[arm-allstar] New playnews script

[Bob Roszkowski]

Ok, I just got off the phone with Tom Gallagher.  I explained the issue and
agreed to work out what ever was needed.  I feel the easiest was for them
to make a separate audio file arrlnews.mp3 to be overwritten every week
with the latest news.  Just like newsline.  That way, things would be much
simpler and the scrips would be more efficient.

I'll let you know when I have some information.




Sincerely,

boB - W5EVH
www.w5evh.org
www.SouthTexasLinkSystem.com
AllStar 28640 - IRLP 9457 - EchoLink NV5TX-L (4911)

"The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror (37)
is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7 and 3. ...
In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001."
-Dr. Sheldon Cooper, (Jim Parsons), "Big Bang Theory"

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:22 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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
> > www.w5evh.org
> > www.SouthTexasLinkSystem.com
> > AllStar 28640 - IRLP 9457 - EchoLink NV5TX-L (4911)
> >
> > "The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror (37)
> > is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7 and 3.
> ...
> > In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001."
> > -Dr. Sheldon Cooper, (Jim Parsons), "Big Bang Theory"
> >
> > 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*
> > > > >
> > > > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/
> hamradio
> > >*
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