Thanks, Michael. I'm not allowing SAM or any of the PAL scripts the option to discover and add to the play list songs on the remote server ... every song or sound file has to be added manually by me. Have deleted all music from every category and then re-added the songs into the category to make certain that none of the Theme files had been mistakenly added into the Tracks listings. All of the mp3 files in the Theme category are 30 to 60 seconds in length ... and this doesn't look like the typical "flooding issue". Certainly the 1-minute wait command would prevent it from flooding, or at least it's supposed. But as you can see the original PAL script has always worked even before I introduced the "wait" into the script. Ad, even with the "wait" it's able to add at least 2 Theme files .... and the crazy part about tossing in a couple others (not together) but during the remainder of the hour .... is spooky. I've tried adding EnforceRules, and other variables to see if SAM is paying attention ... all w/o affecting the NERVOUS twitching of SAM to act irrationally. And, like I stated before ... this only happens with the Theme files which are 60 seconds in length, and are only being controlled by the PAL script ... not the normal clockwheel. All of the station ids are also 30 to 60 seconds and that PAL script which is similar works fine. Help, Mr. Wizard!
Loran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hughes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:23 AM Subject: RE: [General-discussion] PAL script errors > Loren, I had something very similar. SAM seemed to be finding tracks and > little audio clips from some of the games I had on the drive. I have no > idea > why, as SAM has never been in those directories. There is no reason for > SAM > to grab a track that has never been played before. I still have problems > with SAM grabbing stuff from a promo or ID category, when the track has > been > limited to a weight of Zero. Somehow it will get played. This has gone on > with SAM since I started using it. > > Good luck. I am not the one to ask about the script issue. The only thing > I > could think of was something related to the rules part of the command > line. > If SAM was finding some random track or snippet somewhere, it would be > just > like I deal with. > > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Loran Partigianoni > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [General-discussion] PAL script errors > > Can anyone explain why a PAL script thaat has been working for more than a > year suddenly start acting strange. Here's the script: > > PAL.Loop := true; > > PAL.loop := true; PAL.WaitForTime ('XX:00:00'); > > Cat['Billboard'].QueueTop(smLRP,NoRules); > Cat['Themes'].QueueTop(smLRP, NoRules) ; > CAT['Carpenters'].QueueTop(smLRP, NoRules); > CAT['Captain'].QueueTop(smLRP, NoRules); > CAT['ABBA'].QueueTop(smLRP, NoRules); > > What it is supposed to do? > > At the Top of the Hour it should randomly pick one song from each > category. > And, for nearly a year that's eactly what it did. > > What is actually happening? (all of a sudden, after the last SAM4 upgrade) > > One song from all categories is thrown into the queue, however more than > one > > Theme is tossed into the queue. Never more than one from the other > categories. > > The only difference between the songs all of the categories is that the > Themes are short snippets of TV Themes that are always less than 60 > seconds, > > whereas all of the songs in the other categories are full-length songs. > > I've tried adding the Wait command for either 1 play (even 2 plays) and I > tried having it wait 1 minute (even 2 minutes) but it ignores my > instruction. > > i.e.: PAL.WaitForTime(T['+00:01:00']); > > or > > PAL.WaitForPlayCount(2); > > Now if that isn't weird enough, at least once and maybe twice SAM trhows > in > one or more extra themes during the remeinder of the hour and never in any > predictable pattern, like there is a ghost PAL being executed. > > This is not the normal flooding the queue situation ... it's unpredictable > or at best ghostly. > > I'd really appreciate any suggestions, becaus this usedd to work as > regular > as clock work. I have stopped the PAL script and even deleted it ... and > if > > it was a ghost script you would tink it would continue to toss in > ocassional > > Theme selections, but it's never done that when the script is inactive or > deleted. > > It's driving me nuts (some people would tell you that not really a drive, > it's more like a SHORT WALK.) <grin> > > Thanks > > Loran > > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' > > > _______________________________________________ > General-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.spacialaudio.com/mailman/listinfo/general-discussion > > TO unsubscribe to this list, simply send a blank email to > [email protected] > > with the subject > 'unsubscribe' >
