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About Playlist Software Solutions

Since 1995, Playlist Software Solutions stands out in the broadcasting scene as one of the leading
developers of software for automation of broadcast stations.

Our mission is to develop reliable, innovative, and easy-to-operate software.

We excel in the relationship with our loyal customers. Working in tune with the great radio
professionals motivates us every day to innovate and develop products that meet their needs. That is
why our communication channels are always open to suggestions and new ideas.

Today, there are more than 3000 stations in all regions of Brazil and other countries which
use Playlist software in their daily work routines, providing their listeners a harmonious and
unprecedented content.

All this success is driven by our team of engineers, technicians and managers and their relentless
focus on delivering innovative, safe, and productive software, ensuring that the station's product, its
programming, has an impeccable and foolproof quality. Therefore, every day we seek to create
resources and transfer to our customers all the know-how acquired with:

• Over 34 years of computer programming experience;

• Over 27 years dedicated to develop radio automation software;
• Frequent researches;
• Constant relationship with clients;
• Partnerships with the world's major suppliers of information technology and broadcasting.

Our main product is the Playlist Automation Suite, an integrated system with innovative features for
each department, which can be deployed as a Stand-alone solution or integrated into a homogeneous
workflow, adapting to any type of station, from a small indoor radio or web radio to a large network of
radio stations. This is possible thanks to the development projects that are based on the Visual
C++TM programming tool, which allows you to build stable and versatile software, capable of meeting
any need of a radio station. Our client is granted to the peace of mind to dedicate himself to his
business without worrying about instabilities in the system.

We are proud of the high level of satisfaction of our clients and for offering the most advanced and
reliable products on the market, all supported by a fully qualified support team that is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. The contentment of our customers is our best advertisement, because
they are the ones who promote our brand all over the world.

Playlist Software Solutions. Anywhere you are, your radio always on the air.
Summary
About Playlist Software Solutions........................................................................................................................... 1
Presentation .............................................................................................................................................................. 1
Minimum Specs ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Hardware recommendations ........................................................................................................... 1
Why acquire a good performance computer? ..................................................................................... 1
Memory ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Storage ............................................................................................................................................. 2
Audio interface ................................................................................................................................. 2
Operating system ............................................................................................................................ 3
Installation ................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Run the installer ............................................................................................................................... 4
Setting up Playlist Digital ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Creating Folders............................................................................................................................... 7
Setting up folders ............................................................................................................................ 8
Network use – Playlist Digital, Shortcuts and Network ........................................................................................ 9
How to add permission on a folder ................................................................................................. 9
How to share a folder over the network ........................................................................................ 10
Running Playlist Digital over the network ..................................................................................... 11
Running Playlist Digital for the first time .............................................................................................................. 12
Create Operators (Users) ............................................................................................................... 12
Entering the station’s data ............................................................................................................ 12
Operating Playlist Digital ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Running Playlist Digital ................................................................................................................. 14
Editing the Programming Grid ....................................................................................................... 14
Texts .............................................................................................................................................. 15
Moving Content ............................................................................................................................. 16
Removing an insertion ................................................................................................................... 18
Pre-listening (CUE) ................................................................................................................................................. 20
Pre-listening to the passage ......................................................................................................... 21
Dynamic pre-listening ................................................................................................................... 21
Playlist Digital Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Details about work panels ..................................................................................................................................... 23
On Air Display Panel and Programming Panel ..................................................................................................... 24
 Folders panel ................................................................................................................................. 25
Folders Panel Toolbar ......................................................................................................................... 26
Searching for a file .............................................................................................................................. 27
QuickStart panel (Instant replay) .................................................................................................. 27
Creating a button................................................................................................................................. 30
Live Texts panel ............................................................................................................................. 35
Text of the day panel ..................................................................................................................... 35
Notes panel .................................................................................................................................... 36
Properties panel............................................................................................................................. 37
Mini Site Panel ............................................................................................................................... 39
Panel Today ................................................................................................................................... 40
Appearance panel .......................................................................................................................... 43
Customizing your desktop .................................................................................................................................... 44
Moving work panels....................................................................................................................... 44
Moving a dashboard ...................................................................................................................... 44
Detaching a panel and leaving it floating...................................................................................... 46
Grouping floating panels ............................................................................................................... 47
Moving a toolbar ............................................................................................................................ 48
Playlist Digital Toolbar .................................................................................................................. 49
Pre-Listen Bar ................................................................................................................................ 51
Playlist Digital Bar ......................................................................................................................... 52
Display Bar ..................................................................................................................................... 53
Changing the Appearance of the Playlist Digital .......................................................................... 54
Appearance templates ........................................................................................................................ 54
Generating a Programming ................................................................................................................................... 60
Management of commercial files ................................................................................................. 60
Register command – Running Ligacao.exe .................................................................................. 61
Registering ..................................................................................................................................... 62
Registering a folder........................................................................................................................ 64
Generating Commercial maps through Notepad .......................................................................... 64
Generating maps ................................................................................................................................. 64
Editing the Map.txt .............................................................................................................................. 66
Red X on the block .................................................................................................................................................. 68
A Red X followed by a code ........................................................................................................... 68
A Red X followed by a name .......................................................................................................... 69
 Caster ............................................................................................................................................. 70
Testimonial .................................................................................................................................... 70
Generating a random automatic programming for the musical block ............................................................... 71
Scheduled grid ............................................................................................................................... 71
Folder ............................................................................................................................................. 72
Folders - Isay: ....................................................................................................................................... 72
Programming Folder ........................................................................................................................... 73
Exact time................................................................................................................................................................ 74
Recording the Exact time............................................................................................................... 75
Concatenated Exact time .............................................................................................................. 76
Using the Exact time as a Stamp .................................................................................................. 77
Advanced Features ................................................................................................................................................. 79
Configuring reading of the Maps – Playlist.ini ............................................................................. 79
AUTO Format ....................................................................................................................................... 79
FORMATO=TXT1 ................................................................................................................................. 80
FILE=GRADES\GRADE.TXT ................................................................................................................. 81
Playlist variables.ini ............................................................................................................................ 81
Example of programming generated through the Mapa.txt and grade.txt ..................................... 83
Customize menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 85
Shortcut key to a command .......................................................................................................... 85
Toolbars ......................................................................................................................................... 87
Commands ..................................................................................................................................... 87
Settings Menu ......................................................................................................................................................... 89
Operator Settings........................................................................................................................... 89
General Tab .................................................................................................................................... 89
General ................................................................................................................................................. 89
Edition .................................................................................................................................................. 90
QuickStart ............................................................................................................................................ 90
Switching between blocks .................................................................................................................. 91
Commercial Block ............................................................................................................................... 91
Musical Block ...................................................................................................................................... 92
Commercial.......................................................................................................................................... 92
Songs ................................................................................................................................................... 93
Sweepers ............................................................................................................................................. 93
Another types ...................................................................................................................................... 94
Pause ................................................................................................................................................... 94
 Display Panel ....................................................................................................................................... 94
Folders ................................................................................................................................................. 95
Operators tab .......................................................................................................................................................... 95
Login Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 96
User and password ............................................................................................................................. 96
Permissions ......................................................................................................................................... 98
Settings tab .................................................................................................................................... 98
Playlist Server ...................................................................................................................................... 98
Advanced ............................................................................................................................................. 98
Station Office ....................................................................................................................................... 99
Outputs ................................................................................................................................................ 99
ID for Outputs ...................................................................................................................................... 99
Audio input......................................................................................................................................... 100
Remote triggering.............................................................................................................................. 100
Control from Satellite ........................................................................................................................ 100
XML with metadata for web ............................................................................................................. 101
RDS ..................................................................................................................................................... 102
Metadata to streaming ..................................................................................................................... 102
AVRA .................................................................................................................................................. 103
General ............................................................................................................................................... 103
Inserts tab .................................................................................................................................... 104
Standard mixing time ........................................................................................................................ 104
Automatic fade .................................................................................................................................. 106
Musics ................................................................................................................................................ 106
Commercial........................................................................................................................................ 107
Sweepers ........................................................................................................................................... 107
Another types .................................................................................................................................... 107
Voice tracks ....................................................................................................................................... 108
Exact time/Weather ........................................................................................................................... 108
License tab................................................................................................................................... 108
Recorded Voice overs .......................................................................................................................................... 109
Automatic voiceovers at the beginning and end of musical blocks .......................................... 109
Folders of recorded voiceovers ................................................................................................... 109
Mixing for voiceovers .................................................................................................................. 110
Markers ................................................................................................................................................................. 110
Introductory Marker - Using a voiceover at the beginning of the audio .................................... 111
 Locution Start Marker - Using a voiceover at the end of the audio ........................................... 112
Mark Chorus (Refrain) ................................................................................................................. 114
Inserting chorus (refrain) into programming .............................................................................. 115
Stamps ......................................................................................................................................... 115
Bookmark Tools ........................................................................................................................... 117
Automatic Temperature Locutions ..................................................................................................................... 118
Recorded temperature locutions ................................................................................................. 118
External temperature sensor ............................................................................................................................... 119
Radio Station’s network ....................................................................................................................................... 120
Network Head .............................................................................................................................. 121
Arduino ............................................................................................................................................... 121
Commands ................................................................................................................................... 124
Manufacture of the cable to send the shot (Circuit) ................................................................... 125
Parallel port.................................................................................................................................. 125
The bits of the parallel port are: ....................................................................................................... 125
Network Affiliate .......................................................................................................................... 128
Remote triggering.............................................................................................................................. 128
Receiving the Play/Stop command ................................................................................................. 128
Satellite .............................................................................................................................................. 129
Connection to the receiver........................................................................................................... 132
Operating Clock .................................................................................................................................................... 134
Operating clock parameters ........................................................................................................ 135
ID parameter ...................................................................................................................................... 135
FIXO parameter ................................................................................................................................. 136
LOCAL and SAT parameters ............................................................................................................. 137
DUR parameter .................................................................................................................................. 137
LOCKED parameter ........................................................................................................................... 138
DESCARTE parameter ....................................................................................................................... 138
Beep ....................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Mini Site ....................................................................................................................................... 141
Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................... 142
Creating folders ........................................................................................................................... 142
Creating a shortcut through Config Manager ............................................................................. 143
SeparaComprove ......................................................................................................................... 148
Getting Reports through Logger Manager .................................................................................. 148
Version upgrade .......................................................................................................................... 149
Authenticating and removing the Playlist Digital license ........................................................... 152
Authenticate ...................................................................................................................................... 152
Removing License ............................................................................................................................. 152
Relationship channels ................................................................................................................. 181
Presentation

