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#music #radio #tipp #tools #software

I’ve been asked which tools and software I use to handle a large, well-tagged music library. Well, here’s the answer, with some links.

Note: This may appear a bit Linux-biased, but I use almost only Linux systems. Many, if not most, of the mentioned tools are also usable on MacOS or Windows.

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#azuracast #radio #linux #picotts

Many of us want (or are required to have) a periodic time and station ID announcement for our internet radio stations. We could make sound files for every hour and minute and write crazy long scripts to play those at the top of the hour (TOTH), but there is a much easier way:

How about having a simple MP3 file that you can use in your playlists any time and that always has the correct time and station ID?

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