I notice that with ACR enabled, Spinitron automatically opens a playlist under the name of the regularly scheduled DJ.
I know Tom has said best practice is for each DJ to manually open a playlist IN ADVANCE even when using ACR. However, it’d be hard for me to get all programmers to do that.
So here’s my question: If I know we have Joe Smith subbing for Mary Jones on the 8:00 PM show, can I as Admin go into and open the 8 PM show’s playlist, entering Joe Smith’s name? I tried that but it didn’t seem to work. Am I correct that if Joe Smith logs in to Spinitron prior to 8 PM and starts a new playlist for the 8 PM show (but leaving it blank), ACR will enter the spins for the 8 PM show but attribute it to a Joe Smith playlist?
Well, I’m not sure what went wrong but I’m gonna try it again tonight. I.e., As Admin, I am going to open a (blank) playlist in advance, entering the name of the guy who’s subbing for the show. Then I’ll see if ACR populates THAT playlist with the tracks he plays tonight in real-time.
I have a question related to subs and Automation.
If the normal DJ has the automation disabled in the program’s template, can a Sub DJ enable it for just 1 show? I assume not, but I wanted to be sure.
(I understand that a sub DJ can opt-out via the cog icon where they enter spins - but can they opt-in?)
Is it best to have the Sub DJ create a blank playlist?
Do blank playlists use automation by default?
I’m not sure even sure you can defeat the disable automation/recognition checkbox by creating a blank playlist. Try it and let us know. You can positively check whst’s happening in the automation logs. An admin user can read these log entries and they will say if recognitions were discarded because of that checkbox.
