Future development

The Radiohost system will be further developed with quarterly releases. The specific features of a release can be changed, but the intention is to present quarterly releases. If you have any ideas for improvement of the Radiohost system please let us know.
 
Released january 2003
ModuleIncluding
HAutomatic scheduling of Timers and Groups to the scheduled files.
HUsing the "Loop recording" function.
DDeleting old data in databases to reduce size of database files.
EAuto fill blocks with fillers from a sub-directory to a fixed time length. E.g. exactly 3 min.
EDay part in 5 minute intervals, not only hours
 
Features for future development
ModuleIncluding
BCut to refrain - setup of default fade in/out and overlap off set from end.
BCrash recovery
BControlling external devices
BPossibility to insert a voice track in the middle of a file, end the voice track before the file has ended and let the file control (with an overlap) the following file. Maybee this can implemented by a special overlap-cue point working only on the following file. The normal overlap will start the succeding file.
BCTRL+N to add normalize in Advanced Monitor and in the play list.
BCTRL+B to add voice track bed Advanced Monitor and in the play list.
BIn Advanced Monitor, ability to listen to a mix (both files) when cursor is started after an overlap. Problem: if cursor is started after an overlap sound and grphics don´t match and only one file is being monitored.
BIn Advanced Monitor all cue points visible as mm:ss:1/100 ss.
BIn Advanced Monitor better description on cue points buttons.
BPlacing the play cursor after an overlap in AM causes a "jump" in the cursor when playing.
BSqueeze or trim a file by removing silence at the begining and end of the file. Works like an auto set of start and end cue points.
BDigital displays of talk time, etc. under the big clock above the play lists.
BFast change of Broadcast function panels. Eg. show/unshow - play list 2, file section, etc.
BSupport for file size of more than one hour.
BAbility to save an hour from Heavy Rotation in a different hout. A notice "You are about to save the selected files in a different block as originally scheduled, click Ok to save the files in the new block."
BSave play list automatically in the correct block in week view.
BSaving segues in AM while song is playing.
BReenter automation mode after power break down.
BBetter automation. Playback should not stop, when there is an unlink and fillers should be inserted if needed.
BEdit/delete name of speak.
BRDS enabling.
BPitch changing of songs
B/Card fileWeek view indication of where a song is in the play list.
BChange sort order for directory.
BVoice track bed does not work when applied on the first file in AM.
BAdd voice track bed & adjust to talk time function. A mix of the two functions in one button.
BIn setup. Automatic VT bed and automatic adjust to talk time (end).
BVoice track bed using individual db settings for every file. Another solution is to set a general max. level and then let the voice track bed lower the songs to only this setting.
BVoice track is beeing delete when directory size exceed 2048 Mb.
BShow overlap time, TT, etc. in AM. For example as a line of digital displays at the top of the windows where times for all information points are shown.
BHotkeys: Undo in play list (not only in AM), Reset overlap in play list.
BDo not show C(): , D():, etc. in file list.
BCenter the selected file in AM, when using the jump buttons -> and <- Also for the hot keys.
BStereo detection in Loop Record only works when using timers. Must work when not using timers.
BIntro time at Play list item. (more information on play list items)
BNew info on a file: Last time played. Can also, be seen from Card file.
BShow date and time of actual play list
BCount down display for Timers. (First start time, last 5 minutes count down)
BDisplay talk time and overlap times with a big bar.
BMaking a "jump" in the playing file (the top file in the play list).
BIf an advert is scheduled to play, and is deleted from the play list by the presenter, an alarm message should pop up. (maybee just when saving to Week view)
BCalculate bed-insert time on a song that will have a pre-recorded speak played over it
BF-keys ignore "Start" and "End" times.
BBooking plan to clipboard
BColour setup for hughe displays, monitor and Advanced monitor.
BBetter RTF text handling in broadcast.
BText in playlist (insert a line of text, like: “Tom, don’t forget to tell about our Lovesongs Top 100 next week” or “playlist checked by Steven”...).
BText on screen (using txt-files made on your news-pc): for news, weather, popnews, “what’s going on in town”, ...
 
HSong relation to prevent same song by different artists to be played in same hour. Works like artist relation.
HIndication of "Saved by Broadcast".
HMax succeeding criteria.
HMelody separation like artist.
HImport of Selector log files
H,BShow date under week days in week view like in Easy Spot.
HIndividual Criteria exception, not just for all or none. Then it is possible to specify a opener as the first melody.
HBetter reporting/log possibilities. For web enabling etc.
HEdit rotated hours like Broadcast.
HCriterias for every song placement in the rotation.
HCancel when importing - not only 'no to all'.
HAdd Timer to first valid file in a Group. If unlinked files or empty commercial blocks are the first files in a Group then add Timer to the first succeding valid file in the Group.
 
E2 day parts per package. Each day part will work every other week starting with the first day part on the first booking date.
EInvoicing/billing system
EUnbooking spots (If packet is deleted, then you can´t unbook spots)
EA printed report of played spots for a given advertiser for a given period.
EEnter an advert to be played at a specific time each week, and have it continue automatically at the same time on subsequent weeks
EMultiple files attached to a spot. Enables spot booking like intro, flash, spot, flash, outro. Etc.
EAccount report to show the customer the number of spots/seconds left for a contract.
EDefine date and time interval to show free and booked time.
ESave print lists to clip board
EReport for sales activity planning: A list for all customers to show the package containing the last spot for the customer. Date for the last spot will be displayed. A start date can be submitted in the search to focus on active customers.
EManually changing the orders and booking block of booked spots. Moving by drag and drop will be prefered.
EProtection of spots ending with a speak is followed by a spot starting with a speak.
EDeadline (date/time) for spot production.
EFull Booking. Book the blocks of a higher priority to maximum, before booking in blocks with lower priority.
ESales reports for each sales person.
EPrices or price index for each commercial block.
 
CImport/Export of melodies from database.
CImport of MP3 tags and/or file names to Card file.
CAdding COUNTRY to the log file for South African reports.
CMoving files between all PCs in the network and not just to a directory on the same hard drive.
CImplement CDDB database along with better input of new albums and titles.
CBPM counter
CSeason part. A start date and an end date for when a number can be played. Eg. christmas songs.
Cadapted colour (text-colour or background-color) for jingles (you put in all the the references to jingles, fillers, tunes in a form à when they are logged, they get another colour).
CEntering alfa-nummeric characters in Album No.
 
AllHigher encoding rates when making Mpeg files.
AllTwo Normalize functions, each with ajustable max. gain. Using two Normalize one could be for music the other for voice tracks.
AllReconnect to database when connection lost. Can be used to automatically reconnect after a database backup. Broadcast log can might be added to cue and processed when the connection is reestablished.
AllIn Week View generate only Week 53 when the week is full.
AllCentral user management. Access to directories etc.
AllUpdate warning: "This is a free upgrade. If the other modules in the network aren't upgraded yet incompatibility issues may occur. Are you sure you want to upgrade now ?".
 
Card fileSearching for "talktime" duration, duration of file, duration of time to "overlap", etc.
C, H, BEnable search on all parameters to a melody.
C, H, EFile cache like in B.
 
OSave to harddisks using mpeg compression. Sound quality must be broadcastable.
 
DVoice/fax modem compatibility
DFile format also in 22.0050 KHz, 16 bit mono to reduce electrical noise.
 
JJournalist version 1.000