Your licence details appear here once activation completes.

Click this button to start the online activation flow.

A green confirmation banner appears once your licence has been applied successfully.

The Licence Information section is populated with the account name, email, and machine code tied to your subscription.

Click this link to reveal the offline activation form.

Note the Computer Name and Machine Code displayed here. You will need these to generate a licence on the PlayIt Software website.

A green confirmation banner appears once your licence has been applied successfully.

The Licence Information section is populated with the account name, email, and machine code tied to your subscription.

The port used by the remote access server. By default, this is 25432. This should not need to be changed unless you require a specific port number.

With HTTPS, data between you and the connecting user will be encrypted. Without it, a "Not Secure" message will be shown in the web browser. Due to browser restrictions, HTTPS is required to use Remote Voice Tracking and Remote Studio in the web browser.

Technical detail: When HTTPS is enabled, an SSL certificate for the registered hostname will be generated for you by PlayIt Software and installed on your machine. A self-signed certificate will also be generated for localhost to be used on the local computer.

The hostname used to allow other users to access your remote access server with a static (and potentially memorable) address. Leave the hostname and access code boxes blank before starting the server to use a random address. You can register your own custom address using the link. Once you have registered the hostname, enter the hostname and access code provided to you into the corresponding boxes.

Custom hostnames are only available to customers who have an active premium module subscription or lifetime purchase.

Shows the detected external IP address. This address is used to automatically map your hostname to your IP. If your IP changes, your hostname remains the same. If you wish to override the detected IP address, click Override, enter the IP address, and click Save.

Shows the status of the SSL certificate registration and IP address publishing. Typically SSL certificate registration and IP address (DNS) registration takes around 10 minutes after starting the server.

PlayIt Manager normally keeps your hostname's IP address and SSL certificate registration up to date automatically. Click Disable Updates to turn this off and manage the registration yourself; the button then reads Enable Updates so you can switch automatic updates back on. While updates are disabled, your hostname may stop resolving if your external IP address changes.

Navigate to different sections of PlayIt Manager:

• Tracks: Manage tracks
• Track Groups: Manage track groups
• Multiple Artist Splits: Manage multiple artist splits
• Related Artists: Manage related artists
• Monitored Folders: Manage monitored folders that automatically import new tracks
• Logged Tracks: View, edit and export the tracks that have been played
• Playout Policies: Manage playout policies
• Playout Pattern: Manage the playout pattern
• Clocks: Manage clocks
• Playout Log: Manage the playout log
• Advert Campaigns: Manage advert campaigns
• Advert Log: Manage the advert log
• Users: Manage users
• Priority Streams: Manage priority streams
• Connect PlayIt Live: Information on how to connect PlayIt Live to PlayIt Manager
• Settings: Configure PlayIt Manager, including track path substitutions
• Tools: Run database cleanup, file analysis and other maintenance tools

Log the current user out so another user can log in. This button is hidden when login is not required.

A trail of links to the previous pages navigated to reach the current page. Click any breadcrumb to return to that page.

Filter the track list by track group.

Filter the track list to the artist or title entered into the text box.

Add new tracks to PlayIt Manager by uploading audio files.

Export the current track list view to a CSV file for printing or review.

Lists tracks added to PlayIt Manager. The Artist and Title of each track is shown along with the following action buttons:

• A drop down with all available options for the track.
• An Edit button that opens the edit track page.
• A Delete button that prompts for confirmation before removing the track.

Tick or untick a column to show or hide it in the track list. Select a column by clicking its row to move it (see the reorder buttons). Columns are shown left to right in the order they are listed here.

The columns you can choose from include Artist - Title, Artist, Title, Duration, Album, Intro, Early Out, Year, Path, Type, Out Cue, Genre, Tags, Comments, Sweeper, ISRC, Record Label, Gain (dB), Last Played, Hook Start, Hook End, Track Groups and Track ID.

The Move Up and Move Down buttons change the position of the selected column. Select a column in the list, then use these buttons to change where it appears.

Click Save to apply your changes, or Cancel to discard them.

Drag audio files into this box to queue them, or click anywhere inside the box to open a file picker. Dropping or selecting files appends them to the existing queue (it does not replace what is already there).

Once tracks are queued the summary line appears showing the current state (Ready to upload), the number of files in the queue, and the total size on disk. The Clear list? link removes every queued file so you can start over before uploading.

The first ten queued files are listed by name. If more than ten files are queued an additional line shows the count of files that are not visible (for example + 14 more files). An empty progress bar appears beside each file and starts to fill once the upload begins.

