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This is an overview of RadioDJ v1.6.5.7 and later. RadioDJ is a free radio studio automation package. It is developed using .NET and uses MySQL as database backend.
First you'll need MySQL database to store data for songs, rotations, events etc. You can get MySQL from official MySQL downloads Currently MySql-5.5.24-win32 is the
recommended version.
MySQL works on Windows XP/7/8 and Server 2008/2012. How to Install MySQL Server 5.5 – Windows 8 PC, a video on YouTube.
Download latest version of RadioDJ and unpack zip file contents to C:\ drive or another drive.
Note: Do not install RadioDJ in Program Files or Program Files (x86) on Windows Vista or later. Latest Windows version have security features that doesn't allow users to write
files under those locations. Please make sure MySQL is installed and running.
If you start RadioDJ before setting up database an error message will appear.
RadioDJ has no access to the MySQL database because it needs a correct password to access database. Click OK to go further.
Read the instructions in next window and if the MySQL database is installed click OK
To access database setup application, open the RadioDJ directory, then open the Setup folder and double-click on the Database Setup.exe to launch database setup.
It will start with the message that settings are not right and display a message in lower left: MYSQL SERVER IS OFFLINE. That is to be expected.
Fill in MySQL credentials that were used while installing the MySQL server:
Click on VALIDATE. If everything is correct, the message in lower left should read MYSQL SERVER IS ONLINE and turn green.
There might be an error massage in the log area but it is nothing critical. Now click on INSTALL DATABASE:
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Notification message will appear to ask if you are sure that you want to install the database. Note: If the database already exists, it will be overwritten. Proceed with installation by
clicking OK.
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If the database is installed correctly, last line of the message log should read "Import Completed". You can now close the database setup application. Now go to the folder where
you extracted RadioDJ and click on radiodj.exe or create a shortcut to the desktop for faster access.
Uma tela RadioDJ foi dividida em 6 seções para ajudar a suas suas funções.
Section A Edit
Section A contains play control buttons, playback information as well as clock and date. Window title displays your station name or ID and current version of RadioDJ. You can
set the station name in Options/Settings/Stream Titles.
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5. Loop Current track. Using Loop
allows you to continuously repeat a
pre-assigned section of a track.
LOOPIN and LOOPOUT cue points
have to be set for current track. This
can be done with CUE Editor.
6. Countdown of current song intro (if
the song has an intro cue point). Intro
time might be used to introduce the
song by voice.
7. Countdown of the outro (end of the
song), default duretion is 10 seconds.
You can use the outro time to start
speaking or introduce next song.
8. Displays a countdown of the time
remaining for the current song. For
last 10 seconds it will blink as
warning that the song is coming to
end.
9. A clock with current time.
On the right hand side there are current date and the sweepers category being used. Active sweepers category for tracks selected from search list.
This section contains playback queue and related controls for playback automation and loading of playlists.
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Note: By default playlist is displayed in slot mode but the display mode can be set in Playlist plugin options.
If playlist contains more than six tracks, you can use the buttons 1, 2, 3 and 4 instead of the vertical scrollbar to navigate the list.
1. Go to top of list
2. One item up
3. One item down
4. Go to the bottom of playlist
5. Load a playlist from database or m3u file
6. Save the playlist to database or m3u file
Clicking on button 5 opens the screen Open Playlist for playlist import.
From this screen you can import playlist from database or open an M3U playlist file.
Open Positions
Clicking on "M3U Playlist" opens file browser to choose M3U file. After opening the path to
M3U playlist is displayed in the field next to the M3U Playlist radio button.
Note: The items from M3U playlist will be imported into database using ID3 tag information
but entries will be marked as disabled. Disabled tracks will not be selected for playback in
AutoDJ mode. You can activate them for selection using track manager.
To activate imported tracks open track manager and select Show Disabled in fourth
dropdown on top to show only disabled tracks. Default colour for disabled items is purple.
You can change the line colours in options.
If there are songs in the playlist you can save them as playlist by clicking on button 6.
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Auto DJ mode
Green - Automated mode. In automated mode RadioDJ will play song after song until the playlist is empty.
Red - Assisted mode. In assisted mode every song has to be started by hand.
