Autostart at a specific time.

j2o · 6th February 2007, 08:16

Hello!

Just wanna ask a quick question regarding starting a "song" or stream at a certain time in the morning.

I want the winamp player to automatically connect to my stream at 8:50am every morning (the stream server auto shuts down at a certain time - and auto starts at 8:45am) - so can this be done with a scheduled task?

i thought this might double up the winamp player and start playing the stream twise if the winamp player was already there? - or cause other problems?

is there a plugin or anything for doing stuff like this? maybe a scheduler plugin ?

??

Thanks guys

psycho_maniac · 6th February 2007, 09:14

If you can save the stream file to your computer that would be great or a link to the stream would work as well.
If your using windows xp you can go to
Start>All Porgrams>system tools>scheduled tasks| click file, click new>scheduled task. Rename it to whatever you want. Right click on this file then click proprieties. Put the location of the stream in the location bar. Click the schedule tab and select the time you want it to start. Click the settings tab and you can tell it when to stop running. (after so many hours only)

j2o · 6th February 2007, 09:19

Thanks mr Psycho !

Iv already setup a URL file - so i'l do a scheduled task with that, but another idea i had was regarding autostart (if stop/dissconnect) is that possible?

is there a plugin that can auto start playing if it detects the stream is lost? / stopped etc..

thanks

pc_guru_86 · 6th February 2007, 13:29

Try this one. I have used it for awhile and it works quite well.

j2o · 6th February 2007, 14:14

pc guru, i just get "URL submitted by user." - not the actual URL? whats the plugin name ? // url ?

thanks!

DrO · 6th February 2007, 14:54

http://nunzioweb.com/daz/files/Silen...ector_v1_5.exe

-daz

j2o · 6th February 2007, 16:23

thanks DrO - will give this a try

psycho_maniac · 6th February 2007, 20:40

just n note. if you ever need to get a url from a user that has URL submitted by user in his post just click the quote button and it will show what they typed and the url that is filtered. try it. click the quote button on pc_guru_86's post. wow it even filters hyper links. also when you click post a reply scroll down to where it shows all the posts and the link shows up there as well.

j2o · 7th February 2007, 09:18

cooool ! with the silence detector iv now made a fully automatic solution !

it autoplays at 8:45 / autostops at 5:45 - and will automatically try and reconnect if theres any stream problems!

wahoooo! :-) !!

DrO · 7th February 2007, 12:13

good to hear that it's working nicely (haven't had too many reports on the silence detector plugin so have never been too sure how well it works).

-daz

Chris Diack · 18th February 2007, 09:17

Hi Darren.. This is a great plugin for radio stations who relay other stations... thanks for making it.

Could you give a little theory of operation re the Silence threshold, in particular the theory of negative and positive values of Silence threshold [n]. What is [n]?

For what it's worth, the broadcast fraternity tend to think of audio levels in terms of db.

6th February 2007, 08:16	#1
j2o Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Autostart at a specific time. Hello! Just wanna ask a quick question regarding starting a "song" or stream at a certain time in the morning. I want the winamp player to automatically connect to my stream at 8:50am every morning (the stream server auto shuts down at a certain time - and auto starts at 8:45am) - so can this be done with a scheduled task? i thought this might double up the winamp player and start playing the stream twise if the winamp player was already there? - or cause other problems? is there a plugin or anything for doing stuff like this? maybe a scheduler plugin ? ?? Thanks guys

6th February 2007, 14:54	#6
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	http://nunzioweb.com/daz/files/Silen...ector_v1_5.exe -daz WACUP Project <‖> "Winamp Ramblings" - Indie Winamp Dev Blog

7th February 2007, 12:13	#10
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	good to hear that it's working nicely (haven't had too many reports on the silence detector plugin so have never been too sure how well it works). -daz WACUP Project <‖> "Winamp Ramblings" - Indie Winamp Dev Blog

18th February 2007, 09:17	#11
Chris Diack Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: New Zealand Posts: 124	Silence Detector v1.5 Hi Darren.. This is a great plugin for radio stations who relay other stations... thanks for making it. Could you give a little theory of operation re the Silence threshold, in particular the theory of negative and positive values of Silence threshold [n]. What is [n]? For what it's worth, the broadcast fraternity tend to think of audio levels in terms of db.

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6th February 2007, 09:14	#2
psycho_maniac Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,294	If you can save the stream file to your computer that would be great or a link to the stream would work as well. If your using windows xp you can go to Start>All Porgrams>system tools>scheduled tasks\| click file, click new>scheduled task. Rename it to whatever you want. Right click on this file then click proprieties. Put the location of the stream in the location bar. Click the schedule tab and select the time you want it to start. Click the settings tab and you can tell it when to stop running. (after so many hours only)

6th February 2007, 09:19	#3
j2o Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Thanks mr Psycho ! Iv already setup a URL file - so i'l do a scheduled task with that, but another idea i had was regarding autostart (if stop/dissconnect) is that possible? is there a plugin that can auto start playing if it detects the stream is lost? / stopped etc.. thanks

6th February 2007, 13:29	#4
pc_guru_86 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 30	Try this one. I have used it for awhile and it works quite well.

6th February 2007, 14:14	#5
j2o Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	pc guru, i just get "URL submitted by user." - not the actual URL? whats the plugin name ? // url ? thanks!

6th February 2007, 16:23	#7
j2o Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	thanks DrO - will give this a try

6th February 2007, 20:40	#8
psycho_maniac Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,294	just n note. if you ever need to get a url from a user that has URL submitted by user in his post just click the quote button and it will show what they typed and the url that is filtered. try it. click the quote button on pc_guru_86's post. wow it even filters hyper links. also when you click post a reply scroll down to where it shows all the posts and the link shows up there as well.

7th February 2007, 09:18	#9
j2o Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	cooool ! with the silence detector iv now made a fully automatic solution ! it autoplays at 8:45 / autostops at 5:45 - and will automatically try and reconnect if theres any stream problems! wahoooo! :-) !!