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1. as File Format option in this mode you can add individual standard or previously generated playlists Playlist Editing ITe Edit button can be used to change individual parameters of existing playlists Make sure that you select a single list for edit In that case if the name field is changed the changes will apply to an existing playlist with this name or if the name is new the current playlist will be renamed Playlist Deletion Use the Delete button to delete already defined playlist Delete will work on the current selection Playlist Priority Playlists order corresponds to the priority in which every playlist is played It can be changed with the Up Down buttons 3 2 2 Step Songs tab The Song tab is shown in Illustration 5 This tab is used to populate edit previously created imported playlists with songs mp3 files Please note that you can alternate between Playlists and Songs tabs to make the process incremental File Operations Playlist population works by selecting existing mp3 files after clicking on the Import MP3 button This opens a file chooser control starting from your home folder Songs will be included then for the playlist shown in the combo box of the Songs tab List Edit With the Cut button all currently selected songs will be deleted from the playlist As alternative to using Import and Cut songs can be also rearranged with the help of the Up Down buttons With the help of Import MP3 button you ca2. lInterrupt Shuffle Volume 50 dB if negative if positive Info line BARIX 4 1 50 0 0 Illustration 3 Playlist Manipulation Window Playlist Creation Clicking on Create button will start that process via the playlist manipulation window Illustration 3 With the help of that window each playlist can be customised You can adjust the Playlist name DATE1 2 start and stop date for list playback TIME1 2 start and stop time for list playback playback weekdays repetition counter interrupt and shuffle switch and playback volume The final playlist header line is displayed in the Info line Text Area To add the playlist to the Playlists tab press on the Add button after being done with the schedule editing To quit the Playlist creation mode press on the Cancel button Playlist Import Playlist can be added using the Import existing button ae Choose cfg m3u files File Format config files cfg CFG FK s Cancel Open oro M Illustration 4 Import Control There are two import modes e Full import In this mode you need to select File Format config files cfg CFG and select a folder containg player cfg file For the full import functionality to work correctly all the audio content playlists and mp3 files should be provided in the same directory as the player cfg e Individual Playlists Import This mode is activated by selecting m3u files m3u M3U
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4. Player cfg and special scheduling in the header line of every playlist file FTP MP3 configuration tool is a graphical java tool for creating the configuration files needed by the FTP MP3 FW While Playlist headers and Player cfg can also be created and edited with text editor the FTPMP3 Server Tool provides an easier GUI based alternative that can speed up configuration creation The typical usage scenario for the FTPMP3 Server Tool can be divided in the following consecutive Steps 1 Import of existing and creation of empty playlists with playback scheduling information 2 Playlist editing e g populating with mp3 files 3 Player cfg definition 4 Final generation with an option for ID3 tags removal in which the Player cfg and the audio content defined playlists music files and optional length information flies are generated and stored in a selectable Output directory for upload to the Config and Media servers and direct copy on a USB stick The section below details the tool main features used to enable the above work flow 1 2 Feature List Playlists GUI tab for creation and modification of scheduling parameters and priority of up to 100 music playlists e Full import functionality via player cfg Individual playlist import functionality e Songs GUI tab for importing mp3 files to playlists mp3 list modifications and playback Config GUI tab for Player cfg creation and modification using a reduced Basic mode
