Playout Commands

Created by Jason Carr, Modified on Wed, 13 Mar at 2:31 PM by Jason Carr

PlayoutONE Commands

The commands window allows you to define your own commands which can then be inserted into the log, scheduled in an AutoDJ profile, added to a cart, added to a QuickKey, scheduled by the Traffic or Music Scheduler, or inserted via WebVT®.

For example, PlayoutONE allows you to load a stream from the internet for playback. This can be used for syndicated news feeds or just to include an MP3 that may be hosted on the web If this URL never changes then you can setup a pre-defined command from the commands window to call back at any time.

The predefined commands are based on PlayoutONE commands and to add one you choose a standard command from the dropdown, enter the custom parameters (like a URL for the STREAM LOAD command), set a Friendly Name (Friendly names are shown in place of the command itself and be used in Traffic and Music Schedulers) then click the ‘Add’ button.

Commands

Command	Parameters	Example	Description
ADJUST TIMING MARKERS		ADJUST TIMING MARKERS	When placed into an hour, the last Soft, Hit or Gap Marker will be altered to reflect items after it so they are back timed. E.G. if you have a soft marker at 59:00 and 3minutes worth of content after it, PlayoutONE will alter the Soft Marker to be 57:00 automatically.
ANNOUNCE TEMP	See Announce Temp
ANNOUNCE TIME	See Announce Time
ASI	See Audio Science
ADVANTECH	See Advantech
ASSIGN EXEPECTED PLAYERS			Reassigns the Expected Players
AUTOMATION OFF			Turns Automation Off
AUTOMATION ON			Turns Automation On
AXIA_DST	See AXIA
AXIA_GPI	See AXIA
AXIA_GPO	See AXIA
AXIA_SRC	See AXIA
DC OFF	See Data Controller
DC ON	See Data Controller
DC SELECTIVE MODE	See Data Controller Selective Mode
DC SENDCMD	See Data Controller
DUMPFADE	PlayerNumberToFade (Optional)	DUMPFADE 2	Fades current player or specified player and ejects it.
DYNAMICMETA	See DynamicMeta
EMAIL	See Email
FADE PLAYER X TO %Y %Z	X = Player Number, @PLAYER (which is a variable replaced internally for the calling player) or @CURRENTPLAYER (which will attribute the fade to the current playing player) %Y is the volume in % you want to change to %Z is the time in milliseconds that you want this to happen.	FADE PLAYER @CURRENTPLAYER TO 20 500	Fades the targeted player to a volume%
FADE QUICKEY	Number Of Quickey or ALL	FADE QUICKEY 2	Fades the specified Quick Key or All.
FADEMANAGER OFF			Turns the Fademanager Off
FADEMANAGER ON			Turns the Fademanager On
FADESTOP			Sets the current playing players chain to a Stop, and then fades it.
FILLMARKER			Used in conjunction with RunToTime, by default RunToTime will fill the hour if under running by adding filler items at the back of the hour. Place a FillMarker to override this and have filler items appear after the FillMarker.
FINDNEARESTTONOW			Synchronises PlayoutONE to the nearest current time in the log based on Airtime.
FORCEAIRTIMES Off			Blanks Airtimes from items in the log the are not going to play.
FORCEAIRTIMES On			Show Airtimes from items in the log that are not going to play.
GAPMARKER		GAPMARKER 30:00	Calculates a Gap Time based on the time on the marker.
GRABSYNCGO			Takes OnAir Control, Syncs the log to the current position and executes a Play Next.
HITMARKER	Time (MM:SS)	HITMARKER 59:59	Fades any current playing item at the time of the Hit Marker. The next item to play will be the item directly after the Hit Marker.
HOOKNEXT	See Hook Next
HSMARKER DISABLE			Disables any Hit or Soft Markers.
HSMARKER ENABLE			Enables Hit or Soft Markers
IPCOMMAND	IP:PORT COMMAND	IPCOMMAND 127.0.0.1:8083 STOP	Sends an IP Command via socket to IP:Port.
KEYSET	Quick Key Page Name	KEYSET JOHN	Changes the Quick Key Page.
LIVE MUTE OFF			UnMutes the Live Mute device set in Hardware Settings
LIVE MUTE ON			Mutes the Live Mute device set in Hardware Settings.
LOCALMERGE END	Time in mm:ss	LOCALMERGE END 50:00	Denotes where a LocalMerge break ends.
LOCALMERGE START	Time in mm:ss	LOCALMERGE START 50:00	Denotes where a LocalMerge break starts.
MIXPLAY	UID,0 or 1 (0 = plays entire item, 1 plays just the hook)	MIXPLAY 123,1,124,1
MIXPLAY SNIPPET XXX	Name Of Snippet	MIXPLAY SNIPPET RAINDELAYSNIPPET	Plays the contents of a Snippet in the MixPlayer away from the main log. This is useful for Rain Delays within Sports Broadcasts.
MIXSTOP			Stops the Mix Player
MUTE LOG	ON / OFF	MUTE LOG ON	Mutes the Log so that anything playing through the players is not outputted.
NETPLAY	UID	NETPLAY 7862	Plays UID on the Network Player
