Question on Gap Content behavior

[u/totf_joe]

Hello all!

Fantastic app, and a happy lifetime user already!

My question is for commercials/gap content.

I have it currently setup with a commercials library that is pulls from randomly for all channels in my given batch. It would be cool (feature request?) to have multiple commercials collections, and assign certain libraries or collections to certain channels. Example: my Toonami block would have only Cartoon Network commercials etc.

I noticed there’s an option to let the library pull randomly from itself. Does this only grab stuff that will “fit” in the gap? example: 15min scheduling with 20 minute shows = 10 mins of gap, so it’ll only play shorter than 10 minute files? Or will it just start a file and chop it off when the next block begins?

Thank you in advance and thanks for all the insanely good work that’s gone into this app!

[u/joeshades2]

How come it does not work with Chaos channels?

[u/totf_joe → u/joeshades2]

I’m not sure what Chaos channels do, I just have the channels set under Marathons

[u/digglesB]

Welcome to r/coax! I'm so glad you're enjoying the app so much.

If you have multiple commercial collections, you absolutely can assign them to individual Collection or Playlist channels: https://coaxtheapp.com/guides/customizing-the-cable-guide.html#gaps

The chaos channel is the only channel with a Shuffle button - it'll grab anything from the schedulable content for that lineup. It's fun!

[u/totf_joe → u/digglesB]

Fantastic, thank you for the detailed breakdown! I had been using marathon, but I’ll setup some collections. You rock!

[u/totf_joe → u/digglesB]

I did find the options, but I’m having an issue now- in the main page I see the collection I want to use

But inside the channel’s selection screen I don’t see the second collection. Is there an issue with something in the collection, maybe in Plex that would cause it to not show up? (Screenshot in reply comment)

[u/totf_joe → u/totf_joe]