5. or full Advanced mode set of configuration parameters see 1 for details about supported parameters e Saving previous configuration e Run Generation GUI tab for generation of a complete package directory amp files containing Player cfg playlists m3u and music files mp3 for upload on Config and Media server as well as direct use with a USB stick Generation of obfuscated mp3 names complying to the 8 3 name convention Generation of length files for the downloaded files as simple means for file integrity check e D3 tag removal 1 3 About this Manual Links to chapters References to chapters e g X Chapter name are red and underlined and serve as direct links when viewed in Adobe Acrobat Viewer Click on the link to jump to the referenced chapter click on the left arrow icon to jump back to where you came from Bookmarks pane in Adobe Acrobat The complete Table of Contents is available in Adobe Acrobat Viewer Click on the Bookmarks pane tab on the left side of Adobe Acrobat Viewer to open it Click on any bookmark to directly jump to the corresponding part of the manual Chapter overview This manual is divided into the following chapters e Chapter Tool Installation describes how to install the FTPMP3 Server Tool Chapter Sample Usage explains how to use the tool e Chapter Testing with FTP MP3 FW describes two possible scenarios to test the tool outcome with FTP MP3 FW 2 Tool Insta
6. BARIX THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY SER MANUAL FTPMP3 Server Tool Version FTP_MP3 SERVER TOOL THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY 1 Step Playlists 2 Step Songs 3 Step Config 4 Step Run Generation import existing Edit Delete Up down Name Start date End date Weekdays Start time End time Counter Volume Interrupt Welcome 80 Jan2June 0101 3006 80 July2Dec 0107 3112 80 AM 00 00 00 11 59 00 80 PM 12 00 00 23 59 00 80 Monday 80 Tuesday 80 Weds 80 Thursday 80 Friday 80 Saturday 80 Sunday 80 ooococococoo ooococococooc 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 STATUS Playlist tab selected Java Application V2 11 Released 06 03 2013 Table of Contents e A a a a Ea a a a EEE 3 1 1 FTP MP3 Configuration Tool and its Intended Use occcccoonnccccconncnnccononcnnnnonnnconcnonancnnnnnnannnnnnnnoncnnnnonancnns 3 T2 Feature aM o OO T 3 ko HATO UE TANS Mantal ee cc 4 LINKS TO acie ic Suit DE 4 Bookmarks pane in Adobe ACrobat cccccsceceseeceseecseeseeeeceuseceaeeceeeeseaeeeseeesseeesaueeseeesaueesueesesesssaeessaes 4 Bois inu MU P haus 4 AB TOON tic rqrojo eere P 5 2 1 distallalolTuniciient uuu HR Qu iC iui I Lu ti uU EU IE E NIMM 5 2 2 SIar nd tie ADDIICSUOEI oui edic cete tat aeria ne deb asma o ablatas Dum AS 5 SEES SEI Ue os 6 CS MES epi NI lo e 6 A r ute a a date dede cd 7 Playlist IPD OM castes ERE E
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8. a compatible device with FTP MP3 firmware and power the device You should hear the music playing after approximately half a minute booting time Check that your Advert m3u playlist pops up in the time slots you assigned 4 2 Download and play In this scenario the goal is to make FTP MP3 player downloads all required playlist and mp3 files from Internet check the file integrity using the file size information and play the playlists afterwards Depending on the size of the playlists and their configuration playback in this scenario can take substantial time to start In the case of testing to avoid delaying playback it is advisable to keep the size of the test playlists short The procedure is as follows Download e g the Barix Demo package and unzip it then Click on Import Existing and select player cfg from the location of Barix Demo package In the Config tab make sure that UPDATE DAILY TIME check box is disabled and the CHECK LENGTH check box is enabled Set configuration for existing Media and Config Server settings Press Run generate button in the Run Generation tab and copy the generated Player cfg in the player folder on the USB stick Upload Player cfg and Player cfg len to the predefined directory location on the Config server Upload all music files mp3 mp3 len m3u m3u len to the predefined directory of the Media Server Attach the USB stick to a FTPMP3 device and make sure device is connected to Internet P