We are pleased to present the 6th revised and corrected edition of the Playlist Digital manual from
version 5.0.8.1 on.

From its creation to the present day the Playlist Digital presents itself as an innovative software
and there is nothing comparable to robustness and usability when it comes to a Playout and
automation of radio studios.

Throughout all these years we are always developing new features for this product, without losing
the main essence: the simplicity and versatility of the software. Playlist Digital is ahead of its
time, which makes it adaptable to new technologies and usable by any type of radio station.

In this version we present the features that have been implemented in this year and the
corrections due to previous editions of the manuals.

We are always grateful to you client. You are the main mentor of this powerful system. We will
always be together and every day we will make your radio station a successful venture.

Playlist Software Solutions Team

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Minimum Specs

The Playlist Digital is very efficient when using the resources of your equipment. In a current
specs’ equipment, the CPU consumption is below 2%. T h e minimum specs to use the software
are met by industry standard computers. If you plan on using the software connected to video
playback and streaming software, we recommend up-to-date computers with performance and
specs compatible with the recommended by the software.

We recommend using dedicated graphics cards in newer versions or CPUs that offer good video
performance, such as Intel Graphics from 11th generation CPU or Higher. On-board sound cards
feature audio quality acceptable only for cueing, but not acceptable for broadcasting a radio
station's programming. We listed some components that might be some components of the
computer that deserve attention.

Hardware recommendations
Minimum requirements:

• 11th Generation Intel® Core ™ i5 CPU or higher

• Ram of 4GB or higher
• Hard drive compatible with the size of the content library. At least 50 GB free for free
operation of the operating system
• 21-inch HD display or bigger
• Windows DirectSound or audio compatible sound cards (WDM-type driver). Two audio
interfaces are recommended, one for the main output and one for cueing.
• Keyboard and Mouse.

Why acquire a good performance computer?

