Last song before TOTH

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Bart ve
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Last song before TOTH

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Hi.
Is it somewhere possible to program in a "1 hour non-stop playlist" that the last song of that playlist will not be started if eg. there remains only 1 minute before the whole hour (TOTH) ? The remaining time is then filled with an instrumental song. Thanks. Gr.Bart
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Re: Last song before TOTH

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You can use e.g. the Bridge Track of the subsequent program.

A bridge track might be used as a filler right before this program actually starts. This to prevent a subsequent track of a currently running playlist to play for only a very short time. The bridge track will always be played looped.
As a program comes up early (ahead of the actual start time, see the Show in advance time) the currently running (previous) playlist will be monitored at this time. If a current track of that playlist will end during this time, the bridge track will be played until the effective start time of this program.
Note: The Minimum Bridge Track Time is also considered, if the remaining time (til the actual start time) is less than this minimum time, the bridge track will not be played and the program just starts early.

The Minimum Bridge Track Time is set in the general settings, section Scripts/Scheduler.
It defines the minimum time in seconds an optional program bridge track should play.
If the remaining time (til the actual start time) of a program is less than this time, the bridge track will NOT be played and the program will be started early.
A negative value defines almost same, but the value defines an effective minimum time the bridge track will definitely be played. The program also always starts exactly on time in such case.

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