Radiologik Scheduler Old Version Notes

Changes to 2011.5.1 (2011-05-04)

• The pick command will now make the track a voiceover like intros if the playlist, artist, title, or album ends with "-vo".
  

Changes to 2011.4.1 (2011-04-26)

• Now Updates ~/Music/Radiologik/Web/WeekSchedule.html only when there's an actual change.
• Fixed a problem introduced in 2011.3.1 where when no tracks with a length greater than the overlap could be found it would cause a hang in scheduling
  

Changes to 2011.3.1 (2011-03-31)

• The DJ Voice folder can now be set for each line for time, intro, and outro commands. If the script line is blank for the DJ Voice folder, the Program's DJ Voice folder is used.
• HTML of weekly schedule is now output to ~/Music/Radiologik/Web/WeekSchedule.html and can be customized with the rlsc.css stylesheet.
  
• Fixed a bug with Even and Odd week buttons not toggling properly
• Added much more error situation handing and log reporting to scheduling to help ensure the most script lines are executed and to give the most information for troubleshooting
  
• Now programs the right track when iTunes Library contains more than one track id for the same file path
• Now uses the first playlist found when a script calls a playlist where there are two of the same playlist name in iTunes Library and reports the duplicate to the log and Errors.log
  

Changes to 2011.2.2 (2011-02-17)

• Now attempts to make sure track files exist before adding them to a program being scheduled
• Script lines are now always included in logs
  

Changes to 2011.2.1 (2011-02-03)

• Added Line In On and Line In Off track action options for script lines
• Added Program to File feature that will create a program file copy of the schedule segment which can be loaded later by a load command in order to repeat a particular segment at a different time of day. Interrupts times are transposed based on the start time of the load command.
• Replaced tabs on main window with toolbar
• Scheduling conflicts are now instantly shown with warning icons in the weekview and warning icons throughout the program list, properties and times.
• Window is now horizontally re-sizable and it scales the week view
• Programs can now have colors assigned to them which show in the program list and in the week view
• Added status line to show last scheduled and next to be scheduled
  
• Logs are now written with line feeds instead of carriage returns
• Better reports and avoids scheduling tracks where the files can't be found or opened
• Fixed stop date calculation so that it doesn't add an extra day to the program
• Programs menu on Traffic tab now updates list of programs more dynamically
• Added Advanced option to set custom path for iTunes library

Changes to 2010.12.2 (2010-12-22)

• Start Trim in Track Prep will now trim silence from beginning of tracks if start threshold is not off and if as little as 0.2 seconds of silence is present and will do so without a fade if one is not otherwise needed due to the start trim threshold. To get this benefit with tracks that were previously processed, use the override checkbox.
• Added four presets to Track Prep intended to be baselines and to instruct on setting values
  
• Fixed an issue where setting the start date of a program without a start time would improperly set it to 11:30 PM of the previous day after deselecting the program
  

Changes to 2010.12.1 (2010-12-14)

• Week view will no longer display number of spots when there are none in the script in advanced mode
  
• Date commands will no longer choose the wrong date by searching for the substring and returning Dec 23 when the date is Dec 2 for example.
• Expanded Overlap Pad in Track Prep to include negative values down to -1.0 seconds which will allow cold ending songs to be very slightly overlapped for even tighter transitions.
• Scheduling is now indicated at the top right of the window and can now be cancelled.
  

Changes to 2010.11.1 (2010-11-23)

• Maximum times set in script lines will now override the normally implied segment length plus 15 minutes. This will allow tracks much longer than the segment length to be programmed up to 3 hours and 19 minutes (199 minutes) long total.
  

Changes to 2010.10.1 (2010-10-27)

• Intro command now works on the failover items
  

Changes to 2010.09.2 (2010-09-10)

• Fixed a problem where setting a stop date and time for a program would corrupt that schedule file
  

Changes to 2010.09.1 (2010-09-02)

• Added d=Dependent attribute as an option for script lines to only fire if previous line succeeded
• Added h=Hour avoidance attribute to avoid scheduling the same track in the same hour yesterday or the same hour of this day last week
  
• Added 30 minute time resolution to segment start and stop dates
• Times can now be drag reordered
  
• Time fields now allow just one colon
• Attributes checkboxes can now be ticked using the corresponding letter keystroke when a script line is selected
• Logs are now organized into year subfolders
• Fixed a problem with getting time announcements from DJ Voices folders
  

Changes to 2010.08.1 (2010-08-02)

• Changed the layout on the first two main tabs to better show longer lists
  
• Added option to limit to only certain weekdays of the month (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) and even and odd weeks of the year
• Added track prep option to put a length limit on all processed tracks

Changes to 1.4.2 (2010-07-07)

