Already explained by Rob but just in case it helps you understand the
scheduler this is a simplified version of what happens when Riv picks
carts for log generation:
* Make a list of all the carts that the event could use (e.g. group
MUSIC and CODE TOP10).
* Remove any carts that can't play due to clock rules
* Remove any carts that can't play after X, Y, Z Codes (again clock
rules not after X other code)
* Randomly pick one of the carts that are left in the list of available
carts (it checks cart weights to bias and also number of plays seems to
play a part but I can't find the code that confirms that)
At this point, daypart etc are not applied to the logs that happens when
the logs are live so that is why you get CARTS that can't play if the
codes match but there are no valid cuts for that day/time.
The idea is your CART has enough CUTS to cover all days that the cart
could be selected in the generated logs.
On 06/04/16 20:50, Rob Landry wrote:
On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Tom Van Gorkom wrote:
1. Regarding those that need to play out sequentially, what is the
best way
to load them in the library and play them so that only those that should
playout on a given day do? Dayparting doesn't seem to prevent the log
generator from selecting what ever is in the group whether it is
playable or
not. Some only play only once per weekday and others play the exact
same one
in the series twice each day at different hours and the next in
series the
following day, etc. Currently we put them in a teaching group, assign a
code to identify the author/program series. We created events for
each of
the specific teaching/pre-recorded programs and put them in the
corresponding clocks throughout the day.
I would assign each program a cart number, and each episode of a
program becomes a cut. Each cut can be marked with a start date, an
end date, a daypart, and one or more days of the week it is allowed to
play.
If more than one cut is eligible for a particular date/time, the cut
that airs will be selected at random from the eligible cuts.
When you schedule the cart number corresponding to the program, the
episode that airs will be determined by the date and time the cart is
scheduled to air. You can have as many as several hundred cuts in a
cart, although I've never used a cart with more than a few dozen cuts.
2. Managing the library - with so many teaching programs that expire
after
they air but with the habit of saving them in case downloads fail
(some are
sporatic), I have been thinking that they import them into the play
group
desired but when finished, move them to a reserve group.
You've got 999,999 cart numbers available. If you assigned, say,
100,000 to the group for teaching programs, do you really expect to
run out of numbers?
Rob
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