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How to build a basic schedule with LibreTime
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# How to build a basic schedule with LibreTime
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a description of the steps involved in adding a show to the LibreTime
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A description of the steps involved in adding a show to the LibreTime calendar
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calendar schedule for future playback including repeating shows
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schedule for future playback including repeating shows
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Audience: Program Managers and Admins
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**Audience**: Program Managers and Admins
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Click on the Calendar menu item on the left side of the screen
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1. Click on the Calendar menu item on the left side of the screen
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1. Click on the blue New Show button
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Click on the blue New Show button
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1. Under **What** - type in a Name to replace Untitled Show
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1. Optional – add URL, Genre and Description
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Under **What** - type in a Name to replace Untitled Show
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1. Under **When** click **In The Future**
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1. Select a date and time for the **Start Time** and **End Time**
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Optional – add URL, Genre and Description
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1. Time is entered as 00:00 where the first 2 digits are the hour in 24 hour
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time and the second 2 digits are the minutes. So 15:00 is 3PM. *Note: 24 hours
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Under **When** click **In The Future**
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is the maximum show time and Midnight is 00:00 of the next date.*
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1. Click **Repeats** if this show will air more than once.
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Select a date and time for the **Start Time** and **End Time**
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1. If it airs at the same time of the day on more than one day of the week then
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check the boxes next to the Days it should repeat on.
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Time is entered as 00:00 where the first 2 digits are the hour in
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1. If this is a limited engagement show uncheck **No End?** and select the date
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military time and the second 2 digits are the minutes. So 15:00 is 3PM.
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at which this show should no longer be on the schedule.
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* **Autoloading Playlist** is used if you will generate the content for this
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Note: 24 hours is the maximum show time and Midnight is 00:00 of the
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show using a playlist possibly containing smartblocks to dynamically generate
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next date.
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it. Ihf this is checked and a playlist is selected, LibreTime will schedule it
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an hour before the show is set to air as well as any **Intro & Outro Playlist**
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Click **Repeats** if this show will air more than once.
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configured in the Admin settings. See other How Tos for ideas about how to use Autoloading playlists.
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1. **Live Stream Input** contains the streaming information for DJs and if
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If it airs at the same time of the day on more than one day of the week
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**Use LibreTime Authentication** is checked then DJs can login to stream live
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then check the boxes next to the Days it should repeat on.
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if they are added to the **Who** section.
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1. **Who** is where you can give DJ users permission to schedule tracks for
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If this is a limited engagement show uncheck **No End?** and select the
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date at which this show should no longer be on the schedule.
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**Autoloading Playlist** is used if you will generate the content for
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this show using a playlist possibly containing smartblocks to
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dynamically generate it.
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Basically if this is checked and a playlist is selected LibreTime will
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schedule it an hour before the show is set to air as well as any **Intro
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& Outro Playlist** configured in the Admin settings.
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See other How Tos for ideas about how to use AutoLoading playlists.
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Live Stream Input contains the streaming information for DJs and if Use
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LibreTime Authentication is checked then DJs can login to stream live if
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they are added to the Who section.
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Who is where you can give DJ users permission to schedule tracks for
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this show and stream live during the show spot. You can check the box
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this show and stream live during the show spot. You can check the box
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next to them or type their name and click the drop down.
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next to them or type their name and click the drop down.
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1. **Style** allows you to select a custom color and add a show Logo for this
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Style allows you to select a custom color and add a show Logo for this
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show.
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show.
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How to set up genre specific Auto DJ with autloading playlist
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# How to set up genre specific Auto DJ with autoloading playlist
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Intro: In this LibreTime tutorial we will focus on how to build a
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In this tutorial we will focus on how to build a traditional auto DJ system
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traditional auto DJ system where we use a feature called smart blocks
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where we use a feature called smart blocks and auto loading playlists to play
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and auto loading playlists to play random music tracks of a certain
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random music tracks of a certain genre during a show. This tutorial is
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genre during a show. This tutorial is primarily focused on program
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primarily focused on program managers but users who are DJs can also benefit
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managers but users who are DJs can also benefit from smart blocks but
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from smart blocks but will only be able to manually schedule them.
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will only be able to manually schedule them.
