Importing Meta Data From A File

Created by Jason Carr, Modified on Thu, 14 Mar at 6:35 PM by Jason Carr

When using Auto Importer to import your files, you can also specify a .p1met text file which can contain meta data for the file being imported.

Auto Importer

For this to work in Auto Importer you need to ensure you have a Import Job setup using Import Method 'Import Audio: Specific UID'

Text File

If you are importing file 123.mp3 you need to make sure that an accompanying text file named 123.p1met is also placed into the Import Folder. Alternatively you can also just supply just the 123.p1met file without any audio file, but you'll need to also ensure the 'MetaOnly' property has the value True .

The text file can contain the following Meta Data properties. You can download a sample file from here.

Please note, you only need to include the meta data parameters that you wish to update. Blank the values of the properties you do not wish to use.

Meta Data Property	Format	Example	Notes
MetaOnly	Boolean	metaonly=false	Used when you want to supply just the .p1met file without the audio file for just a metadata update.
Title	String	title=Hey Jude
Artist	String	artist=The Beatles
Type	String	type=Commercials	The Type must already exist in PlayoutONE
Notes	String	notes=This is an example note.	Notes must remain on the one line.
Category	String	category=A List	The Category must already exist in PlayoutONE
Alt Category	String	altcategory=B List	The Alt Category must already exist in PlayoutONE
Oversweep	Boolean	oversweep=True oversweep=False
Fade	Boolean	fade=True fade=False	Marks the audio ending as a fade.
StartDate	Date (yyyy-MM-dd) or (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)	startdate=2021-01-01 startdate=2021-01-01 16:00:00	If the time is present it must be in the 24 hour format.
EndDate	Date (yyyy-MM-dd) or (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)	enddate=2021-01-01 enddate=2021-01-01 16:00:00	If the time is present it must be in the 24 hour format.
KillDate	Date	killdate=2021-01-01	Time can not be set on Kill Dates. Instead the system will automatically add 23:59:59 to the end on import.
TrimIn	Milliseconds	trimin=1000	This is where PlayoutONE will start playing from.
Intro	Milliseconds	intro=3000	This value of where the Intro ends from the start of the audio.
HookIn	Milliseconds	hookin=10000	This value of where the Hook Starts from the start of the audio.
HookOut	Milliseconds	hookout=15000	The value of where the Hook Ends from the start of the audio
Extro	Milliseconds	extro=20000	Sometimes referred to the Next To Play or EOM in other systems. This is the marker that will trigger the next item in the log. The value is from the start of the audio.
TrimOut	Milliseconds	trimout=25000	Where the audio will eject from the player in PlayoutONE if audio is not set to fade. The value is from the start of the audio.
Client	String	client=McDonalds	Used only for Commercials.