dj001 wrote:
I'm running SAM 4.9.8 with Firebird/HTML using Windows 7.
1. I put a SAM shortcut into the startup folder, and set the Encoder to start 5 seconds after launch. When I have to reboot remotely, SAM launches on startup, as do the Encoder and Stats Relay. However, I cannot figure out to get the Players to start. When running on another machine, this was never a problem. How do I get the Players to start automatically when SAM starts?
Settings => General => Auto Recovery
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2. I have a lot of duplicates in Tracks in Selected Category. I Select All, then right-click, but Delete Duplicates in the drop-down is greyed out. How do I delete duplicates in my music tracks?
It's technically impossible to have dupes in the ...(All) categories. Just refresh the category and any duplicate listings should go away.
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3. My Station IDs now run after every eighth track. I tried adding SFXs right after the Station IDs, but everything got screwed up. How do I set the clockwheel so eight tracks play, a Station ID comes on, then an SFX, then back to eight more tracks? I watched the YouTube, followed carefully, but something went wrong.
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Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Music (All)'].QueueBottom(smLRPA, NoRules);
Cat['Station IDs (All)'].QueueBottom(smWeighted, EnforceRules);
Cat['Sound FX (All)'].QueueBottom(smWeighted, EnforceRules);
Adjust selection methods, categories and rule enforcement to your personal likes.
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4. Since I revived a used Windows 7 laptop for this, I get numerous messages to update my Windows 7. Obviously, if this is for Windows 10, not possible as SAM 4 is incompatible. But if it's for bug fixes, etc., should I bother? SAM is so fragile, I worry that updates can sometimes have annoying side effects.
Windows 7 is insecure! It's basically an open invitation to make your computer part of a botnet used for spamming others or for encrypting the harddrive of said computer and all other machines accessible in the network for ransom.
If you must run Windows 7 for some reason, run it offline and don't connect that computer to the internet or any internal network with internet connectivity.
If that's not an option either: Upgrade your computers/software.
If that's not an option for you: Be aware of the warnings and don't complain if you got hacked/if your files got encrypted and they're asking for Hundreds/thousands of Euros in Bitcoin.
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5. Sometimes applications, routers, ISPs, or power will just crash. Understood. But every couple of days, something in between life and death occurs in my set-up. The station will be running fine, with lots of listeners I can see on my Shoutcast stream control panel. Despite that, there are these strange symptoms: 1) Queue is empty, 2) Stats Relay is Off and Force Update has no effect, 3) all Requests get rejected with Rules violations that do not apply to the track I requested, and 4) the laptop shows as Online in my remote application, but when I click it, it tries, and I get a "laptop cannot connect with router" error message. Meanwhile, the station plays music and listeners are tuning in. The only thing I can do to remedy next time I can access the laptop, is reboot it, to get everything to work properly. I've never had a problem like this.
Too many factors to assess what's wrong here.
It might be a software problem (but there's too much software to know which one unless you notice a pattern with other things not working), it might be a hardware problem (RAM and harddisks come to mind => You can check the HDD via SMART and memory via memtest) or it might just be a temperature problem (if the machine is running 24/7 and is old, it might help cleaning the fans/interior)
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