| Scheduled playlists include the following additional fields in the playlist editor:
Scheduled date
Specifies the date on which this playlist should be activated. The playlist will remain inactive until this date. You may optionally click the “...” button to choose the date visually on a calendar.
Scheduled time
Specifies the time at which this playlist should be activated, on the date specified in the Scheduled date field. The playlist will remain inactive until the scheduled date at the scheduled time.
Important scheduling note: All dates and times will be in the server's time zone unless you have explicitly configured your time zone on the “Basic Configuration” tab of the “Configure Server” page.
Repeat schedule
Specifies when (if ever) this playlist should repeat. If enabled, this allows you to have the tracks in the playlist automatically re-played several times per week, month, or year.
Possible values for this field include:
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Never (one time only): If selected, the playlist will play only at the scheduled date/time. After it has played, it will effectively be disabled.
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Daily: If selected, the playlist will play every day at the scheduled time, starting on the scheduled date.
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Weekly: If selected, the playlist will play every week on the selected weekdays, at the scheduled time, starting on the scheduled date (or rather, on the first selected weekday after the scheduled date). The weekdays on which the playlist should be activated can be selected using the Repeat on field, which appears only when the Weekly repeat schedule is selected.
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Monthly: If selected, the playlist will play every month, on the scheduled day of the month, at the scheduled time. You can alternately use the Repeat on field, which only appears when the Monthly repeat schedule is selected, to have the playlist played on the first or last day of the month instead of on the scheduled day of the month.
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Yearly: If selected, the playlist will play every year, on the scheduled day and month, at the scheduled time.
Playback style
Specifies how tracks are selected from the playlist.
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Play all tracks sequentially (in order)
When selected, Centova Cast will play the all tracks from the playlist, in order, at the scheduled time.
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Play all tracks randomly (shuffled)
When selected, Centova Cast will play all tracks from the playlist, in random order, at the scheduled time.
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Play only one randomly selected track from this playlist
When selected, Centova Cast will randomly play a single track from the playlist at the scheduled time.
Interruptible
Specifies whether or not this playlist may be interrupted by other scheduled playlists. Possible values for this field include:
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No, always play to completion: If selected, the playlist will always play through to completion before any other scheduled playlists are permitted to play. If any other scheduled playlists have been scheduled to start while this playlist is still playing, they will be delayed until this playlist finishes.
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Yes, terminate if another scheduled playlist is due to begin: If selected, this playlist will be aborted if another scheduled playlist is due to start while this playlist is still playing. Note that for technical (and aesthetic) reasons, Centova Cast cannot interrupt individual tracks while they are still playing, so the new playlist will be started at the next available opportunity (i.e., when the current track finishes).
Stop after
Specifies the maximum number of minutes for which this playlist should remain active once started.
Note that this setting is subject to the standard playlist rules enforced by Centova Cast; specifically, Centova Cast will never interrupt a playing track. For example, if your limit is set to 5 minutes, and an 8 minute track is started, the track will play through to completion even though it will exceed your limit by 3 minutes.
Also note that this limit is relative to the time at which the playlist actually started, not the time at which it was scheduled. Take the following scenario for example: say you scheduled your playlist for 3:00 and configured it to stop after 20 minutes, but it started 5 minutes late because of a late-playing track in an earlier playlist. In this case, the timer will be started at 3:05 (instead of 3:00), and thus the playlist won't be stopped until 3:25 instead of 3:20.
For more information about how tracks are selected when multiple playlists are activated, please see the section entitled Track Selection below.
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