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So for the purposes of this tutorial we are going to assume that you
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So for the purposes of this tutorial we are going to assume that you
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have uploaded a number of files of music with the genre metadata all
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have uploaded a number of files of music with the genre metadata all
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matching a specific genre for instance alternative. This can be done
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matching a specific genre, for instance, Alternative. This can be done
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ahead of time but LibreTime has no way of automatically grouping sub
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ahead of time, but LibreTime has no way of automatically grouping sub
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genres and so it is important that you spend some time manicuring the
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genres and so it is important that you spend some time curating the
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track metadata before you upload it to libretime as there is not
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track metadata before you upload it to LibreTime as there is not
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currently a way to bulk edit tracks from inside libretime. Also once
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currently a way to bulk edit tracks from inside LibreTime. Also once
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tracks are uploaded the metadata of the track itself isn’t changed but
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tracks are uploaded the metadata of the track itself isn’t changed but
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just how it is represented in the libretime database. This might change
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just how it is represented in the LibreTime database. This might change
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in the future but would only affect you if you were downloading tracks
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in the future but would only affect you if you were downloading tracks
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and uploading them to another instance and hoped that the changes you
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and uploading them to another instance and hoped that the changes you
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made were saved.
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made were saved.
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remaining but allow overfill.
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remaining but allow overfill.
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It is possible that we could improve the way the autoloading playlists
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It is possible that we could improve the way the autoloading playlists
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work in the future, please check out libretime.org for the latest
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work in the future, please check out LibreTime.org for the latest
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release notes and feel free to ask any questions at our forum at
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release notes and feel free to ask any questions at our forum at
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[https://discourse.libretime.org](https://discourse.libretime.org/)
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[https://discourse.LibreTime.org](https://discourse.LibreTime.org/)
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Thanks for tuning in to another libretime tutorial. Our next tutorial
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Thanks for tuning in to another LibreTime tutorial. Our next tutorial
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will show you how to use autoloading playlists to add show specific
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will show you how to use autoloading playlists to add show specific
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underwriting or advertisements.
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underwriting or advertisements.
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##Program Manager How Tos##
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##Program Manager How Tos##
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* [How to build a schedule](build-schedule.md)
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* [How to build a schedule](build-schedule.md)
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* [How to setup genre specific autoDJ](genre-autodj.md)
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* [How to setup genre specific AutoDJ](genre-autodj.md)
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* [How to setup an intro playlist](intro-playlist.md)
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* [How to setup an intro playlist](intro-playlist.md)
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* [How to setup an outro playlist with ambient music](outro-playlist.md)
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* [How to setup an outro playlist with ambient music](outro-playlist.md)
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* [How to setup latest podcast episode to play with autoloading playlist](podcast.md)
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* [How to setup latest podcast episode to play with autoloading playlist](podcast.md)
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How to automatically schedule a Top of the Hour Station ID with Intro
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# How to automatically schedule an Intro Playlist
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Playlist
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Audience: For Admin users
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**Audience**: Adminstrators
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Login to LibreTime
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## Creating the Top of the hour smartblock
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Creating the Top of the hour smartblock
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1. Login to LibreTime
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1. Click **Smart Blocks**
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1. Click the blue **+New** button
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1. On the right (or below if screen width is limited), type in the Smart Block
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Name: **Top of the Hour Station ID**
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1. Under **Search Criteria** select **Genre** for the criteria
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1. Type TOTHID in the third box. *Note: all Top of The Hour Station ID tracks
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will need to have TOTHID as their **Genre** to match*
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1. Under Limit To – click the second box and select **items** instead of hours
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Click **Smart Blocks**
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## Adding Smartblock to Intro Playlist
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Click the blue **+New** button
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1. Click **Playlist**
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1. Click **+ New**
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1. Type **Intro Playlist** in the Name.
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Type in the Smart Block Name: **Top of the Hour Station ID**
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1. Click **+ Add to current playlist** or drag the smart block to the right
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Under **Search Criteria** select **Genre** for the criteria
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Select **is** for modifier
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Type TOTHID in the third box.
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Note: all Top of The Hour Station ID tracks will need to have TOTHID as
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their **Genre** to match.
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Under Limit To – click the second box and select **items** instead of
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Click **Save**
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Adding Smartblock to Intro Playlist
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Click **Playlist**
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Click **+ New**
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How to Set Default Intro Playlist
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Click **General** and then scroll to **Intro Autoloading Playlist** and
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# How to broadcast live with LibreTime and Butt
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This how to is intended for DJs using butt to stream to their LibreTime
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This how to is intended for DJs using butt to stream to their LibreTime
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server with an external USB audio card setup to route a mixer and sound.
