ZaraRadio

What works

Program can read, play and save audio file lists (playlists), with its own format and/or the standard m3u. It includes *.wav and *.mp3 audio file formats (according to the manual, it can handle other audio file formats but it wasn't be tested).

Also, it can handle scheduled events (but, please, see what does not work).

Also, it can handle (schedule) the Time audio files.

What does not

Program can not handle scheduled events when they contain references to files which have latin characters (ñ, á, é, í, ó, ú, ~, etc.) into their file names and/or full path (folders).

Even the fact that the program can full handle (read, play and save) playlists with latin characters, the events (sequences and rotations) are treated in a different way: the program only read the file name up to the first latin character, the rest of the line will become empty spaces, so... the audio file isn't accessible and the program jumps to the following readable file (without latin characters).

The program crashes when it has to change from a playlist to another. The only way to perform this is manually (which made the program useless for the main purpose of the program itself: automation, without the human action).

Workarounds

What was not tested

All the topics related to the Satellite (remote) capabilities weren't be tested.

Temperature and Humidity audio files can be read (play) by the program, but it needs extra hardware and software which I don't have to perform this full capability. So... this wasn't be tested.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Under Windows, this program is a very good chance to small and medium stations (on air and Internet). It's a pity that it doesn't run so fine into WineHQ and Linux.