What's new in PlayoutONE v5.4?

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 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.

• Disabled 'Toggle Chain' 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 UTF8 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 ability to set a station's timezone in the database.
• Fixed an issue affecting memory usage.

• Fixed an issue authenticating cloud backups.