9. er cfg information is preserved on the following application run w o the playlists Use individual playlist import or the full import to load playlists To see a list of all supported configuration parameters and their description press on the Help button The Playlist TextArea to the right will displays the first 50 playlists that are defined at the moment NOTE When defining the user directory in the case of FTP media and config server you can use absolute e g Users user homef ftpguest music as well as relative locations e g music In the case of HTTP you need to add in front of a relative location e g user music and add backslash at the end of the directory name 3 4 4 Step Running Generation Tab After the preparation of the playlists using the Playlist tab populating the lists with music using the Songs tab press the Run Generate button in the Run Generation tab Illustration 7 This will generate the Player cfg and copy it along with all defined M3U mp3 and optional length information files in the location specified by the Output directory text field When the output folder is the same as the input import folder files that are no longer in use by edited playlists will not be deleted On generation existing 8 3 mp3 file names are not re scrambled obfuscated If the Remove ID3 tags check box is selected ID3 tags will be removed in the generated mp3 files FTP_MP3 SERVER TOOL 1 Step Playlists 2 S
10. g 4 Step Run Generation Create Import existing Y Edit Delete E y tiene Gil incl yo AN Up down 4 E Name Start date End date Weekdays Start time End time Counter Volume Interrupt Shuffle STATUS Playlist tab selected Illustration 1 FTP MP3 FTPMP3 Server Tool Main Window 3 1 1 Step Playlists Tab The Playlists tab Illustration 2 is dedicated to creation and manipulation of music playlists m3u files You can add up to 100 playlists with the help of the available controls on that tab eoo toma BARIX vrin FTP MP3 SERVER TOOL THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY 2 Step Songs 3 Step Config 4 Step Run Generation Edit Create jJ Import existing Edit _Delete_ C Up 7 down jJ Name Start date End date Weekdays Start time End time Counter Volume Interrupt Shuffle 0 Welcome 1 80 0 1 Jan2June 0101 3006 1 80 0 0 2 July2Dec 0107 3112 1 80 0 0 3 AM 00 00 00 11 59 00 1 80 0 0 14 PM 12 00 00 23 59 00 1 80 0 0 5 Monday MO 1 80 0 0 6 Tuesday TU 1 80 0 0 7 Weds WE 1 80 0 0 8 Thursday TH 1 80 0 0 9 Friday FR 1 80 0 0 10 Saturday SA 1 80 0 0 11 Sunday SU 1 80 0 0 STATUS Generation Done Illustration 2 1 Step Playlists Tab anr Add Cancel gt NAME Playls00 M3U Weekdays MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT _ SUN Repeat counter M Loop
11. llation 2 1 Installation The FTPMP3 Server Tool application is distributed as a zip file e g FTPMP3ServerToolV2 1 1 zip Make sure you have Java installed JDK v1 5 or higher for your operating system If not sure check e g http www java com en download manual jsp and install Java Unzip the application in a location of your choice and make sure that you have proper user permissions to read and write file and directories for that location otherwise the program will fail to start 2 2 Starting the Application On unzipping the package the directory FTPMP3ServerToolV2 0 0 is created with the FTPMP3APP jar file inside Under windows and MAC OSX you can start the application by double clicking on FTPMP3APP jar from Windows Explorer or Finder Under linux open a Terminal and cd to the installation folder then to start the application run the following command java jar FTPMP3APP jar 3 Sample Usage After starting the application you are presented with the window shown in Illustration 1 You can check the tool version by clicking on the Version button in the top righ corner Please note that for data consistency purpose only one running instance of the tool is allowed for a given location So if you need a second instance install the tool at a different location All the GUI is organised as a Tabbed Pane control with 4 tabs BARIX FTP_MP3 SERVER TOOL THE VOICE OF SIMPLICITY i 2 Step Songs 3 Step Confi
12. n also add the same song several times Playback Every mp3 file in the list can be played stopped using the Play Stop buttons To enable playback click on the Advanced check box After pressing the Play button only the selected song is played To stop the currently playing song you can also double click on a new one which will start playing the newly selected song AAA A BARIX o FTP_MP3 SERVER TOOL 1 Step Playlists 2 Step Songs 3 Step Config 4 Step Run Generation FILE operations LIST EDIT PLAYBACK a 3 i a a M Advanced E D s Tuesday Import MP3 Save Up down Cut Play Stop STATUS Advanced options selected Illustration 5 2 Step Songs Tab 3 3 3 Step Config Tab This tab is shown in Illustration 6 It is dedicated to the creation and modification of Player cfg file Detail ed description of the meaning for each configuration parameter can be found in 1 and is therefore out of the scope for this manual You can chose between Basic and Advanced View for the configuration parameters After setting all parameters clicking on the Preview amp Save button will show and save the content of the Player cfg file in a tmp file CONFIG in the main application folder CONFIG file is loaded next time the application is run preserving in this way the last edit state It will be overridden in the case of importing playlist via player cfg Full import Previous play