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**Audience**: DJs
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## Set Up
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Type LibreTime (or your station) under Name
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## Adding interuptible Ambient Fill smart block
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Type in a name for the Smart Block (for instance *Promo Fill*)
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1. Click **Smart Blocks**
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1. Click the blue **+New** button
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1. Type in a name for the Smart Block (for instance *Ambient Fill*)
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1. Now we select **Genre **and the modifer of **is** and then type in **ambient
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fill** in the 3^rd^ box.
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1. Under **Limit to**: we select **time remaining in show**
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1. Click **Advanced options** drop down
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1. Check box next to **Allow last track to exceed time limit**
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1. Click **preview** to review and confirm tracks match your criteria below.
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1. Click **Save**
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Now we select **Genre** and the modifer of **is** and then type in
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## Create the Outro Playlist to hold the smart blocks
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**promo** in the 3^rd^ box.
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Under **Limit to**: we select **time remaining in show**
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1. Click **Playlists**
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1. Click **+ New**
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1. Type in the name “*Outro Playlist*”
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1. Click on **Smart Blocks**
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1. Click box next to **Promo Fill** smart block and click **+ Add to current
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playlist** or drag it to the bottom of the Outro playlist
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1. Click box next to **Ambient Fill** smart block and click **+ Add to current
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playlist** or drag it to the bottom of the Outro playlist
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1. Make sure the **Promo Fill** is above the **Ambient Fill** smart block in
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the playlist
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1. Click **Save**
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To match on additional types of tracks based upon Genre
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# Setting the station-wide Outro playlist
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click **+ New Modifier** under Genre and select **is** and type the
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1. Click **Settings**
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“*name of genre*” to match on.
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1. Click **General**
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1. Scroll down to Outro Playlist and with the drop down select the newly
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Click **preview** to review and confirm tracks match your criteria
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below.
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Click **Save**
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How to add Ambient Fill that can be interrupted
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Click **Smart Blocks**
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Click the blue **+New** button
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Type in a name for the Smart Block (for instance *Ambient Fill*)
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Now we select **Genre **and the modifer of **is** and then type in
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**ambient fill** in the 3^rd^ box.
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Under **Limit to**: we select **time remaining in show**
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Click **Advanced options** drop down
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Check box next to **Allow last track to exceed time limit**
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Click **preview** to review and confirm tracks match your criteria
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below.
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Click **Save**
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How to create the Outro Playlist to hold these
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Click **Playlists**
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Click **+ New**
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Type in the name “*Outro Playlist*”
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Click on **Smart Blocks**
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Click box next to **Promo Fill** smart block and click **+ Add to
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current playlist** or drag it to the bottom of the Outro playlist
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Click box next to **Ambient Fill** smart block and click **+ Add to
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current playlist** or drag it to the
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bottom of the Outro playlist
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Make sure the **Promo Fill** is above the **Ambient Fill** smart block
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in the playlist
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Click **Save**
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Setting the station-wide Outro playlist for all shows with auto loading
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playlists
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Click **Settings**
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Click **General**
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Scroll down to Outro Playlist and with the drop down select the newly
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created **Outro Playlist**
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created **Outro Playlist**
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1. Scroll down or up on the form and click **Save**.
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Scroll down or up on the form and click **Save**.
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Now every autoloading playlist show will have tracks scheduled to
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And now every autoloading playlist show will have tracks scheduled to
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fill any potential dead air.
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fill any potential dead air.
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How to add a Podcast to your LibreTime Calendar using Smartblocks and
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# How to add a Podcast to your LibreTime Calendar
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Autoloading Playlists
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Audience: Program Managers
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This tutorial uses smart blocks and autoloading playlists to add a podcast to
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|
your LibreTime calendar.
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|
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Adding a podcast
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**Audience**: Program Managers
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|
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Steps:
|
## Adding a podcast
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|
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Login to LibreTime with a user with the Program Manager or Admin role
|
1. Login to LibreTime with a user with the Program Manager or Admin role
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|
1. Copy the URL to the podcast RSS feed
|
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Copy the URL to the podcast RSS feed
|
1. Click on Podcasts and then click the blue **Add** button and then past the
|
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|
feed URL and click Subscribe.
|
||||||
Click on Podcasts and then click the blue **Add** button and then past
|
1. Click the newly added Podcast and then click edit or double click it.
|
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the feed URL and click Subscribe.
|
1. Update the name of the podcast if you want to change it.
|
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|
1. On the right hand window should be open for your podcast click **Generate
|
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Click the newly added Podcast and then click edit or double click it.