Tick this box to automatically analyse each track for silence at the start and end and set its cue in / cue out points after upload.

Optionally add every uploaded track to a listed track group. Pick an existing group from the dropdown, or choose <new> and give the new group a name to create it as part of the upload.

Starts uploading the queued files. While files are uploading the button is replaced by a red Stop button that cancels any uploads that have not yet completed.

While uploads are running the state text changes to Uploading..., the file count and total size still reflect the original queue, and the Clear list? link is hidden so the queue cannot be cleared mid-upload.

Tracks the overall upload progress across the queue, treating every finished file (success or error) as one unit complete.

Shows up to ten files that are currently in flight, each with its own per-file progress bar. If more files are still queued an additional line shows the count (for example + 1 more files). Any file that failed to upload is listed separately below with its filename and a red error icon; failed files are not retried automatically.

Replaces the Upload button while uploads are running. Clicking Stop cancels any uploads that have not yet started; uploads already in flight continue to completion.

The blue information banner reading Showing recently added tracks. that appears above the list when it is filtered to a recent upload.

The Clear filter button inside the banner that removes the filter and returns to the full track list.

The < and > buttons step backwards and forwards through the current track list without leaving the page, so you can edit several tracks in a row. The buttons respect the search and track group filter that was active when you opened the editor.

Click Customise View to choose which fields are shown on this page. Tick the fields you want visible and untick the ones you don't use. The choice is remembered for your user.

The full path to the audio file on the PlayIt Manager server. This is set automatically when the track is uploaded and is read-only.

The path that connected PlayIt Live installations will use to read the audio file. This is calculated automatically by applying the track path substitutions configured in Settings to the server path, so that each client reaches the file by the correct UNC or local path.

The performer of the track. This is typically read from the file's metadata tags when the track is first uploaded, but can be edited at any time.

The title of the track, typically read from the file's metadata tags when uploaded.

The track type: Song, Station ID, Promo, Commercial, News, Bed or Station ID + Bed. PlayIt Live uses the type to apply different scheduling and playback behaviour. Leave this set to -- Inferred -- to let PlayIt Live determine the type automatically from the track's tags, artist, title and duration.

A unique identifier used when integrating with external music scheduling software or playout logging systems. Most stations can leave this blank.

The Out Cue can be the style of the track's ending, such as Fade Out or Sustain, or the last spoken words in the track, so presenters know when to talk over the end of the track.

The album the track was released on. Read from the file's metadata tags when available.

The genre of the track. Type the genre into the text box.

The four-digit release year of the track.

Free-form tags used for categorising the track. Tags can be used by filtered track groups and by the Inferred Type rules. Type a tag and press Enter to add it; click the × beside a tag to remove it.

Free-text notes about the track: usage instructions, presenter notes or background information.

• Sweeper?: allows the playout system to play this track over the intro of the next song (before the Intro point), or over the end of the previous song (after the Early Out point). It is typically used for sweepers, which are short clips that identify the station or show, and are usually dry (no background music) so they do not clash with the track they are playing over.
• No Fade?: prevents the track from being faded out when the next track begins. Use it for tracks with a natural ending that should not be cut short.

Tick Disabled to stop the track from being scheduled. Disabled tracks remain in your library but won't be scheduled automatically.

Tick the box and choose a date to make the track available for scheduling only from that date onwards. Before the date the track is ignored by the scheduler.

Tick the box and choose a date after which the track should no longer be scheduled. After the expiry date the track is ignored by the scheduler.

When both Valid From and Expires are set, an Ignore year on dates option appears. Tick it to ignore the year part of both dates so the track recurs every year between the same day and month, for example a Christmas track that returns to the schedule each festive season without the dates needing to be updated.

The 12-character International Standard Recording Code for the track. Included on music reports for royalty tracking.

The record label that released the track. Included on music reports.

Changes the playback speed of the track as a percentage. Use small positive or negative values to nudge a track a little faster or slower to fit a time slot. Leave blank for normal speed.

Adjusts the playback volume of the track in decibels. Use positive values to boost a quiet track or negative values to bring down a loud one.

Restrict the track to specific days and hours of the week.

• Tick Enabled to switch on dayparting for this track.
• In the grid, click each hour-of-day / day-of-week cell and enter Y to allow the track during that hour or N to block it.

When dayparting is enabled the track will only be scheduled inside the cells you marked Y.

Shows the Listed Track Groups the track currently belongs to. Filtered and grouped track groups that automatically include this track aren't shown here: only the groups you've manually added it to.

Click Add Track Group to add the track to another listed group, or use the row actions to remove it from a group.

