ZaraRadio User Manual
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1. Correction of bugs New features in version 1 4 1 Correction of bugs New features in version 1 4 Option to select if repeated items are recorded in the log file Display the duration of the events Format PLS Recall of current location in playlist file WinAmp DSP Plug ins Display the duration of a block of items in the playlist New option in the events allows defining the Maximum delay of such Buttons for any and all to select the days of the events Provide selecting of sound card inputs Auto start is deactivated for repeat instances The Cue window shows the name of the file Choose which program items can be password protected EVT event files can be put in the playlist as well as in the event program list Random playback of files Optimized list Now a list of 11 000 songs opens 5 times faster Display info tags in the playlist Play compatible streaming audio files Arrows to move playlist items without having to drag and drop Correction of bugs Frequently Asked Questions FAQ I have inserted time files in the list but ZaraRadio skips them and they never play Now what Most likely the problem is that the MP3 time file does not exist or is located in another place The files must be located in the Time folder normally in c Program Files ZaraSoft ZaraRadio Time See the help file regarding this function There are websites that provide free downloads of the time files ZaraRadio com also pr2. E Recording Control Here you select the sound card input for the Satellite audio The selected input is normally muted and un mutes when a Satellite command is active The input remains un muted for a time period specified when the command is set a OPTIONS Fade x Sebellbe Outputs E Select the times which wil be used to make the crossfads between songs Log iT amare f Cverlap Silence detector Mixer Overlap tracks E seconds o EOT TTH Togs F Talk over ate General Fade tracks 2 seconds Defaut vaue Fade on overlap I Fade on p End of song debection V Detect the end cf the song When endahing the cetechor ZereRadio mil jump atonaticaly bo the next song if it detects a kw volume during the overlap tme o T eeoreceveel Affects overlapping and fading of tracks There are two modes of operation e Detect the end of the song In the last seconds of a track value determined by the field to overlap tracks ZaraRadio will automatically detect volumes below the threshold indicated by the sliding bar At that point the overlap will eliminate the end of a track that has a long fade out e Without detector ZaraRadio will fade to the next song based solely on the selected time values This will permit the end of a track to play out regardless of the playback level By default the value selected for overlapping applies to all tracks Neverthele
3. Select the appropriate Units Celsius Fahrenheit ZaraRadio will automatically convert the weather data to this unit regardless of what unit the data currently is Configuring the application Weather Watcher 1 When opening the application you will see the following window 16 weather watcher Zaragoza Spain Current Conditions a Partly Cloudy A Temperature 17 C Feels Like 17 C Dew Point 15 C Humidity 88 Wind S E 16 km h Visibility 10 km Barometer 30 06 inches and steady UV Index 0 Low Sunrise 8 30 4M Sunset 7 05 PM amp 6 F 9 Observed jueves octubre 27 11 30 PM Local Time LEZG Downloaded jueves octubre 27 11 45 PM View this forecast at weather com 2 Click on the bottom ICON on the left side of the window 3 The following window will be opened Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion Severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper Export Log l Tray Icon Tray Tooltip Skins General Active City Auto Update On Download Active City 3 Active City Zaragoza Spain SPXxX0086 Remove City Remove 4ll Add Code Add City Automatically retrieve forecast s when active city is changed after closing Options window 4 If the correct city is not listed in Active City click on Add City 5 The following window opens Type in the desired city In this example we want to see data for Teruel so we type Teruel
4. and click on Search 17 Weather Watcher City Search Enter the name of your city Teruel Search 1 city found OK 6 Teruel is in the list and we click on OK 7 Back to the Weather Watcher Options window click on the Export tab then click on Enable Exporter We must also indicate the file path that ZaraRadio will use to look up the file Weather Watcher Options Proxy Conversion Severe Alert Sounds Maps Wallpaper General Active City Auto Update On Download Export Log TrayIcon Tray Tooltip Skins Export Options 32 IV Enable Exporter Export File Location c ZaraRadio Tiempa htrm Browse View Export Delete Export Export Template lt HTML gt Location Location lt BR gt Condition Condition lt BR gt Sunset Sunset AMPM lt BR gt lt BR gt Updated Use Default Template OK Cancel Apply Help Click OK completing the configuration Now setup the file path to the Watcher as explained at the beginning of this section 18 file generated by Weather OPTIONS Mixer me p You can use any Windows application audio sound card mixer Type in the location of the mixer program file or Browse for the location When the mixer ICON on the top tool bar of the ZaraRadio main window is clicked the mixer application selected will open 19 OPTIONS Silence detector Silence detec