Note: Purpose of Assisted/Automatic modes is not to play instantly. In automated mode, when the "NEXT START" cue point is reached, RadioDJ triggers playback of next track
from the playlist. In contrast, when in assisted mode, the cue next is ignored and the track is played until it's end and playack stops.
When automated is on, it also triggers the watchdog which will start the next track if the cue next didn't trigger the mix, but with a delay.
!! IMAGE: !! INSERT is used with drag and drop. Default on RadioDJ start-up.
Click on it, drag a song from section D (Search list) to the playlist onto a song and it will be put in front of the entry in the playlist.
!! IMAGE: !! REPLACE is used with drag and drop and replaces the playlist item below cursor. Active mode is indicated by blue background colour.
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INPUT can be used for a microphone or any other input. Input devices can be configured in sound card options.
When first clicked sound fades down to a lower level for voice over, on a second click, sound fades back up to normal levels. Note: fade out volume can be configured in
options window under Sound Cards tab.
!! IMAGE: !! INPUT is off !! IMAGE: !! INPUT by mouse click !! IMAGE: !! INPUT is on. Click again to turn off.
Note from Marius: I do not encourage the usage of a microphone without a hardware mixer. A microphone plugged directly into the computer is OK for fun, but when we are
talking about radio, is a big NO NO.
!! IMAGE: !! Working in list mode is similar to slot mode !! IMAGE: !! The main difference is the extra button marked with ">" which maximises section B to fill whole screen to the
right.
Section C Edit
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History shows a list of songs that have been played (from most recent to least recent). The number of songs displayed in History can be set in the History Plugin settings. The
Play Date and time,song artist and title, and duration are shown. By double clicking on it you can change the track info with track edit.
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If song files have ID3 or other meta information such as artist, title, album etc., RadioDJ will extract the details from tags.
Note: RadioDJ supports meta information extraction from FLAC, M4A, OGG/Vorbis besides usual MP3 file format.
Pro tip: For easier ID3 tag editing you might want to get Mp3tag editor which can be found at http://www.mp3tag.de/en/.
There is also an application named MusicBrainz Picard which can find and update missing meta tags as long as some information is available.
Notice: RadioDJ has no connections with Mp3tag or MusicBrainz Picard and does not endorse usage of any particular tool.
!! IMAGE: !! Song details pane displays all meta information which has been read from files while importing.
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Track Edit window Edit
It is easy to edit song details in Radio DJ. Just Right click on a song and choose edit track.
Section D Edit
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You can search by Artist, Title or Album (Album search has to be enabled in Song Search plug-in settings)
While typing, matching tracks will displayed in list below search bar. Press the red X on the left to clear search text.
Dropdown displaying "Any Category" by default contains all main categories. !! IMAGE: !!
[Artist] Special
If selected, the middle dropdown will list all artist names in database.
[Albums] Special
If selected, the middle dropdown will list all album names in database.
[Years] Special
Note: Make sure that the file meta tags for artist, album and year are filled in before importing tracks.
All the other categories have to have subcategories, because songs are not stored in main categories, but in subcategories instead.
For instance, Music category has following sub categories: !! IMAGE: !! Subcategories can be edited by click on Option, then on Categories.
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In this screen you can make, change or delete items Looking to the Categories where Music is selected, you can see that the category Music (or the others in the Categories
screen) can't be renamed and the button Rename can't be used, a new Category can be added with new sub categories. It is possible to rename the Sub Categories for selected
(Music) Category, in this case the sub 2000s is selected and you can rename it. It is possible to add new sub categories to the category (Music) by typing a name in the upper
field and press the +. To remove an existing sub category, either click on it to highlight it, or type it in the field at the top,then press the – , the sub category will be deleted. There
must always one sub for a category or you get an error. Adding, renaming or deleting Genres in the same way is possible to suit your needs.
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In this section you can sort tracks by Artist, Title in ascending or descending order.
Displayed columns can be configured in Song Search plug-in settings. Click OPTION, then PLUGINS !! IMAGE: !! Select Song Search – Track search utility and click Settings
button or double-click the plug-in item.
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Desired fields can be checked or unchecked in Fields Settings list. You can also enable search by album title using Album Search checkbox.
