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# Dashboard
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The Dashboard is divided into two sections a Library section divided between
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[Tracks](../tracks), [Playlists](../playlists), [Smart Blocks](../smartblocks),
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[Webstreams](../webstreams), and [Podcasts](../podcasts), with the **Scheduled
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Shows** dialog on the right. This page provides an overview of the right-hand
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interface. Check the links to see information about the other sections which
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provide the content that can be scheduled.
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The **Scheduled Shows** page provides a view of the content your station is will
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playout, or has already played out, which defaults to showing the 3 hours
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ahead. This page also enables you to make last-minute changes to running shows.
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If you've only just installed LibreTime, there might not be any content shown
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yet. Click the calendar and clock icons above the table to change the date and
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time range, then click the **Find Shows** button (with the magnifying glass
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icon) to the right.
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To display the content of a particular show, click **Filter by Show** and select
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the name of the show from the drop-down menu which will appear.
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On the left side of the page, the **Start** and **End** times, **Duration**
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and **Title** of each content item are shown. On the right, **Creator**,
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**Album**, **Cue** or **Fade** times and **Mime** type (file format) can also be
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shown. This information can help you to prepare voice tracks for insertion into
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the show, including time checks if you wish. Putting current time information i
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to voice tracks describing specific content can, of course, limit the
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re-usability of those voice tracks, unless you always broadcast a particular
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item at the same time of day.
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Click the **Show/hide columns** button on the right to configure the metadata
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displayed, by checking the boxes in the pop-up window.
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The row for the currently playing item is displayed with a bright green
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background. Any underbooked shows (shows with insufficient content to fill the
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time allowed) are displayed with a row indicating the length of the underbooking
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in minutes and seconds. These rows contain a red exclamation mark in the first
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column, and have a pink background.
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Removing content from a running show
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If a show is overbooked, which means the total playout duration is longer than
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the time allowed for the show, a brown row indicates that the item will be faded
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out when the show ends. A red row indicates that the item will not be played at
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all. The length of the overbooking is shown in minutes and seconds in the last
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row of the show. To remove the extra items from the end of an overbooked show,
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click the **Scissors** button at the top left of the table.
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Alternatively, check the boxes for items which have not yet completed playout,
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and click the **Trashcan** button, to the right of the Scissors, to remove them
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from the schedule. If you remove the currently playing item, playout will skip
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to the next item in the show automatically, so you should make sure you have
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enough items remaining in the show to avoid dead air.
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If you have a long schedule displayed, and you wish to skip to the currently
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playing item, click the button with the end arrow icon, to the right of the
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**Trashcan**.
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To cancel the current show completely, click the red button to the right again.
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A pop-up window will ask you to confirm the cancellation, as this action cannot
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be undone.
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Items which are no longer available have an exclamation mark icon in the second
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column. This may happen for media files which were part of previous shows, and
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were removed from LibreTime's library (main storage or watched folders)
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subsequently. Items which are included in forthcoming shows cannot be removed
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from the Library via the LibreTime interface.
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Adding content to a running show
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After you have found the items that you want using the search tools, you can
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then drag and drop them from the library table on the left side of the page into
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the shows on the right side, including the current playing show.
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If the current show has nothing playing out at the time, the new item will begin
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playing immediately. This manual triggering of playout can be used as a live
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assist technique, in which the LibreTime server's soundcard output is mixed with
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other sources such as microphones or telephone hybrids on its way to a
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transmitter, or a separate stream encoder. For instance, a live show's host may
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not wish to cut off a studio discussion in order to play music at a fixed time.
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You can also select multiple items using the **Select** menu button, just
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beneath the simple search field, which has the options to **Select this page**
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of search results, **Deselect this page** and **Deselect all**. Alternatively,
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use the checkboxes on the left side of the library table to select specific
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items. Then drag one of the items into the show to add all of the selected
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items, or click the **Add to selected show** button, which has a plus icon. If
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you wish, you can also use the **Trashcan** button to permanently remove items
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from LibreTime's library. Only *admin* users have permission to delete all
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items.
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To insert checkbox selected items at a specific time in the show schedule, click
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one of the songs in the schedule table. Then click the **Add to selected show**
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button in the library table. This will insert the library songs after the
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selected scheduled song.
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To add a single item at the insertion point, double-click on it in the library.
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There is no need to select or drag the item first.
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Right-clicking on a song in the schedule table will show a pop-up. This pop-up
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menu also enables you to audition the entire show in advance of playout, or
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remove the item that was clicked on from the show.
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Multiple insertion points can be enabled, so that the same item is inserted into
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the schedule at different times. For example, you may wish to play a news report
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every hour, or a station ident after every five music files.
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