ideal settings for songs titles

[wyosmith]

just curious for input/output what is the ideal setting to keep the song up longer than the other text?

[Jan]

First of all, always use RT+ for current song. Receivers with RT+ support should hold that information on the display even if another text is being broadcast.

Use External Text Sources configuration as proposed at https://pira.cz/forum/index.php?topic=990.0
The delay for each source is user configurable, follow the parameter 'Go to next after [seconds]'

Make sure your firmware version is 2.2h or later as this version implements further options for RT+ item toggle and item running bits. In the External Text Sources, tick the RT+ Item Toggle checkbox only for the now playing source.

[wyosmith]

appreciate it, i should have stated i use  "xml" for song and artist, would i still use rt+? how about "go to after" setting
and "keep in cache" settings?

[Jan]

If you use XML source, it is the best starting point for RT+.

In the Source:

• Enable the RT+ and Item Toggle
• Assign the RT+ tag to each XML element, for example Item.Artist to %1% and Item.Title to %2%

Always use the RT+ whenever possible. It is easy with the Magic RDS 4. Stations without RT+ are not perceived well on modern receivers.


We usually set following parameters for the now-playing Source (when it is placed in the Output sequence with other Sources):

Go to next after: 30
Keep in cache: 20
Expires after: 180

This establishes 30-seconds interval for the text, no text change "inside" the interval and text automatically disappears from the sequence after 3 minutes until new song is fired.