To import songs one by one, click on OPTIONS and click the pop-up screen on TRACK IMPORT. Same button is available in track manager.
This will open file browser(Windows explorer) for you to select a file.
After selection RadioDJ will read ID3 or other supported meta tags and fill in song details. !! IMAGE: !! Note: there is a bug in current version which always resets genre
dropdown to Acapella. Marius has promised a fix soon. (as of this writing Feb 8, 2014) Adjust the category, sub category, genre and track type if necessary.
It is possible to set an action to take after a set play count is reached. Available options are: Nothing, Disable or Delete.
You can set-up a start and end date for the track. If current date is not between these two dates, the track will not be selected for rotation.
Priority Edit
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The priority can be used to control how often a song is selected for playback. That depends on chosen track rotation logic.
Sample: intro = 10 sec. Track = 6 sec. Track must start after 4 sec.
(by import as Sweeper) Song will overlay a track. For example, if you have news and you want a news bed running under it.
Enabled Edit
If enabled, the song can be selected for rotation and is displayed in search list.
In search list, Right-click on the track and select Edit Track in context menu.
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Flags for START, NEXT START and END cue points are displayed as red flags on the timeline. Sound waveform is displayed in blue to help pinpoint where sound changes.
!! IMAGE: !! Click the play button to start playing at current cue point.
Cue pints can be placed by clicking insert button or by clicking on the timeline.
Then click on insert while track is playing to set the insert point
ou want. You will see the flag INTRO before the voice start.
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End point of a song intro, usually it is when artist starts to sing or speak. A sweeper
can be played if it fits from the START flag to the INTRO point. For example - if the
INTRO
intro is 3 seconds and the sweeper is 4 seconds it will not be played, it has to fit
within the time between START and INTRO.
LOOP IN Start point of a LOOP in the track. Can be used to loop a section of track.
Start point of an outro. You can start an instant player or use a microphone. In the
OUTRO main screen the outro will count down to the outro point and then starts to count up.
During last 10 seconds of song the remaining time field will start flashing.
NEXT START Point where the next track will start (with a delay) if automated is on.
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Fade out default is 3 seconds, but it is calculated based on silence remover settings.
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The boxes can be used to change the thresholds for RadioDJ to automatically remove silent sections of tracks at the Start of the tracks, during the Mix between tracks, and at
the End of tracks.
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Mix Threshold is the next start point flag where the next track/song starts.
Clicking on Apply Default Settings to restore the default setting to the track.
Clicking on Save As Default will set your current settings as default and used for new tracks that will be imported.
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To import a Directory (folder), click on OPTIONS and click in the pop-up screen on DIRECTORY IMPORT. Same button is available in track manager window.
!! IMAGE: !! directory import Click on IMAGE: to select directory from which you want to import music files.
If enabled it will also scan all subdirectories (folders) within that directory.
Category Edit
Select what category in which to place imported files (Categories can be edited by clicking on edit button next to category dropdown menu) IMAGE:
Select a Genre.
It is possible to set an action to take after a set play count is reached. Available options are: Nothing, Disable or Delete.
Priority Edit
The priority can be used to control how often a song is selected for playback. That depends on chosen track rotation logic.
If enabled, the tacks can be selected for rotation and are displayed in search list.
If selected the tracks will be analysed to determine best faded-in and faded-out points.
The fades settings can be found in the [#Audio Input Settings.|outline Audio Input Settings].
After selecting a directory click on Import Directory. Import progress and messages are displayed in progress bar.
!! IMAGE: !! When the import is finished, select the next Directory and import it, or Close the window.
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!! IMAGE: !! !! IMAGE: !! Place selected song into playlist. ! IMAGE: Enables sweeper selection for tracks before placing them in playlist.
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(these three go together) In the middle you can see that in the first screen (1-100) are 100 songs, the numbers after / (103) indicates that there are a total of 103 songs.
(the search screen only shows 100 songs but it can be changed).
!! IMAGE: !! After clicking next screen button, the rest for the songs are displayed in the search list.
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The sound will go over the speakers you have set in Sound cart settings [#12.4.2.Sound Cards.|outline Monitor CUE]
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Instant Players Edit
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Under each button a direct link can be made to a song, jingle or sweeper.
