[arm-allstar] Playing Newsline on Allstar Pi3

Steve Agee irlp8720 at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 21 00:05:07 EST 2018


OK, so does telemdefault=X need to be 1 or 2 then? How about duplex=0 ?

N5ZUA

On 1/20/2018 9:16 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
> Steve,
>
>  I have no idea what is going on but I suspect some setting on one the 
> other nodes. I doubt it has anything to do with playnews itself. Try this
>
> Enter the client -  asterisk -rvvv   or admin menu item 12.  At the 
> cli prompt type:
>
> rpt playback 27065 filename
>
> where filename is a known good sound file. You could use node-id your 
> ID file
>
> rpt playback 27065 /etc/asterisk/local/node-id
>
> This should play your ID on ALL connected nodes. This is a standard 
> Asterisk command and the one used by playnews.
>
> Do you somehow have telemetry turned off on the other node?
>
> *73 Doug
> *
> *WA3DSP
> *
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
> *
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 9:38 PM, "Steve Agee via arm-allstar" 
> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>
>     OK, I just tried something different. Instead of running ARN from
>     the command line NOW I ran it as follows (remember I am one hour
>     behind you):
>
>     15 20 * * 6 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN 20:30
>     27065 G &> /dev/null 2>&1
>
>     It played just fine on node 27065 (on the Pi) but node 2430 was
>     connected to node 27065 and it never played there.
>
>     N5ZUA
>
>     On 1/20/2018 3:24 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>     Steve,
>>
>>      Case does not matter. Here is a run I did with your command
>>     line. It obviously would not play anything with your node number
>>     but this is what you should see. I aborted with CntrlC.
>>
>>      /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065
>>     Starting Download of ARN Audio News @ 16:19:29
>>     --2018-01-20 16:19:29-- https://www.arnewsline.org/s/news.mp3
>>     <https://www.arnewsline.org/s/news.mp3>
>>     Resolving www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
>>     (www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>)...
>>     198.49.23.145, 198.49.23.144, 198.185.159.145, ...
>>     Connecting to www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
>>     (www.arnewsline.org
>>     <http://www.arnewsline.org>)|198.49.23.145|:443... connected.
>>     HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302
>>     Location:
>>     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3
>>     <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3>
>>     [following]
>>     --2018-01-20 16:19:29--
>>     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3
>>     <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3>
>>     Resolving static1.squarespace.com
>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com> (static1.squarespace.com
>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com>)... 151.101.208.238
>>     Connecting to static1.squarespace.com
>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com> (static1.squarespace.com
>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com>)|151.101.208.238|:443... connected.
>>     HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>>     Length: 4814678 (4.6M) [audio/mp3]
>>     Saving to: '/tmp/news.mp3'
>>
>>     /tmp/news.mp3 100%[==================================>] 4.59M 
>>     3.53MB/s    in 1.3s
>>
>>     2018-01-20 16:19:31 (3.53 MB/s) - '/tmp/news.mp3' saved
>>     [4814678/4814678]
>>
>>     Download complete @ 16:19:31
>>     Converting from MP3 to wav and normalizing
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part1.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part2.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part3.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part4.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part5.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part6.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part7.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part8.wav
>>     Creating /tmp/news.part9.wav
>>     Converting to individual ulaw format files
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part1.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part2.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part3.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part4.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part5.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part6.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part7.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part8.ul
>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part9.ul
>>     ARN news will start now and use playback (global) mode on node -
>>     27065
>>     Press any key to start news...^C
>>
>>
>>     *73 Doug
>>     *
>>     *WA3DSP
>>     *
>>     *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>     *
>>
>>
>>     On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:30 PM, "Steve Agee via arm-allstar"
>>     <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         Doug,
>>
>>         I'll play with this later today when I have more time. I was
>>         invoking it from the command line, and there could be a
>>         syntax issue. For example, I was using "now" instead of "NOW"
>>         per the instructions given at
>>         http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html
>>         <http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html> so not sure if
>>         that was it or not. From the command line, I was sending:
>>         /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065 G
>>         and also
>>         /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065
