RadioBOSS 6.3 [beta]

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What's new

• Containers: pack one or more playable items into a container; container appears as a single item in the playlist
• New crossfading option: Mix Start determines where the following track is mixed in; mix start can be automatically detected
• Hour separation markers in the playlist (to enable, right-click a playlist tab)
• New storage option for additional information: store information in a separate file (details in the user manual)
• Added support for .cue files: track title is updated according to the information contained in the cue file
• Track List: next track in Track List is evaluated when the item is selected in the playlist (and Track Information panel is enabled)
• Weather data display in main window improved: now it also shows wind speed
• Overlay events: ability to send playing track titles (option in Settings->Scheduler)
• User access control: added permissions to turn streaming on/off and delete profiles
• File Explorer tab: added "quick access folders" feature (right-click any item in the file list to enable it)
• Stream archive feature redesigned
• Stream archive: added an option to record stream without applying DSP
• Stream archive creates .cue file with track titles
• Nowplaying artwork export can be done in JPEG to reduce file size
• Added ability to name HTTP requests
• Jingles: allow playing only one jingle at a time (option)
• Teaser: added filter by Tags
• Log: added right-click command to jump to correcponding playlist item
• Added option to show default image when video window is visible but audio file is playing
• Settings->Controls: ability to disable turning off the scheduler
• Auto Intro: added "Not include" filter for tags
• API security option: allow only local requests
• Added "Set cast title" command in Tools menu to send custom streaming title to servers
• Added option to configure icon size in the playlist (Settings->View->Style)
• Added %startsec and %endsec title format variables that hold playback start and ens positions for playing track
• Advanced option: relay volume when overlay event plays with "Priority over relay" option
• Advanced option: volume slider only affects main sound card, not monitor
• Tracks played in cart machine and AUX players are now logged and included in the reports
• Accessibility improvement: added ability to sort list (call the menu by pressing Shift+Menu key)
• Inner playlists are opened in advance, this allows proper next track title evaluation and crossfade calculations

Music Library

• Added right-click commands for tracks: move to library / copy to library
• Option added: what show in the file name field (file name and path or full path)
• Improved tracks processing window

Track Tool

• Ability to record voice insert from Track Tool
• Voice insert can be prelistened
• Expiration option for voice insert
• Playback level configuration for voice inserts

Scheduler

• Event execution progress for download, generate playlist and makelibrary commands, accessible from List (button on the scheduler tab)->View running tasks menu
• Added "dsp" command to enable or disable all/specific DSPs
• "next" command with "CueNextOnEnd" modifier can be used as a first action in multi-action events
• DTMF exit option: allow to finish playing selected file types (e.g. commercials) instead of terminating event right away

Ads Scheduler

• Backgroung color can be set for ads to mark them in the list
• Items in the ads list can be manually reordered using dragging
• Allows to minimize groups in the ads list
• Option to pack ad block into a container
• Reports made in profiles other than default include profile name

Report Generator

• Added support for styles
• Total duration is calculated for "List" reports
• Command line to automate report creation (details in the User Manual)
• Added keyboard hot keys (arrows) to manage rotation and categories

Segue Editor

• Prev/next buttons to quickly move to other playlist items
• Fixed bug when track movement to the left wasn't possible at some positions

Bugs fixed and minor improvements

• Improved start time calculation in the playlist
• Detect mix point feature in Music Library (and makelibrary command) improved to have minimal mix value, as set in Crossfading window
• Fixed a bug in Search feature (player and library)
• Fixed a bug: in rare cases fade out lead to high sound level at the fade end
• Fixed: search by tags sometimes didn't work properly
• Fixed various localization bugs
• Fixed: tracks played in Overlay were not included in reports

License key
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Download
RadioBOSS 6.3 beta:
x86 https://dl.djsoft.net/beta/radioboss_beta_6.3.0.5.exe (4/11/2023, 33MB)
x64 https://dl.djsoft.net/beta/radioboss_beta_6.3.0.5_x64.exe (4/11/2023, 37MB)

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hello dimitri the music browser sometimes hangs again. the same thing is hung at 11 thousand searches, that at 5 thousand, that at 20 thousand, it does not have an exact number. 2 of every 5 searches remain frozen, although this time the radioboss is not paralyzed as it happened in previous beta 6.3 versions, please review it. All the best

 

[ORBITA HIT]

Chema Rivas came out and after 30 minutes Chema Rivas came out again, he was with another artist. In the protection it is marked multiple artists separated by , & , and, etc. and does not seem to respect too much. you have to review

 

[djsoft]

I don't know if this is intentional, but it irritates me a lot. If I don't have RadioBOSS open maximized, it stuck to the taskbar. It can be moved left and right, but not up.

Looks like it's a Windows "snap" feature, when window sticks to edges. Try moving it up a bit more and it will unstick.

I report a bug in the beta. When I remove all the items below the timestamp, it shows me this error. it's annoying because it makes the program restart

Thank you, we'll check why this happens.

 

[djsoft]

hello dimitri the music browser sometimes hangs again. the same thing is hung at 11 thousand searches, that at 5 thousand, that at 20 thousand, it does not have an exact number. 2 of every 5 searches remain frozen, although this time the radioboss is not paralyzed as it happened in previous beta 6.3 versions, please review it. All the best

Can you please provide more information about it? Also a screenshot when it "freezes" will help. Do you mean when it's "loading..." and the process stops at some point? If so, sometimes you can wait a bit and it will continue.

Chema Rivas came out and after 30 minutes Chema Rivas came out again, he was with another artist. In the protection it is marked multiple artists separated by , & , and, etc. and does not seem to respect too much. you have to review

Can you please show how the other track's artist field looks like, with two artists?