5. ID3 tags This allows you to look for files in a given folder or its subfolders e Find In this field type the file you are looking for If Search in ID3 tags is checked you can search by info included in these tags e Find now starts the search process e Cancel stops the search e Folder file path of the folder to be searched e Browse click to locate a folder if you don t know the path e Search in ID3 tags selects to search ID3 tags The search is slower when this option is activated A list of files containing the search criteria will be displayed You can drag and drop the files into the playlist You can preview the files by right clicking on a file which opens up a CUE BUTTON Remember a second sound card output is needed to separate Cue playback from On Air playback The wildcard is allowed to replace one or more characters in the file name or text to be searched soji TTH announcements ZaraRadio can announce the time temperature and humidity automatically using pre recorded audio clips These announcements are inserted into the playlist or event lists as commands For this to work the audio clips must be located in the folders Time Temperature and Humidity created when ZaraRadio was installed They are sub directories of c Program Files ZaraSoft ZaraRadio Time Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken hours and minutes There are three types of files e HRSXX mp3 where XX is the corre
6. Immediate Stop f __ 00 00 Immediate Random Tracks f _ 00 00 Immediate Blues Revue Modify Each event has a check box that serves to activate or to deactivate the events individually Create New Event Click on NEW at the bottom of the event schedule to open this window s20 if enom z z Ej The user defined parameters of an event are e Date and Time Select the date and time at which the event will play for the first time The event will remain active until the date and time of expiration If the expiration date and time are left blank default the event will remain active e Periodicity Setting date and time defaults to playing once per day Selecting Play every hour will do just that Also it is possible to program the event to play at selected hours Selecting Other hours opens the following window Event hours Bg E noe go og gt BB gt wow All Bio gig Be aiel i177 18 19 Bog OK Cancel Here you can mark the hours desired For any of the times hours selected the minutes default to whatever was selected for the start time e Event type This can be a sound file but also we can activate play or stop automatically insert a random track a connection via satellite the satellite command clears mute of the selected sound card input for the amount of time shown in the field that is to the right e Delay mode An event can be immediate or delayed
7. Normal mies Robert Audio ShoutCast Normal E miles Robert Audio ShoutCast Normal C miles Robert Audio ShoutCast Normal mies Robert Audio ShoutCast Normal Quam Radio and Katrina ARRL Normal Gue Modify Delete Open Save OK Cancel 29 To change a button assignment click on the desired button and click Modify or just double click the desired button A window opens that will allow selecting a sound file to assign to the button To save the current list of assignments or to open another saved list of assignments use the Open or Save buttons Each page of a list must be separately saved Change active pages using the drop down box at the top Also with the Cue button you can preview the Jingles remember a second sound card output is required to keep the Cue playback separate from the On Air playback The pages of the list can have text names also Highlight the current name and type in a new one Click on Rename or press the ENTER key Jingles have two modes of operation Normal and Loop When Loop mode is selected the Jingle will continue to repeat until the Jingle button is clicked a second time To change the mode of operation from the Jingles gt Edit Jingles menu you must right click on the desired button A window opens to allow toggling between Normal and Loop mode 30 Searching file folders Find in folders oj x Find fr Find now Cancel Folder Browse Search in
8. plug ins be used with ZaraRadio No and at the moment there are no plans to do this When I use some WinAmp plug ins like SoundSolution I hear tics during the overlapping Can that be fixed Most WinAmp plug ins do not support processing more than one file simultaneously The only solution is to not play more than one file at a time As such overlapping is not possible with some plug ins without the tics User Manual Overview Playlist The playlist is the main element of ZaraRadio It shows the sequence of sound files and or commands which are played or executed one by one The elements that can appear in the list are e WAV Files A sound file ZaraRadio accepts any compression format The audio file plays normally e MP3 Files A sound file ZaraRadio accepts any bit rate constant bit rate or variable The audio file plays normally e OGG Files A sound file The audio file plays normally e WMA Files A Windows Media sound file The audio file plays normally e PLAYLIST Files Ist mu and pls This file is a command when it appears inside a list Its purpose is to load a new list and close the previous one The new list will begin to play beginning with the first song e ROT Files A list of sound files in rotation It contains a list of tracks which play in the sequence as created The tracks repeat in sequence If a file in the list fails to play the sequence will continue to the next file failures noted in log file T