The cue points define key positions in the track. Each point has Set, Test and × buttons:

• Set captures the current waveform playback position as the cue point value.
• Test plays the track from the cue point.
• × clears the cue point back to its default.

Click Analyse to detect the Cue In and Cue Out automatically from the silence at each end of the track.

The waveform shows the volume of the audio across the full duration of the track. Cue point markers are overlaid using the following colours:

Click the waveform to jump playback to that position. Use the mouse wheel while hovering over the waveform to zoom in for fine cue point adjustment.

Play starts playback from the current waveform position. Stop halts playback.

• Save saves all changes and returns to the track list.
• Cancel discards any unsaved changes and returns to the track list.
• Delete prompts for confirmation, then removes the track from PlayIt Manager.

The left-hand column shows a checkbox on each row; four rows are ticked.

The header checkbox at the top of that column selects or clears every row currently shown.

With tracks selected, a selection bar appears over the grid header containing a blue Edit 4 tracks button and a red Delete 4 tracks button.

At the top is the heading Bulk Edit 4 Tracks, showing how many tracks the changes will be applied to.

This example shows the Genre field with its checkbox ticked. The field is set to "Pop", so the genre is changed across every selected track. Every other field works the same way: tick its checkbox to include it in the update, or leave it unticked to keep it untouched.

This example shows the Album field with its checkbox unticked, so it will be unchanged on all the selected tracks. Fields whose selected tracks shared a common value are pre-filled with that value; fields whose values differ are left blank.

The Save and Cancel buttons appear at the bottom. Click Save to apply the ticked fields, or Cancel to discard the changes.

Filter track groups to the name entered in the text box.

Add a new track group to PlayIt Manager. A popup is displayed to choose the type of track group:

• Listed: manually choose tracks from a list. See Listed Track Groups.
• Filtered: match tracks by their properties such as artist, title, genre or year. See Filtered Track Groups.
• Grouped: combine multiple existing track groups. See Grouped Track Groups.

Move tracks between listed track groups.

Lists track groups added to PlayIt Manager. It shows the name of each track group, the type of the track group and the number of tracks in the track group. The following action buttons are available:

• A drop down with all available options for the track group.
• An Edit button that opens the relevant edit page (Listed, Filtered or Grouped).
• A Delete button that prompts for confirmation before removing the track group.

The name of the track group. This is shown in the track group dropdown in PlayIt Live to filter by track group.

Shows the list of tracks chosen for this track group. Use the trash icon to remove a track from the track group.

Opens a popup to choose more tracks. Select the tracks with the checkboxes and click Add Selected Tracks to add them to the group.

Check this box to hide the track group from the track group selector on the PlayIt Live main window.

Tick the Colour checkbox to show a colour for any tracks in this track group when they appear on the playout log on the PlayIt Live main interface. Click the colour dropdown to change the colour.

Tick the Icon checkbox to show an icon for any tracks in this track group when they appear on the playout log on the PlayIt Live main interface. Click the icon dropdown to change the icon.

Priority is used to decide which track group is shown on the playout log when a track belongs to more than one group. The track group with the highest priority wins for displaying the colour or icon.

• Use the Save button to save the track group to the database.
• Use the Cancel button to discard all changes and return to the track group list.
• Use the Delete button to remove the track group from the database. A confirmation prompt is shown first.

The name of the track group. This is shown in the track group dropdown in PlayIt Live to filter by track group.

Build the filter that selects which tracks belong to the group. Each row matches one rule:

• Field: the track property to test (Artist, Title, Type, Genre, Year, Path, Intro, Active Duration and others).
• Operation: the comparison such as =, !=, <, <=, >, >=, CONTAINS, DOES NOT CONTAIN, STARTS WITH, ENDS WITH.
• Value: the value to compare against.

Add more rows with the Add button and combine them with And / Or to create more complex filters. Use parentheses to control grouping.

The example shown filters tracks of Type Song released in the year 2010 or later.

Check this box to hide the track group from the track group selector on the PlayIt Live main window.

See Listed Track Groups for a description of these controls.

• Use the Save button to save the track group to the database.
• Use the Cancel button to discard all changes and return to the track group list.
• Use the Delete button to remove the track group from the database. A confirmation prompt is shown first.

The name of the track group. This is shown in the track group dropdown in PlayIt Live to filter by track group.

Check this box to exclude the selected track groups instead of including them. When inverted, tracks belonging to any of the selected groups are removed from the result.

Tick the check box beside each track group you want to include in (or exclude from, when Invert group list is on) this track group.

Check this box to hide the track group from the track group selector on the PlayIt Live main window.

See Listed Track Groups for a description of these controls.

