Is it possable to play a jing after like every 5 to 8 tracks if so how do I do this. I have 22 jingles that I want played randomly after every 6 track how do I set zara to do this.
by MRAM 1500 kHz
I'm using an older version, 1.4.4. I simply put my promos (call 'em jingles) in a file folder and using the "add random files" under Playlist, I insert the folder into the playlist at different points where I want them to play. It seems to randomize the files. Although they also seem to repeat the same order after a while.
There around 33,000 tracks in the playlist I need a way to be able to play these jingles after every 6 tracks
by MRAM 1500 kHz
Wow! That's a lot of tracks. I suppose inserting the "Random File" 5500 times would be a problem.
Assumming these are music tracks averaging about 3 minutes each, you could create 3 "events" to play random files with the scheduled start times 20 minutes or so apart. You'd have to play with the spacing to get a compromise on the number of tracks played between each event. I suppose I would have one event start "immediate" on the hour and the other two events "delayed" start to allow a track to finish.
Along those lines I suppose you'd have to figure in anything else going on like ID's, newscasts, other promos, etc. You'd have to possibly put up with it cutting off a track depending how long you tell an event to wait before starting.
I don't recall seeing any way to base starting an event after X number of tracks have played, only time of day. This may require some thinking...
You want to create a basic clockwheel rotation and Zara can't do a clockwheel. The way I overcame this issue with Zara was to use a playlist scheduler (in my case, MusicGen Lite), and create a a clockwheet rotation. Then, I would use MusicGen to create the playlists which would load into Zara at midnight. You could also Station Playlist Standard or Lite, which would work perfectly for this application. There's also Tobasco's, but it kills your system resources if you're generating long playlists.
Frank
www.easthillradio.com
I got zara to do what I wanted it to do here is how I did it
Assume that you music is organized underneath the folder C:LIBRARY and your jingles are all in the folder C:JINGLES
Browse to C:LIBRARY in the ZaraRadio explorer. Right click on it and then select "Insert as random track". Repeat this 5 more times. Now browse to C:JINGLES. Right click and select "Insert as random track".
The playlist should look something like this...
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:LIBRARY.dir
C:JINGLES.dir
by MRAM 1500 kHz
Let me know how random the plays are from random list to random list.
With 33,000 files, even though Zara randomizes, every file is going to play as many times as you have random file entries in the playlist. With 6 random file entries of the same tracks in the playlist, you'd hear each track 6 times before it starts over. It's just a matter of how often you'd notice a repeat before it gets to the end of the list.
If you only had a few tracks it might be a problem. But with 33,000 tracks, whose counting?