|
Smartblock and Playlist**
|
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|
1. Click the checkbox next the newest episode and then click the **import**
|
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Update the name of the podcast if you want to change it.
|
button.
|
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|
1. Let podcast download in the background.
|
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On the right hand window should be open for your podcast click
|
1. Scheduling a podcast as a repeating show
|
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**Generate Smartblock and Playlist**
|
1. Click on **Calendar**
|
||||||
|
1. Add a new show or edit a pre-existing show setup for this podcast.
|
||||||
Click the checkbox next the newest episode and then click the
|
1. Check the time & click repeats and check the appropriate days of the week it
|
||||||
**import** button.
|
should run.
|
||||||
|
1. If it needs to run at different times of the day you will need to add a
|
||||||
Let podcast download in the background.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Scheduling a podcast as a repeating show
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Click on **Calendar**
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Add a new show or edit a pre-existing show setup for this podcast.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Check the time & click repeats and check the appropriate days of the
|
|
||||||
week it should run.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If it needs to run at different times of the day you will need to add a
|
|
||||||
separate show for this.
|
separate show for this.
|
||||||
|
1. Click the drop-down next to Autoloading playlist.
|
||||||
Click the drop-down next to Autoloading playlist.
|
1. Check the box next to Add Autoloading Playlist.
|
||||||
|
1. Select the playlist with the podcast name we created above.
|
||||||
Check the box next to Add Autoloading Playlist.
|
1. Click Add This Show and it should be added to your Calendar.
|
||||||
|
1. The latest podcast will be automatically added one hour before your show is
|
||||||
Now we select the playlist with the podcast name we created above.
|
set to air.
|
||||||
|
1. To add other tracks to play along with this show edit the playlist with the
|
||||||
Now click Add This Show and it should be added to your Calendar.
|
podcast name. Any tracks or smartblocks added to this playlist will be
|
||||||
|
scheduled along with this playlist.
|
||||||
One hour before your show is set to air the latest podcast will be
|
1. To add tracks before or after all autoloading playlists see the
|
||||||
added.
|
[Intro playlist](intro-playlist.md) and [Outro playlist](outro-playlist.md)
|
||||||
|
tutorials.
|
||||||
To add other tracks to play along with this show edit the playlist with
|
|
||||||
the podcast name. Any tracks or smartblocks added to this playlist will
|
|
||||||
be scheduled along with this playlist.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
To add tracks before or after all autoloading playlists see **How to use
|
|
||||||
Intro and Outro Playlist feature**
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -1,44 +1,24 @@
|
||||||
***How to upload a promo***:
|
# How to upload a promo
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Audience: DJs
|
**Audience**: DJs
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Instructions:
|
1. Record your promo and export it as a mp3. *Note: if you can set the genre
|
||||||
|
metadata to **promo** you can skip the final step below*
|
||||||
Record your promo and export it as a mp3
|
1. **Login** to LibreTime with your DJ username
|
||||||
|
1. Click **Upload** and drag or click and browse to upload the track.
|
||||||
note: if you can set the metadata of genre to **promo** you can skip the
|
1. Let the track upload. Once it is done and is shown as imported on the right,
|
||||||
final step below
|
click **Tracks**
|
||||||
|
1. Find the track in the list
|
||||||
Login to LibreTime with your DJ username
|
1. If it is not at the top click the **Uploaded** column until it sorts by the
|
||||||
|
newest tracks first.
|
||||||
Click Upload and drag or click and browse to upload the track.
|
1. If Uploaded doesn’t show up click **Columns** to the top right scroll down
|
||||||
|
and click the box next to **Uploaded**
|
||||||
Let the track upload. Once it is done and is shown as imported on the
|
1. Now click **Uploaded** twice and it should display your track at the top.
|
||||||
right click **Tracks**
|
1. Click the box next your track and click the **Edit** button above the track
|
||||||
|
listing.
|
||||||
Find the track in the list. *(follow instructions below if you don’t see
|
1. A box saying Editing “track name” should show up on the right.
|
||||||
it)*
|
1. Find **promo** type in **Genre** (or whatever metadata classification your
|
||||||
|
station uses)
|
||||||
If it is not at the top click the **Uploaded** column until it sorts by
|
1. Scroll down and click **Save**
|
||||||
the newest tracks first.
|
1. If you match the metadata requirements for the station smart block then your
|
||||||
|
track will be included in the track list it pulls from.
|
||||||
If Uploaded doesn’t show up click **Columns** to the top right scroll
|
|
||||||
down and click the box next to **Uploaded**
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
****
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Now click **Uploaded** twice and it should display your track at the
|
|
||||||
top.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Click the box next your track and click the **Edit** button above the
|
|
||||||
track listing.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
A box saying Editing “track name” should show up on the right.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Find **Genre** type in **promo** (or whatever metadata classification
|
|
||||||
your station uses)
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Scroll down and click **Save**
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
If you match the metadata requirements for the station smart block then
|
|
||||||
your track will be included in the track list it pulls from.
