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GrahamJohnMiles

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Scheduled Playlist
« on: January 20, 2013, 05:09:10 pm »
I have a playlist scheduled to come every evening at 5pm. I would like to stop it at 7pm. How do I do that?
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2013, 05:15:21 pm »
Quote from: GrahamJohnMiles on January 20, 2013, 05:09:10 pm
I have a playlist scheduled to come...

Define please...
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GrahamJohnMiles

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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2013, 05:31:07 pm »
When you select reoccur it does not let you set a duration.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2013, 05:36:11 pm »
You could use a 2 hour playlist.  A smartlist can do that.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2013, 05:45:36 pm »
It would be nice to set a duration to a playlist regardless of frequency. I used to set an empty playlist to come on after two hours but it seems a roundabout way of doing something which should be available when you set the schedule initially.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2013, 05:56:14 pm »
I think I'm being thick, but just in case I'm only slightly so...

In Scheduler, you can set the duration for a playlist to Play.

With a Smartlist, you can select from one or more playlists, but have the smartlist ensure no more than 2 hours duration.

Does this meet your needs?
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2013, 07:17:56 pm »
The duration option is greyed out on my edit options for scheduling.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2013, 07:51:51 pm »
You're right, sorry.  That's for Recording only.

Use the Smartlist to include a playlist and limit the time to 2 hours.  Schedule playing the Smartlist intead.

Alternatively, you can use Windows Scheduler to issue an MC stop command at 7pm:

    mc18.exe /Stop

and perhaps even start playback initially as well.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2013, 07:59:53 pm »
@Matt - Seems like enabling the Duration would be a very nice feature for Play.  I recall giving workarounds to this a number of times now.

If Scheduler can Stop a recording, it should be able to Stop playback, yes?
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2013, 09:24:48 pm »
Great I'll use the command line option. Thanks.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2013, 06:12:43 pm »
What's the precise syntax for stopping play. I tried what you posted but it's not recognized.
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2013, 06:39:25 pm »
Pre-MC 18.0.117, you needed to use:

   mc18.exe /Command Stop

after that, you can use either the above or the simpler:

    mc18.exe /Stop
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2013, 08:31:03 pm »
Quote from: MrC on January 22, 2013, 06:39:25 pm
Pre-MC 18.0.117, you needed to use:

   mc18.exe /Command Stop

after that, you can use either the above or the simpler:

    mc18.exe /Stop
Looking forward to 117.  8) 8) 8)
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Re: Scheduled Playlist
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2013, 08:36:15 pm »
Probably soon.

Here's the reference:

    http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/The_Command_Line
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