Scheduled spots repeat in playlist if an error occurs

[brockl]

I have had several times that a spot repeats in the playlist due to the music rotation playlist not loading correctly.
Is there a way to have this not happen and the auxiliary playlist load and play? The aux playlist loads correctly if the playlist just runs short.

What is going on if the scheduler runs playlist and saves it with player=xxxxx ? This causes the playlist to not be recognized and doesn't play.

 

[djsoft]

I have had several times that a spot repeats in the playlist due to the music rotation playlist not loading correctly.
Is there a way to have this not happen and the auxiliary playlist load and play? The aux playlist loads correctly if the playlist just runs short.

Can you please provide more details on what happens?

What is going on if the scheduler runs playlist and saves it with player=xxxxx ? This causes the playlist to not be recognized and doesn't play.

Scheduler usually does not save anything. I guess more information is needed on this too.

 

[brockl]

Here is a screenshot after tonights playlist creation.

 

[djsoft]

Here is a screenshot after tonights playlist creation.

What is the error with those playlists? What happens in RadioBOSS is it not able to load those?

 

[brockl]

Yes, they do not load

 

[djsoft]

Yes, they do not load

Does RadioBOSS show any error messages? You can attach one of the playlists here so we can check.

 

[brockl]

the auto generated playlist was named Playlist A2024-10-30 -Player=527158, I renamed to upload it here

 

[brockl]

Walked back versions, same problem with 7.0.6.0. 7.0.5.0 is working and creating the auto generated playlists without player=5xxxxxx. Version 7.0.6.0 did the same thing wrong, however the file ended with player=4xxxxx. Hope this helps diagnose the problem. I am creating the playlists a day ahead with a filename mask for date and the +1d modifier. Creating the playlists manually works fine in 7.0.8.0.

 

[djsoft]

the auto generated playlist was named Playlist A2024-10-30 -Player=527158, I renamed to upload it here

The playlist file is OK, what happens when you load it into RadioBOSS? What if you load it manually using the Open command in RadioBOSS?

 

[djsoft]

I am creating the playlists a day ahead with a filename mask for date and the +1d modifier. Creating the playlists manually works fine in 7.0.8.0.

Looks like the playlist creation command is wrong. Please share what command do you use to create the playlists.

 

[brockl]

run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d

 

[djsoft]

run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d

The command will create a playlist and those playlists are seen in the folder; also you have sent the contents of one of those playlists and there are tracks. Can you please specify what's wrong?

 

[brockl]

I tried upgrading to the current version from 7.0.0.5 and am still having this issue. The scheduled playlist generator commands are creating playlists like this "Playlist C2025-03-30.m3u8 -player=4263456". Of course, they do not load. Here is the command that is scheduled "run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d". Why is it appending the -player= making it invalid.

I opened the file "Playlist C2025-03-30.m3u8 -player=4263456", and it is a correctly formatted playlist. I can't figure it out, any ideas?

 

[brockl]

I see that this option was added in 7.0.0.6

• Playlist Generator: added configuration for "consider tracks in the playlist for repeat protection" feature

I don't have the option switched on in the playlist generator for Playlist A, could this be creating the strange -playlist append to the file name?

 

[djsoft]

Here is the command that is scheduled "run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d". Why is it appending the -player= making it invalid.

Depending on where the quotes are, it can cause behavior like this. The -player string is appended to allow the playlist generator to communicate with RadioBOSS.

For instance, if the command looks like this:
run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d

then it will not work properly, as quote for the -out parameter is not closed, and -player parameter is appended to -out instead of being a separate parameter.

The correct command should look like this (close the final quote):
run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe "-preset=Smooth" "-out=R:\RadioBoss\Playlists\Playlist A?yyyy-?mm-?dd.m3u8?+1d"