[PROBLEM] How does the Clock Radio work?

[smartroad]

So I have been trying to use the alarm clock function using a webradio as the source. I started playing the stream and from the playlist selected "Set for Clock Radio" and set the times. 

I had played some other tracks in the meantime and so the playlist had them in it. Once the clock reached the on-time it started playing the playlist that was currently loaded not the radio station I wanted.

I played with it some more, set the time to be a few minutes ahead and cleared the playlist. Now it done nothing. Repeating with a random album in the playlist and it starts to play the playlist not the webradio station it was set with.

Am I missing something here?

[Tim Curtis]

It works fine for me. All that's required is that the item selected for clock radio is somewhere in the main Playlist. if it's not then clock radio just issues a play command which will play the last played item in the main Playlist.

[Wheel_nut]

How do I "Use 'Set for clock radio' on the Playlist item menu to populate this read-only field." in the M/Configure/ Clock Radio panel?

I realise that I am being a bit thick here but I can't find a "Set for clock radio" option in the dropdown of the Radio station in the playlist.

I am running moOde 7.4.0 on a RPi 3B. Thanks for the update made available today Tim.

[Tim Curtis]

You might need to refresh the Browser while the ... menu is open.

It should look like below.

   

[Wheel_nut]

Thank you Tim. Got it! I just didn't see the three dots in line with the Playlist Item. All good now. - Robin

[Wheel_nut]

Hmmmm... I thought I had it but I still have a problem.

I have set the Clock Radio "Item to play " to BBC Radio 2 but when the Clock Radio come on, It starts to play the item that is current in the Playlist rather than BBC Radio 2. If I go back into Configure/ Clock Radio, BBC Radio 2 is still selected as the "Item to play".

I tried Restarting moOde to no avail. - R

[Tim Curtis]

Works ok for me. Post the clock radio variables and I'll have a look.

Code:

sudo moodeutl -d | grep clkradio

[Tim Curtis]

I should add that the item selected for Clock Radio to play has to be somewhere in the Queue.

[the_bertrum]

It starts to play the item that is current in the Playlist rather than BBC Radio 2.

I think moOde is just doing you a favour there.  Anything has to be better than BBC Radio 2 surely?

- Triple smiley to make sure it is clear that my tongue is firmly in my cheek.

[Wheel_nut]

Works ok for me. Post the clock radio variables and I'll have a look.

Code:

sudo moodeutl -d | grep clkradio

Code:

pi@moodePi1:~ $ sudo moodeutl -d | grep clkradio
clkradio_mode|Clock Radio
clkradio_item|http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/uk/sbr_high/ak/bbc_radio_two.m3u8
clkradio_name|BBC Radio 2 (320K)
clkradio_start|02,51,PM,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
clkradio_stop|02,52,PM,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
clkradio_volume|50
clkradio_action|None
pi@moodePi1:~ $

Does this help?