Description: This tiny lightweight script makes amarok beep the Greenwich Time Signal every hour o'clock, plus a reduced version every hour and a half.
The script has no configuration at this stage.
Please take a look at [1] if you don't know what I mean by "Greenwich Time Signal".
v1.2 ----------- * Fixed: xx:30 sound called at xx:00 and viceversa (this is QUALITY, oh yeah!).
v1.1 ----------- * Default player changed to "aplay". If not found, fall to "play". * Sounds are now in wav format instead of ogg vorbis. * Instead of starting sounds at xx:00 and xx:30, try to make the long beep go with the xx:00 and xx:30.
Hi,nice idea.
But isn't it a bit of a waste calling the date function every 0.3 seconds? There should exist methods to set a wake signal for your app, so you can sleep for 59 minutes.
Ratings & Comments
2 Comments
sleep 59m after the wave file will work (if you don't want the half hour signal). Geoff Cutter
Hi,nice idea. But isn't it a bit of a waste calling the date function every 0.3 seconds? There should exist methods to set a wake signal for your app, so you can sleep for 59 minutes.