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Playlists and Scheduler
  • kevin_prrkevin_prr February 8
    Here's my scenario:
    I pre-record a two hour show. I have the file chopped in to 24-26 tracks in order to embed the meta tag info for each song used. I upload the tracks, create a playlist and then schedule the playlist for 9pm Thursday night.

    Is there a way to ensure that the DJBot doesn't pick up those tracks at other times? It will sound off hearing talkups etc. if played outside the context of the show.

    Also, is there a way to embed the necessary meta tag info for many songs in to one large mp3? Thank you
  • reaperreaper February 9
    I don't think that there is a way to do that. I have been following some tickets in support and found that if you want tracks to play during a certain playlist and not during other times just mark the tracks as not playable (I think. Sorry I do not have access to the new dashboard yet). They will still play for that show/playlist but not at other times.
  • homer23homer23 February 9
    Hey Reaper

    My Schedule stuff still won't play right away for me at all

    and my server still won't restart for me either

    so what could be wrong then
  • tiatia February 9
    @kevin_prr

    In each track in the Tracks tab of your dashboard, there is a checkbox called "enable". If you uncheck that box they should not play during standard rotation, only if they are included in a playlist. I should warn you there is a quirk right now with building standard rotation playlists, if the track has already been included prior to disabling it, it will still be in the list.
  • reaperreaper February 9
    @homer23 there probably will not be an option to restart your server anytime soon. As for your scheduler, I don't have the ability to help you with that. I provide basic support help.
  • homer23homer23 February 9
    Hey staff

    i thought people could restart there servers in the past

    because it said this to me on my v2 dashboard in my add-ons tab area

    FYI Your broadcast will be will be restarted to apply the changes. This may force some active listeners to reconnect. So you may want to make adjustments during a low time.

    so is that message old then

  • reaperreaper February 9
    Are you sure that the server is not restarting?
  • homer23homer23 February 9
    Hey Reaper

    yes i am sure that my server is not restarting at all

    because i tried everything in my power to get it to restart on me

    but no such luck at all

    so i am getting abit frusted with this huge restarting problem now

    thanks
  • homer23homer23 February 9
    Hey staff

    can someone ask brandon to come online on here and tell why my server is not restarting for me please

    thanks
  • kevin_prrkevin_prr February 14
    I'll give the disable tab a try. Thank you.
  • KeollKeoll February 16
    If you need to restart your stream

    Open your dashboard....Click on the "Playlist" option....Click on the name of your station....Click on "Restart DJ Bot"
  • kevin_prrkevin_prr April 15
    Another issue with playlists I have been experiencing. I set the order of tracks and when I double check the playlist contents, the order has changed.
  • tiatia April 20
    @kevin_prr

    There's a bug in dragging and dropping tracks and changing the order. So if you've moved a track around, go back and check the playlist, it won't be in the right place. We're aware of it, but there's not fix yet.
  • kevin_prrkevin_prr April 21
    Thanks Tia. Luckily I was ok this past Thursday, was sweating it because of a sensitive guest. But tonight I checked the playlist and it had changed since first uploading. Reordering a few hours seemed to stick, phew.
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