9. A ZaraRadio Copyright Larasof 2005 Todos bos derechos reservados ZaraRadio v1 4 4 English Version of Users Manual adapted from Spanish by Robert Felmly MRAM 1500 kHz Last Update 17 February 2006 I dedicate this translated version of the ZaraRadio Users Manual to all Part 15 Broadcasters and to my friend and neighbor Thomas J Carroll who recently lost his battle with cancer Tom was a Ham Radio Operator He was very proficient at CW Tom handled CW radio traffic for various Ham Radio Net operations He was a Radio Operator for the U S Navy in earlier days We will miss you greatly Tom The process of producing this manual was rather time consuming The actual translation from Spanish to English was accomplished using Google Translate Not only was the text translation one of cut and paste to and from Google Translate the resulting grammatical nightmare required a great deal of time to interpret and correct Screen shots of the English version of ZaraRadio were obtained using Software995 This is a printer driver utility that converts printable files into graphical PDF files The screen shots were cut and paste from the resulting graphical PDF file and inserted into the draft MS Word doc Enjoy New features in version 1 4 4 Temperature and humidity announcement audio clips available on Internet Menu items that allow opening sound mixers log files etc Tracks can be inserted into playlist by drag and drop
10. At the scheduled time of an event two things can happen if Maximum wait is selected the event will not start until the currently playing file finishes if ZaraRadio is in stop the event will not start until manually selecting Play if Immediate is selected the currently playing file will be interrupted and the event will start if ZaraRadio is in stop the event will cause ZaraRadio to play the event e Priority Suppose the event is for a 30 minute program along with events every 5 minutes With this programming after the 30 minute program there would be a backlog of 6 events In order to avoid this ZaraRadio has a mechanism of priorities that discards events in these cases An event can have high or low priority When an event is playing and it s time for another event two things can happen o Ifthe new event has a lower priority the new event would be discarded and it would not play o Ifthe new event has higher priority or the same as the playing event the new event would be left in the list of next events until the conclusion of the present event e Maximum wait specifies how long an event can be delayed before being removed from the list of events For example if a delayed event programmed to start at 13 15 has a Maximum wait of 5 minutes and cannot start by 13 20 it disappears from the window of next events and it does not play this time Modify Click to modify one or more parameters of an event It is necessary to have
11. Tags Tak over J Spacal folder Desktop MStabon Name Language Station Name MRAM 1500 khz Language Engish gt MOther opbons R Enable autostart J7 Enable AGC R Disable the events in seoundary instences F Open the last let at startup F Shutdown confirmation lv Play cracks by double clicking on them OK Cancel e Folder allows changing the root folder displayed in the tree of files on the main screen of ZaraRadio Selecting Special folder checkbox provides a shortcut to Windows locations e Station name is the text that appears in the top tool bar of the main window e Language Language of the user interface e Enable autostart causes ZaraRadio to automatically PLAY the playlist when the program is first opened e Enable AGC automatic gain control that maintains output volume at a constant level e Disable the events in secondary instances when active it disables repeated events e Open the last list at startup if checked Windows remembers the playlist that was active when ZaraRadio was closed and reloads that list when ZaraRadio is re opened e Shutdown confirmation when leaving the program it asks the user if they really want to quit the program Yes No e Play tracks by double clicking on them by default when double clicking an item in the playlist the green marker moves to that item indicating it is next up By activating this option the track plays immediately when double clicked not wait