• Use the Save button to save the track group to the database.
• Use the Cancel button to discard all changes and return to the track group list.
• Use the Delete button to remove the track group from the database. A confirmation prompt is shown first.

Use the dropdown to choose the first listed track group to move tracks between. The list of tracks in that group appears underneath the dropdown.

Use the dropdown to choose the second listed track group. The list of tracks in that group appears underneath the dropdown. The two dropdowns cannot point at the same group, and a notice is shown if you pick the same group on both sides.

Click and hold the drag handle on the left of a track row, then drag the row onto the other track group's list to move the track between the two groups. Drag tracks one at a time to move several.

• Click Apply Changes to save both track groups with the new sets of tracks.
• Click Cancel to discard any changes and return to the track group list.

Filter multiple artist splits by Split Text.

Add a new multiple artist split to PlayIt Manager.

Lists multiple artist splits added to PlayIt Manager. The Split Text and Disabled status are shown along with three per-row action buttons covered below.

The text used to separate a Track Artist into multiple artists. Include spaces either side of the text if you want to split by a word. For example, with on its own could match George Michael with Elton John but also Bill Withers.

This table shows all artists in your library whose Artist field is split by the entered Split Text. Use it to confirm the split text is having the desired effect.

Tick this checkbox to disable this Multiple Artist Split so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Filter related artists by name.

Add a new related artist pair to PlayIt Manager.

Lists related artist pairs added to PlayIt Manager. The two artists and Disabled status are shown along with three per-row action buttons covered below.

The first artist in the Related Artist. It does not matter in which order artists are entered.

The second artist in the Related Artist. It does not matter in which order artists are entered.

Tick this checkbox to disable this Related Artist so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Filter monitored folders by Path.

Add a new monitored folder to PlayIt Manager.

Opens the Monitored Folders Status page where you can see when each folder was last scanned and any errors that have occurred.

Lists monitored folders added to PlayIt Manager. The Path is shown along with three per-row action buttons covered below.

At the top of the page is a button bar containing a single Rescan All button, used to scan every monitored folder immediately, without waiting for the automatic countdown. This is the quickest way to confirm that a file you have just added or fixed is now being picked up. New activity appears in the Recent events log for the selected folder as the scan runs.

The monitored folder list is a grid with one row per monitored folder. Select a row to show that folder's activity in the Recent events log below. The columns are:

Below the folder list is a log of the individual actions taken for the selected folder as files are added, changed or removed. Where the folder list tells you the summary of the last scan, the events log tells you exactly which files were affected and what happened to each one.

Select a folder in the upper list to see its events; a folder is selected automatically when the page opens. The log shows the most recent events for that folder, newest first, and updates automatically as new activity occurs. If the selected folder has no recorded activity yet, the log reads No recent events for this folder. The columns are:

The Type of each entry tells you how it went:

• Info: a normal monitoring action completed successfully. Examples: Adding track from file: <name>, Updating track from file: <name> and Deleting track: <name>.
• Warning: something was skipped or needs your attention, but monitoring continues. Examples: New file is not a track: <name> and Changed file is not a track: <name>, meaning the file could not be loaded as an audio track.
• Error: a scan failed. The message includes the underlying error, for example Scan failed.

The path to the folder you want to monitor. If the Include sub-folders checkbox is checked, sub-folders of the folder will also be scanned. Avoid folders with a large number of sub-folders as this will take a long time to scan.

If checked, when a track file is added the cue points of the track will be analysed.

If checked, when a track file is updated the cue points of the track will be re-analysed. Do not use this option if you manually set cue points as these will be overwritten.

If checked, when a track file is updated the fields of the track will be updated from the file. Do not use this option if you manually change the track fields as these will be overwritten.

If checked, a track will be deleted if the track file is deleted. A track file is determined to be deleted if it is not found after scanning the folder.

If this folder is regularly updated where a file is deleted and subsequently replaced with a file of the same name, you should switch this option off. Clocks and the playout log will maintain the original reference and use the new track file.

If checked, new tracks will be added to the selected track group. Tracks will not be re-added to this track group if they are subsequently removed from the group.

If checked, the monitored folder will be disabled and will not be monitored.

Filter playout policies to the name entered in the text box.

Add a new playout policy to PlayIt Manager. A pop-up is shown to select which type of playout policy to add: Track / Artist / Title Separation Playout Policy, Daypart Separation Playout Policy or Track Set Separation Playout Policy.

Lists playout policies added to PlayIt Manager. It shows the name of each policy along with three per-row action buttons covered below.

The name of the playout policy. This is used for your reference.

