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This thread involves several things that show up in the player log that may actually be correct or intended, but seem odd.  Some of these have existed throughout the S6 beta, and at least one (I think) is new with 6.0.10.  Log extracts are from last night / this morning when I have an evening show that is scheduled from 1600 - 2300 with a trigger required to start the show (when it gets dark), and an overnight show that is scheduled from 2301 - 0700 with a trigger (when it gets light) that functionally causes the show to end (although the show player does not know that).  I can explain how I do that if desired.  In both shows, there is one Jukebox type interactive group with three input triggers that each trigger a separate sequence.  Note that both shows ran perfectly.

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2022-09-04 23:00:00    Scheduler    Information    Request received to stop show: AfterSong
2022-09-04 23:00:00    Scheduler    Information    The end time for 'Year-round_Evening' has been changed to Sun 09 04 2022 23:00:00.
2022-09-04 23:00:00    Player    Information    Clearing startup trigger for L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Evening.lss
2022-09-04 23:00:00    Player    Information    Clearing interactive triggers: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Evening.lss
2022-09-04 23:00:00    Player    Information    Shutting down show gracefully: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Evening.lss

This extract is at the moment that the evening show was scheduled to end.  It did not actually stop yet because the last musical sequence was still playing.  The first question is the second line.  The end time did not change as the log indicates, but rather the end time was reached.

The second question is the third line.  In previous versions, the startup trigger was logged as cleared at the time that the startup trigger was activated - at 19:22:57 in the case of last night.  I do note that at the time that the startup trigger is logged as detected, there is no clearing trigger log entry as there had been in previous versions.  I don't remember if this is new with 6.0.10 or existed this way in previous S6 versions.

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2022-09-04 23:01:00    Player    Information    L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Overnight.lss - Playback File Initialization

This line started at the time the overnight show was scheduled to start (but was waiting for the evening show to end).  This log entry was repeated twice per second for the almost 2 1/2 minutes until the evening show ended.  I assume this related to the overnight show scheduled to start, but unable to because the evening show was still running.  But does it need to log 120 times per minute?

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2022-09-05 07:00:00    Scheduler    Information    Request received to stop show: AfterSong
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Scheduler    Information    The end time for 'Year-round_Evening' has been changed to Mon 09 05 2022 07:00:00.
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Player    Information    Clearing interactive triggers: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Overnight.lss
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Player    Information    Shutting down show gracefully: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Overnight.lss
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Player    Information    Stopping Animation: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Player    Information    Starting Shutdown: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping timed shutdown 2022-02-09.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:00    Player    Information    Stopping Animation: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit

<skipped a few dozen lines>

2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Stopping Animation: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Stopping Shutdown: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping timed shutdown 2022-02-09.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Stopping Animation: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Stopping Interactive: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Show kill 2020-10-30.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Stopping Animation: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit
2022-09-05 07:00:02    Player    Information    Finished show: L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Overnight.lss

This last extract is at the scheduled end time of the overnight show.  At that time, there were two animation sequences running: Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit, and an interactive animation: Show kill 2020-10-30.loredit.  There is a 2 second shutdown sequence: Landscaping timed shutdown 2022-02-09.loredit

The first question may be a nit-pick.  The first line states ending show AfterSong.  Since there were only animations playing, that should be immediately (which is what it did).  May not be worth trying to change that one...

Second question is same as at the end of the evening show - the log shows that the end time was changed as opposed to being reached.

Third question is why did the stopping animation log entry (where I skipped a bunch of lines) log 20 times per second until the show actually completed?

Last question.  The log shows that the interactive animation "Show kill 2020-10-30.loredit" was ended at the end of the shutdown sequence.  I would have expected it to end at the same time as the "Landscaping overnight 2021-01-03.loredit" that is in the animation listing.

The entire log file is available at:  http://newburghlights.org/trouble/Player_log_2022-09-05.txt

 

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3 hours ago, k6ccc said:

The end time for 'Year-round_Evening' has been changed to Sun 09 04 2022 23:00:00.

Going forward, this message will only be displayed if the end time actually changes.

3 hours ago, k6ccc said:

Clearing startup trigger for L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Evening.lss

This line appears after the startup trigger is triggered if there is no interactive section. Otherwise, it will appear when the show is stopped.

3 hours ago, k6ccc said:

L:\Sequences\Year round landscaping\Year-round_Overnight.lss - Playback File Initialization

Going forward, this message will only be displayed once when a show is starting.

3 hours ago, k6ccc said:

The first question may be a nit-pick.  The first line states ending show AfterSong.  Since there were only animations playing, that should be immediately (which is what it did).  May not be worth trying to change that one...

We are going to leave this one as is.

3 hours ago, k6ccc said:

Third question is why did the stopping animation log entry (where I skipped a bunch of lines) log 20 times per second until the show actually completed?

Going forward, this message will only be displayed once.

Thanks for the feedback!

Matt

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All the items brought up in this thread confirmed working correctly in 6.0.12

Thanks Matt and crew!

 

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