Re: [Savonet-users] Advanced playlist switching

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

Hi Boris,

2011/3/27 Boris Zhidkov <bor...@gm...>:
> Another question: I found a delay function in the liquidsoap documentation.
> Can you explain how it works?

Good catch, delay() can be useful for what you need. In itself delay()
doesn't force a source to play. In fact it blocks a source from
playing two tracks too close to each other. So, if you take
fallback([delay(T,jingle),audio]) it will play jingles between audio
tracks as often as possible while ensuring a delay of at least T
seconds between two jingles.

> What will happen if "promotion" is longer than 20 mins or
> there is another playlist with forced playback behavior?

The delay() is only about the time between tracks, it's not affected
by the duration of "promotion" tracks.

> Force a file/playlist to be played at least every XX minutes

This was a bad description, at least if the fallback is track
sensitive. My explanation above is better.

With delay() you should be able to implement a decent solution. If
your needs are really more complicated than that, do as Romain
suggested.

Hope this helps,
-- 
David