CasaTunes Muslim Call To Prayers setup

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OverviewFeaturesCreating a Custom Calculation Method Link

Overview

The latest version of CasaTunes now provides built-in support for automatically playing Muslim Call To Prayers (adhan). Simply select the city you are located in from a list of available cities, or if your city is not listed, you can configure CasaTunes to calculate the prayer times based on it's location and other settings, using the open-source library found on www.praytimes.org​.

Note: If your location is not listed, then if you send your location to support@casatunes.com (Subject: Please add city for adhan), we will add your location in an upcoming release.

Call To Prayers include: near dawn (Fajr), after midday has passed and the sun starts to tilt downwards/noon (Dhuhr), in the afternoon (Asr), just after sunset (Maghrib) and around nightfall (Isha'a).

Call To Prayers playback is supported utilizing CasaTunes' Chime feature, which has been customized for prayers. The Chime feature allows CasaTunes to interrupt the music that is current playing in a room (if any), play the Call To Prayers (adhan), and then resume playing the music after it has completed.

Call To Prayers are supported on all CasaTunes music servers.

Features

• Muslim Call To Prayers support is now integrated into all CasaTunes music servers
• CasaTunes will automatically play your muslim Call To Prayers at the proper time
• You can select the rooms, and the volume for each room, in your home where you want to listen to the Call To Prayers
• You can configure which prayers to enable/disable for the week
• You can select a different audio file for each Call To Prayers, or use the same audio file
• You can use predefined prayer schedules for your location, or have CasaTunes calculate the prayer times
• You can customize the prayer time calculation method, in case, your method is not provided by the built-in calculation methods
• You can adjust the calculated prayer times by +/- 30 minutes

Setup

To configure Call To Prayers in CasaTunes:

Step 1: You must provide your own call to prayer (adhan) mp3 prayer file(s) and copy these into the CasaTunes Prayers folder. The files ​must be named exactly​ as below:

• Fajr.mp3
• Dhuhr.mp3
• Asr.mp3
• Maghrib.mp3
• Isha.mp3

You can use the same adhan audio file for each prayer, or different ones, but all five files must be present. These files must be copied into the following shared CasaTunes server share folder: \\CasaServer\CasaData\Prayers

If you are using CasaTunes version v5.00.240524 or later, CasaTunes will first check for the file named above, and if the file is not found, then check for a file named Adhan.mp3 file. This allows you to use a single adhan file for all prayers.

Step 2: If you want to listen to the Call To Prayers in more than one room, then create a room group containing all the rooms where you want the call to prayers to be played. Please note the Call To Prayers volume for a room is controlled by the Page Volume setting for each room.

Step 3: Open the Call To Prayers settings page using the CasaTunesX App:

• Open the CasaTunesX App
• Select menu (in the App header)
• Select Settings
• Select Call To Prayers settings

Creating a Custom Calculation Method

To change the Custom calculation method, follow these instructions:

• In CasaSetup select Stop CasaTunes and wait for CasaTunes to stop
• Edit the ​Prayers.xml​ file located in the​ \\CasaServer\CasaData folder using Notepad or another text editor
• Search for the <CustomCalcMethod> section in the XML document
• Change the various settings in this section (which includes a description in the line above the setting)
• Once you have finished making your changes, save the file
• In CasaSetup, select Start CasaTunes to start CasaTunes again