12. ack green in color will be next e At any time it is possible to change which track will be next To do this double click on a track unless the option is activated to play immediately with double click in which case it is necessary to open the Media menu to make the change Otherwise you can right click on the track with the mouse and select Mark as next Initially the track will be blue in color and then become green in color indicating that it will play next e A track that is blue in color indicates that it is the object of the next selected action Clicking on a track will cause the track to be blue in color e Clicking on BJ will stop the playlist after the current track colored red is finished Playlist Total Length 01 26 7 iTop O The Hour Miles Robert Audio LO Time announcement M TIME GONG MRAM 00 01 0 TPSRadionet eB Earthwatch Radio E Stop Playlist Modes of Operation The playlist can operate four different ways These are selected from the drop down box in the tool bar aylist Media Tools Programs Help Dole JNa e Normal The list plays sequentially and stops when the last track has finished e Repeat The list plays sequentially and restarts after the last track has finished e Shuffle Same as REPEAT except it randomly rearranges the list before returning to play it e Manual The selected song plays once The list waits for the next command by the user e Random It p
13. d ADD Opens file search box to add an item to the playlist DELETE Removes playlist item currently highlighted in BLUE COPY Copies the item currently highlighted in BLUE PASTE Inserts the copied item below the item highlighted in BLUE FIND Search the playlist for a specific item w FIND IN FOLDERS Search in folders to locate an item seme PLAYLIST MODE Select how you want the playlist to operate MIXER Opens the mixer program designated in the Tools gt Options gt Mixer window OPTIONS Provides a means to select program options ABOUT Provides info about the program version and online support 34 e Playlist Playlist Total Length 01 26 7 D Time announcement 1 2 TIME GONG MRAM 00 01 0 s Revue TPSR fey Earth radio American Health Radio w Scott Broder c Earthwatch Radio E Stop Se Displays tracks and other commands in the order to be played Red currently playing Green plays next Blue selected for an action not shown above The program length is shown for each item and the complete program Note that Random and other commands are not calculated as the exact file to play is not known Also even where all items show a length the total time will not be exact depending upon overlapping of files if selected e Jingles Deatis mies Eriies Omes Qriiles Gram Bempty empty empty fi x Up to 90 Jingles are possible in one list Click on Jingles in the Text bar for more
14. d lists The actual Jingle file is created with a sound recording program Only the list or assignments are edited here Playlist e Add tracks allows inserting new tracks into the playlist e Add stop command adds the stop command below the selected blue track or after the last track listed if none is selected blue e Add time announcement adds a time announcement below the selected blue track or after the last track listed if none is selected blue e Add temperature announcement adds a temperature announcement below the selected blue track or after the last track listed if none is selected blue e Add humidity announcement adds a humidity announcement below the selected blue track or after the last track listed if none is selected blue e Add random track opens a window that allows selecting a directory folder whose contents are played randomly ZaraRadio tracks which files are played to assure random non repeating play e Add pause adds a pause command length selected in window that opens below the selected blue track or after the last track listed if none is selected blue e Add satellite activates a sound card input by un muting the input for a selected amount of time e Add internet stream starts an internet audio streaming file at the specified time e Shuffle rearranges the list randomly e Cue plays the selected blue track in a separate window player This requires a second
15. details e Events Upcoming events gt xy O File 4 19 20 01 Delayed Time announcement mote em 19 21 39 Delayed When You Weak Be Stro 04 36 1 This window will display events to occur in the next 15 minutes Click the Clock ICON for details 35 e Program Output display On the air Now playing Next BluesRevue PHBPart2 EarthNews Radio Remaining time End time 24 31 5 C man 20 00 53 Q 19 36 22 FoF po This display shows the currently playing track red in the playlist and the next up green in the playlist Bars L and R show the program stereo output levels Also a master level control located between the track titles is available to adjust the program output level Below the currently playing track title are two time displays The Remaining time counts down time to end of the track The End time refers to when the track ends Remember this may not be exact due to overlapping of files if selected The Clock ICON can be clicked to manually output a time announcement Current time is shown next to the Clock ICON Temperature and Humidity ICONS are also available to manually output those announcements also e Plug ins This window allows installing and enabling sound processing plug ins Currently only WinAmp DSP Plug ins are compatible Plug ins hl Z Enhance your sound by adding plug ins PL Plug ins V Enable the plug ins Plug ins directory C P