The quality of a system depends greatly on the quality of the hardware used. There is no point in
installing a good system on hardware that usually freezes, heats up, or has low performance.

Memory
In any configuration, we always recommend a minimum of 8GB of RAM or according to the
minimum specifications of the installed OS.

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Storage
Remember that the more disk space, a greater amount of content stored and available for
programming. Always buy the disk with the largest storage available on the market, noting a good
cost-benefit ratio. The disks installed in the current equipment have enough performance. The
SSD drivers are highly recommended for installing the OS and the main software.

In addition, the video collection occupies a larger space than the musical collection. Therefore, opt
for a disk capable of storing the collection and with an expansion capacity.

Audio interface
M-Audio – Has a higher cost and professional audio quality. It has a model with 2 stereo
input/output channels.

Behringer – Cost may vary according to the model chosen, but offers high quality at an affordable
price.

Focusrite – The Focusrite has a higher price on any model, but its user feedback excellent.

Tascam – Price above average, but has an excellent audio quality and good support.

Sound cards and audio interfaces from other professional

brands are also recommended as long as they support WDM. It
is worth mentioning that the Playlist Digital, does not support
ASIO devices.

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Operating system
Playlist Solutions products work on any version of the Windows operating system (starting with
Windows 10), whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit.

As the main studio computer (computer where the Playlist Digital playout is installed, responsible
for playing the station's programming), should be a more robust equipment,we order the corporate
line of Microsoft operating systems: Windows 10 PRO or Home, Windows 11 PRO and Windows
Server 2019, the latter for having a higher limit of simultaneous connections via SMB (file server).

For network stations we recommend using Windows 10 Home, or Windows 11 Home.

Another important factor is the use of the NTFS file system (NT File System), which in addition to
being more secure is also more reliable.

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Installation

Run the installer

On the computer, where the Playlist Digital will be installed (we will call this computer the
MAINSTUDIO), run the InstalaPlaylistDigital file.exe which can be downloaded from the Playlist
Client Area.

Step 1: Run InstalaPlaylistDigital.exe. Click Next.

Step 2: Accepting the License Agreement, Confirm and click Next.

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Step 3: Setting the folder that Playlist Digital will be installed.

We recommend that Playlist Digital be installed in C:\Playlist. You can switch to D:\Playlist or any
other drive you want. Confirm and click Next.

Step 4: Select the tasks the installer will perform while installing Playlist Digital.

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Step 5: Details about the installation. Confirm and click Install.

Step 6: Wait for the installation to finish.

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Step 7: Installation complete.

The software will be installed on the folder C:\PLAYLIST\PGM.

A shortcut to Playlist Digital will be created on your desktop and on the Windows Start menu. The
"Register" command will be executed

Share the Playlist folder (C:\PLAYLIST), and give full access permission. For security reasons
avoid sharing C:\. The other computers on the network will use Playlist Digital over the network,
through shortcuts, without the need to install the software components.

* If you want Playlist Digital to be installed on another drive other than C:\, you can move the
Playlist folder to another drive (D:\ or any other drive available on your computer), Playlist Digital
will work normally. We do NOT recommend that you move the Playlist folder to a subfolder,
because by default, not due to software limitations, Playlist Digital is installed at the root (C:\ or
any other unit).

Setting up Playlist Digital

Creating Folders
For a better organization of your audio files and texts, which will be used on Playlist, we
recommend creating folders to store them.

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An example is the creation of folders and subfolders with specific denominations for each type of
audio.

Example: Inside the folder Playlist, there is a folder with the name of Music. Inside, create other
folders such as "ROCK", "TOP SONGS", "POP", among others.

The users can create and name folders according to their needs.

We recommend all folders to be stored in the same computer where Playlist is installed. If you do
not know how to create a folder in Windows, refer to the appendix of this manual.

The next step is to make Playlist Digital able to view audio files that are inside the folders.

Setting up folders
Playlist Digital heavily use shortcuts for folders set up as well as to ease the communication
between the recording studio, the commercial department and the computer Main Studio, on the
voiceover studio. Therefore, a good understanding of how Config Manager works is welcome.

For more information about how to create shortcuts on

Windows, see the appendix of this manual in the Config
Manager topic

Playlist Digital locates folders through Config Manager. After installing Playlist Digital, an
application is created, inside the folder Playlist\Pgm (C:\Playlist\Pgm), where all the Playlist
folders are located (as displayed below). Playlist Digital Installer automatically creates some
shortcuts, but you can create shortcuts to your own folders.

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Network use – Playlist Digital, Shortcuts and Network

For LAN use, it is necessary that the Playlist folder is shared with full access, so that the Playlist
Digital can be used on other computers, such as recording studio, commercial department, among
others.

How to add permission on a folder

Fist, right-click on the Playlist Digital folder, go to the Security tab and click the Edit button,

After that, check the Allow option or add more users who must have permission. Once this is
done, click Apply, and then press OK.

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With this the permission will be applied and now share the Playlist folder. We also recommend
that the same permissions to be set on the library.

How to share a folder over the network

Right-click on the Playlist folder, access properties and select the Sharing tab.

After that, click the Advanced Sharing option, check the Share folder option.

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Following, access Permissions and on the Everyone option, check the options of Full Control and
Apply, and after, click OK.

Once this is done, the folder is properly Shared over the network.

Running Playlist Digital over the network

It is not necessary to install Playlist Digital on other workstations of the LAN network. Just create
a shortcut of the file Playlist.exe on the desktop of each computer. Use the Copy and Paste
Shortcut command or the Send To: Desktop (Create Shortcut) command.

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Running Playlist Digital for the first time

Create Operators (Users)

When you run Playlist Digital for the first time, a screen will automatically open, where at least one
operator should be created. On this screen you will find a field for registering the name for the
operator, a password, and a checkbox to select whether the operator will have the privileges of
system administrator. The Password is not mandatory. If entered, the operator can only be
selected on Playlist Digital after entering its password. The "Administrator" checkbox is also not
required, but it is necessary to have at least one operator who is an Administrator. The
Administrator operator will have access to Playlist Digital settings, and can later create other
operators and set permissions for them.

Below, there is an illustrative image of the Users creation screen when running Playlist Digital for
the first time:

Entering the station’s data

When running Playlist Digital for the first time, it will be necessary to enter a valid license number
and later register the station’s data.