• Now searches for iTunes Music Library.xml first before iTunes Library.xml since with the most recent versions of iTunes the former is currently used.
• Removed some unnecessary debugging error log messages
  

Changes to 1.4.1 (2010-06-24)

• Solves a problem with inability to read iTunes Library xml file suddenly for certain installations
• Optimized Traffic and Week View calculations when switching tabs
  

Changes to 1.4 (2010-04-16)

• Added Start and Stop Dates for Program segments
  

Changes to 1.3.7 (2010-02-19)

• Now uses the current iTunes library as determined by iTunes preferences
• Track Prep now analyzes files less than 20 seconds
  
• Expanded date command to also find "January 1" and "Jan 1" patterns
• Added 5 date command variations to cover 2 days before today through two days after today and including a [month] command to only match the month
  

Changes to 1.3.6 (2010-01-25)

• Changed search order for intros and outros of paranthesis in title and album voiceover matches so parenthesis in title search is 3rd and album search is 4th.
• Now also accepts ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Library.xml when searching for ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml

Changes to 1.3.5 (2009-12-27)

• Fixed crash and data loss bug when editing and removing script lines quickly
• Program times listbox scroll position now resets properly for next selected program after scrolling down for another program
  

Changes to 1.3.4 (2009-12-10)

• Fixed some problems with proper distribution of spots
• Added option to run or not run flight overbookings (on by default and previously)
• Current week view is reset to current week every day at midnight
  

Changes to 1.3.3 (2009-11-16)

• Added ability to get Track Prep processing settings from selected iTunes track and laid the controls on this tab out better
  
• Changed playlist menus to combobox menus to make them more manageable for many iTunes playlists
• Checkbox shortcuts for spot flight times now no longer check flight times with zero spots in schedule segment
• Fixes a cosmetic issue with calendar popup on traffic tab
  

Changes to 1.3.2 (2009-10-28)

• Improved scheduler's sense of how the total time in queue extends beyond the true scope of this scheduling segment without regard for any min or max lines.
• Manual builds for times of day earlier than 1 hour ago are now always considered to be the next day instead
• Added advanced option to disable opening audio files to get true times in order to solve a crashing problem in a special environment
  

Changes to 1.3.1 (2009-09-12)

• Fixed improper day display in week view
  

Changes to 1.3 (2009-09-05)

• Added Traffic tab and spot command which together run flights of ads/spots with specifics to start and end time and to which times of the day
• Made scheduler aware of time beyond the scope of a single week for the purpose of traffic
  
• Added album matching and parenthesis partial title matching for voiceover intro and outro commands
  

Changes to 1.2.3 (2009-07-09)

• Fixed a rare situation crash at startup problem
  

Changes to 1.2.2 (2009-06-16)

• Better accommodates scheduling where DJ has some or all of the segment already filled
  
• Newly created segment times now advance to the next logical time
• Added adjustable fade time to track prep
• Changed Track Prep start threshold to 1 second minimum with 0.5 second fade up
• Expanded Track Prep overlap threshold to -48dB
• Changed Radiologik folder location from ~/Documents/ to ~/Music/
• Better optimized refresh of playlist menus
• Added advanced option to change schedule time before start time

Changes to 1.2.1 (2009-05-29)

• Track Prep now does not attempt to open iTunes protected songs
• Fixed crash when updating applescript menu after changes were made in scripts folder
• Fixed a problem where a pick command could errantly act as a fill command when placing tracks before the start time of a segment with unique tracks or artist separation on
  

Changes to 1.2 (2009-05-19)

• Added Track Prep feature which analyzes audio files to set track properties for best radio segues
  

Changes to 1.1.1 (2009-04-30)

• Fixed a problem of scheduling going into an endless loop if a date match isn't in the playlist for the date command
• Fixed a problem with phantom times appearing in time list after deleting all times and adding one time
  
• Playlist, program, applescript, DJ voice, and preference set menus all now automatically update
  

Changes to 1.1 (2009-03-09)

• Added ability to use distinct DJ voice folders for intros, outros, and time announcements
  
• Added ability to set mutliple times to schedule segments
• Added ability to build schedules to program files
• Intro and outro files now allow for 10 varieties per track and per artist by using -1, -2... through -9 at the end of the filename
• Intro and outro files can now be nested in any folder organization in their respective Intros and Outros folders
  
• Now properly adheres to None fallback step and exits script line when no unique tracks are found
• Addresses very rare instances where current queue in DJ is not read at schedule time
• Changed logging to show times for a few more items and stopped reporting individual duplicates found
• Fixed display of week view for segments that cross days
  

Changes to 1.0 (2009-02-23)

• First final release

Changes to 1.0b27 (internal build)