16. dio clips for hours and minutes must be properly located in the TIME folder created by ZaraRadio The name of the files must be 1 MINXX mp3 This file is an audio clip of minute XX For example MINO1 mp3 will contain an audio clip that will say one These files are announced along with the audio clips for hours 2 HRSXX mp3 This file is an audio clip of hour XX For example HRS18 mp3 will contain an audio clip that will say 6 for 12 hour format or 18 for 24 hour format These files are announced along with the audio clips for minutes 3 HRSXX_O MP3 This is an audio clip of hour XX o clock For example HRS18_O MP3 will say It s 6 pm for 12 hour format or It s 18 hundred hours for 24 hour format These differ from the previous hour format in that these are for on the hour announcements PAUSE pause files When playing they cause a silence of a determined length In order to create pauses it is necessary to execute the command from the playlist menu Its duration must be specified between 0 and 3600 seconds RANDOM TRACK dir files When played a track is selected at random from the directory or sub directory thereof specified The tracks are not repeated that is to say until they have all been played In order to create random tracks it is necessary to execute the command from the playlist menu If new files are added to the specified directory they are automatically added to the random list The new files will b
17. e placed ahead of files already played POST IT txt htm and html files Command that opens a window with a list of files as they play haven t figured out how this one works yet may relate to CurrentSong txt file found in the ZaraRadio folder Executables and scripts exe and bat files Programs and subroutines placed in the playlist LOAD EVENTS command evt files Loading another event file clears the current event list replacing it with events specified by the event file loaded Internet Streams streaming files Allows a compatible Internet audio stream in the playlist Create New Playlist a 1 Press to create an empty list 2 In order to add items to the list press in the tool bar or click on Playlist gt Add tracks This will open a window from which files can be selected Standard Windows operations here for selecting more than one file at a time by using either the Ctrl or Shift key 3 Itis also possible to Drag And Drop from the directory tree below the Upcoming Events list Simply select a file with the mouse and drag it to the desired position in the playlist Playlist Operation When the list is in STOP there is always a track of green color The green color indicates which track is going to be played next Therefore pressing PLAY the track marked in green color will play When the list is in PLAY there is a track marked red in color That is the track currently playing As above the tr
18. he rotation file can contain any type of track wav mp3 commands rotations e SEQ Files Sequences sound files It contains a list of tracks that play all followed when playing the sequence Like the rotations the sequences can contain any type of tracks They can be used to program advertising blocks e STOP Command files stop Stops the playlist e PLAY Command files play Starts the playlist The action is immediate e HUMIDITTY files A sound file that says the humidity In order to carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Humidity directory located in the folder ZaraRadio has created The format of the files must be HUMXXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding humidity For example HUM100 mp3 is an audio clip that states The humidity is currently 100 e TEMPERATURE files A sound file that says the temperature In order to carry out this task it is necessary to have the files with the proper name format in the Temperature directory located in the folder ZaraRadio has created The format of the files must be 1 TMPXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature XXX For example TMP025 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 25 degrees 2 TMPNXXX mp3 This is a file that contains the audio clip for temperature XXX below zero For example TMPNO003 mp3 is an audio clip that will say 3 degrees below zero e TIME files A sound file that says the time Au
19. humidity e HUMXxXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding humidity 000 to 100 For example the HUMO035 mp3 file could say We have a humidity of 35 Several users of ZaraRadio have collaborated providing these audio clips for us At the websites listed in the ZaraRadio Help file you can locate User Forums where these pre recorded audio clips may be found ANa The main window The main window is divided in several parts e Bottom Toolbar a i OP 4 b gt iJ ma J PLAY Starts the playlist at the current location STOP Stops the playlist at the current location ii PAUSE Pause the playlist at the current location NEXT Advances the playlist to the next item REWIND Moves the playback approximately 30 seconds backward FORWARD Moves the playback approximately 30 seconds forward STOP AFTER CURRENT Stops playback after the current item finishes gata TALK OVER Reduces the playback volume and opens the local microphone The amount of change in playback volume is set in the options menu as is the time to fade the playback to that level Look for TALK OVER in the options 33 e Top Toolbar I amp x amp BL Inorma E a r NEW Clears the current playlist The current track continues Items can be added OPEN Search for an existing playlist Selected playlist replaces current playlist SAVE Save the current playlist Becomes active if current playlist is change