To use the instant player you must have imported songs, jingles or sweepers.
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By clicking on it the sound that is playing will fade down a little and the jingle will play through,and the sound will fade back in.
You should assign all the songs or sounds you want to use to different numbers before you save the cart.
Before saving you can assign a colour to a button by right clicking on the button and click on Colour in the pop up.
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And choose a colour.
As you read you can put more carts in the Instant Players screen.
By selecting Clear you can remove a song or sound from a button (don't forget to save the cart).
If enabled
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Fade out the instant player when pressing on the stop button.
Section E Edit
! IMAGE: ! IMAGE: The auxiliary players can be used for live shows to play different things (e.g. music beds) without altering the main playlist.The players are very simple, you
can load them using drag/drop from the search list or simply by pressing the eject button. ! IMAGE: With a right mouse click in the players field a pop up will show up.
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! IMAGE: If the Loop button of the player is toggled on (highlighted), the track will loop a pre- assigned section.
To loop a track in an auxiliary player, click and turn on the Auxiliary Loop button of the player before the Loop-out point has passed.
Note: unlike the main Loop button, the Auxiliary Loop button will not turn off automatically
f it is turned on before the track begins to play, and the track will still loop.
Note: if you turn on the Auxiliary Loop button after the Loop-out point has passed, the track
ill immediately return to the Loop-in point and will then loop as usual.
If there is a loop-in and a loop-out in a track it will be shown in the progress bar
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The red one is the start of a loop and the green one is the end of the loop.
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If you click on the loop button and start the track, the loop in the track will be used.
Section F Edit
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In the empty field at the top left you can search for a track by typing it in, select Any Category, Sub Category and Any Genre etc. or change the Category, Subcategory,
Genreetc. to narrow
By FILE TYPES you can change the selected tracks by the type of files to Jingle, Sweeper, StationID etc.
Genres Edit
Move Edit
By MOVE you can move the tracks from category or to another sub category or both.
Operations Edit
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Delete tracks = Remove selected tracks from the database.
Rename Edit
It can be used with the search field option on a name or character and rename the name or character.
Monitor Edit
By double clicking on a track you can edit the track or use the CUE Editor.
Importing Edit
There is also the possibility to import tracks or folders, see Importing Tracks or Directories.
By Dan Packard,
Open by clicking "Tracks Manager" at lower left of main RadioDJ program window. Initially everything (all the tracks) in your RadioDJ library is shown, sorted by the first column,
“Artist” (see illustration below).
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The bottom left corner of the Tracks Manager window shows the number of tracks displayed on this page (1 to 100), followed by the total number of tracks in your library (5,513 in
above example). Click the double left or right arrows at bottom right of window to scroll back or forward through the track listings.
You can sort tracks by column heading by simply clicking the top heading. For example, clicking “title” will sort all tracks by title in ascending order, 0-9 and A to Z. The blue bar
show which track was last highlighted (10cc, Art for art’s sake, in above example). The black bar represents a track that has already been played within the no-repeat parameter
(the 7up track, for example) {check on correct definition for black bar}.
To search for an artist or title in your library, simply enter the search string in blank white box at top left of window (circled).
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In above example, the search string “earth” was typed in. RadioDJ quickly searches your entire Tracks database and display all artists and titles with the word “earth” in them -- “I
feel the Earth move”, “Earth, Wind & Fire”, etc.
Notice that partial matches are also shown. For example Eertha Kitt (shown farther down the tracks page). This page is also sorted by “title”. Designated by the small upward
facing triangle at “Title” column top. Upward signifies Ascending order. Click the “Title” column again and it will re-sort in descending order, with triangle pointed downwards.
! IMAGE: ! IMAGE: ! IMAGE: Playlist builder is filled on the right side with tracks from the database.
You can drag and drop tracks to the New Playlist or select tracks and press the button to put them in the new playlist.
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As show, track number 1 has an intro the sweeper is triggered at the intro.
Track number 2 has a sweeper and is triggered at the start of the track.
Track number 3 has a sweeper and is triggered at the end of the track.
With a double click on a track in the new playlist opens the screen of the track list.
