PlayIt Playout Log Format
The PlayIt Playout Log Format is the preferred playout log format for PlayIt Live. It supports all playout log item types and can also be exported by PlayIt Live. A best recommendation is to generate the log you would like to use in PlayIt Live, export this from PlayIt Live and then use this as a template to generate future logs.
A PlayIt Playout Log file consists of, a file version header, followed by an hour header and lines for each item in the log.
<File Version Header>
<Hour Header>
<Item>
...
<Item>
<Hour Header>
<Item>
...
<Item>
File Version Header:
-- PlayIt Playout Log Format 1.0 --
Hour Header:
-- Hour -- Indicates the start of a new hour
or
-- Hour yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss (o) -- (e.g. -- Hour 2021-02-25T22:00:00 (+01) -- for 25th February 2021 at 10pm in the time zone 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time)
Item:
Items are tab-delimited, the first column referring to the item type, with subsequent columns used to configure the item.
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Type
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Column 1
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Column 2
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Column 3
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Column 4
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Column 5
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Column 6
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Column 7
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Column 8
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Track
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T
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<Full File Path>
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<Identifier>
(optional, internal use)
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Fixed Time Marker
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F
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<Target Time>
e.g. 15m00s
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<Type>
use H for Hard
use S for Soft
use N for Not Before
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<Tolerance Time>
e.g. 1m00s
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Break Note
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B
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<Duration>
e.g. 2m30s
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<Notes Text>
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Voice Track
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V
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<Placeholder Duration>
e.g. 30s
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<Recording Path>
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<Recording Duration in Seconds>
e.g. 30.52
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Remote URL
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U
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<Title>
e.g. News
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<URL>
e.g. https://...
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<Type>
use L for Live
use F for File
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<Duration>
e.g. 1m30s
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Aux Input
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I
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<Title>
e.g. Satellite Feed
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<Device Name>
e.g. Exact name of input device
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<Duration>
e.g. 3m00s
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<Device Info>
(optional, internal use)
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Advert Block
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A
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<Start Time>
e.g. 15m
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<Duration>
e.g. 3m00s
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<Slots>
e.g. 6
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Scheduled Event Action*
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S
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<ID>
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<Parameters>
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<Name>
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Hook Sequence*
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H
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<Name>
e.g. Coming Up
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<Number of Songs>
e.g. 3
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<Target Duration>
e.g. 30s
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<Type>
e.g. ComingUp:30s
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<In Element>
e.g. TrackGroup:{the track group GUID}
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<Transition Element>
e.g. TrackGroup:{the track group GUID}
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<Out Element>
e.g. TrackGroup:{the track group GUID}
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Unscheduled
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X
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*To see the correct IDs and Parameters, create the item in the playout log within the main user interface, export the playout log to PIPL format and observe the format in a text editor.
Examples:
An hour of tracks:
-- PlayIt Playout Log Format 1.0 --
-- Hour --
T G:\Music\The Killers - Human.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - This Is ID.wav
T G:\Music\Uniting Nations - Out of Touch.mp3
T G:\Music\CSS - Move.mp3 9cc834f3-b288-42f5-b2bf-12cde1431303
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - All Favourite Music FX ID Alt.wav
T G:\Music\Lady Gaga - Just Dance.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - 80s Dry ID.wav
T G:\Music\ATB - Don't Stop.mp3
T G:\Music\Van Halen - Jump.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - This is 80s ID.wav
T G:\Music\Chicago - Saturday In The Park.mp3
T G:\Music\50 Cent - In Da Club.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - Dry ID.wav
T G:\Music\DNA - Tom's Diner (Feat. Suzanne Vega).mp3
T G:\Music\James Morrison - Broken Strings.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - FX ID.wav
T G:\Music\Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound.mp3
T G:\Music\Alphabeat - Fantastic 6.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - All Favourite Music FX ID.wav
T G:\Music\Hayley Westenra - Summer Fly.mp3
T G:\Music\A1 - Take On Me.mp3
T F:\PlayIt80s\Idents\PlayIt Radio - 80s FX ID.wav
T G:\Music\Alistair Griffin - Bring It On.mp3
A selection of special items:
-- PlayIt Playout Log Format 1.0 --
-- Hour 2021-02-25T23:00:00 (+00) --
F 0s H
T G:\Music\10cc - I'm Not In Love.mp3
B 3m Three minutes of chat
V 30s
U Remote DJ 1 http://www.playitradio.co.uk/live L 59m0s SEGINFO:Y
I Satellite VoiceMeeter Aux Input (VB-Audio VoiceMeeter AUX VAIO) 5m
A 15m 1m 6