20. ing for the currently playing track to end 218 OPTIONS Talk over Talk over Here you can set the level to reduce the currently playing track to when Talk over is activated Also time to reduce the level can be set here 14 OPTIONS Tags By default in the playlist are the names of the track files Nevertheless for MP3 files it is possible to show ID3 version 1 tags In order to show them simply check Enable tags Type the desired info MACRO listed below the box into the Format box The tag info represented by the MACRO will appear in the playlist in the order listed in the Format box 15 OPTIONS TTH Options hh hm Fade Satellite Outputs ot Adjust the TTH configuration Log phen Password Silence detector M TTH Mixer aj Temperature 32 zl Tags fo 0 Talk over Humidity General M Import J Import from file File Location l Browse Units Temperature Fahrenheit Here you set temperature and humidity for announcement ZaraRadio can import data from the application Weather Watcher requires version 5 6 6 or you can manually enter values in the fields Temperature and Humidity Find it here http fileforum betanews com browse Home amp Personal Weather To use data from a weather application check Import from file and type in the file path to the data file generated by the weather application
21. lays the list in random order that is to say the green marker moves to a track randomly and plays it It does not assure that the tracks are not repeated Pop Up Menu The playlist has a Pop up menu which opens by right clicking the mouse on the playlist This is basically a short cut to commonly used items from the Text bar and Tool bars Simultaneously the track that is right clicked is selected for the action selected in the Pop Up menu Events An event is a file that activates on schedule Events are a useful way to play files or to execute commands independent of the playlist They can be used to program announcements actions etc Upcoming events gt x lA D Hour Start File Length 19 20 01 Delayed Time announcement i 19 21 39 Delayed when You Weak Be Stro 04 36 1 This figure shows the list of upcoming events in the main window of ZaraRadio The events display 15 minutes prior to activating Above the list of events are ICONS whose functions are 1 PLAY starts delayed events that is to say events that have not yet been started as they are programmed to wait for a currently playing file to end 2 DISCARD removes an event held by a delay as described above 3 ENABLE activates or deactivates the loaded list of events 4 SCHEDULE clock opens a window that allows defining saving or loading events In order to add events click on the clock ICON Doing this will open this window E _ 59 55
22. minates all tracks from the playlist Find opens a window that allows searching for items in the playlist Find in folders opens a window that allows file search for a given directory Full path shows the complete file path for files in the playlist List font allows changing the text font used in the playlist Header in the list select to show playlist column titles song title length Song numbers select to sequentially number the songs of the playlist Update tree refreshes the list of files below the list of next events An update should be done after changing the content of the hard disc 1 to 9 plays the selected audio clip Time announcement plays the current time it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Time folder created by ZaraRadio Temperature plays the current temperature it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Temperature folder created by ZaraRadio Also current temperature must be loaded manually at the Tools gt Options gt TTH menu Humidity plays the current humidity it is necessary to have the audio clips located in the Humidity folder created by ZaraRadio Also current humidity must be loaded manually at the Tools gt Options gt TTH menu 26 o Itis possible to automate the temperature and humidity changes by importing the values from a weather service that provides compatible formats e Edit Jingles opens a window that allows changing Jingles assignments an
