AutoDJ

PlayoutONE AutoDJ is only available in PlayoutONE Standard

The PlayoutONE AutoDJ is not to be confused with your traditional music scheduling package.

Whilst a regular scheduling package creates hourly logs based on clocks, the AutoDJ in PlayoutONE works on a ‘template’ system and builds playlists on the fly at the start of each hour. AutoDJ is designed to give you a quick and easy way of getting a basic playlist scheduled. For more complex scheduling, rules and clocks, you'll need to pair PlayoutONE with an external Music Scheduler.

This article is for PlayoutONE Standard only

Creating an AutoDJ Profile

To create an AutoDJ Profile, firstly open up the AutoDJ Config window by heading to PlayoutONE Launcher>AutoDJ Config
Give your profile a name by entering it into the box on the top left of the window
To add items to the newly created playlist, press the + icon and then select what category or type of item you would like in the first column

Option Name	Description
Build Full Profile	This option builds the entire AutoDJ Profile at the start of the hour and then doesn't add any more items until the start of the next hour. When this isn't checked the first 10 items from the AutoDJ Profile will be scheduled, and then as each item plays, the next item will be scheduled. This should be checked if you are using hour markers such as RUNTOTIME or a SOFT/HITMARKER, for more information on this please see this article: Markers
No Artist Sep	This turns off any Artist Separation rules that have been setup for any items that are within the profile
No Title Sep	This turns off any Title Separation rules that have been setup for any items that are within the profile

Deleting an AutoDJ Profile

To delete an AutoDJ Profile, firstly open up the AutoDJ Config window by heading to PlayoutONE Launcher>AutoDJ Config
Select your profile from the list on the left, then choose the Trash icon

Adding commands to an AutoDJ Profile

Firstly make sure you have created your command as pre-defined command. See this article on how to do that: Commands
Open up the AutoDJ Config window by heading to PlayoutONE Launcher>AutoDJ Config
Select your profile from the list on the left
Press the + button in the top right to add a new line to your format
On the line, use the dropdown in the Command column to select the pre-defined command you created earlier

Editing the Schedule Calendar

The Schedule Calendar allows you to specify when AutoDJ Schedule will be loaded, to edit the schedule:

Open up the AutoDJ Config window by heading to PlayoutONE Launcher>AutoDJ Config
Press the Calendar button in the top right
When the window opens you can use the tabs on the top to look through each day of the week, and then click on the hour you would like to fill, then pick the correct format from the dropdown in the bottom left

If AutoDJ isn’t for you or you need something more powerful, then speak to us today about our sister product MusicONE which is a more traditional music scheduler and fully integrates with PlayoutONE.