Formatting PlayoutONE metadata
When you add or edit a Metadata output within Monitor you can alter the following settings
Output Name | Add a custom name to the Metadata Output. |
Casing Format | Choose to display the Metadata in the following formats. Title Case, Upper Case, Lower Case or as it appears within PlayoutONE |
Delay | Delay sending the metadata to the output for a number of seconds. |
Only Use | Choose to only use either the Title or Artist for this output. |
Remove Text Between The Following Characters | Removes any text between the characters displayed in the text box. For Example, AC DC - Highway To Hell <Radio Edit>. We can remove the <Radio Edit> by typing in <> |
When Nothing Is Playing, Display Dynamic Meta | When PlayoutONE is not playing anything, send the Dynamic Meta to this output. |
Do Not Send Metadata For The Following Selected Types | Prevent items belonging to selected types from being sent to the metadata. |
Tags
The following tags can be inserted whenever you see a Format box within a Metadata output.
Any tag with a 'Next' variant allows you to retrieve information from the next item in the log.
Any variable with asterisks (*) at the end is also available in PlayoutONE Standard.
Tag | Information |
%%UID%% %%UID_NEXT%% |
The UID |
%%Artist%% * %%Aritst_Next%% |
The Artist |
%%Title%% * %%Title_Next%% |
The Title |
%%Year%% * %%Year_Next%% |
The Year |
%%By%% * | Insert the word by, but only if the Artist isn't blank |
%%-%% | Inserts a dash but only if the Artist isn't blank |
%%Album%% * %%Album_Next%% |
The Album |
%%Category%% %%Category_Next%% |
The Category Name |
%%Type%% %%Type_Next%% |
The Type Name |
%%SchedulerType%% %%SchedulerType_Next%% |
The Scheduler Type From The Type Manager |
%%Duration%% %%Duration_Next%% |
The Duration (Extro) in human time H H:mm:ss format |
%%DurationMS%% | The Duration (Extro) in Milliseconds |
%%DurationSE%% | The Duration (Extro) in Seconds |
%%Intro%% %%Intro_Next%% |
The Intro in human time HH:mm:ss format |
%%IntroMS%% %%IntroMS_Next%% |
The Intro in Milliseconds |
%%Airtime%% * %%Airtime_Next%% |
The Local Airtime in yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format |
%%AirtimeTime%% * %%AirtimeTime_Next%% |
The Local Airtime in HH:mm:ss format |
%%AirtimeUTC%% * %%AirtimeUTC_Next%% |
The UTC Airtime in yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss format |
%%AirtimeUNIX%% %%AirtimeUNIX_Next%% |
The Airtime in Unix Timestamp format |
||NewLine|| * | Inserts a new line |
||CarriageReturn|| * | Inserts a carriage return |
||Tab|| * | Inserts a tab character |
{Text} | Any text within the two curly brackets will not be sent if Dynamic Meta is active. |
%%DynamicMeta%% * | Returns the current Dynamic Meta string set within the Database |
%%ISRC%% %%ISRC_Next%% |
Returns the ISRC number for the item. |
%%CatalogNumber%% | Returns the Catalog number for the item. |
%%Composer%% | Returns the Composer for the item. |
%%Arranger%% | Returns the Arranger for the item. |
%%Publisher%% | Returns the Publisher for the item. |
%%Label%% | Returns the Label for the item. |
%%Client%% | Returns the Client for the item. |
%%Campaign%% | Returns the Campaign for the item. |
%%ArtworkURL%% | Returns the Artwork URL for the item. This is a field within the Media Editor and must be populated manually. |
*Denotes that this tag is available in PlayoutONE Standard.