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User_Manual_RP3001k.doc
The MP3 playlist format is similar to a scriptfile, but the rules are slightly different: MP3 playlists cannot contain
any options, and they can reference only local files or HTTP (not FTP) URLs. If you specify a remote URL in a
playlist, the MP3 player will stream the MP3 file directly from the server; it will NOT attempt to download and
cache it. If you specify a remote URL to an MP3 file in the main script file, it will be downloaded and cached.
This playlist file must be saved with the extension .lst and uploaded to your DF-1710 in the usual way.
IMPORTANT: Playlist files must use DOS end-of-line characters. Playlist files generated with the Macintosh
Simpletext text editor will not work!
You reference this playlist file in your script file with a line similar to this:
myplaylist.lst
As in the case of script files and the image files they reference, path references to
local
MP3 files in playlist files
are relative to the directory in which the playlist resides, i.e. if your playlist and MP3s are in the same local
folder then you don’t need to specify paths to the MP3 files.
If a playlist references remotely-fetched MP3 files, then the full internet URL must be specified for each MP3
file, e.g:
http://www.myserver.com/frame0001/song1.mp3
http://www.myserver.com/frame0001/song2.mp3
etc....
If a playlist is referenced in a script file without any added parameters, the list of MP3s will play, in order, until
any of the following conditions occurs:
1.
A “killsound” option is encountered in the scriptfile,
2.
An MPEG video item is encountered in the scriptfile without the “nosound” option
3.
A new music playback command is encountered in the scriptfile
4.
The end of the playlist is reached
5.
The end of the slideshow is reached, causing the playlist to be reloaded by the script file.
There are two parameters you can add to the playlist line in the script file to change the above behaviour:
"nointerrupt", and "shuffledmusic":
-
"nointerrupt" will make the playlist continue uninterrupted, so if an MP3 is playing when the playlist
command is encountered as the script loops around it is ignored.
-
"shuffledmusic" will make it play the MP3s in the playlist in random order
For example, a script file for random continuous music background would look like this:
playlist.lst,shuffledmusic,nointerrupt
picture1.jpg
picture2.jpg
If you specify "nointerrupt“ but you don't specify "shuffledmusic", the music will stop at the end of the
playlist until the playlist command is encountered again. When "shuffledmusic" is specified the playlist loops
immediately.
If you specify "shuffledmusic" but you don't specify "nointerrupt" the MP3 playlist will restart, interrupting the
current song, when the end of the script is reached.
