In case developers need a break from chasing down bugs, (as in adding
new features is often more fun and exciting), here is one, but not a
priority:
Add a feature where from a RML command (typically triggered from an
external closure), that commands rdairplay to jump to a specific event
location in that day's log. It looks like we have a command to jump to
a specific "line number" when loading a new log, but this would be
typically hard to automate as compared to having a new "event type" that
simply has a label that you can schedule, then have another rml command
that can jump to that label and not have to worry about what "line
number" on that day's log it happens to be on or dealing with creating
two separate logs for that day, would cause fits with the traffic software.
Here is how it would be useful:
We do sports broadcasts. Ones we rebroadcast from "more organized
sources" do have a specific hourly format that they follow (a certain
amount of breaks per hour, etc), so they usually run okay unattended,
but occasionally they might get "rained out" in which case they send an
"END OF GAME" command EARLY to command everyone to jump out of the
scheduled game. We also do our own sports broadcasts (local high school
games) and are much less organized (because we can be), meaning we send
command to take breaks anytime we feel like it, (no comment how
commercial logs get this all reconciled!). In this case, once the game
actually ends, we would like the option of being able to send our own
"END OF GAME" command (which I already have a button for it) that will
skip over any remain traffic (typically only extra PSA's at this point)
and jump forward to our music programming.
PS: If I'm missing an easier way to approach this problem, please let
me know.
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