RadioDJ v1.7.8 Released!

[molnarb83]

I have some issue with this version... but maybe not only this version, because after few months we started again to play NEWS!

The conception is this:
https://screencloud.net/v/l2Qe

NEWS BED - NEWS VOICE - CLOSER/KICKER JINGLE -  SONGS.....

At the news bed the NEXT START is set after the introductory text at the news bed, and the NEWS VOICE starts playing, and I hear the news bed under the NEWS voice.
https://screencloud.net/v/eL2G

I set the NEWS BED "Play as overlay"
https://screencloud.net/v/on16

But I have a problem... when the NEWS VOICE ended and the next element starts (kicker, jingle, song, etc), I still hear the news bed, because it's longer the the News voice. The news voice is variable duration, so I don't know what to do. This worked before, but we don't use this function months ago. So any idea?

[rogiermaas]

You should play the news bed as a normal track; the news voice should be layed over the newsbed, so that track should be played as overlay..

- Rogier

[Marius]

Make sure that the only overlay file is the "NEWS VOICE" one and others are set as normal files.
TUTORIAL

[Vanlen]

7 days running on a test box and 1.7.8 is rock'in!

Added the option to fetching (.pls/.m3u) playlist file for internet streams

I've tested this new feature with Archive.org material and I've got it to run but their is delay, but that's probably on the archive site.

Cheers

[DJ Garybaldy]

7 days running on a test box and 1.7.8 is rock'in!

Our copy of 1.7.8 is also plodding along nicely. It's streaming perfectly as well.

Only time we had to reboot the PC this past week was because of windoze updates.

[rogiermaas]

Windows gave me a notification once that RadioDJ 1.7.8 had crashed. That was only when I logged in remotely to check some other things. It just kept on playing the music ;-)

All in all yet another stable release!

- Rogier

[Capt_Fuzzy]

I got this, but I'm a little wary about how to install it...
I'm currently running 1.7.2.0 and I've apparently missed a few updates, so I'm not sure if I should install in the recommended fashion or just delete everything and basically do a 'clean install'.

What do you guys recommend?

[rogiermaas]

I would upgrade. Works like a charm! 

- Rogier

[joshuatree44]

One issue I have noticed is there just a bit of a stall when changing from short tracks to long tracks. IE from sweepers to songs. It seems to just stall a sec or 2. I have this running on a completely new install and new system. New DELL system I got last night from Best Buy. It also stalls in the view. Music plays fine but the interface stalls. It only last a sec or less.

[Capt_Fuzzy]

I would upgrade. Works like a charm! 

- Rogier

Thanks Rogier, I'll try that and see what happens...

[Jhonny]

Do not know if it was already reported, a problem with the database setup.exe

backspace in the database name is not working
radiodj_178 can not be filled in as database name.

directly into the database.xml works well.

Jh.

[joshuatree44]

Marius, not sure what has happened but I am going back to 1.7.6. I can not take this stalling of RDJ in the most current version. I went and completely rebuilt the database for it and reimported everything and it goes to short tracks or even long tracks but it acts like it stalls for a sec or 2. I have it running on a brand new system with the horsepower to work it. So not sure what happened other than the database change but it was enough to cause some issue some place. I wish I could record things as it plays. I mean it even goes out on the stream as well. So I have replaced everything and nothing helps. I am running 1.7.6 and that issue is not present. It just runs and goes like it should. Sorry I am not much more help but I can show you if needed.

[Marius]

Strange. Did you deleted the new version? If not, can you try something?
Copy only "bass.dll" from the 1.7.6 to the 1.7.8 folder (replace the new one) to see if the problem persists. Since 1.7.6, other changes to the audio functions than updating the bass to the latest version wasn't made. So i would suspect bass or bass.net, but in order to downgrade bass.net i must recompile all the plugins and main executable.

[rogiermaas]

One issue I have noticed is there just a bit of a stall when changing from short tracks to long tracks. IE from sweepers to songs. It seems to just stall a sec or 2. I have this running on a completely new install and new system. New DELL system I got last night from Best Buy. It also stalls in the view. Music plays fine but the interface stalls. It only last a sec or less.

We're having the same problem. Sweepers that should play on start wait 1-2 secs until they're played and now they're regularly being played over the vocals..

- Rogier

[Marius]

@rogiermaas, did you tried my recommendation? It would be great to have some feedback about the new bass version vs. older.