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This information is necessary for some features of the software to work properly. If any of the data
has not been informed: License (number entered on the identification label of the "Software
License Agreement"), Station’s name, City, Contact, Telephone and E-mail the dialog box will
continue to appear whenever the program starts.

If you have already filled in the data, this dialog

box will not appear again. To correct the
registered data, with an administrator user of
Playlist Digital, open the menu "Tools>>Options",
click on the License tab and change the necessary
info.

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Operating Playlist Digital

Running Playlist Digital
When opening the software, Playlist Digital will open with the "No operator" mode by default. This
mode is used for occasions where the Playlist Digital will work automatically. Therefore, when
opening Playlist Digital, an operator must be selected.

To select or switch an operator, click the down arrow on the right

side of the Open button and select the operator you want.

When Playlist Digital is closed, if opened within ten minutes, the

operator used the moment the program was closed will be
automatically loaded, after ten minutes the Playlist Digital will run in
"No operator" mode.

Editing the Programming Grid

There are two ways to edit or manual scheduling on Playlist Digital.

1– In the Folders tab, open the music folder, sweepers, track, or text you want; click on the chosen
insertion and drag to the programming grid.

Note that every file you manually insert in the grid will display an M in blue color,
indicating that this insertion was added manually. (In this case, the file "Madonna – Sorry" was
manually added to the grid)

When an insertion is moved manually after it has been automatically programmed, a red
M is displayed.

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A red line appears

between each insertion
strip that the mouse
passes through, if you
release the click when
a line is appearing, the
insertion will be placed
there.

2 – Select the point you

want to insert the audio, press "Insert". On the floating screen that opens, locate the audio in the
folders and press "Enter".

Some icons are special and do not give the option to choose the content. By clicking on these
icons, the icon itself is added in the program.

Insertions a Pause in programming. Upon reaching this insertion, the schedule will be
paralyzed.

If you press the "Pass" button or spacebar the programming will continue.

By clicking this icon, the time (previously recorded) will be played.

Folder icons can also be dragged into programming. In this case, a file from the folder will be
added randomly.

Texts
When you program text, you can add a track together. To do this, first drag the text to the desired

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block, and then drag the track over the programmed text. The text insertion range will be a
different color.

See when a track is

dragged over a text,
the insertion track is
left with a stippled
appearance, when you
release.

As soon as the track "ON AIR" arrives on the text, it will open on the screen and the track will be
playing in loop until the intervention of the operator.

By clicking the button, typing "Enter" or " Spacebar" the programming will continue.

Moving Content
There are also two ways to move contents’ positions:

1 - Select the desired insertion and click the up or down arrows of the Playlist Digital toolbar. See
an example in the images below:

BEFORE

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AFTER

Note that the song "Faith Evans – Again" has been moved one position below. Now she finds
herself after the sweeper "VH Passage – More PD Technology".

By clicking the button , "Enter" or "Spacebar" key, Playlist Digital will move to the next
insertion.

2 – Click on the insertion and drag to the desired point.

BEFORE

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A red line will appear between each insertion strip through which the mouse passes, if you release
the click when a line is appearing, the insertion will stay at that point.

AFTER

Note that the song "Capital Inicial - Fátima" was moved a few positions above. Now she finds
herself after the song "Katy Perry – Part Of Me."

Removing an insertion
You can also remove an insertion from the programming grid. There are three ways to do this:

1 – Click on the insertion you want to remove from the program and click the red X of the Playlist
Digital toolbar. See an example below:

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BEFORE

AFTER

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2 – Right-click the insertion and select the remove option, see an example below:

3 – Select the insertion you want to remove from the program and press "Delete".

Pre-listening (CUE)

You can listen to music, sweepers or any other audio, even with the programming on the air.
That's because Playlist Digital can use multiple audio cards simultaneously. You hear multiple
files much faster.

To set up pre-listening you will need a sound card with more than one channel or a minimum of
two sound cards or audio interfaces.

On Playlist Digital, go to Tools >> Options >> Settings >> Outputs, in the pre-listening title just
select the audio interface or channel of audio interface to play the pre-listening.

To CUE an audio, select the audio you want and click the PLAY button on the CUE bar:

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If the pre-listen output is not set, or is set0 with the same channel used by the programming, the
following message is displayed:

Pre-listening to the passage

In Playlist Digital you can listen to the mix in the passage from one audio to another. For this:

1. Select an audio on the Programming tab;

2. Press <right arrow>. In the programming listing, the program will play the selected insertion in
the pre-listen, from 5 seconds before the mixing point (<Left arrow> plays from the beginning
of the selected insertion). Pre-listening stops when another insertion is selected.

Dynamic pre-listening
With the CUE button on, simply place the mouse pointer on top of the audio to listen to it. You will
be able to access various audio files by simply positioning the mouse pointer on the desired file.

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Playlist Digital Interface

The interface of Playlist Digital is fully customizable and dynamic, allowing the operator to
assemble a fully customized workspace, with its folders, panels and work tools.

Each operator can have the work panels that they will use, being able to hide or close any panel
that will not be used, being able to position them in any way on the screen.

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As you can see in the screens above, the interface of Playlist Digital can be adapted to any need
the operator might have, facilitating access to its most used tools.

When the operator uses two monitors, it is possible to move any panel to the other screen,
expanding his workspace.

It is important to note that in order for the operator to customize their panels, it is necessary that
they have permission to do so. This permission is set through Tools>>Options>>General, and
Tools>>Options>>Operators. To learn more about these options, see the Operators Tab menu.

Details about work panels

The work panels provide the necessary tools close to the operator.

"QuickStart" panel(s): Panel(s) that displays custom buttons.

"Programming" panel: Panel where the programming grid – Playlist Digital – of the software is
displayed.

"Played Music" panel: Panel that displays the latest folder Insertions set as Music on Config
Manager.

Folders panel: Panel that displays all Playlist Digital folders, such as music, sweepers, tracks,
texts, and more.

"Properties" panel: Displays data such as: last played, list of songs from the selected block, song
name, artist, writer, label, album, track, year and other available data of the selected item.

"Texts" panel: Panel for reading live texts, such as testimonies or last-minute news.

