winamp radio scheduler

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*** 17th Apr 2003 ***  Good news. All the download files are back online. Just a matter of changing the server.... by the way, if anybody can offer free hosting for my 
                                   installation kit, please send me an email. Thank you. Now go download :)

*** 16th Apr 2003 ***  Looks like the main download site is down... sorry about that, i'll have it fixed in about 24 hours. Untill then you can download from winamp.com
                                   
                          http://www.winamp.com/components/detail.jhtml?componentId=127285
                                  Some of the links still work, the ones that are down are now disabled. 

*** 20th Mar 2003 ***  Thanks to you feedback another bug has been corrected. WRS would sometimes launch null jobs with no files bringing WINAMP
                                   to a halt. This has now been corrected and the new patch is available as "WRS 1.11 RELEASE 4". Download it here
                                   
                                   Download WRS 1.11c Release 4 Update

*** 13th Mar 2003 ***  Updated the installation kit to version 1.11a release 2. This way, you automatically get the new version the patch used to install.

*** 8th Mar 2003 ***   WRS now works with 12 hour format. Download the patch and install it if your computer uses 12 hour time format. 
                                  Useful if you're located in the USA :)
                                  The actual problem was that WRS could not work on systems with 12 hour time format (instead of 21:30 the system would return 9:30 PM). 
                                  i missed this thing out and recently corrected it through a patch update. Download the patch ONLY IF NECESSARY 
                                  (if you get the "run-time error 13" frequently and WRS crashes)
                          Do not update your version if your WRS works fine.
            
                                  Download the 12 HOUR PATCH for WRS here . Patching instructions available in the instructions.txt file included in the package.
 
*** 6th Mar 2003 ***  WRS 1.11 Release 1 FINALLY ONLINE !

Test Results :  After 3 exhausting weeks of beta-testing WRS 1.11 finally passed the 120 hour marathon without one crash.
                                      During this period of time my station was completely automated with WRS. Live feeds were casted, programs ran as scheduled
                                      (almost) everything ran smoothly. All bugs that came up during the programs were corrected and the test was restarted.

New Features : Lots of bugfixes (thanks to your feedback)
                                       Jingle / Heavy Rotation disabling function added
                                       Added support for up to 99 jobs/jingles/heavy rotation songs
                                       Improved code for faster job execution
                                       Bundled a newer version of Peter Pawlowski's output to improve crossfading capabilities
                                       Added minimize button on WRS' window
                                       Documentation now available
                             

 Known Problem : Most bugs in WRS 1.10 were fixed, the only known bug that could not be fixed is the MIDNIGHT JOB BUG which makes
                                      its appearance on older processors with 32 kb of cache and windows '98 an '95.
                                      This bug sometimes prevents WRS from running any jobs at midnight (00:00) on older system configurations with windows '98 'and 95.
                                      Although WRS was created using simple math calculus to run even on a 486 there seem to be problems in windows '98 and '95
                                      which set the program's access level to a minimum  when the computer is idle. Thus winamp does not crossfade gaplessly no more
                                      and wrs does not run jobs at midnight. It does good with all the other jobs, though. Why midnight ? because WRS refreshes itself at 
                                      midnight to re-read all the jobs and re-set the schedule for the day to come.
                                      Until i find a way to fix this in windows 98 i recommend you Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

Requirements : Minimum System Configuration :  
                                        AMD K6-II @ 400 MHz, 64 MB of RAM for pretty good crossfading

                                        Recommended System Configuration :
                                        AMD ATHLON @ 1000 MHz, 128 MB of RAM, UDMA 100 / 133 for perfect crossfading


DOWNLOAD HERE

*** 21st Feb 2003 ***  PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT :

                                   WRS 1.10 HAS THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS :
                                   - it does not support more than 10 jobs / jingles / heavy rotation songs (it will not refuse add more than 10 items, though)
                                   - it crashes if you exit by clicking the X button on the upper left window tray
                                   - it crashes ocasionally when adding jingles during program play
                                   - it messes up weekdays if you delete some of the jobs

                                   I know i promised you i'll put WRS 1.11 online in about a week but some problems emerged while testing it and i went "back to the drawing board"
                                   All the bugs in WRS 1.11 have been corrected. I'm keeping it under heavy testing because i do not want to release yet another sinister version 
                                   like the previous. 
                                   I apologise for being so late but i promise the next version will be a lot better.
                
                                   thank you.