23. omplete path to the track marked green in color 3 LogFile This macro is obtains the complete path to the current log file Help e Contents shows this user manual in Spanish and links to 3 internet user sites e Tip of the day how to suggestions of commonly asked questions e About ZaraRadio shows ZaraRadio version Authors contact information and license 28 More Specific Help The Jingles The bottom tool bar has 9 buttons that allow quick access to Jingles audio clips for immediate play In addition it is possible to store up to 10 different pages allowing quick access of 90 Jingles ratis mies Eris Cries mes Gram Bempty empty empty fi x There are 3 ways to activate a Jingle 1 The quickest way is to press a keyboard number For example to start the Jingle labeled Ham number 6 on the tool bar shown simply press the number 6 on the PC keyboard 2 Click on the number of the Jingle in the tool bar with the mouse 3 Go to the menu Jingles and to choose the desired Jingle To modify the Jingle button assignments there are two options First and simplest is to drag with the mouse a file from the file tree below the window of next events or from Windows Explorer to the button you want to assign The other way is to select Jingles gt Edit Jingles gt The following window appears TT x H Assign jingles to the bottom buttons Page Rename rart 15 ID Miles Robert Audio
24. ovides info for download of these files I placed the time files in the Time folder and they don t play Now what Make sure the files follow the proper name format and are located in the correct folder Sometimes when unzipping a download a new TIME folder may be created within the correct TIME folder If that s the case simply move the files to the correct folder Find the correct file name format in the help files Why do I get an error message when I press the clock icon located next to the current time A time announcement is to occur when the clock icon is clicked For this to work you must have the hour and minute files correctly installed See the previous question and the help files regarding time announcements Can the overlapping of files be different for each Yes In order to do that the file is renamed to include the number of seconds to overlap myfile n mp3 where n is the number of seconds to overlap see Options Fade for more details I added an overlapping 10 to a file but ZaraRadio does not consider it Now what When the silence detector is activated in options the time indicated with indicates when the detector begins to monitor the volume So that the overlapping is exact it deactivates the detector for that time see Options Fade for more details Can the above be done automatically by placing a file in a specific folder location rather than renaming it No At present that is not possible Can DirectX
25. previously selected an event in the list The same action can be carried out by double clicking on an event 10 Delete Click to delete one or several events In order to select several events hold the CTRL key while events are selected at random with the mouse In order to select a block of events click on an event and while holding the SHIFT key select the last event in the desired list Delete expirated Events that have expired appear grayed out to indicate this fact Clicking on Delete expirated will clear all expired events from the list Open Save These two buttons are to open existing event files or to save the displayed event list respectively In any case when closing ZaraRadio the current list of events is stored automatically by Windows and is restored when ZaraRadio is restarted T Program Options Clicking the Options ICON E will open the options window able to manage Fade Satellite port Sound Card outputs Logging Password Silence detector Mixer TTH Tags Talk Over General options From here you will be All users can view modify these options unless password protected Specific options located under Password can be protected As such only un protected options will be viewed modified unless the password is entered 12 OPTIONS General x Satelite Outputs General ootions Log pee Root Folder of the tree Silence detector Maer Folder a a ic TTH
26. rogram Files Winamp Plugins Browse Sound Solution 1 2 Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source DSP v1 9 0 e Add opens a window that shows plug ins located in the folder specified in the field Plug ins directory e Configure opens the configuration window of the selected plug in 36 e Delete eliminates the selected plug in e Enable the plug ins activates or deactivates the plug ins The order in which plug ins process sound is from the top of list to bottom To change this order use the arrows located on the right side of the window to move a selected plug in up or down Warning Comments The process of translating this document was time consuming have made best guesses at grammatical errors that occurred from the translation in order to produce text that made sense As could not test every option and feature as explained in this document there may be errors As you use this manual if you encounter errors please email corrections to me at mram1500 ameritech net and will correct them as time is available When blatant errors are corrected or after a sufficient number of minor errors are corrected will make the corrected version available Thanks for you patience and hope this manual is of benefit to all Robert B Felmly KA8FVW MRAM 1500 kHz Cuyahoga Falls Ohio 37
