Wait command

[milan.zivanovic]

Hi!
I want to accomplish something interesting with two PCs, both running RadioBOSS.
(PC1 playout, PC2 stream archive, recording every song separated)

The only thing that I need is some WAIT command in scheduler, because of latency added in audio processor (2-3 sec). It should be able to receive the length of runtime pause in milliseconds.

Example:
Command 1: streamarchive off
Command 2: wait 2780ms
Command 3: streamarchive on

Since there is no such wait command in RadioBOSS, is it possible to achieve the delay in runtime with some other command?

Thanks! This would be a big time saver to me!

 

[milan.zivanovic]

Actually, this is a better exapmple:

Command 1: wait 2780ms
Command 2: streamarchive off
Command 3: streamarchive on

 

[pety]

Use [stop] command

 

[milan.zivanovic]

This commands would be stacked in an event which will be fired by API. The API can receive requests by RadioBOSS on PC1 on every song change.

Everything is tested and work great, except WAIT.

 

[milan.zivanovic]

Use [stop] command

No, it will not do anything. I need PAUSE in commands execution.

 

[pety]

Use pause command. It is the same thing with wait.

 

[milan.zivanovic]

No, Pety, I need to delay commands execution, because of delay in sound processor. I'll try with a batch script.

 

[pety]

No, Pety, I need to delay commands execution, because of delay in sound processor. I'll try with a batch script.

Understand. Hope to be solved your issue.

 

[djsoft]

No, Pety, I need to delay commands execution, because of delay in sound processor. I'll try with a batch script.

You can insert pause between commands using the pause #N command where N is the amount of seconds to pause. In your case it should be 3 (this is the closest to the 2780 ms).

This can be inserted using the "multiple actions" feature in the scheduled event window:
1. Click the + button, select "Add command", enter "pause #3".
2. Select this item in the list, edit it (the edit button on the right) and click OK - this is required because Multiple actions does not allow adding pauses directly.
3. Add any other commands you need and place them in the required order.

 

[milan.zivanovic]

Thanks, I'll try this method.
Is it possible to stop and start recording without a gap in between? Currently, there i about 500 ms gap.

 

[djsoft]

Thanks, I'll try this method.
Is it possible to stop and start recording without a gap in between? Currently, there i about 500 ms gap.

Currently this is not possible as starting an encoder takes some time.

 

[milan.zivanovic]

Thanks for the answer!
What if we have option to record to PCM (wav) files? Would it shorten this gap?

 

[djsoft]

What if we have option to record to PCM (wav) files? Would it shorten this gap?

Unlikely, as it always starts the external encoder anyway. Turning off antivirus (or adding encoders folder to its exclusions list) should significantly improve startup time.