Hi, merge_tracks is applied when the source is played, not at creation. So,
merge_tracks(playlist.once(reload_mode="watch", "playlist")) should be what you need! The watch reload_mode will moreover reload the contents of the playlist when it is changed (so, no need to overwrite the files). ++ Sam. On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Kevin McQuiggin <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Samuel: > > One problem with this approach might be that I will be updating the tracks in > the "news" playlist throughout the hour. When the news.pls is played when > triggered by "switch" I will get the most recently updated audio files. > > news.pls contains for example: > > /home/news/a.ogg > /home/news/b.ogg > /home/news/c.ogg > > And I want to be able to update/replace these audio files in /home/news every > hour through an external crontab script. > > When the switch() construct triggers, I want to play a.ogg; b.ogg; and c.ogg > based on the current data in /home/news. > > I can leave the news.pls constant and simply update the audio files as the > news changes. > > I am guessing that merge_tracks() performs its function once when the source > is created. This would not allow for updating of the individual audio files > in the news.pls playlist. > > Am I correct? > > Kevin > > On 2013-03-19, at 11:54 AM, Samuel Mimram <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Here is what I have on the top of my head. You can use something like >> >> merge_tracks(playlist.once("my_playlist")) >> >> which will merge all the tracks of a playlist, i.e. turn it into one >> big track. The downside is that you loose metadata from individual >> tracks, but this is all I could come up with for now... I hope it's >> enough for you, but maybe someone will think of a better idea? >> >> ++ >> >> Sam. >> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Kevin McQuiggin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi All: >>> >>> Thank you to all for the help with my earlier question. LS is fantastic >>> but I am being challenged getting my head around the scripting language. >>> >>> I would like to use a switch statement to switch to a particular playlist >>> at a specified time, and then play the -entire- playlist before returning >>> to the other stream. Is this possible? >>> >>> I have tried: >>> >>> switch([ ({0m0s}, news), >>> ({30m0s}, news) >>> ]), >>> music, security]) >>> >>> but this simply switches to the "news" playlist, plays a -single- >>> selection, and then returns to the normal music stream. >>> >>> I'd like to have the switch play an -entire- playlist when triggered, >>> before going back to the next available stream. >>> >>> Any suggestions? Obviously I am new to LS! >>> >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >>> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >>> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Savonet-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar >> _______________________________________________ >> Savonet-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > Savonet-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Savonet-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users
