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Feature Requests / Re: Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by Jan on May 01, 2026, 07:52:58 pm »
There's really no need to be afraid of using regular expressions even though their writings sometimes look scary.

Go to External Text Sources - Text Replacing and add these two lines:

Code: [Select]
Change
%REGEXP%\s&\s.*?\s-\s
To
 -

Change
%REGEXP%\sfeat\.\s.*?\s-\s
To
 -


Please note the SPACE, DASH, SPACE in the To field.


Result:

Khayan & The New World Power - Feel The Vibe
shows as Khayan - Feel The Vibe

D.O.N.S. feat. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
shows as D.O.N.S. - Pump Up The Jam


You mentioned AI, which is a good helper if you want to create another regular expression to find the desired part of the text.
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Feature Requests / Re: Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by Jan on May 01, 2026, 07:32:45 pm »
I'm not sure if one preset can cover all cases, or if there is a universal setting that will suit everyone. With a regular expression, everyone can customize it without having to add additional controls to the GUI. We'll leave it at that for now.
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Feature Requests / Re: Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by andrew01 on May 01, 2026, 07:04:32 pm »
Indeed there is that function, but it would have been a tiny bit nicer if something default (such as modifying "and" to "&", or "feat." to "," etc.) was all added through a single button. Also, I don't think it would be beneficial adding the artist name like "Afrika Bambaata" to be put in that text replacement tool, since for example I have the song "Afrika Bambaataa; The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock", and wouldn't that remove the artist even though the text is <64 characters?
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Feature Requests / Re: Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by Jan on May 01, 2026, 06:10:11 pm »
Using the built-in text replacement (regular expression), you can easily shorten the text as desired. Additionally, if you drop the prefix "Afrika Bambaataa presents" from the text, or place the show name in another text in a loop, you can fit an even longer song title in there. Do you want to give an example here?
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Feature Requests / Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by andrew01 on May 01, 2026, 05:57:09 pm »
Is it possible for a toggleable option to be added into Magic RDS 4 to truncate titles that exceed 64 characters? I have seen in action such script made with the help of AI at a station here (it was included within the main purpose of adding tags for RT+ for the metadata source so it can be compatible for Stereo Tool's RDS). It's nice seeing long titles like: Afrika Bambaataa Presents: Khayan & The New World Power - Feel The Vibe (Vibe Mix) be reduced to Afrika Bambaataa Presents: Khayan - Feel The Vibe
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P132, P164, P232(U) and P332 RDS Encoders / Re: Configure RCS NexGen and Pira.cz P164
« Last post by brianradioguy on May 01, 2026, 03:44:38 pm »
Good Day Jan,
Thank you taking time to try and help.  Very much appreciated.  I will give your suggestions a try.  I have a call into RCS now to see if they can help with the setup on their side.  Have a good day.
Brian
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RDS Spy / Re: UTF-8 Characters bugged in Long PS section
« Last post by Jan on April 29, 2026, 11:16:52 pm »
You are absolutely right that the font could be bigger. The application is almost 20 years old and needs a more significant facelift.
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RDS Spy / Re: UTF-8 Characters bugged in Long PS section
« Last post by andrew01 on April 29, 2026, 11:07:50 pm »
Ah, I always thought it was something revolving the font size, or the font itself. Cheers for clarifying! ;D
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P132, P164, P232(U) and P332 RDS Encoders / Re: Configure RCS NexGen and Pira.cz P164
« Last post by Jan on April 29, 2026, 10:48:00 pm »
There are several ways here. I'll assume that your station is supposed to have a modern feel, so we'll also broadcast RT+ straight away.

There are two basic steps:
  • In the NexGen, enable XML export to a file. Ask the NexGen community for all details and options. Make sure the song artist and title fields are included. Other fields can be present as well, this is no problem for further processing.
       
  • In the Magic RDS 4, use the External Text Sources for reading such file. Other supported options include TCP or HTTP (using the redirecting method or internal HTTP server, as described in Help - m4vp.pdf). But I understand that you're still discovering the world of tagged text broadcast, so you should probably start with the "Local File" option as it's the easiest.

    See the tutorials at
    https://pira.cz/forum/index.php?topic=987.0
    https://pira.cz/forum/index.php?topic=990.0

Estimated setup time is about 3 to 10 minutes.
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P132, P164, P232(U) and P332 RDS Encoders / Configure RCS NexGen and Pira.cz P164
« Last post by brianradioguy on April 29, 2026, 10:34:13 pm »
Good Day,
This is my first Pira.cz RDS P164.  I have searched the forum making changes I see, and tried to get help from a local source.  Nothing I've done has worked to get the NexGen data to the P164.  Would somebody be willing to give me screen shots and/or talk with me on a step by step workflow to get this going?  I'm at a loss.  I'm using Magic 4, and have even tried Magic 3 to no avail.  I would very much appreciate some expertise help.
Thank you,
Brian
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