The minimum amount of time to wait before playing a track again.

The minimum amount of time to wait before playing a track by the same artist again.

The minimum amount of time to wait before playing a track with the same title again.

What is the difference between track separation and title separation?

Track separation ensures that the same recording isn't played too frequently by recognising each track instance as unique.

Title separation deals with different songs that share the same title, such as Christmas songs. For example, multiple artists might have their own versions of "Silent Night". Bear in mind this will also separate completely different songs that happen to have the same title, such as 'Hello' by Adele and 'Hello' by Lionel Richie, or 'The Power of Love' by Jennifer Rush, 'The Power of Love' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and 'The Power of Love' by Huey Lewis and the News.

Check this checkbox to apply this playout policy to only tracks in the selected track groups below.

Use the Save button to save the playout policy to the database.

Use the Cancel button to discard all changes.

Use the Delete button to remove the playout policy from the database. A confirmation box will be shown.

The name of the playout policy. This is used for your reference.

The minimum amount of time to wait before playing a track again within the selected daypart.

The daypart for this policy. If no dayparts are shown, click the Manage Dayparts link to open a new tab to add a new daypart. Click the refresh icon after adding a daypart to refresh the list.

Check this checkbox to apply this playout policy to only tracks in the selected track groups below.

Use the Save button to save the playout policy to the database.

Use the Cancel button to discard all changes.

Use the Delete button to remove the playout policy from the database. A confirmation box will be shown.

The name of the playout policy. This is used for your reference.

The minimum amount of time to wait before playing another track from this set of tracks.

Choose how to define the track set for this policy:

Track Group: Select a track group to use a set with all the tracks within that group.

Tag: Select a tag to use a set with all tracks that have been tagged with the selected tag.

Custom Filter: Click "Select filter..." to choose a custom filter to use a set with all tracks matching the filter criteria.

Check the checkbox to ensure this playout policy is only applied to tracks in the selected track groups. Leave the checkbox unchecked to apply the policy to all tracks regardless of track group. This allows you to fine-tune which tracks are subject to the separation rule.

Disable a playout policy so it is not considered by the scheduler.

Use the Save button to save the playout policy to the database.

Use the Cancel button to discard all changes.

Click the chevron button on a row in this list to send the selected track group to the end of the playout pattern. The same track group can be added multiple times.

The playout pattern itself, in playback order. Click the remove button on a row to take that entry out of the pattern. Rows can also be dragged within this list to reorder them.

Use the Save button to save the playout pattern to the database.

Use the Revert button to revert the playout pattern to the last saved state.

Filter clocks to the name entered in the text box.

Add a new clock to PlayIt Manager.

Opens the clock scheduler to schedule clocks to hours in the schedule to be used by the playout log.

Lists clocks added to PlayIt Manager. It shows the name of each clock along with four per-row action buttons covered below.

The name of the clock. This is for your reference.

The type of clock:

• Standard: A normal hour-long clock that fills the whole hour. Standard clocks can override the station's playout pattern on the Playout Pattern tab.
• Partial: A shorter sequence of clock items that does not fill a whole hour, intended to be inserted into the schedule rather than used on its own. Partial clocks do not have a Playout Pattern tab. Using partial clocks requires the Advanced Scheduling module; without it a warning is shown above the form.

The colour of the clock as shown on the clock schedule page.

The clock item list shows each of the event items that belong to the clock in order. There are four columns:

Play Time:

The approximate play time of a clock item is determine from the sum of the all the previous item durations. The duration of each item varies on the choice of settings - the duration of a track group item is determined from the average duration of all the tracks in the group. A fixed time marker will cause the play time to reset to the fixed time.

Type:

The clock item type. To change the clock item type, click the text and you will be presented with a dropdown. Choose from Track, Track Group, Fixed Time Marker, Voice Track or Break Note.

Settings:

The settings of the clock item. This is dependent on the type you have selected. Click the settings text to change the settings.

Track

Track: Choose a fixed track to play in this slot. Clicking the settings text opens the same track picker used by the playout-log Replace Track flow. Its heading reads Replace Track when the item already references a track (so you are swapping it) or Select Track when the row is still empty:

Pick the track you wish to play:

• Original track: when you are replacing an existing track, this shows the track currently in the slot with its artist, title and duration.
• The track-group dropdown at the top limits the candidates to a single track group, or All Tracks to consider every track. When the item was already scheduled from a track group, the dropdown is preselected to that group.
• The Search box filters the candidates by artist or title.
• The list shows each candidate's Artist & Title and Duration. When you are replacing an existing track a Diff column is also shown: how much longer (+) or shorter (-) each candidate is than the original, so you can pick a replacement of a similar length.