"Text of the day" panel: Text panel, used for internal communication, warnings, reminders, among
others. These files must be saved in 'Playlist\Pgm\Texts' with the following naming pattern 'DD-
MM-AAAA.rtf’ (or DD-MM-AAAA.txt). Where 'DD' it’s the day, 'MM' for the month and 'AAAA' for the
year.

"Mini Site" Panel (Mini browser): This panel allows the display of an internal mini site, which can be
edited to build a scale of Speakers, announce results of contests, among others. For more
information about the mini site panel, see the Advanced Features section of this manual in the Mini
Site topic.

Panel "Display On Air": Panel with the data of the file that is "In the air".

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"Notes" panel: Each operator can have a notebook where he can write down anything of interest to
them.

Today" Panel ": Panel with information such as: historical facts, journalistic, varied among others.
In addition to information such as "Phases of the moon", which indicates the phase of the moon
for the current day, "Days of the year", which indicates which day of the year we are on and how
many days are left till the next year, "Week", which indicates the week of the month and the week of
the year, "Season", which indicates the season of the year, and "Sign” which indicates the sign of
the day.

"Camera Controller" Panel: Panel that allows the control and visualization of the scenes of the OBS
or vMix, when configured, allowing an automatic operation or a remote control of the scenes of the
video streaming software. For more information, see the “Camera Controller Panel" topic.

"Appearance" panel: Panel used for customization of colors and fonts for the selected Operator
interface. For more information about the appearance panel, see the Advanced Features section of
this manual in the Appearance Panel topic.

On Air Display Panel and Programming Panel

These two panels show the operator the progress of the schedule. They can be separated, but let's
show you the two grouped together.

On air – Indicates to the user that the

programming is on the air and shows the name of the song and the artist of the audio playing.

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V.U – Displays the modulation of the audio playing.

Waves – Waveform of the file being displayed, which

modulates the digital VU.

Block header - Data of the musical block "05-11-2007, 15h30min,

26'24.6": Date "DD-MM-YYYY" (day- month - year), Block "HH:MM" (hour:minute), block duration
in minutes.

Block title – By default the titles of the blocks are "Musical" and "Commercial", to rename it
to another title, just right-click on the block header and choose the "Rename" option.

Progress bar – Progress bar of playing audio and

time remaining.

Next insertion – Indicates the next insertion

to be played.

Indicates the name of the scheduled audio, its

duration, and the time at which it will be played.

When an * is displayed ahead of the time the audio is played, it means that the computer on which
the Playlist Digital is playing (Main Studio) is at daylight saving’s time.

Folders panel
Lists Playlist Digital folders (For more information about these folders, see the "Setting up folders"
section of this manual). Folders of music, commercials, sweepers, among others.

The Folders panel is used for manual operation and scheduling of the programming grid. You can
add a file to the schedule by clicking and dragging it to the schedule grid, or by clicking two times
over it.

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You can let Playlist Digital select a file for you: just click on the folder and drag it to the schedule,
so Playlist Digital will randomly select a file from the folder.

To enter a particular folder by double-clicking on the desired folder, the contents of the selected
folder will be displayed. With the folder open, to add an item in the program just double-click on
the file, or use the Add button, or click and drag the item to the desired position in the block.

Folders Panel Toolbar

Add – Select the

desired item and click on it, then
the selected item will be File Duration – With this
programmed button selecting, each item will be
listed with its duration after the
Back button: Back from the file name
listing screen to the folder listing
screen

Display tool:

Play: Plays the selected item in the schedule.

Play Refrain (Chorus): Plays the chorus of the

selected item in the schedule.
Tools to add Chorus –

Select the desired item and click on it, then

CUE: Plays the selected item on the pre-listen output.
the selected item will be programmed

CUE Refrain (Chorus): Plays on the pre-listen output,

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Searching for a file

On the Folders tab, you can search for a file stored in your folders by typing the name or part of it.
See illustration below:

Search for all folders: Type text and click Magnifier (Search button) to start the search.

QuickStart panel (Instant replay)

The QuickStart panel, or old button panel, can be individual to the user or shared with users. Thus,
through their settings, operators can have their own panels or have panels in common. Once
configured to use individual QuickStart panels, the operator will not have access to the shared
panels and vice versa.

Through a button or shortcut key, various functions of Playlist Digital can be accessed quickly.
Sweepers, Exact time, any other audio and even file folders can be associated with a button, with
full control of the audio that will be displayed. A QuickStart panel can contain multiple buttons,
thus allowing the operator to have separate panels for their programs.

Each button can be customized, such as color, title, shortcut key, icon, and output channel, as well
as Volume, Fade, Pitch, and position settings in the button playback sequence.

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To enable QuickStart panels, the operator must:

• Access the View>>QuickStart menu and click on the desired panel:

• Click the button QuickStart on the taskbar and select the desired panel

Quickstart button

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To create, edit, or delete a QuickStart panel, go to the View>>QuickStart>>Settings menu, or click

the QuickStart button on the taskbar.

Play one file at time: With this setting enabled, you cannot run two buttons simultaneously from
the selected panel.

Output: Sets the audio output to be used in the playback of the buttons, of the selected panel.

The output naming setting is found in the Tools>>Options>>Settings>> Output ID.

The output ID is automatically generated.

Columns: Sets the number of buttons displayed, horizontally, in the selected panel.

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Creating a button
To create a button from some file or folder, simply drag it to the desired panel or right-click on the
file in which you want to create the button in "Create QuickStart" and select the panel in which the
button will be created.

In this case, we created a button from the Stamp Sweepers folder. Note that this button displays a

. By clicking on this icon, the Playlist Digital will draw another audio from the folder to be played.

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Editing a button

In the QuickStart panels you can customize the buttons (button color, icon, output, number of
columns, and sequence). To edit, it is necessary that the editing mode is active.

Edit mode is enabled by the following commands:

• Pressing the right mouse button in the free area of the panel;

• Pressing the right mouse button on any of the buttons;

• Holding down the Ctrl or Shift keys (in this case, edit mode is disabled when you release the
keys).

To exit edit mode:

• Press the Esc key;

• Double-click the free area of the panel;

• Pressing the right mouse button on any of the buttons.

Edits button name: Makes it possible to edit the button name.

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Shortcut key: Allows you to choose a hotkey for playing the button. When pressed, the button
will play.

Edits button color: Allows you to choose the background color of the button.

