Silence detector command
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I've been thinking about the silence detection and feature request - can you make it so commands can be triggered on silence rather than just playing a playlist?
This would make the silence detector almost limitless in what you want to happen when silence is detected, no?
For example: I have a playlist which only contains line input - if silence is detected, I may want more actions to be performed other than playing an aux playlist, such as running a batch file outside of RadioBoss to send a SMS and/or turn the scheduler back on (if it's off etc).
Thanks!
This would make the silence detector almost limitless in what you want to happen when silence is detected, no?
For example: I have a playlist which only contains line input - if silence is detected, I may want more actions to be performed other than playing an aux playlist, such as running a batch file outside of RadioBoss to send a SMS and/or turn the scheduler back on (if it's off etc).
Thanks!
There's still a way to execute a command first and then load some random tracks (although, it's not really obvious, and requires some setup):eddr said:
1. Create playlist template in Playlist Generator Pro, the template will be responsible for loading random tracks: http://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/using_playlist_generator_pro.htm
2. Create a playlist for Silence Detector with two elements:
- the command that you want to execute
- another command to load random tracks: generate [pro] PRESETNAME (in the example, PRESETNAME is the name of the preset you created on the step one).
Hello,
I got round to testing this and it has a very bad result
It starts looping as soon as the playlist is loaded (chosen for on silence detection) and causes RadioBOSS to hang. This may be something you want to look into to prevent it happening as it completely locked up my test machine when doing this, and in the end had to reset it!
Regards
Edd
I got round to testing this and it has a very bad result
It starts looping as soon as the playlist is loaded (chosen for on silence detection) and causes RadioBOSS to hang. This may be something you want to look into to prevent it happening as it completely locked up my test machine when doing this, and in the end had to reset it!Regards
Edd
I guarantee it is possible and it happened - RadioBOSS got caught in a loop after following what you said - i think it flips between running the "run" command and running the generate [pro] command.
This is what I did:
1) Created a playlist in playlist generator called "random" which contained a folder of 6 files.
2) Tested just the 'generate [pro] random' command on its own - worked ok (although i did expect the command itself to be removed from the playlist).
3) Created a playlist called "silence" - directed the silence detector at this. This playlist had:
1-run notepad.exe
2-generate [pro] random
4) Caused silence detector to trigger
5) RadioBOSS becomes unresponsive
Let me know if you need more detail.
Thanks
Edd
This is what I did:
1) Created a playlist in playlist generator called "random" which contained a folder of 6 files.
2) Tested just the 'generate [pro] random' command on its own - worked ok (although i did expect the command itself to be removed from the playlist).
3) Created a playlist called "silence" - directed the silence detector at this. This playlist had:
1-run notepad.exe
2-generate [pro] random
4) Caused silence detector to trigger
5) RadioBOSS becomes unresponsive
Let me know if you need more detail.
Thanks
Edd
Thanks for the info. I'm not sure how and if this should be fixed. Technically, everything's correct (yes, this sounds weird). It detects silence, attempts to do something, it's taking too long, it then detects silence again and process repeats... I'd say that generating a playlist on silence (especially using a complicated, time consuming template) is not the way it's designed to work. I suggest using a fixed playlist instead.
RadioBOSS 5.5 will have commands to control silence detector, so in your case you may be able to wrap the "auxiliary" playlist with commands to turn silence detector on/off.
(yes, this sounds weird). It detects silence, attempts to do something, it's taking too long, it then detects silence again and process repeats... I'd say that generating a playlist on silence (especially using a complicated, time consuming template) is not the way it's designed to work. I suggest using a fixed playlist instead.RadioBOSS 5.5 will have commands to control silence detector, so in your case you may be able to wrap the "auxiliary" playlist with commands to turn silence detector on/off.
This case is too specific so adding a new configuration option is not a good solution, sorry.eddr said:
I suggest generating playlist in advance and save it to a file - use a scheduled event with the run command: http://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/plgen_command_line_interface.htm
E.g.
run PlaylistGeneratorPro.exe -preset=MyPreset -out=C:\playlist.m3u8
(you can schedule this event to repeat every hour)
Then use the C:\playlist.m3u8 playlist for silence detector (or use another playlist that links to this playlist), in your case, instead of
1-run notepad.exe
2-generate [pro] random
use
1-run notepad.exe
2-C:\playlist.m3u8
