[arm-allstar] New playnews script

[Doug Crompton]

Bob,

 There is nothing wrong with their file naming. The script in playnews
works fine. The problem is when they change things and are not consistent.
I got a note back from Steve Ford at ARRL that they now will be consistent
as it is now.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:31 PM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> ok, on another note, I am working with the CEO and Pres of ARRL to get the
> file naming issue resolved.  Working on a format like Newsline.  Ill let
> you know how it goes.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> boB - W5EVH
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> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:07 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> >
> >   No mainly because it would break Allstar and most widely connected
> > systems due to timeouts. The ARRL news runs about 20 minutes and ARN
> about
> > 30 minutes. There is generally a 3 minute timeout established in the
> > repeater community and this is also true in most Allstar systems. Timing
> > variables would need to be changed on the playing node and every
> connected
> > node. This is really not practical but if you wanted to do it it would be
> > easy. Once the file is downloaded just play it. It would eliminate most
> of
> > the script but without system timing changes you would hear the first 3-5
> > minutes and then things would timeout. It is also a courtesy to stop
> > transmissions periodically to allow for simplex stations to connect and
> > disconnect.
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:31 AM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Doug, is there a script that will play the news with out breaks?
> > >
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > boB - W5EVH
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:35 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have changed the playnews script to isolate the URL's in a separate
> > > > playnews.ini file. The new tar archive can be found at:
> > > >
> > > >  http://hamvoip.org/downloads/playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > Or at the link on the hamvoip.org web page.
> > > >
> > > > Users can (carefully) edit URL's in the playnews.ini file for Amateur
> > > Radio
> > > > Newsline and ARRL News when necessary. What is there works as of
> > > 6/23/2017.
> > > > Yes they changed ARN back to .mp3 today! Maybe they were listening.
> > > >
> > > > I suggest you put these files in /etc/asterisk/local/playnews. If you
> > > > already have files there you can safely delete them all and untar the
> > new
> > > > archive.
> > > >
> > > > cd /etc/asterisk/local
> > > > mkdir playnews
> > > > cd playnews
> > > > wget https://hamvoip.org/downloads/playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> > > > tar xvzf playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > Use 'playnews-0.11' in your script or if you desire rename it to just
> > > > 'playnews'
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *73 Doug*
> > > >
> > > > *WA3DSP*
> > > >
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> >*
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