[rfu-automation] Re: RFU Automation Updates - 12 Feb 2009

Thu Feb 12 16:35:27 CST 2009

Correction:
You actually cannot drag smart playlists or any playlists from iTunes to
Zara; exporting does not work smoothly either, because iTunes generates .txt
and.xml files and Zara uses .pls and .lst extensions.  If anyone else on
this list knows a work around, let me know.

For now, this means I will be recompiling the Zara "local artists" list from
scratch, dragging from the G:\iTunes directory (only those albums and songs
that iTunes can confirm to be local and clean).

When new music is added, it has to dragged from its actual file location on
the G: drive, not the iTunes window.

I hope this makes sense to others and not just me... let me know if you have
questions.

-Stephen

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Stephen Fonzo <fonzo.stephen at gmail.com>wrote:

> I checked the logs, and found the following:
>
> 22:00:09    start    G:\iTunes\Broken Day (local)\Broken Day\06 Radio.mp3
> 22:02:56    start    G:\iTunes\Treologic (Chicago)\Thank You, Lenny\01 Live
> Montage.mp3
>
> I listened to both and could not discern profanity (not that it isn't
> there; I just couldn't really tell).  However, I noticed that neither are
> labeled [clean] after title or album name.
>
> So, we have two tasks that MUST be done by the RFU Automation group:
> A) Go through and check and re-label all existing songs in the iTunes
> library.
> B) Update Zara's playlist each time new music is added, checked, or edited.
>
> Clearly the Zara playlist is not being filtered through (local) and [clean]
> the way it should.  In the Automation handbook, the instructions for
> updating the Automation's Music Library have been as follows:
>
> 1) When adding new mp3 to iTunes, type "(local)" after artist name if the
> artist is local (this generally means Champaign-Urbana, outlying small
> towns, Springfield, and Chicago (if the artist has a connection to C-U)).
> Type "[clean]" after the song name if you have checked that it does not
> contain profanity, and after the album name ONLY if this is true for the
> whole album.
>
> 2) iTunes will automatically filter the songs into its "**LOCAL AND CLEAN"
> playlist.
>
> 3) Once you are ready to update Zara's music playlist, empty the current
> playlist in the righthand side of the Zara window (this won't always be
> necessary, but it is right now because people have not been filtering the
> playlist properly).  Now drag "**LOCAL AND CLEAN" from iTunes to the Zara
> playlist window.  Save as a new playlist to the folder "G:\ZaraRadio
> files\ZaraRadio Playlists," and PLEASE add a date to the name.
>
> Please note that Alex Svec and Maggie Taylor wrote and compiled a new
> Automation and Music Library manual in December; this is available as an
> electronic document and is also in the Production Room for the time being.
>
> It is imperative that we update our Automation on all fronts - 1) NEW local
> music; 2) checked music (marked local and clean when appropriate); 3) and
> PSAs, IDs, pre-recorded shows.  I don't know that anyone beyond Maggie and
> Alex has really worked on general improvements to the Music Library;
> instead, we've had semi-active members add individual albums or songs in a
> patchwork fashion, without properly labeling, checking, or updating the
> playlist items.
>
> -Stephen
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>wrote:
>
>> Can someone in the automation group access the system (either remotely or
>> by visiting the production room), check the log (Zara has comprehensive logs
>> of what played when), and remove that song from the local automation - the
>> easiest way to do that is to edit the song title, in iTunes, to remove the
>> word 'clean' from the title.
>>
>> If you can deal with this, please post a message to the list. I'd
>> appreciate if the automation group could, at its next meeting, agree a
>> process for dealing with these issues promptly, and perhaps for checking
>> through existing songs that we've marked as 'clean' previously, as at least
>> 2 (at this point) have slipped through the net.
>>
>> I'd appreciate if someone could check how the Zara library is generated,
>> to make sure it is indeed only capturing local/clean music (and that it is
>> adding new tracks as they are added/processed in iTunes).
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2009, at 12:00 PM, rfu-automation-request at lists.chambana.netwrote:
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> Stephen Fonzo
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> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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Stephen Fonzo
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AmeriCorps CTC VISTA
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
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