 

[ORBITA HIT]

Can you please provide more information about it? Also a screenshot when it "freezes" will help. Do you mean when it's "loading..." and the process stops at some point? If so, sometimes you can wait a bit and it will continue.


Can you please show how the other track's artist field looks like, with two artists?

t is the same artist chema rivas. Although at times he has also happened with multiple artists. I will capture multiples when it happens and let you know. Protection seems not to be fine

 

[ORBITA HIT]

hello dimitri the music browser sometimes hangs again. the same thing is hung at 11 thousand searches, that at 5 thousand, that at 20 thousand, it does not have an exact number. 2 of every 5 searches remain frozen, although this time the radioboss is not paralyzed as it happened in previous beta 6.3 versions, please review it. All the best

It stopped at 18154 tracks and it doesn't happen as it says that it resumes later, it has been stopped for more than 10 minutes and it doesn't resume, so it stops the search. Although it does not happen as a previous problem that the entire Radioboss was frozen. in 6.3.0.5 the search stops without giving results.
The search stops sometimes. every 3-4 lookups the error occurs

I relaunch the same search and now it runs and shows results

 

[ORBITA HIT]

I do a different search again and the search stops again this time as soon as it starts at only 2518 tracks.

 

[ORBITA HIT]

I do a different search again and the search stops again this time as soon as it starts at only 9766 tracks.

 

[ORBITA HIT]

After carrying out 5 or 6 different artist searches, the search stops again.

 

[ORBITA HIT]

Dimitri, I could see the possibility of viewing the Tracks according to the type of radioboss configuration file. If you select tracks, all the indicative tracks, publicity, music are mixed. Could you put the types of files below tracks? I give you an example Show record entries --> Tracks --> Jingles or Advertisements or Music or canned program files ( all types we have in file types previously added to RB ) it's possible ?

 

[hro_sebastian]

Looks like it's a Windows "snap" feature, when window sticks to edges. Try moving it up a bit more and it will unstick.

Tried this, but doesn't work as expected. Try it yourself by dragging the window up and down. It does only affect RadioBOSS windows.

 

[patrick.de-bruyn]

I don't know if this is intentional, but it irritates me a lot. If I don't have RadioBOSS open maximized, it stuck to the taskbar. It can be moved left and right, but not up.

Win 11 Pro 22H2 x64 with RB 6.3.0.5 x64 Beta

https://imgur.com/8iansnX

auf win 10 Pro ist alles OK
on win 10 Pro everything is OK

 

[hro_sebastian]

auf win 10 Pro ist alles OK
on win 10 Pro everything is OK

Danke für die Rückmeldung! Das scheint dann ein Problem unter Windows 11 zu sein. Vielleicht hilft Dmitry das bei der Reproduktion des Problems.
Thanks for the feedback! This seems to be a Windows 11 problem then. Maybe this will help Dmitry reproduce the problem.

 

[NestorC]

Danke für die Rückmeldung! Das scheint dann ein Problem unter Windows 11 zu sein. Vielleicht hilft Dmitry das bei der Reproduktion des Problems.
Thanks for the feedback! This seems to be a Windows 11 problem then. Maybe this will help Dmitry reproduce the problem.

I installed it on a Win11 just to test and it works perfectly for me!

 

[hro_sebastian]

I installed it on a Win11 just to test and it works perfectly for me!

Did you tried dragging up and down again and again? After the second time, it's getting buggy for me. :/

 

[NestorC]

Did you tried dragging up and down again and again? After the second time, it's getting buggy for me. :/

I did it several times and with different sizes in the RB window without any problem

 

[NestorC]

I did it several times and with different sizes in the RB window without any problem

Maybe you have a problem with the video driver, try to change it

 

[hro_sebastian]

Maybe you have a problem with the video driver, try to change it

Since only RadioBOSS is affected and all other applications (OBS, various games, graphics programs, browser, office applications) work as intended without exception, I'm not going to start tinkering with my graphics driver.

Maybe you have a problem with the video driver, try to change it

Just had the opportunity to observe the same phenomenon on Windows 10, though not as severe. Whenever you push it to an edge or corner, RadioBOSS gets stuck there. On Windows 10 it is relatively easy to move the window again, but on Windows 11 it is much more complicated.

Conclusion: If the problem can't be reproduced, I'll just always run RadioBOSS maximized so I don't get upset about it. Not a big deal.

 

[djsoft]

t is the same artist chema rivas. Although at times he has also happened with multiple artists. I will capture multiples when it happens and let you know. Protection seems not to be fine

To debug this it's important to see when the other file was repeated and what Artist field contained for this file.

It stopped at 18154 tracks and it doesn't happen as it says that it resumes later, it has been stopped for more than 10 minutes and it doesn't resume, so it stops the search. Although it does not happen as a previous problem that the entire Radioboss was frozen. in 6.3.0.5 the search stops without giving results.

We were never able to reproduce entire RadioBOSS freeze, but in this version 6.3 this part was reworked to work faster and better. I'm not sure why it still stops. Do you use any 3rd party antivirus (Window Defender is OK)?

I give you an example Show record entries --> Tracks --> Jingles or Advertisements or Music or canned program files ( all types we have in file types previously added to RB ) it's possible ?

I think, yes. I'll add it to the requested features list for the future versions.

 

[ORBITA HIT]

To debug this it's important to see when the other file was repeated and what Artist field contained for this file.


We were never able to reproduce entire RadioBOSS freeze, but in this version 6.3 this part was reworked to work faster and better. I'm not sure why it still stops. Do you use any 3rd party antivirus (Window Defender is OK)?


I think, yes. I'll add it to the requested features list for the future versions.

I do not use any Antivirus outside of Defender included in windows. I'm going to try disabling it to see if it resolves and I'll keep you posted. thanks dimitry