Rotator in ads scheduler

[Bjorn]

We've noticed the rotator favours certain tracks, as we had 10 tracks in the rotator, but one of them was playing 90% of the time...

Can we have an option to not randomise, but play in order? ie. in the first instance, play item 1, then next instance, play item 2 etc. Then restart at 1. That way it's always "rotating".

Otherwise, can we use repeat protection to play another track in the rotator instead if a track has played recently?


Cheers!

 

[djsoft]

We've noticed the rotator favours certain tracks, as we had 10 tracks in the rotator, but one of them was playing 90% of the time...

It depends on the settings (priorities, filters, etc.). When possible, it will select the tracks evenly distributed. Random or in order, all tracks will have more or less equal run times.

Can we have an option to not randomise, but play in order? ie. in the first instance, play item 1, then next instance, play item 2 etc. Then restart at 1. That way it's always "rotating".

There's In Order selection option in Category / Tracks tab.

Otherwise, can we use repeat protection to play another track in the rotator instead if a track has played recently?

Repeat protection will prevent a track from repeating, so enabling this seems reasonable. Do not set the rules too strict. That is, for 10 tracks, do not set repeat protection = total duration of 10 tracks. As this will lead to errors and/or degraded quality of track selection.

 

[Bjorn]

Okay sweet! And what happens if a track is scheduled but repeat protection blocks it? Will it schedule another track instead or will it just skip it?

Thank you!

 

[djsoft]

Okay sweet! And what happens if a track is scheduled but repeat protection blocks it? Will it schedule another track instead or will it just skip it?

In Order and any filters/protections/constraints do not really work together. It's either In Order, or all those rules. If you enable both, it will continue checking the next track in order, until it finds the one that fits.