Hi Loran, If all things are constant, one would expect the songs to get the same rotation.
One thing to check out: SAM->Config->Playlist Rotation rules Click on "Configure" See "On play, reduce weight by" Make sure this is zero ... otherwise with each play the song weight will decrease, and when it is less than 10, it will never play again. Louis -----Original Message----- From: Loran Partigianoni [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 January 2009 05:55 PM To: Louis Louw; [email protected] Subject: Re: [General-discussion] LRP Rotation Question Hi, Louis: Michael's question raises an important point. You talk about various things that can go wrong, or stipulations that should be taken into consideration. What would you predict would happen if a simulation were created where all variables were held constant: For instance: only one cover of every song so that there could be no duplications with the same title name only one song from every album and no alumb title would be used more than once (e.e. Greatest Hits) No artist would have more than one song in the database No requests would be allowed There would be sufficient number of songs in the database so that all DMCA rules would be possible all songs would be in a single category No PAL scripts would be running All songs would be chose using the smLRP selection condition. All songs would start with the exact same weight and no songs would be selected by weight 0f 70, nor would any play change the weighting all song types would be "S" all files would actually exist in the database All songs would have the same creation date After all factors were held constant what would you predict would be the result? Would songs play in the exact same order and every song would be rotated before the order be repeated? If NOT, why NOT? What other variables could make the clockwheel change the order of song selections? Would every song be played or would some songs seem to sink to the bottom of a list and never be heard from again without the "oldest" PAL script written by Rob being used? Or, would SAM "auto DJ" do the same thing a manual selection of each song would do if the "live" DJ was carefully picking every song in the same order over and over again? It concerns some SAM users that Rob's PAL script is the only way to dredge the bottom of the database list to bring songs to the surface for listeners to hear, and the mysteriousness of the process is puzzling, at best. Thanks for your anticipated response, Loran Partigianoni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Louw" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:53 PM Subject: RE: [General-discussion] LRP Rotation Question > Hi Michael, > > Many things make the rotation a bit more random than expected. > - Separation rules > - Requests > - Selection using other categories > - Other songs with the same title, same artist or same album > - PAL scripts > > So when put in isolation one would expect the category to play through. > But > this is rarely the case in a production system. > > There could be a few things wrong though: > - Make sure the weight of the song is above 10. (Under 10 and it might not > get played) > - Song type is set to expected value > - File actually exists (Check event log for errors on trying to play file) > > All these things make a difference. > > Louis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Hughes > Sent: 04 January 2009 10:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [General-discussion] LRP Rotation Question > > Ok James... I understand that SAM uses the play date. So (in theory) SAM > should play through the entire category, provided there is nothing else in > the mix to adjust that search? > > I guess I do not understand why it seems that there are a bunch of tracks > SAM never plays in a category. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > _______________________________________________ > 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' >
