Rotate playlist: 1 turns into 2, sometimes 1

[Hyperjase74]

I have this code inside my Liquidsoap config (please note; I'm using this inside Azuracast, but prefer the controlability of the config file). Version of Liquidsoap is 1.4.4 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

radio = switch([(predicate.activates({ 0m-5m }), playlist_showstart), ({ true }, rotate(weights=[2,1,2], [playlist_music,playlist_jingles,playlist_ads]))])

Now specifically the rotate part of this command; rotate(weights=[2,1,2], [playlist_music,playlist_jingles,playlist_ads])

It's fairly simple - two songs, one jingle, then two ads - but I'm finding the one jingle can become two - they are quite short tracks, but sometimes it will play one, sometimes it will play two.

Is this associated to issue #1625 & #1484

Also; is it possible to change this so it would be song; jingle; ad; jingle [then loop]? I did try this and it didn't like it.

[oranjebloom]

I can confirm that this happens for me too - with very short jingle-type tracks, 1 play becomes two sometimes. My rotate config is a little different. Nevertheless, same issue. In my case, it is the samples that get played twice. These are usually only about 5 to 10 seconds long. Using version 1.4.4 too on Debian (opam install)

ostrackloop = rotate([
  fresh,general,
  fresh,general,
  fresh,general,
  fresh,general,
  fresh,general,
  fresh,general,
  samples,archived
])

[Hyperjase74]

In my case it will be two different jingles so couldn’t be the sample issue, it’s slightly frustrating as to what’s causing it.

[oranjebloom]

My jingles are named samples... and I have 25 of them. It happens as you described. Sometimes it will only play one, sometimes it will play two in a row.

[Hyperjase74]

@oranjebloom yes, my mistunderstaning I see now you have specifically named samples - the one thing I've noticed it is the shorter tracks that are played twice, like it's expecting a minimum length of time before continuing.

[oranjebloom]

yep, my thoughts exactly.

[MrChrisCool]

Same here, seems not working as expected... Play a Jingle then only music for hours then sometimes a jingle...

My config :

enable_replaygain_metadata()
music = playlist("/usr/local/var/zik/playlists/youpi.m3u")
music = amplify(1.,override="replay_gain",music)
jingles = playlist("/usr/local/var/zik/playlists/jingles.m3u")
jingles = amplify(1.,override="replay_gain",jingles)
liners = playlist("/usr/local/var/zik/playlists/liners.m3u")
liners = amplify(1.,override="replay_gain",liners)
security = single("/usr/local/var/zik/fail/vache.ogg")
lgt = liners
lgt = random(weights = [1, 2],[lgt, jingles])
lgt = random(weights = [1, 3],[lgt, music])
lgt = fallback(track_sensitive = false, [lgt, security])

Maybe I wrote something wrong... I try to have 3 song for one jingle/liner with 2 jingle for one liner... I will try Hyperjase74 way of writing rotate :

rotate(weights=[1,3,1,3,1,3], [jingles,music,jingles,music,liners,music])

awfull but should work...

weird...

[FlorianReiterer]

@Hyperjase74 's workaround didn't work for me unfortunately.

Musik = playlist("reload_mode="watch",check_next=check,/Musik")
Musik = crossfade(smart=true, width=4., high=-25., medium=-39., Musik)
Klassik = playlist("reload_mode="watch",check_next=check,/Klassik")

music = rotate ([Musik, Musik, Klassik])

using liquidsoap 2.0.1. The tracks to rotate are lenghty music files.

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