Choose button channel: Allows you to choose the output channel on which the button will play.
This setting is 'undone' after the button finishes the playout.

Choose button icon: Allows you to choose the icon for the button. They will be listed only on
the icons contained in the Playlist\Pgm\Icones folder.

Pre-listening/Markers: Button-clicking on this wave format will enable button pre-listening.

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Double-clicking on the waveform will open the window for editing the button markers.

Defines button playback sequence: Allows the user to choose the sequence (right, left, top,
bottom, and loop) of buttons to play. In this case, the buttons should be nearby.

By holding down the Ctrl key, you can choose the sequence of buttons to play, even if they are
not close.

In the image above, after the reproduction of the 'Hammered' button, the 'Whip 1' and 'Warning'
buttons will be executed sequentially.

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To replace the audio of a button, simply drag the audio on top of

this button.

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Live Texts panel

Playlist Digital allows texts to be displayed and read by the speaker during the programming.
These texts can be pre-programmed, or programmed manually. They are usually read with a
background track.

When the next Playlist Digital insert to be used is a text, the Live Text panel opens and the
programmed text is displayed on the screen. When playing the text file, Playlist Digital
automatically applies a pause in programming, after reading the text press the space bar on your
keyboard to continue programming. A track can be linked to the text, so that it can be read with a
background track (see image above).

Text of the day panel

The Text of the day panel allows the operator to create and view texts with news or information of
the day, these texts are displayed whenever the Text Panel is opened. For more information about
saving text to the Playlist Digital, see the Configuring Folders topic in this manual.

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These texts can be created on

Playlist Digital itself, typing the
desired text in the Text of the day
tab, after typing the text the
Playlist Digital creates in the
folder "Playlist\Pgm\Texts" a file
with what was typed.

Notes panel
The notepad acts as a notepad for
the operator, where he can write
down any information of his
interest.

To save space on your desktop, you

can keep this panel floating and
close it after taking notes. To
preview it again, just go to the
menu View>> Panels and click
Notes, so the panel will return to its
place on the screen.

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Properties panel
The Properties panel shows the data for the selected item.

Block - Shows the data of the selected block:

- Block: Time of the selected block.

- Dur: Block duration.

- Total insertions: Total number of block insertions.

-Total songs: Total songs from the selected block.

Last Played – Displays the last time the selected file was
played.

Scheduled times – Hours where the selected audio is

scheduled.

Current Audio – Data for the selected item. This data may be
changed by the operator provided that it has permission.

-Audio: Name of the audio.

- Subtitle: Audio subtitle.

- Announcer: Name of the announcer (speaker).

- Band: Name of the band that recorded the audio.

- Writer: Name of who composed the audio.

- Studio: Name of the studio where the audio was recorded.

- Comment: Comments on the audio.

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Audio

-File: Name of the selected file.

-Code: Registration code.

-Duration: Total duration of the file.

- Mixing point: At what point in the file it will be mixed.

- Bit rate: Bit rate of the file.

- Expected start: Scheduled time for the start of the audio.

FOLDER

Folder Name: Name of the folder where the audio is saved.

Path: Folder path on Windows.

Output:

Icon: Folder icon path in Windows.

Show icon: Sets whether the icon will be visible in the folder.

Total files: Displays the total number of files in the folder.

Show duration: Sets whether the duration of the audios is displayed.

Close automatically: Sets whether the folder will be closed automatically when you insert audio
into the program.

Type – Displays the type of selected audio.

If the selected file is a music file, the Current Music section appears instead of the first Audio
section.

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Mini Site Panel

You can build a mini website (intranet) to be displayed within the Playlist Digital. This site should be
built within 'Playlist\Pgm\Minisite'. The initial file should be named 'Index.htm'. For more
information about how to create your own mini site panel, see the Advanced Features section of
this manual in the Mini Site topic.

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Panel Today
The panel today presents the operator with information, historical, journalistic and varied facts of
the day.

It also includes:

- Phases of the Moon: New, crescent, full, and

waning.

- Day of the year: Day of the year we are in –

how many days are left till the new year.

- Week: Week of the month – week of the year.

- Season: Autumn/Fall 09/01 to 11/30, Winter

12/01 to 02/28, Spring 03/01 to 05/31,
Summer 06/01 to 08/31.

- Sign: Aries 20/03 to 20/04, Taurus 21/04 to

20/05, Gemini 21/05 to 20/06, Cancer 21/06 to
21/07, Leo 22/07 to 22/08, Virgo 23/08 to
22/09, Libra 23/09 to 22/10, Scorpio 23/10 to
21/11, Sagittarius 22/11 to 21/12, Capricorn
22/12 to 21/01, Aquarius 21/01 to 18/02,
Pisces 19/02 to 19/03.

- Commemorative dates: "Famous Birthdays",

"Historical and Journalistic Facts", "Catholic
Saints", "International", "Varied", "Ecological
and rural", "Professional", "Civic", "Historical"
and "Health".

To view the text in the Today tab, simply click

on the '+', or the title of the date.

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Camera Controller Panel

The Camera Controller panel will be displayed with scene information from the video streaming
software when set. To turn it on, click View>> Camera Controller.

To configure the Camera Controller, go to the section "Using Playlist Digital as a vMix and OBS
controller"

The Panel will be automatically positioned on the screen and can be repositioned if necessary.

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OBS

vMix

- Program: Scene being broadcast at the moment.

- Preview: Scene Preview; can be used to transact directly to the Program, but previewing the
content previously.

- Transitions: Transitions used in scene exchanges. For use in manual operation (with the list
control disabled)

-1, 2, 3, 4: Overlays of scenes in vMix

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- Stop the List Control in vMix/Stop the List Control in OBS: Disables the automatic execution of
content in this software and stops controlling the scenes. The last scene in the Program will
continue to be broadcasted.

This option should only be enabled if the scenes of the next program are controlled manually, such
as in a news program or in an interview. Otherwise, it is possible that the video programming is not
the same as the broadcasted in audio.

Appearance panel
The Appearance Panel allows the operator to modify the interface settings of Playlist Digital.

To modify the interface settings just click next to the desired option, then a button with three dots
will appear, when you click on this button a window will open for the modification to be made.

Here's how to modify the appearance of the interface in Changing the Appearance of Playlist
Digital.

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Customizing your desktop

You can move work panels and toolbars, and you can create an appropriate work environment for
each operator.

