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Old 02-15-2003, 09:22 PM   #1
carrja99
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I need some kind of alarm


I had the alarm plugin for xmms... it works, but then sometimes I get the "Can't open audio" (I always get this when I need it to go off most). And now, it doesnt even try to play at all, just a popup that says this is your "wakeup call" and that is it... as if a popup on my computer screen will wake me up!

I have checked the options a dozen times, there is no reason it shouldn't be playing the audio... I was wondering if there are any other alarm type programs?
 
Old 02-15-2003, 09:55 PM   #2
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The simplest and cheapest way to do this:

sleep x;madplay file.mp3

where x is the amount of time before you leave.

Another not-so-cheap solution is to use leave, and, using a scripting language, set it up to wait for leave to print its reminder and begin playing music. Or play a loud random noise.
 
Old 02-16-2003, 12:52 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally posted by crichards
The simplest and cheapest way to do this:

sleep x;madplay file.mp3
if you have x running, then you can issue a:

sleep x; xmms -p

in a virtual terminal. If you're not running X, then use the same command but use a console player (madplay, cdcd, etc.)
 
Old 02-16-2003, 01:05 AM   #4
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If it's a regular thing, you could set up a cron entry to do it instead.
 
  


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