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| Author: | AvLee [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Time Specific RDS |
Hi guys, just wanted to know how to make the RDS change every say, 2 hours. Our station has live DJ's and we need the RDS to display the current DJ and maybe even the "Up Next" DJ. Is there a way of creating a feature or a text file with the DJ timetable that the RDS can read and change the DJ name every 2 hours? Many Thanks 
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| Author: | hvz [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Time Specific RDS |
Welcome AvLee, There is currently no scheduling functionality in Stereo Tool, but you can include text files which are read from disk continuously. So if you change (using another program) the contents of that text file, the RDS info gets updated. See the section on "dynamic texts" on this page: http://help.stereotool.com/rds_encoder_texts.shtml |
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| Author: | AvLee [ Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Time Specific RDS |
Hi, thanks for the reply, I have now read your guide and can see that using \R"C:\Filename.txt" will point to a text file but unfortunatly I don't have a clue on how to create this file for it to work. Can anyone give me some pointers please?  I just need the RDS to point to a DJ name on the file and change to the next one every 2 hours?? 
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| Author: | AvLee [ Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Time Specific RDS |
Anybody???
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| Author: | hvz [ Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Time Specific RDS |
You could use a batch file... Dunno if you have any experience with batch files. For example: DJs.bat: echo DJ Name 1 > C:\rds.txt sleep 7200 echo DJ Name 2 > C:\rds.txt sleep 7200 echo DJ Name 3 > C:\rds.txt sleep 7200 echo Non-stop > C:\rds.txt sleep 64800 DJs What this does: - Set text "DJ Name 1" in the file C:\rds.txt - Wait 7200 seconds (2 hours) ... The 24 * 3600 (1 day) - 3 * 7200 (the 3 DJ names) = 64800 seconds, so that makes sure that the next day you get the same times. Then it starts DJs again. Note: - You'll have to start it at exactly the right moment. - After a while you'll get an offset, after a few weeks you may need to restart it. Note: You'll need a separate executable "sleep" for this to work! Can be found among others as part of the Unix Utilities (Windows port): http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ Maybe someone else can give a better (easier, more user friendly) solution... |
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