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Title: Zone Switch based on time of day
Post by: audunth on November 12, 2019, 07:52:32 am

Hi,

Is it possible to switch zones based on time of day? I'd like to use one zone for daytime viewing, and at nighttime use another one (basically the same settings except for adaptive volume settings for nighttime viewing at low volume).

So for example if I play a video file at daytime, adaptive volume is turned off. If I play a video file after 10PM, adaptive volume is turned on.

Title: Re: Zone Switch based on time of day
Post by: RoderickGI on November 12, 2019, 04:12:07 pm

If you aren't using Zoneswitch now for other reasons, you could try the MC "Scheduler" function (left Navigation Bar > Services & Plug-ins > Scheduler) and the MCC Command /MCC 10011 to switch Zone at 10pm, and then switch it back for the following day.

I suspect MC will have to be running for the Task to execute. Maybe it would work with just Media Server running. Test. MC will wake a PC to run its tasks I think. Test.

Note that this may change the Zone even while you are watching something, which could have undesirable results. If a video is playing when the task runs, I'm pretty sure it won't change playback for the current video.

It would be better if there was an MCC Command to turn on and off Adaptive Volume, but there doesn't seem to be one. There may be an MCWS command. Check... Ah yes, there is. i.e.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/DSP/SetAdaptiveVolume?Strength=2
But that seems to be an old version of Adaptive Volume, using a strength setting. However, that did set Night Mode on my PC.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/DSP/SetAdaptiveVolume?Strength=0
Turned Adaptive Volume off.

You can run MCWS command from the MC Scheduler I believe. Investigate.

An alternative would be just to apply a DSP Preset that included Adaptive Volume. I can't see a command to do that. Investigate.
Wait...MCWS
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/LoadDSPPreset?Zone=-1&ZoneType=ID

Title: Re: Zone Switch based on time of day
Post by: audunth on November 13, 2019, 04:43:45 am

No, the scheduler wouldn't work for me, but thanks for the suggestion. I use ZoneSwitch for different file types (Audio/Video) and rooms, too.

I did some more searching and found some instructions here https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=76605.0 , all the way back in the MC 18 forum. I'll try it out and see if it still works on MC 25.