I'm currently thinking of a way to add more realism to the scheduling by adding some kind of randomness when scheduling Fillers. Currently we do have the option to either specify a duration or count, which is deterministic. But I think being able to set a randomize count of 0-n would also spice things up a bit.
For example, I could have a TV filler preset having Multi Collection that consist of Commercials, Bumpers, and Indents. Each time the filler is scheduled, a randomized item for each will be chosen to play.
- Commercials [Randomize 2-5 counts]
- Bumpers [Randomize 0-1]
- Indents [Randomize 0-1]
How I do it for now
Since the Filler Preset doesn't support Playlist for now, I had to resort to using Multi Collections and add 3 Smart Collections to it.
- Commercials
- Bumpers
- Indents
The result is a random item will be chosen from each Smart Collections in order, but there will always be one item played in each collection. That is very deterministic.
Also posted to https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV/issues/1871.