• Fixed selection of intro and outro commands not removing interrupt times from the script line
• Fixed time entry interface issues introduced by 2 hour segments
• Fully implemented Basic/Advanced choices and registration
  

Changes to 1.0b26 (2009-02-05)

• Fixed bug introduced in b25 where only the first program segment automatically scheduled
  

Changes to 1.0b25 (2009-02-05)

• Added snapshot & restore track properties functions
• Changed help to open in default web browser instead of Apple's help system to improve performance

Changes to 1.0b24 (2009-01-28)

• Added "load" command which will schedule a DJ program file.
• Added AppleScript track action assignment (supported by DJ 1.5+)
  
• Fixed problem with calculating min and max times for 2 hour segments
  

Changes to 1.0b23 (2009-01-15)

• Attempts to fix rare possibility of DJ reading partial schedules by waiting until the file is written before changing it's name to the name that DJ recognizes to load.
• Added 90 minute and 120 minute block lengths
  
• Date matching now properly looks at program time's date instead of current date at time of scheduling
  

Changes to 1.0b22 (2008-11-30)

• Extended expiration date to January 15, 2009
  

Changes to 1.0b21 (2008-10-06)

• Rewrote how overlap times are considered for simplicity and to fix some bugs with expected end times
• Added Fallback steps choices of none, artist separation off, and unique tracks off
• Improved time accuracy by measuring tracks lengths independently of iTunes database
• Fixed problem with picks not using minimum time
  

Changes to 1.0b17 (2008-09-19)

• Fixes calculation of left trim, right trim, and custom overlaps
  

Changes to 1.0b16 (2008-09-08)

• Fixes a rare but possible endless loop when no qualifying tracks can be found bug introduced in b15.
• Fixes update download button link.
  

Changes to 1.0b15 (2008-09-04)

• Fixes a problem where trying for the next best exact time match would fail when the track is disqualified for other reasons such as artist separation.
• Better handles tight scheduling constraints when exact time searching

Changes to 1.0b14 (2008-09-01)

• Fixed a problem where exact time searching would not schedule a track to get past the minimum time if it could not find a time fit.
• Date matching and exact time fitting searches are now nearly instantaneous.
• TOTH is now more distinct from exact time searching in that TOTH broadens the search either side of the top of the hour wheras exact time searching only broadens the search longer.
  

Changes to 1.0b13 (2008-08-28)

• Fixed a problem where when picking random from a playlist, the first item in the list was never picked.
• Fixed a problem getting overlap from Default preference set.
• Now uses exact time searching with up to 20 seconds tolerance for TOTH and times with the exact same minimum and maximum time.

Changes to 1.0b12 (2008-06-27)

• Added intro (voiceovers) and outro commands.
  

Changes to 1.0b11 (2008-05-14)

• Fixed problem with incorrectly finding no tracks in last iTunes playlist.
• Expanded Artist Separation maximum from 40 to 50.
  

Changes to 1.0b10 (2008-04-05)

• Added failover attribute.
• Fixed issues with date matching not working reliably.
• Added line numbers to script lines.
• Added preference to include script lines in log.
  

Changes to 1.0b9 (2008-03-29)

• Added date matching: Choosing today's date out of titles from a playlist using ISO-8601 YYYY-MM-DD and modified form YYMMDD as the search of the beginning of the title, where only month and day are considered and year is ignored.
• Improved random selection so it works through shuffled list instead of retrying the same tracks by random.
  

Changes to 1.0b8 (2008-01-30)

• Extended beta period to March 31, 2008.
  

Changes to 1.0b7 (2007-12-16)

• Now properly handles reopen AppleEvent.
• Added option to check every 5 seconds if DJ is running and launch it if it isn't.
  

Changes to 1.0b6 (2007-11-06)

• Now gracefully handles missing ~/Library/Logs/ folder.
• Added Time Announcements scheduling (Download Time Announcements and place the resulting "Time Announce" folder in ~/Documents/Radiologik/).
  

Changes to 1.0b5 (2007-09-15)

• Extended beta expiry to November 15, 2007.
  

Changes to 1.0b4 (2007-08-07)

• Fixed another memory leak on Intel.
• Now uses the Library XML file and SQL instead of Applescript.
• Fixes incorrect information being set to a schedule segment or script line when menus are refreshed.
• Fixes previously known issue: If an iTunes info window is open when scheduling, Radiologik will fail to schedule. Workaround it to make sure you don't have an iTunes song info window open when Radiologik Scheduler schedules.

Changes to 1.0b2 (2007-07-13)

• Fixed memory leak (PowerPC).
  
• Recreated script editing interface.
• Fixed logged times that extended over an hour.
  

Changes to 1.0b1 (2007-07-08)

• Initial public beta test release.