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elect a sweeper or jingle and set as start, intro or at the end with the buttons in the under bar.
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Clicking on by the track in the new playlist opens the cue editor so you can set the start, intro and end points.
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Now Playing Info Edit
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You can place in the textbox a fixed title which will be sent.
If you have placed a fixed title press on Update Title for sending.
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Target file is the place where the file will be saved. By clicking on
! IMAGE: Template File is the place where you can select a file with the strings you can use to make the NowPlaying.txt.
If you have made a file with the strings you like to use in RadioDJ\Docs\ select it with
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URL Edit
URL is the web address with http:// in front, it is possible you will have to fill in the port number like http://your-web-address:8009
Password Edit
You can use the text box to sent your own data if you like if not leave as it is.
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Disabled, Default, Hard, Hard 2, Hard Commercial, Medium, Soft and Soft 2.
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With Custom Values you can set your own preferred compression.
Tip. Edit
I don't like high ratio on compressors because it flattens the dynamics. Also I get much cleaner sound when disabling AGC and set the compressor a bit more aggressive.But I
guess that it depends a lot on what type of music you play. Source: Marius.
Utilities Edit
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On clicking, the database will be optimized, and you get the message that the database is successfully optimized (or not) with a screen.
On clicking, the tracks from the database are checked in the sound/music library if they are not there they are removed from the database.
On clicking, The tracks from the database can be relocated from the sound/music library and updated in the database.
On clicking, you can synchronize the database to the TAGS or the TAGS to the database (ID3 Tags)
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On clicking, you get the message that the priority in the database is reset for all tracks.
Reports Edit
The output mode can be HTML or CSV page. HTML files can be viewed in browser but CSV files can be opened for editing in spreadsheet editor such as Excel.
If you select count, it can be on week or month. You can include the fields you like in the report.
Note: If you have cleaned the history of the database, you can't make a report.
Options Edit
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General Edit
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Choose from the dropdowns which Sound Card and which output of that sound card to use for each function.
Main: The main speakers output. There is of choice for Front, Rear or CEN/LFE outputs.
Monitoring (CUE): The speaker output to use with the cue editor and the player in the search window (section D).
Sweeper/VO: The speaker output to play the sweeper or voiceover files through.
Voicetrack: The speaker output for the voice track to play through.
Carts: The speaker output to play the carts (Instant Players) through.
Aux Player 1 to 5: The speaker output for use with the Auxiliary Players. There are max. 5 players.
Input Sound Card: Can be used for a mixer or microphone or for connection with the line in.
The fade in and out are in milliseconds and the fade out can be enabled or disabled.
Auto DJ Edit
Enable on start up, When RadioDJ starts, it will be in MANUAL, AUTOMATED (Manual Assist) if unticked, or AUTODJ, AUTOMATED (Fully Automated) if ticked
Auto Play on Start up, when ticked, RadioDJ will automatically start playing on start up
Fade Out Duration, When in Manual Assist mode, used to set the song fade out time.
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Rotation rules explanation in the screen.
These values can be used to change the thresholds for RadioDJ to automatically remove silent sections of tracks at the Start of the tracks, during the Mix between tracks, and at
the End of tracks.
Note: These default settings are quite good for most cases.
Mix Threshold is the next start point where the next track/song starts.
Note: Changing the values move the position of start or mix or end of the thresholds.
Put your Radio Station Name and your Radio Station Slogan in these places.
You can select from the main category what streaming file type you like.
! IMAGE: What is streamed like $artist$ - $title$ (artist name – song title) you can chance, by precessing on ! IMAGE: shall show a file with the stream samples you can use, don't
forget to press on to save your chances.
Others Edit
If enabled, when minimize RadioDJ next track playing shows short pop-up by the status bar.
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On Play, reduce priority by, Use this to change the amount to reduce the priority of each song by
when it is played, which will increase the amount of time before that song is played again.
Shortcut Buttons
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Use the drop-downs to choose which Plugin you want on which Shortcut Button.
Artwork, Enable to select which folder you want your Album Art stored in.
Plugins Edit
All loaded plugins are displayed here. Plugins are loaded once on every RadioDJ startup.