27. sound card output to separate the Cue playback from the On Air playback 27 Media e Play begins to play the content of the playlist e Stop stops the playlist e Next plays the track marked in green and stops the track currently playing e Talk over when clicked the local microphone input is un muted and the playlist volume is reduced to a preset level in a preset amount of time fade allowing you to talk over the program e Stop after current The playlist stops after the current track is finished e Rename allows changing the name of the file selected blue in the list You can not rename a file while it is playing e Mixer opens the mixer application specified in the options gt mixer window e Plug ins opens a window that allows adding and setup of DSP WinAmp plug ins to ZaraRadio e Options opens a window allowing several ZaraRadio program options to be configured Programs o Today s log displays a list of all items that have played from the playlist showing time date and file path In the tools gt options gt log menu you can set the location for saved logs enable disable logging and logging only the first instance of a track played o Log folder opens the folder where logs are saved to allow quick access to log files o Edit allows changing parameters that control logging functions 1 LogDir This macro obtains the directory where the log files are stored 2 NextFile This macro obtains the c
28. sponding hour from 00 to 23 These files must contain audio clips that say something similar to It s XX Example the HRSO2 mp3 file could say Time now 2 This will be followed by the minute file e MINXX mp3 where XX is the corresponding minutes from 00 to 59 These files must contain audio clips that say only the number of the minute Example the MIN53 mp3 file would say 53 When preceded by the hour clip you have Time now 2 53 e HRSXX_O mp3 the last character is the letter O not a zero This file must contain an audio clip that says something like It s XX o clock Example the HRS14_O mp3 file would say It s 1400 hours for 24 hour format or It s 2 PM for 12 hour format Minutes are omitted on the hour when these files are present Temperature Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken temperature There are two types of files e TMPXXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding degrees 000 to 100 for example You only need to have audio clips for the anticipated range of temperatures Depending on whether you use Celsius or Fahrenheit the range of numbers will vary For example the TMP020 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of twenty degrees e TMPNXXX mp3 where XXX is the corresponding degrees below zero 000 to 010 for example The TMPNO002 mp3 file could say We have a temperature of two degrees below zero Humidity Folder This folder contains audio clips of the spoken
29. ss it is possible to give a specific value of overlapping to each song The file must be renamed by adding n to the file name where n is an integer For example in the file Blues 1 mp3 one second will be the overlap value Detect the end of the song must be disabled for this to work Decimal values normally can t be used as part of the file name Exception Control Panel gt Regional and Language Options gt Standards and Formats gt Customize change the decimal symbol to an allowed symbol Options Fade on overlap and Fade on stop e Fade on overlap When this option is active ZaraRadio will fade the previous song whenever a new one begins When deactivated the song overlaps but is not faded e Fade on stop When activated ZaraRadio will fade the playing track when STOP or NEXT is clicked Otherwise playback simply stops 25 Text Buttons Menus File Jingles New creates a new empty list closing the previous one Open opens existing playlists previously saved Save saves the current playlist as named Save as saves the current playlist allowing a new file name Recent files shows list of files opened recently Exit closes ZaraRadio Copy copy the selected tracks to the clipboard Paste places items on the clipboard into the playlist Delete eliminates selected playlist tracks Remember that several can be selected simultaneously using either CTRL or SHIFT Delete all eli
30. tor Detects periods of silence while playing tracks When this happens ZaraRadio jumps to the next track It does not activate in the case of a program crash only when silence in the playing track exceeds the time selected 20 OPTIONS Password Password M a a M M M Password allows the protection of common functions as well as events and plug ins If Enable protection is checked and a password set the user will be prompted for the password when clicking on a protected item Without the password only a limited number of items can be viewed and changed OPTIONS Log Here you can enable logging and specify where the log files are saved In these files ZaraRadio stores the time at which each file plays Cued files are not logged By default tracks that repeat are logged Check Log only when using the first instance if you don t want repeated tracks logged You can type in the location for saving log files or browse for a location 399 OPTIONS Outputs Options F Outputs SB Audigy Audio D800 Select the sound card to use for the Air output and Cue output If you have only one sound card output both Air output and Cue output will be heard together ZF OPTIONS Satellite Satellite 5B Audigy Audio D800 Play Control oo Wave MIDI Synth CD Digital Auxiliary CD Audio PC Speaker TAD In Microphone H Wave
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