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STORQ automation

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audiskman

I know of a station still using Storq for automation. It works great and they do not want to change, it does everything they need to do and then some. Westwood 1 does not support it anymore and tries to sell anyone who asks BSI SImian. WW1 and BSI software are owned by Cumulus. Nope ....the station does not want to do that. STORQ is on a machine running Windows XP and the hardware may be starting to wear out. Does anyone have any experience with running STORQ on Windows 10. The AudioScience sound cards they use are supported through Win10 and there are drivers available but will the STORQ software run? They are using it as a stand alone automation and not with a WW1 format. The same system used to be sold under another name Air Traffic Control from a company in Massachusetts but they are no longer offering it. The guy's thank you
and goodbye message is still up at www.onairware.com . I think WW1 may have had something to do with shutting him down. His license to the code may have gone back to when it was part of a system called Audisk. WW1 has a history of using lawyers to try to shut people down like LRN.
 
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May I politely ask what the point in all that is?

Are you asking for suggestions as a replacement? Ideas to get that old program to work under a higher version of Windows? General accusations without proof about Westwood One?

I think it's the second question but it's buried in so much additional verbiage that I am uncertain.
 
The point is has anyone ever moved their STORQ software to a new machine that uses anything after XP? Does it work? WW1 wll not answer questions about STORQ anymore. The station is not willing to buy new automation but a new computer is more likely. I already know the Audioscience card and the optocard for triggers has drivers for Windows 10. The XP machine is getting old and a previous engineer already replaced a power supply and mother board once a few years ago. I'm thinking a new computer will help. Not an unreasonable question. If the station was willing to buy new automation they would.
 
It would seem that the only way for you to get an answer to your question is to try it yourself. If you have a spare (non-critical) Win10 machine available, try loading the software on it and see what happens.

I understand the reluctance to move away from older systems that still work OK, but as hardware wears out and operating systems change, at some point you will have to get your wallet out and buy something more current.
 
awsherrill said:
I understand the reluctance to move away from older systems that still work OK, but as hardware wears out and operating systems change, at some point you will have to get your wallet out and buy something more current.
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Not to mention that tech support is already non-existent, as the OP has said. If a station thinks $2000 is out of their budget (that's the going price for the current version of BSI Simian, which we use at KRKE) then it's time to either change formats to something with better ad sales potential, find a buyer who is willing to upgrade software or change formats and sell the station to them, or go silent and turn in the license.

I did some research and while there is a compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 in Windows 10, it does not seem to be 100% successful in running old programs from back then. You could try installing STORQ on a Win 10 machine (presuming you still have the install disks ... or does Win 10 still use those?) and run it in compatibility mode ... but if it fails, see my previous paragraph.

If the station's answer is still "no" then when the automation fails -- for whatever reason -- they will only have their own stubbornness to blame. (Not that I entirely disagree with their not wanting to do business with Cumulus.)
 
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K.M. Richards said:
Not to mention that tech support is already non-existent, as the OP has said. If a station thinks $2000 is out of their budget (that's the going price for the current version of BSI Simian, which we use at KRKE) then it's time to either change formats to something with better ad sales potential, find a buyer who is willing to upgrade software or change formats and sell the station to them, or go silent and turn in the license.

I did some research and while there is a compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 in Windows 10, it does not seem to be 100% successful in running old programs from back then. You could try installing STORQ on a Win 10 machine (presuming you still have the install disks ... or does Win 10 still use those?) and run it in compatibility mode ... but if it fails, see my previous paragraph.

If the station's answer is still "no" then when the automation fails -- for whatever reason -- they will only have their own stubbornness to blame. (Not that I entirely disagree with their not wanting to do business with Cumulus.)
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Or, get a newer computer and install Win 10 on it. There are online sources such as Windows 10 Professional OEM - ProductKeys.com where you can get a valid Win10 license and download the installation software.

(I still run Win10 on all my computers for www.worldradiohistory.com as some of the heritage software does not like Win 11)
 
Why not buy a new computer and install XP? Does the software require the present specific sound card? Or does the machine need to be on the internet, where XP would be a security issue?
 
audiskman (Love the moniker!) -- Storq from WW1 had a license key. Storq itself will run fine on Windows 10/11, but when the license detects new hardware (not immediately) it will start shutting itself down and locking you out of various parts of the program (like scheduling and production).

AirForce by MacroMedia is the originator of Storq (OnAirWare assisted but did not proviide the Storq software that WW1 was using). It is still available and has been updated, mostly for compatibility. Note, though, that it does not support the Contec GPIO cards and it prefers AoIP audio devices (but will work with anything, even onboard audio). If interested, please contact me (Tim Valley) at nospam (at) mmairforce dot com.
 
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