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--- tutorials:mairlistdb:music-scheduling [2019/07/09 16:18] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ tutorials:mairlistdb:music-scheduling [2021/05/19 13:47] (current) – [Available template items] Duration of music block or fill with music ulinobbe
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 === Music block ===
-Insert the entire music block (or the remaining items from that block if you have used "one song" before).
+Insert __the entire music block__ (or the remaining items from that block if you have used "one song" before).\\
+Please note: If you try to give the music block a specific duration in the settings, it will be ignored.
 === Fill with music ===
-Insert songs from the specified music block to fill up the time until the following fixed-time item.
+Insert songs from the specified music block to fill up the time until the following fixed-time item or the defined duration in the settings.
 === Dummy ===
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 The advantage of this method is that you can mix soft and hard fixed times by just changing the playlists in the database accordingly, and you can also schedule multi-hour content by removing the End of Hour marker, and leave the subsequent playlists empty in the database.
+==== Generate Playlists from an Event ====
+In a typical radio station environment, playlists for the next day(s) are generated manually from the Database application in advanced. For 24/7 unattended stations, you may choose to have the playoust process generate the playlists automatically. This is done by using the //Generate playlists// action in the Event Manager, either in another event (that runs a couple of minutes before the load/append event), or as another action inside the load/append event (take care of the correct order of actions - generate must happen first). By default, the //Generate Playlists// action will not overwrite existing playlists; so you can safely set it up as a "fallback" event, even if you plan to schedule manually in the general case.