13. ower the device and wait for the music download to finish Playback should start as soon as the current song of the active playlist is downloaded 5 References 1 Alexander Simeonov FTP MP3 Player Store and play audio player for Barix audio decoding hardware Application User Manual Released 28 09 2012 Illustration Index Illustration 1 Illustration 2 Illustration 3 Illustration 4 Illustration 5 Illustration 6 Illustration 7 FTP MP3 FTPMP3 Server Tool Main WindoOW oooocnccnccccncconcconnccnnnnncononononnnnnononononnnnnnenennnnoss 6 Step md f 1 Co fsa f Meme meer 6 PlaylISEManipuUlatioO WINDO Westin A 7 A sagesneadoscmcscosanasnoouasesssese E 7 2 Olep SONGS TaD sucesso eee LN Ie eee oe 9 excom Gee ML TRE 10 toep B n aeneralofn Tattoo 10 6 Legal Information 2013 Barix AG Zurich Switzerland All rights reserved All information is subject to change without notice All mentioned trademarks belong to their respective owners and are used for reference only Barix Exstreamer Instreamer SoniclP and IPzator are trademarks of Barix AG Switzerland and are registered in certain countries For information about our devices and the latest version of this manual please visit www barix com Barix AG Seefeldstrasse 303 8008 Zurich SWITZERLAND Phone 41 43 433 22 11 Fax 41 44 274 28 49 Internet web www barix com email sales barix com support support barix com wiki
14. rder to verify your newly generated player content right away you can follow the steps below that specify a typical usage scenario in which background music is interrupted by some advertisements at predefined time slots 1 Click on the Playlists tab and create 2 playlists e g Backgr m3u background music and Advert m3u publicity audio Make sure names are 12 characters long at most in total for the application to accept them Edit the timings for the Advert m3u and move the list to first position Set Backgr m3u to second position enable the shuffle and loop properties for that list Illustration 3 Do not add any DATE1 2 and TIME1 2 timings Populate Backgr m3u and Advert m3u with mp3 files of your choice Use the Save button to save your changes In the Config tab select Basic mode and click on the UPDATE DAILY TIME check box Select the desired update times This step is done to bypass the initial config and playlist download step and enable faster playback NOTE When defining the user directory in the case of FTP media and config server you can use absolute e g Users user_home ftpguest music as well as relative location e g music In the case of HTTP you need to add in front of your relative location e g user music and add backslash at the end of the directory name Press Run generate button in the Run Generation tab and copy the Output directory content on your USB stick Attach the USB stick to
15. tep Songs 4 Step Run Generation O Basic Advanced Media Server Config Server MUSIC SERVER 192 168 11 23 CONFIG SERVER 192 168 11 23 Music PROTOCOL FTP E CONFIG PROTOCOL MUSIC PORT 21 CONFIG_PORT 21 3 MUSIC USERNAME ftpmp3 CONFIG USERNAME ftpmp3 MUSIC PASSWORD ftpmp3 CONFIG PASSWORD ftpmp3 MUSIC DIR plamenp ftpguest music CONFIG DIR amenp ftpguest config MUSIC UPDATE 600 2 ts CONFIG UPDATE 3 600 2 ts Saturday Sunday NTP Server BARIMON Server NTP_SERVER pool ntp org v Enable NTP UPDATE HOUR 1 Q hous BARIMON SERVER www barimon net BARIMON PORT 80 LOCALTIME 1 3 hour amp BARIMON INTERVAL 10 min BARIMON_TIMEOUT 30 7 ms DELETE CONTROL NO DELETE jJ DELETE STOP V QUICK PLAY V CHECK LENGTH V C DELETE ALWAYS INITIAL TIMEOUT 10 000 8 ms OPERATIVE_TIMEOUT 5 000 DEL_BEGIN o 2 thour B tms nn y A 4 f STATUS Config tab selected Illustration 6 3 Step Config Tab SS FTP_MP3 SERVER TOOL 1 Step Playlists 2 Step Songs 3 Step Config General parameters E Remove IDS tags Output directory Volumes barix FTPMP3ServerToolV2 1 1 output player STATUS Generate tab selected Illustration 7 4 Step Run Generation Tab 4 Testing with FTP MP3 FW This chapter describes 2 typical usage scenarios intended to demonstrate the tool functionality 4 1 Immediate playback In o
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