Play drop/jingle automatically before specific songs

[dan95]

Hi,

I am looking for advice and I hope you have a recommendation how to do it best with RadioBoss.

I want to place a short drop before specific brand new titles, means every time (or every 2nd/3rd new track) when a song from the category is about to be played, the drop should be there before automatically.

In the playlist generator these new songs are tagged with "New". Must I put the drop in an extra tag/category before "new" then or is there a better way? Maybe create an event for a specific time?
F.e. I want to adapt this for specific genre songs or songs from specific decades (2000s, 90s, etc.)

Thx

 

[djsoft]

I want to place a short drop before specific brand new titles, means every time (or every 2nd/3rd new track) when a song from the category is about to be played, the drop should be there before automatically.

A better way for this would be to use the Auto Intro feature: https://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/auto-intro.htm
Doing the same in the Playlist Generator would also be possible, but will require a bit more effort to configure.

 

[dan95]

Hi Dmitry,

awesome, thanks, "Auto Intro" is exactly what I am looking for.

 

[dan95]

Hi Dmitry,
I have a question about Auto Intro. I have a playlist that only plays new tracks with the "new"-tag. In this playlist I don't want the Auto Intros, only in rest of program. But the problem is the condition for the Auto Intro is the tag "new" for normal playlists.
Thx

 

[dan95]

I think I figured it out but please correct me if there is an easier / more proper way. Condition: tag new AND added between 0 and 60 days.

 

[dan95]

Sorry for spamming, I couldn't edit the previous post anymore. What I think is not ideal yet is that the 3 Auto Intros in the folder are randomly shuffled. Better would be if they alternate in order. Maybe you can think about it for future versions?

 

[dan95]

Hm, I still don't know how to avoid auto tracks in the playlist where all songs are tagged with "new". Previous posted workaround doesn't work.

 

[djsoft]

Hm, I still don't know how to avoid auto tracks in the playlist where all songs are tagged with "new". Previous posted workaround doesn't work.

You can enable/disable the entire Auto Intro feature using the set auto intro off / on commands.
There is also a command to disable specific auto into rule: autointro enable rule_name

This is documented here: https://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/scheduler_commands.htm

Commands can be run via the scheduler, or inserted into the playlist.

Sorry for spamming, I couldn't edit the previous post anymore. What I think is not ideal yet is that the 3 Auto Intros in the folder are randomly shuffled. Better would be if they alternate in order. Maybe you can think about it for future versions?

The problem here is keeping track of what auto intros were used, and how to handle updates (when tracks are added/removed), I'm not sure this is practical as in many cases it won't work as expected, e.g. if you decide to test it, one of the intro files will be skipped in the real air.

 

[dan95]

Cool, thank you, Dmitry - now it works easily! I still learn new things about RB
Have great holidays!