Select a candidate and click Select (or double-click it) to use that track. Click Discard to close the picker without changing the item.

Track Group

Track Group: Choose the track group you wish to play. The PlayIt Manager scheduler will choose a track using the selected scheduling strategy and that adheres to the playout policies you have configured:

Pick the track group, then choose the Strategy the scheduler should use to pick a track from the group.

Default from settings: Use the scheduling strategy as defined in Settings.

Smart Selection: Selects a track using a weighted random algorithm. A track played longer ago is given a larger weight, increasing its chance of being selected.

Random: Select a track entirely at random from the track group.

Most Rested: Selects the track from the track group that was played longest ago.

Fixed Time Marker

Fixed Time Marker: A fixed time marker ensures time keeping within the hour. If you want a particular event to happen at a certain time within the hour, please a fixed timer marker before that event. There are 3 types of fixed time markers:

• Hard: The item immediately following this fixed time marker will start at the selected time. The preceded item will fade out and stop at this time.
• Soft: The item immediately following this fixed time marker will start only once the preceding item has finished after the selected time.
• Not Before: This type of fixed time marker ensures that items following the fixed time marker will not play until at least the selected time has passed.

Set the target Time in minutes and seconds past the top of the hour, then choose the Type of fixed time marker.

Break Note

Break Note: A 'silent' track used to signify a block of time when something happens. This could be used to play commercial spots from the cartwall on PlayIt Live.

Set the Duration of the break and add a free-text note describing what the break is for.

Voice Track

Voice Track: A voice recording track used to play between tracks in order to give the impression that the radio show is live. Voice tracks can be recorded via PlayIt Live.

Set the Placeholder Duration used when the voice track has not yet been recorded, and add a short Description so the presenter knows what the link is for.

Remote URL

Remote URL: A remote URL item is used to play a remote file or live stream in PlayIt Live.

Enter a Title for the item, the URL to fetch, the Type (File or Live Stream), and the Duration of the item.

A File URL typically refers to a static file located on a server which is downloaded by PlayIt Live when it is loaded into a player. Remote files are intended to be a fixed length duration and this must be provided in order to ensure the item is scheduled with the correct length (as this is not known until load time).

A Live Stream URL typically refers to an audio stream provided by a streaming media server such as Icecast or Shoutcast and could be an internet radio station or a remote DJ stream. PlayIt Live assumes the live stream will run forever so will attempt to restart the stream if the connection is dropped. PlayIt Live will play the live stream until the specified duration has elapsed. Live streams can also be stopped manually, or by using a hard fixed time marker.

Advert Block

Advert Block: An advert block is used to schedule a block of adverts in PlayIt Live. The Start Time indicates the corresponding block in the advert log to schedule the adverts. Duration indicates the maximum length of all the adverts in the advert block. Slots indicates the maximum number of adverts that will play in the advert block.

Set the Start Time within the hour, the maximum Duration of the block, and the maximum number of Slots (adverts). Optionally pick an Opener Track and Closer Track that bookend the advert block.

Hook Sequence

Hook Sequence: A hook sequence will play only the hooks of tracks back to back within a short clip. This allows you to promote songs that will be playing within the next hour or just songs from a specific track group.

Give the sequence a Name, choose the Number of songs to include and the Target duration of the whole sequence in seconds.

Pick the Type:

• Track Group Random picks the hooks at random from the chosen track group.
• Coming Up, Coming Up (Reversed) and Coming Up (Random) pick the hooks from the songs that will be playing in the next N minutes or songs, in order, reverse order, or at random.

In Track, Transition Track and Out Track are optional bookend items inserted before, between and after the hooks. Pick a specific track or a track group from which the scheduler will choose.

Other columns

Segue?

Signals if the scheduled item will segue into the next item.

Segue Style

The segue style to use for the log item. See PlayIt Live documentation for how segue style is used.

Protected?

When this checkbox is checked the scheduled playout log item will have the same protected status. In PlayIt Live, protected items will not be dropped by Fixed Time Markers or the Auto Adjust feature. Use this for items that must be played during an hour, for example, advert blocks.

Per-row actions

Clone button

Clones the selected item to the next row. This is useful if you want to easily duplicate an item.

Delete button

Deletes the item row from the clock.

Reorder handle

Use the icon to reorder the clock items.

Adds a blank clock item to the end of the clock.

Use the Save button to save the clock to the database.

Use the Cancel button to discard all changes.

Use the Delete button to remove the clock from the database. A confirmation box will be shown.

