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ptm timer 3.3- wake up to mp3 music
It should work correctly on most puppies. I tested it on Easy OS fatdog xenial Precise tahr buster fossadog vanilla puppyrus.

ptm timer 3.3 pet available

A simple timer/alarm script that can be used to wake you up with a mp3 song .
It works with most default audio players.

Localization - French,German,Italian,Spanish,Russian, portuguese, simplified Chinese
French translation by esmourguit

Multiple alarms are possible. Maximum countdown is about 30 hours.
No restriction on alarm dates -- but don't shutdown your computer!!!
That kills the task.

Stop button is placed in main window . This is a convenience !!!
So you don't need to use the terminal to
stop a scheduled alarm. Log book will note that stop button has been clicked.

Test button - will test audio level so you can check if audio will be heard clearly

I recommend that you store your mp3 file in /root folder or /file folder so that if
you forget to mount your hard drive the timer will still work with the mp3 file.
If it doesn't find the mp3 file it reverts back to default.
There is a warning when at time of launching app if song can't be found.

Note ; if you are having problems shutting off a long mp3 song, then
try installing mpg123 or mpg321 instead of default audio player. But with most puppies this shouldn't be necessary.
I added a restriction of about 30 hours to the countdown timer, however there is no restriction to choosing a date and time for the alarm.

Hi @don570,

thank you.

ptm timer 2.8 runs very well with Toutou LInux Slaxen 6.0 french derivative edited by esmourguit.

Its seems that .ogg files can be play with it : at home, it do it.

Kinds regards.

ptm timer 3.0 pet available
Download available at first post

Localization - French,German,Italian,Spanish,Russian

Stop button is now possible . This is a convenience !!!
So you don't need to use the terminal to
stop a scheduled alarm.

Log book will note that stop button has been clicked.
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Checked in many distros --> precise tahr buster fossadog vanilla fatdog easyOS
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It can't be used under xfce. After clicking Start, you can't see anything

Which distro do you use?
I tested it with puppyrus which uses xfce . I've downloaded Lxpup
and I'll test it.
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I tested with the latest lxpup and it worked fine.
It even launched from overhead menu bar.
Stop button and interrupt button worked.
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I checked on Lina 1.0 which has xfce GUI
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Version3.1

-Added portuguese and simplified Chinese locales

-works with clementine audio player and mpv player
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Upgraded to version 3.3

-brush in field works correcty now
Click brush to empty field and drag a file from Rox filer to enter a mp3 song

- if song is not found when launching ptmtimer then there is warning message and
song is set to default 2barks

- there is various warning messages if settings aren't correct so the app is reliable
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