limit listening time on net radio
 

hello,
i have searched through alot of things here and have not found this question or a answer . i would be greatfull if someone could tell me how to do this or give me a link to the post that explains (there usually is ;)etc...

ok , i have 3 net radio stations i listen to by adding the URL to winamp 5.3

one station i only want to listen to for 2 hours for example.
another i only want to listen for 1 hour
the 3rd i want to just keep playing till i say stop


example playlist:
1. track name - title 3minutes
2. www.netradiostation.net 2 hours
3. www.netradiostation#2 1 hour
4. www.netradiostation#3 as normal no limit

so basicly i want to have a 1 or 2 hour time limit on a Net radio station entered in Winamp. just as you put a file in, it give you a timer on the side, i want a radio station to do the same


any ideas on how to do this or if its possible
please any thoughts/links to plugins are apprieciated

Thank you
Regards

id like to also add:


im willing to accept advice that is closer to being or even is JUST a opinion,,,,smth ,,, plzzzz

maybe this will be possible with the new enqueue features in 5.04
(there WILL be new enqueue features in 5.04, but i'm not sure this will be one of them, try searching this thread:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=152906 )
try to be patient ;)

hy siebe83, i hear ya when you say "try to be patient " actually of all the stupid things i clicked reply, realized it but was lazy/hurry,

thank you for the link you gave .
it was helpfull because i did learn somethings regarding playlists which will be handy to know.

but it didnt cover what i am discussing here in this post.

i think another way to describe what i need is :

a file i can enqueue in winamp but the file isnt music jsut a URL like http://powershout.com:7950/ or http://212.62.250.14:7950/
this file would then also have a time value of say 1 hour
so after 1 hour of playing the station the next file in the list is played.


this is jsut a idea of how it could work.
i have no ideaa if or how it could be done.
if any ideas come to mind give a Shout pleaase


thank you again siebe83:)

I think there are plug ins that schedule playlists for broadcast use. Not really what it is designed to do, but by putting individual URLs into a series of playlists you may be able to achieve what you want.

Take a look in plugins under schedulers, programmers or some such.

Here's one - 'Playlist Switcher' http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=127954
No idea if it's any good mind.

UJ

ok the previous sudgestions had thier good points , However they just are not what im hoping to accomplish :(

heres a little more info

i have a Playlist file (.pls) it contains the following information:

[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://www.misskittin.com:8000/content/SUMMERMIXelectro.mp3

i have dBpowerAMP installed so i can edit tags on a file.
when i edit the tags on this file , or any .pls file i see the spot to have it show the length , however it says "00:00" and can not be edited. i assume thats cause there is not entry in the .pls file its self (as i said all it shows when opened in Notepad is what i showed above)

does anyone know if there is a way to add a time limit or Length value to a .pls file? ... ie.....
[playlist]
NumberOfEntries=1
File1=http://www.misskittin.com:8000/content/SUMMERMIXelectro.mp3
file1 length=60:00
^^^^^ is this possible and if so How would i write this correctly ?

thanks for all your input