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Inserting a break in the schedule

I need to use the software to play a couple of clips and then stop until the next top of the hour.  We're using that to play the news and the station ID.  After play I want the program to sit there in silence, don't play anything just be a good program.  How do I accomplish this?


Right now its playing the file over and over once automation is selected.  It never cues up the timed break for 56 minutes.  

Justin, as far as I know, when the software restarts the schedule will be there but you could edit items in it (thus delete the newscast) and I think it will then play until the next one (which I assume is forced to be at the top of the hour).


Once you have the remainder of the hour scheduled you can go back to automation.


Am I missing something ?

Can no one help me here?  So if the software gets shutdown mid hour or we have a power failure or something I have to sit here and babysit it until the next hour.  There's no way to do a join in progress or have that hard time countdown cue up to the right time?  


Tonight I lost power, started the app back up and I don't want it to play my newscast until the next hour.  However if I push Automation on then it will play and I can't stop it.

Thank you. I figured it out last night after I posted. I do see one issue I cant resolve. I want my item to start at top of the hour regardless of anything else. Using that hard time it goes back in time instead if forward. If I make a change I dont want to wait at the computer until the next hour starts for the item to play. How can that be fixed so that let's say I'm at 10:25pm and I want my next event to being promptly st 11pm. That hard time will show as 10pm not 11pm.

Hi Justin,


You can use Break Notes to insert silence for a desired period of time.

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