[arm-allstar] New playnews script

[Richard Bateman]

I've been looking at using this script; any suggestions for how it
could be easily adapted to automatically download but only play on
demand, e.g. when a DTMF command is sent?

Richard

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:18 AM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar"
<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 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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