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RDS Spy / Re: Enhanced RT ODA support?
« Last post by andrew01 on June 01, 2026, 08:35:15 pm »It would also be really nice if the RDS Encoders would also have these options available, not only RDS Spy. 
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RDS Spy / Enhanced RT ODA support?
« Last post by Rían Mac Guinneál (fmdx.ie) on June 01, 2026, 08:31:47 pm »Will RDS Spy ever support the Enhanced RadioText (eRT) and Enhanced RadioText plus (eRT+) in the future?
I understand it is not implemented commercially, but I did implement it in my prototype encoder which works in other decoding softwares such as RDS Surveyor.
ODA : Radiotext+ for eRT [4BD8]
ODA : eRT (Enhanced RadioText) [6552]
Would it be possible to implement this?
I understand it is not implemented commercially, but I did implement it in my prototype encoder which works in other decoding softwares such as RDS Surveyor.
ODA : Radiotext+ for eRT [4BD8]
ODA : eRT (Enhanced RadioText) [6552]
Would it be possible to implement this?
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Feature Requests / Re: Truncation of long titles to be usable for Radiotext
« Last post by andrew01 on May 01, 2026, 08:12:33 pm »Never knew you could do this, I thought it can only do the basics, not cut the titles too. Ty and cheers for the script! 
Works like a charm! I will adapt it further with AI's help to my needs (cutting info from titles too)
btw.. is there anything to make it as a condition NOT to truncate unless the text is 64 characters long? That would be perfect
Works like a charm! I will adapt it further with AI's help to my needs (cutting info from titles too)
btw.. is there anything to make it as a condition NOT to truncate unless the text is 64 characters long? That would be perfect
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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:
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.
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
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.