Calendar.xml ignored on Win32 Shoutcast Transcoder 2.0 Beta 5

[tom_taylor]

Hi

I've been trying to get the Win32 version of Shoutcast Transcoder 2.0 Beta 5 to work with different playlists during the day by using the calendar.xml

sc_trans works fine and loads up without any errors, but it doesnt take notice of the calendar's rules.
Only the default playlist is loaded - which you must have set otherwise there is an error.

I'm also interested at running jingles every hour or 2 after a track has finished by using the calendar too - i dont want to re-generate the playlists with a jingle inserted at random.

If this doesnt do what im after then ill have to try using ices instead.

Ill post configuration files later today if any1 wants to help or give me some tips, as the doc's dont seem to help much

Thanks!

Tom

[Jkey]

Moved to shoutcast tech support
Ok need to see logs and configfile please to help further.
also it maybe handy if you posted your calendar.xml file to see if it contains errors.

[tom_taylor]

@Jkey: Thanks for your reply!

The idea is to have the jingles playlist fired every hour or 2 once a mix has finished, and different genre' of playlist start at certain times of the day.

I've just noticed from the logs that it has worked, but once its ran for longer than 24 hours, itll just load the basic playlist as for some reason sc_trans is removing entries from the cached calendar!! AGHH!

2009-04-23 07:00:00 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Trance.m3u
2009-04-23 07:00:00 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 07:00:01 I msg:[playlistMgr] deactivating playlist hard id=2
2009-04-23 07:00:01 I msg:[calendarMgr] Removing event m_playlist=hard m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=2 m_shuffle=1 m_id=2 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:1,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=21600 m_timeOffset=year:2097255,mon:7209065,mday:6553700,hour:4259872,min:2097245,sec:7471207,isdst:6881388,wday:7078000,yday:7929953 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0


How to fix this, and sort out the jingles issue!?

Heres the config, calendar, and log file:


Config:

;; VU Images
vuimagedirectory=C:\sc_trans\vuimages\

playlistfilename_0=jingles
playlistfilepath_0=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Jingles.m3u
playlistfilename_1=hard
playlistfilepath_1=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Hard.m3u
playlistfilename_2=trance
playlistfilepath_2=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Trance.m3u
playlistfilename_3=house
playlistfilepath_3=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\House.m3u
playlistfilename_4=scouse
playlistfilepath_4=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Scouse.m3u

calendarfile=C:\sc_trans\win32\calendar.xml
calendarrewrite=0

;; ENCODER OPTIONS
encoder=mp3
bitrate=192000
samplerate=44100
channels=2

;;; NETWORK OPTIONS
outprotocol=1
serverip=xx.xx.xx.xx
serverport=xxxx
password=password
endpointname=stream


;;;; LOGGING OPTIONS:
;where does the log file go
logfile=C:\sc_trans\sc_trans.log
; 1 to do screen logging else 0
screenlog=1

;;;;;; METADATA CONTROL
; my stream name
streamtitle=Radio
; url related to my stream
;streamurl=http://foobar.com
; my genre
;genre=classical
; other assorted stuff
;aim=myaimaddr
;irc=myirc
;icq=myicq
; register with yp
public=0

;;;; PLAYLIST CONTROL
; your playlist
playlistfile=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Scouse.m3u
; by default we shuffle the playlist. Lets turn that off
shuffle = 1
; set our crossfade time to 2 seconds. zero means no xfade
xfade=4
; file must be at least 20 seconds or we don't crossfade
xfadethreshold=20
; drop folder for priority playlists
;playlists=
; where finished priority playlists get copied
;archive=c:\sc_trans\playlists\archive\

;;; LIVE CAPTURE:
; don't capture
capture=0
; set capture parameters
;capturedevice=Sound Blaster
;captureinput=Line-In
;capturesamplerate=44100
;capturechannels=2

;;;; DJ SUPPORT:
; dj listen port
djport=9876
; dj password
djpassword=leavenow
; idle time until auto-dump
autodumpsourcetime=30
; record dj broadcasts here
;djbroadcasts=c:\sc_trans\recorded\


;; REPLAY GAIN CONTROL:
applyreplaygain=0
calculatereplaygain=0
mp3quality=0.1

;;; OTHER:
adminport=5555
adminuser=admin
adminpassword=goaway



calendar.xml

PHP Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<eventlist>
<event type="playlist">
<playlist loopatend="0" shuffle="1" priority="1">jingles</playlist>
<calendar timeoffset="00:30:00" starttime="01:00:00" />
</event>
<event type="playlist">
<playlist loopatend="1" shuffle="1" priority="2">hard</playlist>
<calendar starttime="01:00:00" duration="06:00:00" />
</event>
<event type="playlist">
<playlist loopatend="1" shuffle="1" priority="3">trance</playlist>
<calendar starttime="07:00:00" duration="04:00:00" />
</event>
<event type="playlist">
<playlist loopatend="1" shuffle="1" priority="4">house</playlist>
<calendar starttime="11:00:00" duration="04:00:00" />
</event>
<event type="playlist">
<playlist loopatend="1" shuffle="1" priority="5">scouse</playlist>
<calendar starttime="15:00:00" duration="10:00:00" />
</event>
</eventlist>

