Advanced playlists for Auto-DJ¶

Auto-DJ supports a number of different playlist types and managing them can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have too be! We'll go through the different types of playlists below, as well as an explanation for them and how they work.

Before you can start creating advanced playlists, please make sure to setup Auto-DJ first, as that would be required for any of the advanced playlists to work.

Creating playlists in CentovaCast¶

To create a playlist in CentovaCast, simply navigate to CentovaCast > Auto-DJ > Playlists > Create Playlist

You will then be presented with the playlist creation page where you can create one of four playlist types listed below.

Once created, you will also have to add your music to your newly created playlist within CentovaCast.

Playlist types¶

General Rotation¶

The default playlist for Auto-DJ is a General rotation playlist. Auto-DJ also requires your stream to have at least one General Rotation playlist enabled for it to start. Auto-DJ will play tracks from this type of playlist when there are no Scheduled, Immediate or Interval playlists set to be played.

Scheduled¶

Scheduled playlists are used to schedule a specific list of track for a set time-frame and date. This can be useful for scheduled shows or if you'd like to have a different set of tracks played on a specific day.

Interval¶

Interval playlists allow you to play an audio track after a set number of tracks or minutes. This is useful for placing advertisements on your stream as well as any station identification audio clips.

Immediate¶

Immediate playlists are tracks that are played after the end of every track. Usually only useful for song requests.

Playlist Configuration¶

Each playlist type has its own set of configuration details, which you can use to customize to your own liking. Below is a list of all the configuration settings for each playlist type, with their setting description.

General Rotation Playlist Settings¶

Configuration settings for a General Rotation playlist.

Playback Sort Order

Random (Shuffled)

Plays tracks at complete random. Auto-DJ will also not play the same song twice until the playlist has been fully cycled.

Sequential (In-Order)

Plays tracks in order as they are listed in a playlist, from top-to-bottom.

Playback weight (1-20)

Weight decides if the playlist is played more frequently over another General Rotation playlist. This is only useful if you have multiple general rotation playlists and you require one to be played more than another. The higher the weight, the more the playlist will be prioritized by Auto-DJ.

For instance if you have a general rotation playlist with new releases, you would want it to be prioritized over another general rotation playlist.

Scheduled Playlist Settings¶

Configuration settings for a Scheduled playlist.

Scheduled Date: The date on which the playlist will be enabled/start from.
Scheduled Date: The time on which the playlist will be enabled/start from.
Repeat Schedule: Specifies if you want the scheduled playlist to repeat on a daily basis for instance. This is useful if you want to create a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly playlist.
Playback Schedule: The order in which you would like the tracks of the playlist to play. Either in-order, shuffled or for it to only play a single track from the playlist.
Interruptible: Decides if the playlist can be interrupted by Auto-DJ if another playlist is scheduled to play.
Stop After: Set the number of minutes that the playlist should play for until it stops. Setting this value to "0" will make Auto-DJ play the entire playlist till completion.

Interval Playlist Settings¶

Configuration settings for an Interval playlist.

Repeat Every: Sets the number of songs after which the playlist will start playing. If you set it to 20 songs, then your interval playlist will play after every 20 songs.

Playback Style

Play only one randomly selected track from this playlist: Will select a song at random from your interval playlist and play it. This will only play a single song.
Play all tracks from this playlist in order: Will play every song that is present in your interval playlist in sequential order and until full completion.

Immediate Playlist Settings¶

Configuration settings for an Immediate playlist.

Playback Sort Order

Random (Shuffled): Plays tracks at complete random. Auto-DJ will also not play the same song twice until the playlist has been fully cycled.
Sequential (In-Order): Plays tracks in order as they are listed in a playlist, from top-to-bottom.