>>
>>         N5ZUA
>>
>>         On 1/20/2018 2:10 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>         holdofftelem=0 ONLY needs to be in place on the node playing
>>>         the news. The reason for this is that there is no blocking
>>>         on playing audio files in Asterisk/Allstar. That is you play
>>>         it and it goes into a buffer and you have no control over
>>>         knowing when it ends or even canceling it. The playnews
>>>         script gets around this by carefully timing the segments and
>>>         using delay (sleep) statements to ensure that nothing gets
>>>         out of sync, If telemetry (playing of the audio) was held
>>>         off at any point due to a keyup from anywhere it would screw
>>>         up the sync. Having holdofftelem=0 avoids this.
>>>
>>>         Having holdofftelem=0 on a non-radio hub is not an issue as
>>>         the only audio heard from the hub to remote nodes would be
>>>         global playback.
>>>
>>>         *73 Doug
>>>         *
>>>         *WA3DSP
>>>         *
>>>         *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>>>         <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>>         *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM, "Steve Agee via
>>>         arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>         <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Thanks, Bill. I was wondering if this is one of those
>>>             seldom used features that nobody has actually tried yet,
>>>             and I happened to be the one that found out that it did
>>>             not work? I tried it between the Pi and an ACID node as
>>>             well as between the Pi and a DIAL node with no luck. I
>>>             made sure the other node was connected before invoking
>>>             the script, and that all nodes had "holdofftelem=0"
>>>
>>>             N5ZUA
>>>
>>>
>>>             On 1/20/2018 4:45 AM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via
>>>             arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>             Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>>             I always thought that was a "feature" that was to keep
>>>>             it from propagating across a wide area network...  But
>>>>             maybe my impressions are inaccurate...
>>>>
>>>>             Maybe I will diddle with that a bit...  and see what
>>>>             difference it makes between "localplay" and "playback"...
>>>>
>>>>             I've been wrong before - my wife keeps reminding me...
>>>>             (repeatedly...)
>>>>
>>>>             Bill - N5MBM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>             *From:* Steve Agee via arm-allstar
>>>>             <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>>>             *To:* arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>             <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>>>             *Cc:* Steve Agee <irlp8720 at yahoo.com>
>>>>             <mailto:irlp8720 at yahoo.com>
>>>>             *Sent:* Saturday, January 20, 2018 2:36 AM
>>>>             *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] Playing Newsline on
>>>>             Allstar Pi3
>>>>
>>>>             OK well not working for me ... only plays on the
>>>>             originating Pi node for some reason.
>>>>
>>>>             N5ZUA
>>>>
>>>>             On 1/20/2018 2:34 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
>>>>             wrote:
>>>>>             If set to global it will play to ANY connected node
>>>>>             including Echolink.
>>>>>
>>>>>             *73 Doug
>>>>>             *
>>>>>             *WA3DSP
>>>>>             *
>>>>>             *http://www.crompton.com/ hamradio
>>>>>             <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>>>>             *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>             On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 2:41 AM, "Steve Agee via
>>>>>             arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>>             <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>                 If I invoke Playnews with either ARRL or ARN with
>>>>>                 the flag set to global, will it play on other
>>>>>                 connected ACID or DIAL nodes, or only on other
>>>>>                 connected Hamvoip nodes?
>>>>>
>>>>>                 N5ZUA
>>>>>
>>>>>                 On 1/19/2018 9:28 AM, "Robert Prybyzerski via
>>>>>                 arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>>>                 Mike, I have a how to of installing a script for
>>>>>>                 downloading and playing newsline and Arrl audio
>>>>>>                 news.  The script comes from the hamvoip website,
>>>>>>                 I just documented my steps.
>>>>>>                 http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_ script.html
>>>>>>                 <http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 Bob W2YMM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>                 Bob W2YMM
>>>>>>                 631-960-1051
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 On Jan 19, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Mike Shelby via
>>>>>>                 arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>>>                 <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Since I am new to Allstar I figured I'd ask how
>>>>>>>                 hard is it to play Newsline on my Allstar node
>>>>>>>                 for our nets? Any advice would be greatly
>>>>>>>                 appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Thanks,
>>>>>>>                 Mike Shelby - K9MLS
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