PlayIt Live can be configure to allow users to connect from another computer at home or another studio and record voice tracks in your playout log. They can also edit the segues and add additional tracks from your library if they wish.

 

You will need to do the following to allow remote users to connect:

 

1. Enable remote connections by starting the built-in remote server.

2. Set up users, including username, password, and the hours they are allowed to edit in the playout log.

3. Add voice track placeholders to the playout log where users can record voice tracks.

4. Give the remote URL from step 1 and a username and password from step 2 to the user.

 

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From the main interface, go to File > Enable remote connections...

 

Expland the Advanced section, ensure that Use HTTPS is checked. The default server port of 25433 should be fine. Click Start Server

 

This will enable remote connections to PlayIt Live. Depending on your configuration, you may be required to configure your Windows Firewall and network port forwarding to allow connections from outside your network. You can use the Help me set up external access button to assist you with this.

 

See: Setting Up External Access

 

Under external access is a remote URL that will be used by the remote user to connect. Take note of this:

 

From the main interface, go to Manage > Users

 

On the Manage Users window, click Add New. Enter a display name, username and password for the user. Use the Remote Voice Tracking grid to select the hours the user is allow to remote voice track into.

 

Add more users as necessary.

 

Click OK on the Manage Users window to apply the changes.

 

Voice track placeholders are gaps in the playout log where users can record their voice tracks. You can add voice track placeholders to the playout log by dragging the Voice Track button onto the playout log:

You can use the Go To Time button to go straight to an hour to drop voice tracks for a future hour.

 

Alternatively you can add voice track placeholders directly via Manage > Playout Log or via a clock via Manage > Clocks. If a user starts a remote voice tracking session for an hour which has not yet been scheduled in the playout log, PlayIt Live will automatically schedule this hour.

 

Once you have set up the above, contact your remote voice trackers sending them the remote URL and their username and password. Remote voice trackers can remote voice track in two ways:

1. Recommended: Voice tracking via a web browser (Any operating system). Please refer to Remote Voice Tracking (Usage)

2. Via PlayIt VoiceTrack (Windows only). Please refer to the PlayIt VoiceTrack documentation

 

A Voice Tracking module purchase is required to broadcast voice tracks via PlayIt Live. Remote voice trackers do not require the Voice Tracking module to send their voice tracks to PlayIt Live. Only a limited number of users can be connected concurrently. This is determined by the number of users that were selected when purchasing the Voice Tracking module.