PlayoutONE v5.4 release notes

PlayoutONE Standard, Auto Importer, FileCopy and LiveStream are free for everyone to use without requiring a license.

The Standard edition of PlayoutONE is designed for individual and hobby use. It is made available as-is, without ongoing updates or support.

As such, version 5.4 disables license checks within PlayoutONE Standard and LiveStream. Auto Importer and FileCopy retain a license screen that allows users who previously purchased a license to unlock additional jobs, but each allows one job to be created without a license.

Password protection on PlayoutONE's Settings app has also been disabled to prevent unintentional lockouts.

• Improvements passing Dynamic Meta updates to Monitor when nothing is playing.

• Fixed issue where the now-playing item may not be presented to outputs.

• Start and End Dates can now sync with Aiir Scheduler.

• Fixed an issue where some markers weren't correctly recognised in the log.
• Fixed an issue with date/time pickers.

• Fixed an issue where Intro or Duration time synced to Scheduler could be negative.
• Fixed an issue with re-merging traffic logs when importing a program log with an override set on the import folder.

• The SQL DB Tool will now save a custom username and password if they are changed from the defaults.
• Fixed an issue where audio/data exports would fail if the filename field was invalid.

• Protection against rotators being unintentionally overwritten.
• Fixed an issue where stretch-filling breaks without a filler specified.
• Fixed an issue with End Dates not being imported from WideOrbit libraries if an item didn't also have a Start Date set.

• Minor improvements to the Aiir Scheduler and Futuri integrations.
• Fixed an issue where Cloud Backup could fail to authenticate.
• Fixed an issue with Aiir Scheduler authentication on standby servers.
• Removed redundant 'force' reconciliation button as it is no longer required.

• Disable the 'Toggle Chain' button on the top of the log while in Production Mode.

• Reworked audio process to run more efficiently.
• Improved handling of end dates on rotators.
• Fixed an issue resolving rotators when they contain sub-rotators.

• Added an option to exclude categories from syncing with Aiir Scheduler.
• MusicMaster Nexus integration improvements.
• Fixed an issue where some items with the same UID in PlayoutONE and Scheduler were not linked correctly.
• Fixed an issue where stations sharing a log did not update the 'Scheduled To' date in Monitor.
• Fixed an issue where some Weatherology snippet commands were not triggering correctly.

• User Agent is now set when downloading files over HTTP, preventing files from being inaccessible due to security protocols.
• Fixed an issue downloading files from Westwood One syndication.
• Fixed an issue which prevented some jobs from running.

• Reworked to run more efficiently.

• Added a button to refresh the connection between PlayoutONE and Aiir Scheduler.
• Updated Futuri and Radioplayer metadata outputs.
• Increased the threshold to trigger database backup warnings.
• Fixed an issue syncing categories between multiple stations in the same PlayoutONE instance.
• Fixed an issue where UDP metadata outputs were not sending content in a valid UTF-8 format.
• Fixed an issue where times may not be shown on missing copy reports.

• Fixed an issue where envelopes were not being observed while in Production Mode.

• Added the ability to set a station's timezone in the database.
• Fixed an issue affecting memory usage.

• Fixed an issue authenticating cloud backups.

• Fixed an issue where audio can become delayed on some output devices.
• Fixed an issue where the Audio Engine could hang while closing.
• Fixed an issue with Audio Engine logs not being cleared out.
• Fixed an issue processing RunToTime    commands.

• Fixed an issue where Auto Importer could interrupt Template Builder from creating templates.
• Fixed an issue where auto-assigned UIDs could be the same as items in the recycle bin.

• Fixed an issue where LiveStream may not license properly with multiple profiles.

• Improvements to Aiir Scheduler sync integration.
• Improvements exporting now-playing metadata via FTP output.
• Improved handling of Cloud Backups.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't select Audio Engines on the Monitor status panel.
• Fixed an issue where email alerts were being triggered for invalid files.

• Fixed an issue where Synchroniser may not respect run dates.
• Fixed an issue where rotators could not be updated via Synchroniser.
• Fixed an issue syncing category changes made in MusicMaster Nexus.

• Audio Engine now checks for and accommodates fast physical audio device clocks as well as slow ones.
• Optimised log processing.
• Fixed an issue where players connected to AoIP devices could skip or stop producing audio.
• Fixed an issue where Now Playing metadata could have been sent to Monitor when it wasn't needed.
• Fixed an issue where soft-deleted items in a snippet were inserted, without the deleted state, by the SNIPPET LOAD      command.
• Fixed an issue where audio log files would not include silence.
• Fixed an issue where the MUTE LOG    command did not mute the net or mix players.

• Fixed an issue where imported logs were not overwriting hours.
• Fixed an issue importing logs from Radio Workflow.
• Fixed an issue where stereo files uploaded via WebVT were being imported as mono.

• Improved integration with Axia hardware.

• Metadata files are no longer created when not required.
• Fixed an issue where %SourceFileName%     placeholders produced incorrect results.

• Fixed an issue where an item's imported time was being updated when the item was modified. Now it only does that when re-imported.

• Added support for PURE Jingles' Harmony dynamic imaging.
• Traffic reconciliation data now includes all commercials played, not just those imported from a traffic log.
• Improved support for Xperi DTS Autostage metadata.
• Email alerts are no longer automatically disabled after repeated failed attempts to authenticate, allowing you to more easily restore alerts once logged in.
• Fixed an issue where extraneous characters were being shown in Live365 metadata.
• Fixed an issue with automatically generating UIDs.
• Fixed an issue where authenticating with Radio Workflow produced an error message.
• Fixed an issue with cloud backup authentication.
• Other stability and performance improvements.

• Fixed issues when syncing playlists in the past.

• LiveMIC improvements.
• Fixed an issue where files could not be uploaded to WebVT's Media Editor from iOS devices.
• Fixed an issue assigning newly uploaded items a UID in PlayoutONE.
• Improved waveform rendering.
• Fixed an issue where the WebVT Browser fails to open after being docked in MacOS.

• Items manually added to commercial breaks (between Traffic Merge points) will now be included in PlayoutONE's reconciliation reports used by traffic systems.
• Improved processing of Now Playing metadata.
• Improved handling of Hook In/Out markers on items.
• Improved rotator behaviour so rotators containing only items unavailable due to daypart/date restrictions will no longer resolve.
• Improved audio/metadata export process.
• Fixed an issue where markers in the Segue Editor could be set in the wrong order, resulting in items fading out earlier than expected.
• Fixed 'Out of string space' error when exporting library data.
• Fixed an issue where synchronised local backups were incorrectly showing an error.
• Fixed an issue where items deleted from PlayoutONE's Media Finder would not sync with and delete in Aiir Scheduler.
• Fixed an issue duplicating child rotator UIDs.

• Added native AdMaster traffic reconciliation format.
• Fixed an issue where syncing categories and colours could become inadvertently enabled in a multi-station environment.
• Fixed an issue where JSON characters were not being correctly processed in HTTP Post metadata outputs.

• Fixed a further issue affecting categories and tags in a multi-station environment.