** Hastings Rock Radio **
Looking at it I think it was my playout that didn't like the silence. I put
a tiny bit of audio on the track I played for the 2 minutes silence but it
ran out about 5-10 seconds before the 2 minutes silence was at an end then
decided itself that it would disconnect.
So we got exactly two minutes silence before my playout system decided to
disconnect me. Phew!
Sarah
-----Original Message-----
From: jon bird
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 11:23 AM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Hastings Rock] audio routing
** Hastings Rock Radio **
To clarify for future reference, technically this is how things work:
We have a software mixer running on the PC here, the output of which is
fed to the Internet streams. There are 3 inputs to the mixer, 2 from
Playout one reserved for external source.
The default startup is I kick Playout into automation on one channel,
all others are muted.
Remote DJ's generate a separate Internet stream which is fed through to
a server here. There is a script running which polls the server every 5
seconds to detect if that stream is active. At the point it is detected,
Playout is told to stop automation, the third input is unmuted and that
incoming stream is "played" (digitally) into the mixer. When the stream
drops, the reverse happens ie. the third mixer input muted, Playout
kicked back into life.
There is no silence detection per se, if a DJ put out nothing on the
incoming stream, nothing gets played out. It's purely based on the
presence (or lack of) the incoming stream.
In message <3e5d61ae-48a2-5f53-f84b-e05c4fac680b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sfhrock <sfhrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Does Robojock cut in if there is silence, even if DJ's stream is still
running?
On 08/05/2020 09:45, jon bird wrote:
** Hastings Rock Radio **
Things are going to get messy if you try that, you can't connect two
sources at the same time so you're down to timing it exactly when
Simon stops his stream, at which point Playout will kick in briefly
till you pick it up again.
Key thing is to let SimonV know so he can announce it (SimonH
suggested some words) & finish cleanly.
I can manage the actual 2 minute silence bit here.
In message <10D07EE51E2A4317A1B0DE5DF1EE02C1@SarahAcer>, Sarah Shirley
<sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
This would mean Simon finishing early (just before the two minute
silence) then an announcement then two minute silence. I am happy to
connect up for a few minutes to do this as long as my encoder remains ‘
no audio for two minutes’, which I think it will and then make an
announcement at the end and disconnect to hand back to Robojock.
Sarah
From: Andy Gunton
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 9:15 AM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Hastings Rock] Re: Two minute silence today?
This would involve Jon sorting all that out & I think he has enough on
his plate at the moment, unless he’s happy to sort it out of course.
I must admit I didn’t know there was a silence today either.
It’s hard enough trying to remember what day it is!
Andy
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From: hrock-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <hrock-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of sfhrock <sfhrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 8:33:19 AM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Hastings Rock] Re: Two minute silence today?
Perhaps it just needs to play a file with 2 minutes of silence. That
way it will be playing something. If the file can be forced to play at
the start, before any requests, that would do it. Jon will know if this
is possible, I'm sure. It might need an announcement at the start
followed by the two minutes, then something like 'This is Hastings
Rock' to mark the end?
I am sorry this is such short notice but I was only reminded about it
by another radio station this morning.
Simon.
On 08/05/2020 08:14, Ralph (Redacted sender ralphwinser for DMARC)
wrote:
Good idea. Robojock May take some convincing though. Lol. I’m sure
Jon will be able to over come that. If not schedule a two minute track of silence. That’ll confuse Robo.
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On 8 May 2020, at 08:02, Andy Gunton
mailto:andygunton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
?
Good idea, but won’t Robojock automatically kick in if there’s
silence? I think he’s been programmed to do that this year, just
in case of DJ tech issues.
Andy
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From: hrock-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:hrock-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
on behalf of Tony Bell mailto:tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 7:59:32 AM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Hastings Rock] Re: Two minute silence today?
** Hastings Rock Radio **
Think that’s a good idea.....
Cheers
Tony Bell
> On 8 May 2020, at 07:40, sfhrock
mailto:sfhrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> ?** Hastings Rock Radio **
>
> It is actually two minutes ...
>
>> On 08/05/2020 06:51, sfhrock wrote:
>> ** Hastings Rock Radio **
>>
>> I know this is short notice as I have only just realised it is
taking
>> place but are we observing a one minute silence at 11 o'clock
this morning?
>>
> --
> Simon.
>
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