Hey Gavin,
On 7/25/20 12:07 PM, you (thoughtfully) wrote:
>
> I'm guessing is specific to the macro cart? I've tried a timed hard
> start in 3.4.1 of a normal cart in Aux 1, and it starts spot on the second.
>
> Gavin.
>
Thanks for your thoughts. I considered that too. I just observed the
same Macro Cart being "launched" from RDCatch. It started at exactly the
right time (11:59:51 US/Pacific Time), and the subsequent hour continued
as expected.
I'm still perplexed...
~David Klann
> On 26/07/2020 4:29 am, David Klann wrote:
>> After upgrading one of my client systems to Rivendell 3.4.1, I'm seeing
>> some odd behavior with Timed Events in RDAirplay.
>>
>> Background: At this station, we have two events per day that want to be
>> started ("gracefully") at one second past the top of the hour (00:01)
>> after fading out whatever is playing in the previous hour.
>>
>> I have been doing this with a Log in the Aux Log 1 machine. That "timer
>> log" has two lines, one at 07:59:51, and one at 11:59:51. Both lines
>> contain the same Macro Cart that "fades" the Main Log over 7 seconds,
>> sleeps for 7.5 seconds, then stops the Main Log and "fades" the Main Log
>> back to 0dB. Here is the contents of that Cart:
>>
>> MD 0 -40 7000!
>> SP 7500!
>> PS 1!
>> MD 0 0 10!
>>
>> This has been working just fine until last week when I upgraded
>> Rivendell to 3.4.1. Now, with complete consistency, the Lines in Aux Log
>> 1 are starting five seconds later than the scheduled hard start times.
>>
>> The result of the late start is that the Macro stops the Main Log
>> *after* the top-of-hour Cart has started playing. Dead air.
>>
>> Can anyone think of what might cause a timed event to start five seconds
>> later than it should?
>>
>> (In the meantime, I've moved these Macro Carts to be run via RDCatch.)
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts!!
>>
>> ~David Klann
>>
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