Setup PF in a network environment

[hdradio]

I updated to v4 and I am trying to setup PF in a network. What I want is to have a PF instance on a networked pc to create playlists, schedule programs, overlays etc. (what exactly I do on my onair pc). I am using MLS.

I don't know if there is an easier solution than what I had done in version 3:
I created 2 shared folders (one for my music and one for application data) and created mapped drives on them:

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net use M: "\\192.168.1.1\Music"
net use S: "\\192.168.1.1\Radio"

Then I created the following folders (I don't want to have that folders under the hidden AppData, because I backup them to my backup OnAir PC2):

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"S:\proppfrexx\Config\MLS"
"S:\proppfrexx\Config\OnAir"
"S:\proppfrexx\Config\Global"
"S:\proppfrexx\Log\Global"
"S:\proppfrexx\Log\Played"
"S:\proppfrexx\Log\Playlist"
"S:\proppfrexx\Log\Scripts"
"S:\proppfrexx\Recordings\Auto"
"S:\proppfrexx\Recordings\Manual"
"S:\proppfrexx\Scheduler"
"S:\proppfrexx\Scripts"
"S:\proppfrexx\Advertising"

In shortcut properties of MLS use:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\radio42\ProppFrexx ONAIR\3.0\ProppFrexx MediaLibraryServer.exe" -config "S:\proppfrexx\Config\MLS"

In shortcut properties of PF OnAir use:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\radio42\ProppFrexx ONAIR\3.0\ProppFrexx ONAIR.exe" -usbReg -config "S:\proppfrexx\Config\OnAir" -globalconfig "S:\proppfrexx\Config\Global" -debug

In PF Settings use:

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Folders/libraries->Media Libraries:
Auto playlist path: S:\proppfrexx\Playlist libraries\Media
Cartwall libraries:
Auto playlist path: S:\proppfrexx\Playlist libraries\Cardwall

Encoding/Recording->Encoder Settings:
Enc Output path "S:\proppfrexx\Recordings\Manual"
Recording Settings: "S:\proppfrexx\Recordings\Auto"

In Logging
Global logging->Log file path "S:\proppfrexx\Log\Global"
Playlist logging->Log file path "S:\proppfrexx\Log\Playlist"

In Scripts/Scheduler
Script Libraty path: "S:\proppfrexx\Scripts"
Scheduler calendar: "S:\proppfrexx\Scheduler\ProppFrexx ONAIR.calendar"
Advertising storage: "S:\proppfrexx\Advertising"

On my networked pc I map the drives

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net use M: "\\192.168.1.1\Music"
net use S: "\\192.168.1.1\Radio"

and then I start PF

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\radio42\ProppFrexx ONAIR\3.0\ProppFrexx ONAIR.exe"  -globalconfig "S:\proppfrexx\Config\Global" -debug

That works but I don't know if there is a better solution.

[radio42]

Yes, that looks all perfectly right.

The only thing where I am not sure about is the "Auto Playlist Path"?
What this setting does is scan the given folder and create for each existing playlist file (e.g. any .m3u or .pfp file) a related media/cartwall library automatically. If that's what you want that's fine.
I tend to manually manage the media libs using the 'Media Library Manager' (or by clicking on the 'Additional Lib...' button) in order to manually manage all libraries.