2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:<***> Logger startup
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:<***> version 0.2.0.0 build 0.0.25.0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 D msg:<***>
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[calendarMgr] Adding playlist event m_playlist=jingles m_loopAtEnd=0 m_priority=1 m_shuffle=1 m_id=1 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:1,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=0 m_timeOffset=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:30,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=0 m_hasTimeOffset=1 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[calendarMgr] Adding playlist event m_playlist=hard m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=2 m_shuffle=1 m_id=2 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:1,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=21600 m_timeOffset=year:2097255,mon:7209065,mday:6553700,hour:4259872,min:2097245,sec:7471207,isdst:6881388,wday:7078000,yday:7929953 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[calendarMgr] Adding playlist event m_playlist=trance m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=3 m_shuffle=1 m_id=3 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:7,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=14400 m_timeOffset=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[calendarMgr] Adding playlist event m_playlist=house m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=4 m_shuffle=1 m_id=4 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:11,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=14400 m_timeOffset=year:115,mon:110,mday:97,hour:114,min:116,sec:95,isdst:115,wday:9,yday:109 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[calendarMgr] Adding playlist event m_playlist=scouse m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=5 m_shuffle=1 m_id=5 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:15,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=36000 m_timeOffset=year:741358201,mon:1633971500,mday:809135727,hour:1831612474,min:1918985593,sec:1030059105,isdst:809135721,wday:1920298856,yday:1831612474 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[VUPush] 101 VU images loaded
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[VUPush] 101 VU images loaded
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Scouse.m3u
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[playlistMgr] Caching playlist C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Scouse.m3u
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:*******************************************************************************
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:** TRANScast Distributed Network Audio Content Provider
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:** Copyright (C) 2000 Nullsoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:** Use "sc_trans filename.conf" to specify a config file.
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:*******************************************************************************
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[TRANSCast] DNAS/win32 v 0.2.0.0 b 0.0.25.0 (Feb 3 2009) starting up...
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] PID: 4888
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] Loaded config from backup.conf
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] Streaming thread starting
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[resampler] deactivated 44100/2 == 44100/2
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] Encoder thread 0 starting
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] broadcast thread 0 starting
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[mp3enc] 2212/44100/2/192000 Fraunhofer IIS MP3s Encoder V04.01.00 (build 2007-03-15)
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] Playlist decoder thread starting
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 giving replay gain calculator a head start
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[rgCalc] thread running
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[decode] giving replay gain calculator a head start
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[microServer] Listening for connection on port 9877
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[decode] begin decoding
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 running
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Scouse\Bombs 4 Part 2.mp3
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 Creating stream socket
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 Connected to host server
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[mp3enc] 2212/44100/2/192000 mp3 setup complete
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[MAIN] Broadcast Receiver thread starting
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 Host server gave success (OK2)
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 Stream to xx.xx.xx.xx established
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[STREAM] 25187 Sending stream information
2009-04-23 01:15:51 I msg:[decode] Bombs 4 Part 2.mp3::85599608::4279.98
2009-04-23 01:15:52 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Jingles.m3u
2009-04-23 01:15:52 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 01:15:52 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Hard.m3u
2009-04-23 01:15:52 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 01:15:53 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 02:26:56 I msg:[mp3 decode] 41 eof
2009-04-23 02:26:56 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Hard\Dave-Flinders_-_Hard-House(14012009).mp3
2009-04-23 02:26:56 I msg:[decode] Dave-Flinders_-_Hard-House(14012009).mp3::90401437::3766.73
2009-04-23 02:27:13 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 03:29:39 I msg:[mp3 decode] 18467 eof
2009-04-23 03:29:39 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Hard\Gazz Hunt - January 2009 Hard Mix!.mp3
2009-04-23 03:29:39 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=1014 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 03:29:39 I msg:[decode] Gazz Hunt - January 2009 Hard Mix!.mp3::82293366::5143.34
2009-04-23 03:29:55 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 04:55:25 I msg:[mp3 decode] 6334 eof
2009-04-23 04:55:26 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Hard\Connors_-_Rita_s_Hot_Water_Bottle.mp3
2009-04-23 04:55:26 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=1014 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 04:55:27 I msg:[decode] Connors_-_Rita_s_Hot_Water_Bottle.mp3::169564079::4239.1
2009-04-23 04:55:35 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 06:05:53 I msg:[mp3 decode] 26500 eof
2009-04-23 06:05:54 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Hard\John Black - January 09 Promo.mp3
2009-04-23 06:05:54 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=1014 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 06:05:54 I msg:[decode] John Black - January 09 Promo.mp3::129773111::4055.41
2009-04-23 06:06:10 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 07:00:00 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\Trance.m3u
2009-04-23 07:00:00 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 07:00:01 I msg:[playlistMgr] deactivating playlist hard id=2
2009-04-23 07:00:01 I msg:[calendarMgr] Removing event m_playlist=hard m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=2 m_shuffle=1 m_id=2 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:1,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=21600 m_timeOffset=year:2097255,mon:7209065,mday:6553700,hour:4259872,min:2097245,sec:7471207,isdst:6881388,wday:7078000,yday:7929953 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 07:13:25 I msg:[mp3 decode] 19169 eof
2009-04-23 07:13:25 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Trance\Mash up trance 3.mp3
2009-04-23 07:13:25 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=4086 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 07:13:25 I msg:[decode] Mash up trance 3.mp3::90498113::3770.75
2009-04-23 07:13:41 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 08:16:11 I msg:[mp3 decode] 15724 eof
2009-04-23 08:16:12 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Trance\R.O.S.S.I - Keeps Kids Trancing - Volume 9.mp3
2009-04-23 08:16:12 I msg:[decode] R.O.S.S.I - Keeps Kids Trancing - Volume 9.mp3::111338057::4639.09
2009-04-23 08:16:29 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 09:33:26 I msg:[mp3 decode] 11478 eof
2009-04-23 09:33:27 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\Trance\Crazy Paul Trance Mix.mp3
2009-04-23 09:33:27 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=4086 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 09:33:27 I msg:[decode] Crazy Paul Trance Mix.mp3::170165104::7090.21
2009-04-23 09:33:43 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2009-04-23 11:00:01 I msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Playlists\House.m3u
2009-04-23 11:00:01 I msg:[playlistMgr] load complete
2009-04-23 11:00:02 I msg:[playlistMgr] deactivating playlist trance id=3
2009-04-23 11:00:02 I msg:[calendarMgr] Removing event m_playlist=trance m_loopAtEnd=1 m_priority=3 m_shuffle=1 m_id=3 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:7,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_endDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_duration=14400 m_timeOffset=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isdst:0,wday:0,yday:0 m_hasStartDate=0 m_hasEndDate=0 m_hasDuration=1 m_hasTimeOffset=0 m_repeat=0
2009-04-23 11:31:32 I msg:[mp3 decode] 29358 eof
2009-04-23 11:31:33 I msg:[decode] next file is E:\House\Insatiable Session by thenewone.mp3
2009-04-23 11:31:33 I msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=2038 unsync=0 xheader=0
2009-04-23 11:31:33 I msg:[decode] Insatiable Session by thenewone.mp3::111350097::4639.59
2009-04-23 11:31:50 I msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

