[arm-allstar] New playnews script

Mon Sep 11 21:47:53 EST 2017

Bob,

 If you saw my last message on here you will see why the current naming
convention is a good thing. It dates the files. That is good because the
ARRL takes off on holidays. This last Friday was their holiday. It usually
is on the Friday before but this one they did it the week after. When this
happens the script looks for the new date and does not find a file and
exits. This is a good thing otherwise it would be playing old files over
again. Personally I like the current method. It is easy to create the file
name as long as it is constant and efficiency is not a factor.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:23 PM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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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