I'm using the free version of ZaraRadio for my radio station. Zara has the ability to stream compatible media on the internet, and I'd like to use this feature to broadcast the free BBC World Summary every hour. Unfortunately, our rural satellite connection (HughesNet, ugh) is not up to streaming this connection.
So, my only other choice is to manually download the .mp3 file. This is too tiresome to repeat very often. I need a way to automate this process. I need a program which will automate the repeated download of a file, giving it the same name each time, and automatically replacing the existing file from the previous download. Zara can then play this file for the hourly newscast.
Such a program surely exists, somewhere. Anyone know where I should be looking?
Grady
Been using Free Download Manager (FDM) for years. Works likes a charm and has some great features. Best of all it's FREE!
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm
I've been using WGET along with Windows Scheduler. Works well as long as the file name remains the same. Never tried using wildcards in the file name.
is there a source for free local weather segment in mp3 format?
i got the bbc segment set to downlaod regularly and play in radio dj.
In my area, the National Weather Service NOAA Wx Radio employs Perfect Paul voice synthesis to "read" the forecasts and other weather related items.
The MP3 audio files for my area are available for download. Using WGET with Windows Scheduler I am able to automate download of the MP3 files as the file name remains the same.
I'm setup to download the file(s) every 15 minutes to stay current. Normally the content doesn't change that often. But, when the weather is nasty it can so this way I always have the latest forecast available.
You'd have to check with your local NWS NOAA station to see if they offer the same service.
For my area I GO HERE to download the files.
And this is THE WEBSITE GUI version where you can "click to play" the files.
well it didn't work any ways. apaprently RadioDJ is not setup to autoimport and play a file on a schedule. it has to be manually imported.
Using ZaraRadio, I have file names in the playlist as place holders for bulletins among other things. If the file is non-existant or a null file, ZaraRadio simply passes over to the next file in the playlist.
If I need to run a bulletin, all I have to do is record the sound file and since it's already in the playlist it plays when it comes up in the list.
Applying that to the NOAA files, whenever a new file is downloaded it's already in the playlist and plays when it comes up in the list.
Of course for this to work, the file name must remain the same.
i have that part figured out but i can seem to get the task to schedule in task scheduker for wget or get the schedular in FDM to work. what is the code you use to downlaod using windows and wget. i've been up all night pulling my hair out.
i have tried everything. i got it saying task completed successfully but the download is not showing up in the directory.
Below are the contents of the batch file used to download my NOAA files. I do know if WGET can't find the specified directory or if none is specified it will put the file in the drives root directory.
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echo off
REM Change this next line to match your content directory.
cd c:NOAA
REM For sanity, lets remove any files that
REM already exist in the directory.
del *.mp3
REM Now lets use wget to get the latest file.
wget http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/mp3/CLESAFNW4.mp3
REM Go back to where we started.
cd c:
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The batch file, named GetNOAA.bat, is called up by Windows Scheduler at specified times.
Following the flow, first it moves to the directory where the download is to be stored.
Next, all existing MP3 files are deleted from that directory.
Then the file is downloaded.
Finally, it changes back to the original directory starting point.
what a f---ing headache but i think i got it working. i think i got it to download using task scheduler without a batch file and it appears to overwrite (or clobber) the file and not append it with a suffix.
Yes, I found that it wanted to append a sequence number to the file extension if the original wasn't first deleted.
So music.mp3 next time around is music.mp3.1 and then music.mp3.2 and so on.
i verified this am that the file indded does download automatically and overwrite the existing file each hour.
i will post the instructions when i have a chance to.
how were you able to locate that mp3 link in your region? i am having trouble locating one for the western region or denver / boulder area
Edit: nevermind it's not available for the western region yet from what it appears.
Bummer 🙁