Switch between the Clock Grids view and the Schedule View. The Clock Grids view is for editing weekly templates; the Schedule View shows the resolved schedule on a calendar and is where one-off overrides are made.

Lists every clock grid in PlayIt Manager. Select a grid to edit it in the panel on the right. The number on the right of each row is the grid's Layer: lower-numbered layers form the base of the schedule, and higher-numbered layers stack on top of the layers beneath them, overlaying any hours they cover. Each row also shows the grid's active date range, or Always Active when it has none. Use the button in the panel header to sort the list by layer.

When Advanced Scheduling is not licensed and more than one grid exists, the inactive grids are dimmed with a struck-through date range and a "no entry" icon whose tooltip explains that Advanced Scheduling is required to use more than one grid.

Use the Add button to create a new grid, Clone to duplicate the selected grid, and Delete to remove it.

Assign a clock to the grid by dragging it from the clock picker on the right and dropping it onto a cell. To fill several hours at once, select a block of cells first (drag across them, or hold Ctrl and click), then drop a clock onto the selection, or right-click and choose Assign to apply the clock currently selected in the picker. Use Week starts on to choose which day of the week the grid begins. Use Repeat every N weeks with Date Ranges to limit the grid to specific weeks (for example, every other week, or only within a date range).

When you add or edit a date range you can tick Ignore year on dates to make it repeat every year. Only the day and month are matched, so a Christmas grid set to 23 December to 2 January switches on automatically each festive season, including across the new year, without the dates needing to be updated. Recurring ranges are shown by day and month only.

Cells you leave empty in a higher-layer grid let the lower layer beneath show through, so an overlay grid only has to specify the hours it changes.

You can always check the effect of your combined grids in the Schedule View, which shows the resolved schedule for the week.

The colour and label of an assigned cell come from the clock set on the editing clocks page.

Switch back to the Clock Grids view to edit the templates that drive the schedule.

Select the week you wish to view. Click Today to return to the current week. Use the arrows to step back and forward one week at a time. Click the week-of date label to open a calendar for picking a specific date.

Shows the resolved clock for every hour of the visible week, taking every active clock grid and any one-off overrides into account.

Double click an empty cell to create a new override and pick a clock for that hour. Double click an existing entry to change it, and use the context menu to clear an override and let the underlying clock grid take over again. You can also drag a clock across a block of cells to override several hours at once. Cell colours come from the clock set on the editing clocks page.

An hour cell shows the clock that will be used for that hour. The highlighted cell is driven by a one-off override, shown with a small pin so you can tell it apart from cells driven by a clock grid. Double click the cell to change its override, or use the right-click context menu to clear it and let the underlying clock grid take over again.

Select the date range you wish to schedule clocks for. Click Today to go to the week or day for today. Use the arrows to advance weeks or days depending on the view. Click the calendar icon to select a specific date range.

Select how you wish to view the schedule. Choose Day if Week does not fit your screen.

Double click an empty space in the schedule grid to create a new schedule entry. The Edit Schedule Item dialog opens with the start time pre-filled from the cell you clicked, ready for you to pick a clock and, if needed, set up a recurrence.

Double click an existing schedule entry in the schedule grid to edit it in the Edit Schedule Item dialog. Click the X on the entry to delete the schedule entry. The colour of the schedule item is determined by the colour set on the clock when editing clocks.

The clock you wish to schedule in this time slot. Pick from the list of standard clocks defined on the editing clocks page.

The scheduled date and time of the schedule entry. The End time updates automatically because clocks are always scheduled for one hour.

Tick this box to repeat the schedule entry on a regular pattern in the future. The repeat options below appear only when this box is ticked.

Select how often the schedule entry should repeat. The options are Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly.

Select how frequently the schedule entry should repeat. For a fortnightly clock choose Weekly in the dropdown above and set this field to 2 weeks.

When Daily is selected, choose which hours of the day the clock should repeat on.

When Weekly is selected, choose which day-and-hour cells the clock should repeat on. Click a cell and type Y to include it or N to exclude it.

Pick when the recurrence should end. Forever keeps the schedule entry repeating indefinitely. This Time: stops the recurrence at the chosen date and time (inclusive).

Delete removes the schedule entry from the database after a confirmation prompt. For a recurring entry the confirmation lets you choose whether to delete only this occurrence, this and all future occurrences, or every occurrence.

Save Changes saves the schedule entry. Cancel discards the changes and closes the dialog.

The start of the time range to view. Click the Now button to jump the range to the current hour without typing.

The end of the time range to view. The range may span as many hours as you need but a wide range will take longer to schedule and may be slow to render.