(Note that not all plugins have settings that can be adjusted.) Error
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Think of track rotations as automatic playlists. Instead of songs, rotations are composed of selection rules for each playlist entry.
First shoose selection criteria from the 5 dropdown menus at the top (CATEGORY, SUBCATEGORY, GENRE, SELECTION TYPE, SWEEPER and REPEAT RULES)
Click the GREEN + button to add rotation entry with selected criteria.
Push the RED – button to delete a rotation entry (make sure it is highlighted first)
When you have added all rotation entries that you want, you can save your Rotation Rules by clicking the Save button (Second >> Button at the Top Right of the “Track
Rotations” window)
NOTE: Make sure you have sufficient numer of songs for the rotation rules you select, so that there are not problems with selections being over-ruled by RadioDJ's Auto DJ
setup rules. (Page 53).
Events Edit
First you get the event list screen, click on new event.
Select the days of the week for which you want the Event to occur using the checkboxes under Days.
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1. If the Event recurs by day and hour
Select the minute at which you want the event to occur using the box under \Timing". Since the
event will be occurring during multiple hours, the hour that you set in this box will be ignored.
RadioDJ provides a message next to the box reminding you of this. Select the days of the week for which you want the Event to occur using the checkboxes under \Days".
Select the hours of the day for which you want the Event to occur using the checkboxes under Hours (Note: these checkboxes use military 24H time, not 12H AM/PM time).
1. Actions for the Event to take can be added through the Event Actions window, which is accessed by clicking the Add Actions button at the right of the window.
1. All currently added actions will be displayed under \Event Actions". When the Event occurs, it will execute each of these actions in the order in which they appear on this
list.
1. Previously added actions can be removed by highlighting them in this list and clicking the Remove Action button.
1. Load Rotation will load a saved rotation into Auto DJ. Selecting this action will take you to the folder where you have saved your rotations so that you can select the
desired rotation to load.
2. Change Sweeper Category will change the Subcategory of Sweepers that will play in Auto DJ. However, since Sweeper subcategories do not work in the current version
of Auto DJ, this action should not be used.
The settings are minimal:- Server IP Address: This is the IP from which the commands are sent. If using a php for sending the commands and the script is hosted on your
webserver, add the IP of your webserver.- Port: The port used for communication. Make sure that this port is not blocked by your firewall (or router).- Password: the password that
must be received in order to execute a command'- Auto Start: Start the server when RadioDJ starts.Supported commands are:Play Playlist TrackPlay From
IntroRestartPauseStopSet Input (0 to disable, 1 to enable)Add Track To Top (Track ID as argument)Add Track To Bottom (Track ID as argument)Load Playlist (Playlist ID as
argument)Refresh EventsPlaycart By Number (Player # as argument)Set AutoDJ (0 to disable, 1 to enable)Set Assisted (0 to disable, 1 to enable)Clear Playlist
This plugin allows you to assign a disable now playing track to a button from the main window.
To enable the track again you must/can use the track manager for a search to the song in the disable tracks, or just select all disabled tracks.
Gamepad Edit
With the game pad plugin you can use the 10 buttons for commands to RadioDJ.
MidiController Edit
This plugin allows you to assign actions (like play/stop/cart play etc.) to your midi controller buttons.To configure it, go to RadioDJ-Options-Plugins-Midi Controller Plugin and
press Settings button.1. Select your midi device.2. Double click on any action you want to assign from the list, press a button on your midi device. In the red field you will see a
number on each press. That's the button code that is received from your midi controller. Press save button to save your choice.3. If a button is already assigned, you will be
notified and if you will still assign it, that button will be cleared from the previous action.4. Depending by your midi device options, you may want to disable "NOTE REPEAT" if it
has one, or the button will send the action as long it is pressed making it unusable.
Requests Edit
The Request plugin works in combination with a web script moor info you can find HERE on the RadioDJ site.
A script for downloading to test the request plugin Download Jhonny's script for request looks like
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First: You need to Download the Nested encoder for 1.6.5.0 and newer.
Secondly: Unzip the folder and place the .xml and .dll files with the encoder folder from the zipped file inside the RDJ plugin folder.