NETPLAY VOLUME	PERCENTAGE (0-100)	NETPLAY VOLUME 10	Sets the Volume of the Net Player. This resets back to 100 each time PlayoutONE is opened.
NETWORKMERGE END	Time in mm:ss	NETWORKMERGE END 50:00	Denotes where NetworkMerge break ends.
NETWORKMERGE START	Time in mm:ss	NETWORKMERGE START 50:00	Denotes where a NetworkMerge break starts.
NOTE	NoteText	NOTE HELLO EVERYONE	Shows a note in the Log.
OFFAIR			Turns PlayoutONE Off Air
ONAIR			Turns PlayoutONE OnAir
ONAIR CHANGE	See OnAir Change
PLAY NEXT			Plays the next Item.
PLAY NEXT CUE			Cues the log to the next instance of the CUE MARK and then Plays Next
PLAY QUICKKEY	Number	PLAY QUICKKEY 2	Plays a specific Quick Key
PLAY UID	UID. For example	PLAY UID 4	Plays a specific UID.
PMERGE END	Time in mm:ss	PMERGE End 50:00	Denotes where PMerge break ends.
PMERGE START	Time in mm:ss	PMERGE Start 50:00	Denotes where PMerge break starts.
REMOTE	Command to Send	REMOTE COM-A *0123	Sends any command to Data Controller
RESOLVEROTATES	DateTime or PlaylistName	RESOLVEROTATES 2021-01-01 14:00:00	Resolves the rotates for a specific time.
RUNAPP	RUNAPP app.exe>parameters	RUNAPP C:\Scripts\Backup.bat>45	Runs an application, executable or a Bat File You can add parameters if needed by adding a > after the filename. NOTE: This command returns immediately and doesn't wait for the app to run or close before continuing.
RUNTOTIME	See RunToTime
SOCIAL	See Social Media
SOFTMARKER	Time (MM:SS)	SOFTMARKER 59:59	Deletes anything between the current playing item and the SoftMarker at the time of the SoftMarker. The current playing item is allowed to finish, but the next item to play will be the item directly after the Soft Marker.
SPLIT CALL	Command To Send	SPLIT CALL SPLIT COMMAND DELAY 1000	Sends a command to any Split Machines connected.
SPLIT COMMAND DELAY	Delay in MS	SPLIT COMMAND DELAY 1000	Sets the delay of processing split commands.
SPLIT COMMAND STOP			Send a Stop Everything to all connected Split Machines.
SPLIT MASTER	MachineIP or Name	SPLIT MASTER P1-ONAIR-2	Changes the Split Master of a Split Machine.
STOP EVERYTHING			Stops Everything From Playing
STREAM FADE			Fades the current playing internet stream
STREAM LOAD	StreamURL (Pro: Local File)	STREAM LOAD http://playoutonestreaming.com:8000 STREAM LOAD C:\Temp\File.wav	Loads an internet stream. In Pro you can load a local WAV file too which allows you to play something which is still being recorded as long as the file is being recorded directly to disk. If you provide a command immediately after the filename or stream you can trigger a PLAY NEXT for example: STREAM LOAD C:\Temp\File.wav PLAY NEXT NOTE: Always make sure filenames DO NOT have spaces in them.
STREAM PLAY			Plays the loaded Internet Stream
STREAM STOP			Stop the loaded Internet Stream
STREAM VOLUME	VolumeLevel (1-100)	STREAM VOLUME 50	Sets the Internet Stream Volume
STRETCH END			Denotes the end of a Stretch Block
STRETCH START	Time in mm:ss	STRETCH START 03:00	Denotes the start of a Stretch Block and stretches the contents between the Stretch Start and Stretch End.
SYNC TO	Date and Time, in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss	SYNC TO 2022-05-24 08:00:00	Instructs PlayoutONE to sync to the date and time specified in the command.
TEMPLATE BUILDER START	Inserted as a Note Item (will need NOTE: on the front if coming from a Music Scheduler)		Instructs Template Builder to build template from this note onwards.
TOGGLE			Toggles the chain of the current item.
TRAFFICMERGE END	Time in mm:ss	TRAFFICMERGE END 50:00	Denotes where a TrafficMerge break ends
TRAFFICEMERGE START	Time in mm:ss	TRAFFICMERGE START 50:00	Denotes where a TrafficMerge break starts.
TRAFFICMERGE	Start Time in mm:ss - End Time in mm:ss	TRAFFICMERGE 20:00-24:00	Used only in Music Logs to place a pair of traffic merge start and end points into PlayoutONE Automatically.
VBAN	See VBAN manual at vb-audio.com
WAIT	Time in hh:mm:ss, mm:ss, or ss	WAIT 00:05 would insert a wait for 5 seconds	Holds the PlayoutONE Log up for a set duration.
WHEATSTONE_LIO	See Wheatstone
WHEATSTONE_SLIO	See Wheatstone
WHEATSTONE_UMIX	See Wheatstone
XLOG PLAY NEXT			Sends a Play Next Command to the xLog
XLOG STOP EVERYTHING			Issues an immediate Fade on the current item in the xLog and then Stops the xLog
XLOG LOAD XXX	Name of XLOG Template	XLOG LOAD NFLPRE	Loads a new xLog Template into xLog. If a template is already loaded, then the template being loaded will be appended. Issue an XLOG CLEAR first to clear the xLog.
XLOG CLEAR			Clears the currently loaded xLOG
XLOG AUTOMATION ON			Changes the xLog's Automation State to On
XLOG AUTOMATION OFF			Changes the xLog's Automation State to Off