Silence before TOTH

[claudius06]

Hello,
I recently modified the history settings. Since then, it seems the system stops playing for a few seconds before the TOTH. I enabled debug mode and the log says:
"28/02/2026 16:59:49: AssignNextTrackToPlayer (TrackCueOut) failed: AutomaticLoading=False".
How can this issue be resolved?
Thank you for your help,
Claude.

[radio42]

Please send the full log to me - else I can not even validate, if that is a warning to ignore or a real issue in your setup.

[claudius06]

Thank you for your reply. I’ve sent you the logs. In the meantime, I added "UseLastTrackOnFinalFail" to my script to avoid an empty line. Since then, I haven’t had any alerts, but I don’t know if this is the best solution to my issue. I’m waiting for your analysis.

[radio42]

I just analysed your logs...

a) your initial assumption/message ("...AssignNextTrackToPlayer (TrackCueOut) failed: AutomaticLoading=False...) can not be resolved, as it is by design and just an internal debug log output but NOT an issue or error. That log simply tells me that the next track is already triggered by a previous Next cue-point (and not by a CueOut cue-point. So all good here.

b) Your effective issue is (as you already found out), that your history settings sometimes are that strict, that no track matching your conditions can be found, and as a result no track is/can be returned (i.e. the related script-line must be skipped).
You solution (UseLastTrackOnFinalFail) is therefore correct and probably in your case the best option, i.e. that option will prevent, that the script-line is skipped, but instead returns the last track which was tested and tried (even, if that also fails your history settings).
The only other option is to relax your history settings.

So, if you only face this situation rarely (as it seems to be) - I would also assume (without knowing all your environment, like your media lib sizes, history settings, scripts etc.), that settings that option is the best option. As in all other cases, the history works as desired.

[claudius06]

Noted, thank you again for your valuable help. I’ve relaxed the history settings and will keep an eye on it.