Moving work panels

The flexibility of the panels allows you to 'detach', 'hold', 'move', 'group', 'close' and 'hide' panels to
create a more comfortable workspace.

See below an explanation about moving Playlist Digital work panels.

The panels in the figure above are grouped together.

1. To move a panel group, drag this move handle to the new location.

2. To select a panel, just click on the desired tab. To move a dashboard from a panel group,
drag its tab to the new location.

3. To hide the panels, just click on the "Auto hide" pin.

4. To close a panel, select the one you want, and then click the close button.

Moving a dashboard
A panel is similar to a toolbar, in that you can move it on the screen, snap it (anchored: pinned to
the top, bottom, or side of the window. You can anchor a dashboard, toolbox, menu bar, and
toolbars.) horizontally or vertically, or leave it floating on the screen.

To move a panel, drag its tab if it is grouped with other panels. If you drag the panel or panel group

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to the edge of the program window, the panels are docked. You can dock horizontally (at the top
or bottom of the program window, or in another panel already docked or floating on the screen) or
vertically (on the right or left side of the program window). To move the panel, without the docking
border appearing, simply press the "CTRL" or "ALT" key.

To make it easier to move the panels, enable the Docking Guides option on the Tools menu.

To change the order of view of the grouped panels, you must click the tab of the panel that you
want, and then drag it to the right or left. For Separator tabs, up or down.

To change the width of a vertically docked panel or the height of a horizontally docked panel,
move the pointer over the outer edge until it changes to a double-headed arrow, and then drag the
edge of the panel until it reaches the new size.

Tab to move
tabs (Folders
and Today
Panel)

Folders panel tab

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Detaching a panel and leaving it floating

You can untie a panel by double-clicking its tab if it is grouped with other panels. So the panel will
be floating on the screen, like the window below. To detach all panels from a panel group, double-
click a move handle for that group.

1- To move a floating panel, drag the title bar to the new location. If you drag the panel to the
edge of the program window, it will dock. You can dock a panel horizontally (at the top or
bottom of the program window, or in another panel already docked or floating on the
screen) or vertically (on the right or left side of the program window). To move the panel,
without the docking border appearing, simply press the Ctrl or Alt key. To hold the panel
back in its place, just double-click on its title bar.

2- When you enable the "Auto hide" button, the contents of the panel will no longer be
displayed when you move the mouse to another panel. When you hover over the title bar of
the panel, the contents of the panel will be displayed.

3- To close a floating panel, just click the close button.

To change the height and width of a floating panel, move the pointer over any border until it
changes to a double-headed arrow, and then drag the edge of the panel until it reaches the size
that you want.

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Grouping floating panels

You can snap a floating panel horizontally, at the top or bottom of the window of another floating
panel; or vertically, on the right or left side of the window of another floating panel. To move the
panel, without the docking border appearing, simply press the Ctrl or Alt key.

To mount the screen below it was necessary to leave the Folders panel floating. The Properties
panel has been dragged through its tab to the right side of the Folders panel until the docking
border appears. The Live Texts, Today and Buttons, panels have been dragged separately to the
top of the Folders panel until the docking border appears.

1. Top edge of the Folders panel.

2. Top edge of the Properties panel.

3. Guides to the other panels.

4. Close button. Closes the selected panel.

5. Closes the panel grouping.

6. Bar to move the grouping of panels. When you double-click this bar, the floating panels
return to their places on the screen.

7. "Auto Hide" button.

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The order of mounting the window above can be done in a different way:

• Leave the panel today floating, drag the other panels separately, except Properties, to the
top of the floating panel until the docking border appears. Then drag the Properties panel
to the right side of the grouped panels until the docking border appears.

This grouping of floating panels can be moved to another monitor, resized, and even docked to
other floating panels, or attached to the screen.

Moving a toolbar
A toolbar can be moved, snapped horizontally or vertically, or left floating on the screen.

Drag the move handle of a Docked toolbar or the title bar of a floating toolbar to the new location.

Anchored toolbar: A toolbar attached to a border of the “program window." When you drag a
toolbar below the program’s title bar or from the left, right, or bottom edge of the "program window”
the toolbar snaps to a location on the edge of the "Program Window".

Floating toolbar: A toolbar that is not attached to the edge of the "program
window". You can change the shape of some floating toolbars.

NOTE: If you drag the toolbar to the edge of the program window, it will turn into an anchored
toolbar. Moving an anchored toolbar can affect the location and size of the other toolbars on the
same line.

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Playlist Digital Toolbar

Open - With the Open command, the operator can set the day and time you want to
open, as well as determine how many hours of programming and the number of insertions already
executed that will be displayed in the programming panel. The operator will also have an option
"Show all loaded schedule" that if enabled, will show all the schedule of the current day.

If the Playlist Digital is playing the schedule, the "Start Date/Time" field will be disabled.

Operators - By clicking the down arrow, the operator will have access to all operators
registered on Playlist Digital, in addition to the operator "No Operator", used for the Playlist Digital
to work in automatic mode.

Centers Cursor - Centers the position of the cursor in the programming grid.

Sets initial block – This option allows the user to set the starting block when starting
programming. This option will only be active when Playlist Digital is stopped.

Markers - The automatic Markers system of Playlist Digital allows you to include marks at the
beginning and end of the file, thus eliminating unwanted excerpts, such as: silences, applause and
others; it also makes it possible to mark sample excerpts (chorus) and the ideal mixing point of
each audio, leaving the file intact. In addition, it is also possible to mark the introduction of a song.
For more information about markers, see the Markers topic in this manual.

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Restore Panels- Restores Playlist Digital panels to their default position. All Playlist Digital
panels are flexible with respect to their position on the screen, just drag the panel with the mouse
and drop it in the desired location so that the Playlist Digital interface is customized according to
the needs and creativity of the operator, but when you click the "Restore Panels" button, the
Playlist Digital returns to the standard interface.

Customize - Opens the "Customize" window, for customizing toolbars, for adding commands
to them, and for assigning commands to certain keys on the keyboard.

About - Opens a window with information about the software, such as license number and
version number. The window also has an "Activate" button that will give access to the
software activation window.

Programming - Displays and hides the schedule display list. For more information about the
Programming Panel, see the Programming Panel Locutions topic in this manual.