[Jkey]

ok jingles
No idea how you can schedule jingles while using shuffle.
Maybe creative scheduling or static playlists with no shuffle and jingles at the end maybe an option.

schedule only lasting 24 hours

repeat= repeat value for schedule (optional)

Add the repeat tag to each scheduled event.
its either repeat="#" or repeat="7".
But dont quote me on that as repeat is not something i have tested so far for some reason

[tom_taylor]

ahhh i thought so, i noticed the 'repeat="#"' in some examples so ill give that a go!

i also found this in the api/rtf doc:

code:


The repeat attribute is a numeric code for an event that repeats 



      1 - Every Sunday



      2 - Every Monday



      4 - Every Tuesday



      8 - Every Wednesday



      16 - Every Thursday



      32 - Every Friday



      64 - Every Saturday



      128 - Time periodic 



The values can be bitwise combined to create more

complicated repeat patterns. For example, 62 would mean

every weekday.

What would be the value for every day of the week, if weekday is 62?

I've also noticed that the jingles might be able to run when repeat is set to "Time periodic", and then running the start and end time every 2 hours for 1 jingle track.
I wouldnt be able to re-generate the jingle playlist with 1 at random though as sc_trans caches the playlist!?

code:


Time periodic events are those which occur at regular

intervals throughout the day. In this case the start time

is the time interval.

If no other repeat field bits are specified, the event is valid every day of the week. 

If others are specified, then it's restricted to those days.

Timeoffset is only used for timeperiodic events. 

This indicates an offset from midnight at which to apply the periodic time.

For example if you wanted something that was every hour on the half hour: 



timeoffset="00:30:00"



starttime="01:00:00" 

Any thoughts!?

[Jkey]

still cant help on the jingle side,
but did repeat="#" work for more than 24 hours ?

[tom_taylor]

Nope

As the repeat value it bitwise, i worked out that the value should be 127, if 62 is based on every weekday.

Easy solution around the jingle was a bigger priority, and as it has a repeat value of 128 to enable time periodic, this lone playlist entry along with the others can load its playlist every 2 hours enabled for 1 hour to play the next track from the jingle playlist!

WINNNER!

[Jkey]

sweet !.
going to play around with repeat myself. i should have done it by now but even in beta testing i only ever used single one off events.

Thanks for giving me a kick in the ass and making me spend some time with sc_trans 2 again

[tom_taylor]

no worries matie, thank you for sparing some of your time!