Using vCreative with FileCopy

vCreative provides a cloud-based collaboration platform that is customizable for any radio station.

FileCopy can be configured to automatically ingest content from vCreative and report back when the copy has been successfully imported into PlayoutONE. vCreative metadata includes Title, Artist, UID, Start, End and Kill Dates.

More details on vCreative can be found here.

Auto Importer

FileCopy will download your vCreative content from the vCreative servers and pass it to Auto Importer to automatically import into PlayoutONE. Before continuing, please ensure you have configured a vCreative Auto Importer Profile. The minimum settings required in Auto Importer are as follows

Name: vCreative
Method: Import Specific UID
Normalise: Checked
Type: Commercials
Preserve: Start & End Dates

FileCopy

Once you've set up Auto Importer, you can create a new FileCopy job and select vCreative from the source tab.
Enter your vCreative account details and click Test. If your credentials are authenticated, then you will receive a success message.
Under the Destination tab, select Auto Importer, and choose the Auto Importer profile for vCreative.
Under the Schedule tab, select All and set the repeat interval to 1 minute.
Click Add

Now, whenever vCreative makes content available, FileCopy will automatically download the content and import it into PlayoutONE, along with the associated metadata.