Click this button to arm the page for editing. Until you click it, the Schedule, Unschedule, Import..., Export... and Save actions on the editing playout log page are disabled and the date range fields stay editable. While editing, the date range is locked and the action buttons become enabled.

This banner is shown for the duration of an editing session. When the current hour falls within the selected date range, the banner switches to a red warning, reminding you that any change here can be disruptive to the operator running PlayIt Live live on air.

Schedule runs the playout log scheduler over the selected date range, generating items from the clocks that have been scheduled to those hours (or from the playout pattern when no clock is scheduled).

Unschedule clears every item in the selected date range. Use this when you want to reschedule the range from scratch. Changes are not applied until you click Save.

Import opens the import dialog, which replaces the items in the selected date range with the contents of an external file (PlayIt, M3U or SS32 format).

Export downloads the items currently in the date range as a .pipl file in PlayIt Playout Log Format, which can later be imported into a different time range.

The grid shows every item scheduled for the selected date range, grouped by hour and sorted by their position within the hour. Drag the handle in the leftmost column to reorder items.

The columns (Play Time, Hour Pos., Type, Settings, Segue?, Segue Style, Protected?), the per-row Clone and Delete buttons, and the per-type settings editors (Track, Track Group, Fixed Time Marker, Break Note, Voice Track, Remote URL, Advert Block, Hook Sequence) are the same as on the clock item list. See Editing Clock for the full reference.

Two columns specific to the playout log appear before Type:

Played? A tick is shown for items that have already been played by PlayIt Live.

Hour Pos. The position of the item within its hour. This is recalculated automatically when items are added, removed or reordered.

Each log item is shown in colour. A solid stripe runs down the leftmost edge of the row, and the whole row is given a faint tint of the same colour, so you can scan the hour and tell items apart at a glance.

The highlighted row above is a Track taken from a red track group: it carries that group's configured colour. A fixed Track uses the colour of the track group it was added from, while items that are not associated with a track group are tinted with a default colour for their type. This matches the colouring shown on the clock item list.

Adds a blank item to the end of the date range. Drag the new row using the handle in the leftmost column to move it to the position you want.

Save writes every change in the selected date range to the database and exits editing mode. PlayIt Live will pick up the new items the next time it polls the manager.

Revert discards every change and exits editing mode without writing to the database.

The file to import. Files larger than 5 MB are rejected with a validation error.

The format of the file being imported. Pick PlayIt Playout Log Format for .pipl files exported from PlayIt Manager, M3U Playlist for .m3u / .m3u8 files, or Scott Studios (SS32) for legacy SS32 exports.

Optional base folder used to resolve relative track paths in M3U and SS32 files. The folder is prepended to each relative path so PlayIt Live can locate the audio files. The PlayIt format always uses absolute paths so this field is ignored when importing .pipl files.

The destination date range. Defaults to the date range that was selected on the playout log page when the popup was opened. The duration of the import file content must match the duration of this range; if it does not, a validation message is shown when you click Import, along with a button to set the range to the expected end time.

Validates the file against the selected format and date range and stages the items into the editing session. If validation fails the popup stays open and a list of error messages appears below the date range fields.

Closes the popup without importing. The editing session is unaffected.

Across the top of the page are four buttons that set the period the list covers. Click one to choose how far back the list reaches:

• Past 24 hours shows tracks played in the last 24 hours.
• Past 7 days shows tracks played in the last 7 days.
• Past 30 days shows tracks played in the last 30 days.
• Custom lets you choose your own start and end date and time.

The page opens on Past 24 hours, and the list refreshes automatically when you switch between the presets. When you choose Custom, a start and an end date and time input appear, separated by a to label, with a Go button; set the start and end points and click Go to reload the list for that range.

The Export to CSV... button takes the record out of PlayIt Manager for a royalty submission, for reconciliation, or for your own analysis. It downloads the current date range as a spreadsheet file. See Exporting Logged Tracks for the full process, including choosing which fields to include.

The list shows one row per play, sorted with the most recent first. The Played column gives the date and time the track went to air and the Track column shows its artist and title.

A track is recorded here when it actually plays on air, so the list reflects what was genuinely broadcast rather than what was merely scheduled.

Tick or clear every field at once with Select All and Select None.

The available fields, each with a checkbox: Played Time, Artist, Title, Album, ISRC, Record Label, Duration, Comments, Genre, File Path, Tags and Type. Played Time, Artist and Title are ticked by default; the rest are unticked.

Export downloads the file once at least one field is ticked; Cancel closes the dialog without exporting.

Click New Advert Campaign to create a campaign and open it in the campaign editor.