You can unzip the file whith 7zip from sourceforge it's freeware.
select the downloaded file Zipped.2.2.zip open it and select the Plugin Folder and the bassenc.dll file unpack to the RadioDJ folder.
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If you don’t see it in any zone, click on options, there is a plugin's button click on it in the screen select Altacast – Internet plugin click on Settings
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from here you can set the zone you want it in. (Usually zone 2).
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Select bitrate: This will be whatever bitrate your Shoutcast/Icecast server is set to receive.
Please note that Ogg Vorbis and Opus only work with Icecast V2 servers.
Server IP: This will be the IP your shoutcast host will have set. (E.G 179.234.678.234)
Server port: This will be the port number your host will have assigned you (E.G 8000)
Server password: The password you used or host sent you when setting up the Shoutcast/Icecast server.
Mountpoint: This is generally used with Icecast and Shoutcast V2 (E.G /listen.mp3)
Reconnect Seconds: This is the amount of time in seconds the encoder will attempt to reconnect after a disconnection. I have mine set at 10 seconds.
Click save stream and if you have your configuration settings correct the encoder should be streaming within seconds
I hope this guide is helpful and simple. if you wish to create more encoders just rinse and repeat.
N.B If you have any issues with the encoders simply remove lame.exe from the encoders folder and restart RadioDJ. Encoder website www.altacast.com
Recording Edit
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The new recording plugin is able to record what you are playing through RadioDJ so it’s perfect for recording shows with.
1. The required recorder files can be gotten from the forum Topic: Plugin Record 1.1
2. Unzip the folder and place the Plugin_Record.xml and Plugin_Record.dll files into the plugin folder within the RadioDJ folder.
3. Restart RadioDJ and click the options button. Then click on plugins. In the list of available plugins there should be the recording plugin.
4. Highlight it and click on settings and you should see this window.
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1. Click on “Browse” to set the folder where you want to save your recordings. Don’t worry about setting a file name it records with a date and time stamp.
2. On the plugin window click on “Show” to get the recorder to open in a new window. To start recording manually press the green play button.
3. There is also an option under events that allows you to start/stop recording at a set time for start and stop.
Source: KingsbridgeRadio
Virtual Audio Cable is a Windows WDM multimedia driver that allows a user to transfer audio streams from one application to another. Any application is able to send an audio
stream to the output side of a "virtual cable" while a corresponding application can receive this stream from the input side. Since all transfers are made digitally, there is no loss in
sound quality. VAC is the audio equivalent of a MIDI loop-back device such as Multi-Mid or Hubi. The latest package, VAC 4, includes 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista-compatible
versions along with the previous Windows 2000/XP/2003.
VAC is written entirely in object-oriented C++ and has no external dependencies. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP versions consist of user-mode and kernel-mode components which
are compiled from a single source file set.
If more than one application is sending audio through an output virtual cable, VAC is able to mix all of the streams together or create separate corresponding virtual input cables.
Similarly, more than one application is able to receive audio from an input cable, whether it's sharing the same audio data with another target or receiving its own personal audio
stream. VAC is useful for recording an application's audio output in almost real time or transferring a sound stream to another application so it may process it. A person could use
two or more software audio generators, synthesizers or sequencers to produce audio streams and send them to a VAC output cable and record the mixed stream from the VAC
input cable using any type of recording software.
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Because VAC routes audio streams in almost real time, it is able to be utilized in various manners.
A person is capable of using VAC to record an output audio stream from an application that normally does not allow files to be written into WAV. A user could also manipulate
VAC into recording conversations through Voice Over IP (VoIP) or Internet telephony applications such as Skype.
Source: Wikipedia.
A Station ID is a short piece of text (with or without music) that allow you to let people know what radio station they are listening to, and also for promotion of yours radio station.
What it does?- It searches the RadioDJ database for music type files which have the album field completed, searches and downloads album art image files if found;- If a image is
found, is copied to your Artwork folder (set in rdj options)- It updates the database with the found images.How to install it?1. Download and install Album Art Downloader to
Program Files from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/
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1. Music
2. Jingle
3. Sweeper
4. Voiceover
5. Commercial
6. Internet Stream
7. Other
8. Variable Duration File (VDF)
9. Request
10. News
11. Playlist Event
12. File By Date
13. Newest From Folder
For some of these types, RadioDJ will take some custom actions, so it’s not a good idea to play with them until we know what they represent.
