Hi,

did you already try something more like:

source = if "$(display_title)" == "" then
                drop_metadata(source)
        else
                source
        end

(untested)

-- 
best regards,

okay_awright
<okay_awright AT ddcr DOT biz>
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On 30/10/2011 00:32, KJ Koning wrote:
> In my Liquidsoap script, I am using map_metadata to send the title and
> artist from annotate instead of ID3 tags. An issue has come up where there
> are times I want to play a file, but I don't want to send any metadata. When
> I pass nothing or a blank "display_title" annotate, Shoutcast records the
> song as " - ". I believe this is because Liquidsoap is sending a blank
> artist and title. This is with insert_missing=false or insert_missing=true
> set for map_metadata. When I add strip=true to map_metadata, Liquidsoap
> seems to send "Unknown" to the Shoutcast server.
>
> I've even tried something like this at the end of my script before the
> output:
> if '$(if $(display_title),"$(display_title)","blank")' == "blank" then
>   source = drop_metadata(source)
> end
>
> But I get this error:
> At line 159, character 9: The variable source defined here is not used
>    anywhere in its scope. Use ignore(...) instead of source = ... if you
> meant
>    to not use it. Otherwise, this may be a typo or a sign that your script
>    does not do what you intend.
>
> Line 159 is:  source = drop_metadata(source)
>
> Is there a better way to handle the times when I don't want to send metadata
> for specific tracks?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
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