PlayoutONE Log Formats

PlayoutONE Pro Music Log

Filename: yyyyMMdd.dpl Example: 20201208.dpl

Format: Tab-Delimited

Notes

To denote the start of an hour, insert a new line with the text #HOURSTART HH in column 1. Example: #HOURSTART 00 for midnight or #HOURSTART 12 for midday.

Column Property Type Description
Column 1 UID String (Max 10) The Asset Cart Number
Column 2 Chain Boolean True/False or -1/0
Column 3 Extro Integer A Fixed value of -1
Column 4 Original Extro Integer A Fixed value of -1
Column 5 Fade Integer 0 = This item on the log shouldn't be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-1 = This item on the log must be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-2 = This item on the log should be set to the fade value in the media finder.
Column 6 Command String (Max 255) The command for PlayoutONE to execute.
When a command is entered, Column1 must be blank.
Leave blank if no command is needed.
Column 7 Oversweep Integer A fixed value of -2
Column 8 Scheduler Recon ID Integer The schedulers reconciliation UID
Column 9 (Optional) Split Item Integer A fixed value of -2 
Column 10 (Optional) ISCII String (Max 255) The ISCII number
Column 11 (Optional) Notes String (Max 255) For internal PlayoutONE Notes. Leave blank
Column 12 (Optional) Airtime String (Max 255) Used for reference only to show airtime of the item
Column 13 (Optional) MergePoint Name String (Max 255) Used internally to control the Merge Point name.
Column 14 (Optional) Segue Envelopes String (Max 500) Used internally to save the segue envelopes of an item in JSON Format
Column 15 (Optional) Title & Artist String (Max 500) Used to show Title & Artist when item is missing.

PlayoutONE Standard Music Log

Filename: yyyyMMddhh.dpl Example: 2020112805.dpl

Format: Tab-Delimited

Column Property Type Description
Column 1 UID String (Max 10) The Asset Cart Number
Column 2 Chain Boolean True/False or -1/0
Column 3 Extro Integer A fixed value of -1
Column 4 Original Extro Integer A fixed value of -1
Column 5 Fade Integer 0 = This item on the log shouldn't be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-1 = This item on the log must be a fade regardless of what the fade is set to in the media finder for this item.
-2 = This item on the log should be set to the fade value in the media finder.
Column 6 Command String (Max 255) The command for PlayoutONE to execute.
When a command is entered, Column1 must be blank.
Leave blank if no command is needed.
Column 7 Oversweep Integer A fixed value of -2
Column 8 Scheduler Recon ID Integer The schedulers reconciliation UID
Column 9 (Optional) Split Item Integer A fixed value of -2 
Column 10 (Optional) ISCII String (Max 255) The ISCII number
Column 11 (Optional) Notes String (Max 255) For internal PlayoutONE Notes. Leave blank
Column 12 (Optional) Airtime String (Max 255) Used for reference only to show airtime of the item
Column 13 (Optional) MergePoint Name String (Max 255) Used internally to control the Merge Point name.
Column 14 (Optional) Segue Envelopes
String (Max 500) Used internally to save the segue envelopes of an item in JSON Format
Column 15 (Optional) TrimIn
Integer If not provided then the trim will be used from the audio item itself.
Column 16 (Optional) TrimOut
Integer If not provided then the trim will be used from the audio item itself.
Column 17 (Optional) Tempo
Float e.g 2.3 If not provided then the tempo will be used from the audio item itself.

PlayoutONE Pro Traffic Log

Filename: yyyyMMdd.tpl Example: 20201130.tpl

Format: Tab-Delimited

Column Property Type Description
Column 1 Time Time (HH:mm:ss) The time of the commercial break
Column 2 UID String (Max 10) The asset cart number
Column 3 Chain Boolean A fixed value of True or -1
Column 4 Scheduler Recon ID Integer The traffic scheduler reconciliation ID
Column 5 ISCII String (Max 255) The ISCII Number
Column 6 Duration Time (ss) The expected duration of the scheduled asset.
Column 7 Copy Title (Optional) String (Max 255) The Title
Column 8 Copy Advertiser (Optional) String (Max 255) The Advertiser
Column 9 Copy Voiceover (Optional) String (Max 255) The Voiceover that was used on the copy.
Column 10 Command (Optional) String (Max 255) The command for PlayoutONE to execute. When a command is entered, Column1 must be blank. Leave blank if no command is needed.

PlayoutONE Reconciliation Log

Filename: yyyyMMdd.log Example: 20221113.log

Format: Tab-Delimited

Notes

This is the standard reconcile format that is generated by PlayoutONE. We also offer other formats for PlayoutONE Pro customers that can be selected from within PlayoutONE Monitor. If you need a specific reconcile format then let us know.

Column Property Type Description
Column 1 Time DateTime (MM/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss tt) The airtime of the played asset
Column 2 UID String The asset cart number
Column 3 Title String The title of the asset
Column 4 Artist String The artist of the asset
Column 5 Length Time (mm:ss) The length the item played for.
Column 6 Recon ID String The reconciliation ID from the traffic or music log.
Column 7 ISCII Numeric ISCII ID

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