Automation Log Format

Created by Jason Carr, Modified on Thu, 14 Mar at 9:22 AM by Jason Carr

PlayoutONE Log Formats

PlayoutONE Pro Music Log

Format: Tab-Delimited

Notes

To denote the start of an hour, insert a new line with the text #HOURSTART HH in column 1. Example: #HOURSTART 00 for midnight or #HOURSTART 12 for midday.

Column Property Type Description 
Column 1 UID String (Max 10) The Asset Cart Number 
Column 2 Chain Boolean True/False or -1/0 
Column 3 Extro Integer A Fixed value of -1 
Column 4 Original Extro Integer A Fixed value of -1 
Column 5 Fade Integer 0 = This item on the log shouldn't be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-1 = This item on the log must be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-2 = This item on the log should be set to the fade value in the media finder.
Column 6 Command String (Max 255) The command for PlayoutONE to execute.
When a command is entered, Column1 must be blank.
Leave blank if no command is needed. 
Column 7 Oversweep Integer A fixed value of -2 
Column 8 Scheduler Recon ID Integer The schedulers reconciliation UID 
Column 9 (Optional) Split Item Integer A fixed value of -2  
Column 10 (Optional) ISCII String (Max 255) The ISCII number 
Column 11 (Optional) Notes String (Max 255) For internal PlayoutONE Notes. Leave blank 
Column 12 (Optional) Airtime String (Max 255) Used for reference only to show airtime of the item 
Column 13 (Optional) MergePoint Name String (Max 255) Used internally to control the Merge Point name. 
Column 14 (Optional) Segue Envelopes String (Max 500) Used internally to save the segue envelopes of an item in JSON Format 
Column 15 (Optional) Title & Artist String (Max 500) Used to show Title & Artist when item is missing. 

PlayoutONE Pro Traffic Log

Filename: yyyyMMdd.tpl Example: 20201130.tpl

Format: Tab-Delimited

Column Property Type Description 
Column 1 Time Time (HH:mm:ss) The time of the commercial break 
Column 2 UID String (Max 10) The asset cart number 
Column 3 Chain Boolean A fixed value of True or -1 
Column 4 Scheduler Recon ID Integer The traffic scheduler reconciliation ID 
Column 5 ISCII String (Max 255) The ISCII Number 
Column 6 Duration Time (ss) The expected duration of the scheduled asset. 
Column 7 Copy Title (Optional) String (Max 255) The Title 
Column 8 Copy Advertiser (Optional) String (Max 255) The Advertiser 
Column 9 Copy Voiceover (Optional) String (Max 255) The Voiceover that was used on the copy. 
Column 10 Command (Optional) String (Max 255) The command for PlayoutONE to execute. When a command is entered, Column1 must be blank. Leave blank if no command is needed. 

PlayoutONE Reconciliation Log

Filename: yyyyMMdd.log Example: 20221113.log

Format: Tab-Delimited

Notes

This is the standard reconcile format that is generated by PlayoutONE. We also offer other formats for PlayoutONE Pro customers that can be selected from within PlayoutONE Monitor. If you need a specific reconcile format then let us know.

Column Property Type Description 
Column 1 Time DateTime (MM/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss tt) The airtime of the played asset 
Column 2 UID String The asset cart number 
Column 3 Title String The title of the asset 
Column 4 Artist String The artist of the asset 
Column 5 Length Time (mm:ss) The length the item played for. 
Column 6 Recon ID String The reconciliation ID from the traffic or music log. 
Column 7 ISCII Numeric ISCII ID

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