WRA - AlexisWiki

What can it do?

WRA is a Web Radio Alarm. It can be told to start or stop playing a configured internet radio station at particular times. For example, to turn on BBC Radio 4 now, stop it at 23:05, fade in at 06:55 and turn off at 08:10 run:

wra r4 on now off 2305 on 0655 off 0810

What does it consist of?

WRA consists of:

the command 'wra'
a man page

What has it been tested on?

WRA has been tested on:

Debian GNU/Linux 1.3-6.0.3

but it should work on all Unix-like operating systems.

What are its prerequisites?

WRA requires:

ADE
one or more media players (e.g. Totem, MPlayer)

Documentation

wra(1)

Debian installation

If not already done, configure access to this repository as described at ahuxley-keyring.
Run:
```
apt-get install wra 
```

Downloads

version	released	version description	file	file description
1.1.6	17/01/2012	latest stable	wra-1.1.6.tar.gz	source
			wra_1.1.6-1_all.deb	Debian package
			wra-1.1.6-2.noarch.rpm	RPM

Bugs and change requests

id	filed	description	response	status
WRA#073	10/05/2008	man page out of date on config file & SYNOPSIS messed up	mess due to no .pso groff override, will update man page	fixed
WRA#074	18/05/2008	`wra bbcnews on stupid` says `invalid station id`	rewrite arg validation code	fixed in 1.0.3
WRA#075	13/09/2008	deb is missing dependency on bc	add dependency in wra.debian/control	fixed in 1.0.3
WRA#076	16/09/2008	`penne$` `wra on now` `rm: cannot remove /home/alexis/.mplayer/remote: No such file or directory` `mplayer: could not connect to socket` `mplayer: No such file or directory`	silence `rm` in mplayer_server script	fixed in 1.0.3
WRA#077	27/09/2008	`penne$` `wra -v on bow` `wra: INFO: sleeping till bow ...`		fixed in 1.0.4
WRA#078	29/03/2009	missing dependencies and socket non-existent at first use (see http://pastebin.com/f3f1aad71)		fixed on 1.0.5
WRA#079	18/04/2009	mixer channel must be configurable		fixed on 1.0.5
WRA#080	18/07/2009	should allow URLs used with `--define` option (and maybe also in ~/.wrarc) to contain spaces (and remove corresponding caveat from man page)	something must be field separator; space best	rejected
WRA#081	13/10/2009	`penne$` `wra --debug=100 off now` `wra: ERROR: frame#0: --debug:config-file: invalid station id` `wra: ERROR: frame#1: application's entry function (wra) failed`	probably ADE bug but to be investigated	retitled ADE#308
WRA#082	17/03/2010	default ~/.wrarc uses BBC realmedia streams but they're being phased out (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2009/10/realmedia_an_update.shtml	update the created ~/.wrarc (can't really inform user)	fixed in 1.0.8
WRA#083	02/01/2011	difficult to determine list of configured stations	add '-s' or '--list-stations'	fixed in 1.1.2
WRA#084	21/02/2011	`fiori$` `wra` `wra: ERROR: type 'wra --help' for correct usage.` `/usr/include/ade/ade.sh: line 2053: exit: app_usage: numeric argument required` `fiori$`	rename usage function?	fixed in 1.1.2
WRA#085	22/03/2011	abstract content of example .wrarc		fixed in 1.1.2
WRA#086	16/04/2011	change sed-ing to shell arrays	use associative arrays; requires bash4	fixed in 1.1.2
WRA#087	16/04/2011	rhythmbox starts playing library when told to stop	Known Rhythmbox problem with only partial workaround; implement true stopping on WRA	fixed in 1.1.2
WRA#088	21/04/2011	when running with old format .wrarc, ugly error produced		won't fix
WRA#089	21/04/2011	comments in example .wrarc file need updating to describe new format configuration e.g. 'stop' field		open

Copyright

WRA is (C) AlexisHuxley 2003-2012 and is distributed under the terms of the GPL.

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