Music Edit
The first type, named music must be assigned to music tracks that we expect to be played using rotations. To this types are applied a set of rules like checking when the artist
was played, when the track was played etc.
Jingle Edit
A jingle is a fully produced piece of audio which does not go over music but will sit between tracks.
Sweeper: A sweeper is a piece of audio designed to segue between songs so should play over intro and outro to aid a smooth transition.
Commercial Edit
Internet Stream represent files that are not psychically present on our hard-drive. They must be streamed from a server (web, shoutcast, icecast, etc.).
Variable Duration File type must be assigned to files which will change its duration over time, for example a news file which will be overwritten often. This allows you to import the
file once and then to just overwrite the file to keep it updated.For this type, the file will be scanned every time before playing, to get its new duration.
Request Edit
Request file type is used internally for requests from website, or other sources and this type cannot be assigned manually, you need A Web Script for showing request or making
a request.
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The web-script updates the database so requests are shown in the RadioDJ Request plugin.
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Playlist Events are displayed as tracks in playlist, but they can trigger some simple actions that are set as manual events.
File By Date type is a dynamic track, that allows you to set a folder and the file will be chosen by the date that is added to the playlist. The default format is yyyy-MM-dd, so if the
current date is 2013-11-18, when this type of track is added to the playlist, the program will search in the specified folder for a track named “2013-11-18″. supported extension
(.mp3 ,ogg etc.).If the default format
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is not good for your purpose, you can specify one in the comments field of the track, respecting the formats documentation found here.
dd-MM-yyyy
MM-dd-yyyy
Newest From Folder type also allows you to specify a folder, but from the selected folder loads the newest added file.
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Source: Marius.
example: An mp3 file for weather, news or traffic information message contained in a specific folder and file imported as variable duration files they are never the same length.
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Imported tracks which still have the same name but the length is an variable duration files; The files are not imported ever, they are treated as variable duration files, the only
difference is that in the database the reference is made to the selected folder and not to a specific file. So, when you are adding that kind of track type to the playlist, the program
will compare the dates of the files from that folder and the newer one will be selected and loaded. This type of track type can be useful for radio shows, because you "import" the
folder once and then you just add the new show to that folder and you don't need to worry about schedules.
What is AltaCast? It started as a continuation of the Oddcast/Edcast streaming software that can stream to either Icecast or SHOUTcast servers.
The current version of AltaCast Standalone, Winamp and Foobar plugins is 1.0. A 2.0 version is planned for the future that will be SHOUTcast v2 compatible.
Source: http://www.altacast.com
Icecast Edit
Icecast is free server software for streaming multimedia. Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports Ogg Vorbis and MP3 audio streams. It can be used to
create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports
open standards for communication and interaction.
Source: http://www.icecast.org
TIPS Edit
Ensure proper classification of your music folders, it does make it easier to import to the database In folders like: Your songs, in sub's like year or genre or on bpm etc. Sweepers
jingles RadioID jingles advertisement etc.
If you like to make intros or outros etc in the songs don't import too much at once. Import them with the box Enable Tracks disabled.
Example: Import 10 tracks (or more), go to the track manager and set the drop-down column Show All, Show Enabled, Show Disabled to Show Disabled. Double-click on a song
and in the window that opens, use the CUE Editor to make an intro or outro point etc. Do this for all the Disabled Tracks that you would like to use, then select all the songs you
have edited and click over on the left OPERATIONS area on the button ENABLE TRACKS and they will be available to play. Repeat this with new tracks. Take the time to import,
it makes it easier for you to get a good database.
The members of the RadioDJ forum who helped with the creation of this tutorial.
Marius (The Programmer of RadioDJ) Many thanks to you for such a nice program.
KingsbridgeRadio (Installing Altacast Encoder) Thank you for posting on your website.
And to everyone asking both easy and difficult questions on the forum.
Because of these questions and answers, I could better understand RadioDJ myself,
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so read the forum topics.
Greetings to all,
Jhonny.
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