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

Fri Feb 13 12:53:18 CST 2009

All bets are off on smart playlists, but it's not impossible to write code
to convert other iTunes playlists into Zara playlist files. IIRC a Zara
playlist is just a list of pathnames. Can you attach a Zara playlist file to
a response and I can see if some of my existing playlist-extraction code
that I use at home could be adapted to this task?

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Stephen Fonzo <fonzo.stephen at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>>>
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>>>> From: "Noel L. Vivar" <nlvivar at gmail.com>
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>>>> Just a quick note: At 10:02 a song said "f*ck", which I guess is ok
>>>> since it's after 10pm, but automation did not play the disclaimer.
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