OASYS Player playout controls and alerts

  • Play to air – Once the schedule is created you want to output your channel content "ON-AIR". The playout management software in Player allows you to run the schedule attended or unattended, or to use it like a full MCR (Master Control Room) system with special event keys, and emergency action features.
  • User controls – A user friendly interface is an essential requirement in the MCR, so Player displays a simple to understand time-line representation of the output going to air. You can manually control playout from the user interface, using point and click mouse buttons, or by using keyboard shortcuts. Additionally you can trigger events or hotkeys to start by sending UDP commands from other systems. You have programmable shortcuts and hotkeys, and you can interface to external conrol devices like HiTec or JL Cooper
  • Playlist errors permanently updated – Player automatically calculates the time-line for the playlist and creates a playlist error window to alert for scheduling conflicts, missing events and other playlist timings. Issues with the playlist can then be easily corrected by simply clicking on the error which takes you directly to the place in the playlist where the error occurs
  • Correct an event during playout – Whilst an event is playing, if you realise that something is wrong with it, you can edit that event and correct it on the fly using the re-submit current event function.
  • Changing the playlist – You can cut edit and change all parts of any event in the playlist whilst the playlist is playing, by using the preview and edit function.
  • Backup management – Using synchronisation allows you to have systems run together for backup purposes, but synchronisation can be done either way between pairs of machines, or to multiple backup machines if required.
  • Audio alerts – you can pre-set the time silence has to be detected before the system provides an alert to let you know that no audio is present on the output.
  • Display a commercial counter – to manage regulatory compliance for all types of commercial media
  • Display customer definable counters – to prepare the MCR before a live event, or showing event positions and countdowns to events
  • Alert for missing files – using colour coding and reports
  • Alert for time adjustment – when a specific "timed" event is running short or running over
  • LIVE indicator – You can get real time feedback from a router to show which system is broadcasting live.
  • Start from timecode – You can start any event from any point within the event by using the play from timecode feature. This allows you to start events part way through if required.
  • Record during playout – You can record events whilst they are playing out, and you can include or exclude graphics overlays from the recording allowing you to immediately re-use recorded materials.
  • Share playlist information- you can copy a linear list of the playout by copying data or saving a file, and you can view running playlists over HTML allowing others to check on the schedule without interfering in the MCR