*** 21st Feb 2003 ***  Added a guestbook to the site.
                                   WRS tests are going pretty good. Many bugs were corrected, and the new version is running for 3 days now without a single crash.
                                   A few more days and the new version is up :)

*** 17th Feb 2003 ***  Put documentation for WRS 1.11 online. Also, uploaded some screenshots of the new version.
                                   Completed the new version 1.11 of WRS, which is now under beta testing. If this version will behave well on air, it will be online in about a week.
                                   
                                   In the meantime, take a look at the new version in the Online Documentation Section
                                   The new documentation is also available for download here

*** 2nd Feb 2003 ***  Developped & put online "WRS Startup Manager". It is a new useful program that loads up instead of the traditional explorer interface and starts
                                  WRS automatically. Very useful if you have a low-memory computer and use it exclusively for music transmission. You can replace the explorer
                                  with WRS Startup Manager , you can configure WRS to start automatically with the explorer.  It does not work very well with windows XP, 
                                  because of the welcome stays on for about 20 seconds. That does not affect it's funtionality, though.

                                  Download WRS Startup Manager Version 1.00

*** 27th Jan 2003 ***  Minor Job Adding Bug Corrected. Updated Release 1 setup package.
                                    
*** 26th Jan 2003 ***  WRS 1.10 Release 1  is now ONLINE. Though the this release was initially scheduled for the 28-th of january, i put it online 2 days earlier. 
                                  *** NEW Features :
                                  - Better Installer
                                  - Live Feed Scheduling Ability (Thanks to Jasper's Line In Plugin)
                                  - Nullsoft's DirectSound Output Plugin Included In Setup Package (Due to incompatibility with SQR Crossfading)
                                  - Job/Jingle/Song Queuing Option Added
                                  - Automatic Silence Detection
                                  - Automatic Play On Startup
                                  - Song's Title, Time Remaining / Time Elapsed Now Displayed In WRS
                                  - Weekly Job Looping Added
                                
                                  Download version 1.10 Now !

                                  PS : Sorry about the missing 1.10 documentation, should be online soon !


*** 19th Jan 2003 *** WRS 1.10 Beta 2 is finally online. This beta version now has the ability to play in winamp live feed directly from the line in thanks to Jasper's cool
                                  plugin included in the package. 
               
*** 19th Jan 2003 *** WRS 1.10 Beta 1 is finally online. This beta version is a "sneak preview" of what's to come. It includes the new functions of WRS 1.10
                                  but it's yet pretty buggy. Help me make this version better by submitting bug reports. Your help is very important and you will be mentioned in
                                  the "credits" section.

*** 12th Jan 2003 *** Found and fixed a very nasty bug that prevented WRS from playing jingles as queued when the shuffle option was off. WRS would repeat
                                  the first jingle untill the list would be shuffled again. (thanx George for reporting)
                                   Added minimize option in the control box. Now you can minimize that big nasty window :)

                                  Download version 1.05 NOW !!!

*** 10th Jan 2003 *** Found a nasty buglet that alignes some button's text badly in Windows 95 OSR 1. I'm gonna look into it soon. 
                                  Added link to VBRUN60.EXE on Microsoft's Download Servers for old computers still running Windows 95 or outdated versions of Windows 98.
                                  Succesfully installed WRS on a 5x86 AMD with 8 MB of ram :) Works just fine, except that it doesn't have enought processor power to play MP3's at 
                                  full quality in Winamp ;) Blame it on the 33 MHz FSB ??
*** 9th Jan 2003 ***  Corrected a minor bug in WRS that displayed "Play a jingle at ... " instead of "Play a song at..." in the Heavy Rotation Window.
                                The log file now shows the time in the "hh:mm:ss" format.
                                Updated the corrupted installationfile ' SETUP.EXE '. Made some improvements in the installation procedure. It should now run smoother.
                                The new setup.exe unpacks the installation kit to your temporary directory, overwriting any name-matching files. It automatically launches INSTALLER.EXE
                                The extracted installation kit will remain in your temp dir.
*** 7th Jan 2003 *** WRS site created
*** 6th Jan 2003 *** Fixed memory bug in public version 1.00, uploaded version 1.01

Short Description :
                winamp radio scheduler is the program that lets you turn your computer into an advanced transmission studio. no more expensive programs that require 128 mb of ram, and stuff like that. wrs is simple. this is a task shceduler optimized for use with radio stations. it's got jingle and song rotating functions

Minimum Requirements :
                586 @ 133 mhz (to play mp3's), 8 mb of ram, approx. 2 mb hdd space. in the future, it may even run on slower configurations :)