead of two separate ones like it is now. It complicates things a bit if you want to quickly change tags. The way it’s done in the Track Tool is excellent - the checkbox is blacked out and easily noticeable.

 

[djsoft]

I have several cases where "Resolve type conflicts" has not worked for me. I'm using RB 7.0.1.9 and the Ads database that I have in production. There are situations where I have 3 ads with the same priority, and 2 of them have the same Type.
In these cases, it keeps the 2 ads of the same Type together without placing the other one in between.
If you want, I can send you the adscheduler.ini file

Yes, the adscheduler.ini file would be helpful. The resolving algorithm is not 100% working in all cases, as it's optimized for speed (otherwise block creation will take much more time).

I've been monitoring this for two days, and the issue hasn't occurred once, but in the last hour, it's happened twice. I've checked multiple times if they are the same priority/type. I'm sending a screenshot from earlier - Ads, Block preview, and from the Report file. Divna and Bingo same type/priority.
Shuffle adverts is checked
Resolve "two ads of the same type" conflicts automatically is checked
RB 7.1.0.9.

Can you please send a screenshot if the block in the ads scheduler and created playlist? adscheduler.ini file would also be helpful.

For checking or unchecking tags in the Music Library, I’d prefer the system to be like in the Track Tool - all in one window, instead of two separate ones like it is now. It complicates things a bit if you want to quickly change tags. The way it’s done in the Track Tool is excellent - the checkbox is blacked out and easily noticeable.

Track Tool edits only one track, so it's possible to do it all in one window and also mark existing tags. In Music Library it's different, it's designed to edit tags for multiple files (add or remove specific tags from a group of tracks) - in this case, it can't display what tags already added (those can be different for each file), and for the same reason it can't be done from a single window.

 

[tomimatko]

Can you please send a screenshot if the block in the ads scheduler and created playlist? adscheduler.ini file would also be helpful.

No problem, is the screenshot of any playlist with a generated ad block or when the situation occurs where two ads of the same type/priority are together?