[arm-allstar] New playnews script

Bob Roszkowski bob at w5evh.org
Tue Sep 12 01:18:12 EST 2017 

Understood.  If I can be of any help let me know.  I have the ARRLs ear
right now.  Just trying to help.


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 9:47 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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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