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
@ -1,50 +1,34 @@
|
||||||
*How to upload and schedule a track to play on a specific show*
|
# How to upload and schedule a track to play on a specific show
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Audience: DJ with permission to schedule a specific show
|
**Audience**: DJ with permission to schedule a specific show
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
**Login** to LibreTime with your DJ username and password at
|
1. **Login** to LibreTime with your DJ username and password at
|
||||||
[http://HOSTNAME/user](http://HOSTNAME/user)
|
[http://HOSTNAME/user](http://HOSTNAME/user) *Note: replace HOSTNAME with the
|
||||||
-
|
web site address given to you by your station admin*
|
||||||
|
1. Click the blue **Upload** button in the top left of the screen.
|
||||||
note: replace HOSTNAME with the web site address given to you by your
|
1. Click the background where it says **Drop files here or click to browse your
|
||||||
station admin
|
computer** or drag on and drop your music files from your desktop.
|
||||||
|
1. If you clicked then browse your file system to find the music files you want
|
||||||
Click the blue **Upload** button in the top left of the screen.
|
to play and click them and then click **Open**
|
||||||
|
1. The tracks should start to upload and when they are completed show up on the
|
||||||
Click the background where it says **Drop files here or click to browse
|
right under **Recent Uploads**. *Note: you will need to keep this window open
|
||||||
your computer** or drag on and drop your music files from your desktop.
|
while they are uploading*
|
||||||
|
1. You can also upload short segments to schedule between your tracks recorded,
|
||||||
If you clicked then browse your file system to find the music files you
|
for instance, with Audacity.
|
||||||
want to play and click them and then click **Open**
|
1. LibreTime in general supports mp3, ogg, flac, wav and m4a file types. If
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
The tracks should start to upload and when they are completed show up on
|
|
||||||
the right under **Recent Uploads** *(note: you will need to keep this
|
|
||||||
window open while they are uploading)*
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
You can also upload short segments to schedule between your tracks
|
|
||||||
recorded for instance with audacity.
|
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
LibreTime in general supports mp3, ogg, flac, wav and m4a file types. If
|
|
||||||
a track isn’t supported the import will be marked as failed under
|
a track isn’t supported the import will be marked as failed under
|
||||||
**Import Status**
|
**Import Status**
|
||||||
|
1. Once you have uploaded all of the tracks you plan on airing you click on
|
||||||
Once you have uploaded all of the tracks you plan on airing you click on
|
|
||||||
**Calendar**
|
**Calendar**
|
||||||
|
1. Find your upcoming show in the Calendar and click on it and click **Schedule
|
||||||
Find your upcoming show in the Calendar and click on it and click
|
Tracks** from the pop-up menu.
|
||||||
**Schedule Tracks** from the pop-up menu.
|
1. Now click the tracks you want to add and click **+ Add to show** or
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Now click the tracks you want to add and click **+ Add to show** or
|
|
||||||
click and drag the tracks to the right.
|
click and drag the tracks to the right.
|
||||||
|
1. You can also add station **Smart Blocks**, **Playlists** and **Webstreams**
|
||||||
You can also add station **Smart Blocks, Playlists and Webstreams by
|
by clicking those sections at the top of the screen.
|
||||||
clicking those sections at the top of the screen.**
|
1. When you are done you can re-order your tracks by clicking and dragging
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
When you are done you can re-order your tracks by clicking and dragging
|
|
||||||
them.
|
them.
|
||||||
|
1. When your tracks are in order and there is no empty time remaning click
|
||||||
When your tracks are in order and there is no empty time remaning click
|
|
||||||
**Ok** to finish.
|
**Ok** to finish.
|
||||||
|
1. Your next show should now be scheduled to play during its scheduled time
|
||||||
Your next show should now be scheduled to play during its scheduled time
|
|
||||||
slot.
|
slot.
|
||||||
|
|
|
||||||
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