Played Songs – Displays and hides the "Songs Played" panel. For more information about the
Properties Panel, see the Played Music Panel topic in this manual.

Folders - Displays the “All Folders" panel. For more information about the Folders Panel, see
the Configuring Folders and Folders Panel topics in this manual.

Properties - Displays and hides the "Properties" panel. The Properties panel contains the
information for the selected audio. For more information about the Properties Panel, see the
Properties Panel topic of this manual.

Texts - Displays and hides the "Live Texts" panel. For more information about the Live Texts
Panel, see the Texts Panel topic in this manual.

Today - Displays and hides the "Today" panel. For more information about the Today
Dashboard, see the Today Dashboard topic in this manual.

Mini Browser - Displays and hides the "Mini Site" panel. For more information about the Mini
Browser, see the Mini Site topic of this manual.

Display - Displays and hides the "In the air" display.

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Notes - Displays and hides the "Notes" panel. For more information about the Notes Panel, see
the Notes Panel topic in this manual.

QuickStart – Enables the settings window for the QuickStart panels.

Pre-Listen Bar

You can listen to music, Sweepers or any other audio, even with the programming in the air. That's
because Playlist Digital can use multiple audio cards simultaneously. You hear multiple files much
faster.

CUE Play button – Starts the display of an audio without interfering with the programming
of the AR.

Button to listen to the chorus in pre-listen – Starts the chorus of an audio without interfering
with the live programming.

Pre-listen Stop button – stops viewing pre-listen audio.

Pre-listen CUE button – Activates the pre-listening auto-cue. With this button pressed, when
selecting an audio Playlist Digital will play it in the pre-listen.

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Play - Starts the display of the current block of programming.

Pause - Pauses the audio file being displayed.

Skip - Move on to the next audio. Used after reading a "Live Text" with a background
track, or after a pre-programmed pause.

Stop – Stops the display list.

Fade – Applies fade the current programming. When enabled, the button will be flashing.
The percentage of the fade to be applied will be defined in the menu
Tools>>Options>>Insertions.

Up - Moves the content up.

Down - Moves the content down.

Insert - Opens window with the folders.

Remove - Deletes a manually scheduled content.

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Display Bar

Audio Playing - Audio playing time, when clicking on the display it

switches between increasing and decreasing time.

Time up the next break - Duration until the next break.

Clock - The clock display uses the computer's clock.

Time to next block - Duration to next block, clicking on the display will
display will display the start time of the next block.

Temperature – Displays the temperature captured by an external

thermometer installed on the computer. For more information about
Temperature, see the Automatic Temperature Locutions topic in this manual.

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Changing the Appearance of the Playlist Digital

The Appearance Panel allows the operator to modify the interface settings of the Playlist Digital,
these settings are saved by operator, that is, each operator can have a different interface
configuration. The Playlist Digital automatically saves all configuration made in the interface
without the need to click on any button to save.

To modify the interface settings just click next to the desired option, then a button with three dots
will appear, when you click on this button a window will open for the modification to be made.

Appearance templates

Templates – If you have any screen settings ready, just choose it on that item.

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Grid listing – Defines whether the lines of the programming grid blocks will have one or two lines.

Appearance of the programming panel

Background color – Sets the background color of blocks in the Programming panel.

Insertions name - color - Sets the letter color of Insertions in the programming panel blocks.

Insertions name – font – Defines the font of the letter of the content in the blocks of the
programming grid panel.

Insertions numbers – color – Sets the color of numbers in the block Insertions in the
programming panel.

Insertions numbers – font – Defines the font of the numbers in the Insertions of the programming
panel blocks.

Played insertions – color – Sets the color of Insertions that have already been executed in the
blocks of the programming panel.

Played insertions – font – Defines the font of the content that have already been executed in the
blocks of the programming panel.

Selected insertion – color – Sets the color of a selected content in the programming panel
blocks.

Selected insertion – background color – Sets the background color of a selected insertion in the
programming panel blocks.

Pause\Text\Track – background color – Sets the background color of pauses, text, and tracks in
the programming panel blocks.

Refrain – background color – Sets the background color of a chorus when inserted into the
programming panel blocks.

Insertion command – background color – Sets the background color of a command inserted into
the programming panel blocks.

Discarded insertions – background color – Sets the background color of the insertions being
discarded in the programming panel blocks.

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Insertions with error – background color – Sets the background color of insertions that are in
error (Red X). For more information about Red X, see the topic Red X in the block of this manual.

Current Playing

Progress Bar - color – Sets the progress bar color of a running insertion in the programming panel
blocks.

Rest of progress bar - color – Sets the color of the part to be played of an insertion in the blocks
of the programming panel.

Introduction - color – Sets the color of the introduction of an insertion in the programming panel
blocks.

Insertion name – color – Sets the name color of an insertion running in the programming panel
blocks.

Border color – Sets the border color of a running insertion in the programming panel blocks.

Insertion name – font – Defines the font of the name of a running insertion in the programming
panel blocks.

Insertions number – color – Sets the color of numbers in Insertions playing in the programming
panel blocks.

Insertions number – font – Defines the font of the numbers in the insertions running in the
programming panel blocks.

Progress Audio – Color – Sets the color of the numbers that make up the progress timer of a
running insertion in the programming panel blocks.

Progress Audio – Font – Sets the font of the numbers that make up the progress timer of a
running insertion in the programming panel blocks.

ON AIR – color – Sets the color of the word "On Air", which is over the progress bar of an insertion
playing in the programming panel blocks.

ON AIR – font – Defines the font of the word "On Air", which is over the progress bar of an
insertion playing in the programming panel blocks.

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Bar Color – Sets the color of the progress bar for the next insertion to be performed in the
programming panel blocks.

Insertion name – color – Sets the color of the name of the next insertion to be performed in the
programming panel blocks.

Border color – Sets the border color of the next insertion to be performed in the programming
panel blocks.

Insertion Name – Source – Defines the font of the name of the next insertion to be performed in
the programming panel blocks.

Numbers in Insertions – color – Sets the color of the numbers of the next insertion to be
performed in the blocks of the programming panel.

Numbers in Insertions – source – Defines the font of the numbers of the next insertion to be
performed in the blocks of the programming panel.

PROX – color – Sets the color of the word "PROX", which is on the progress bar of the next
insertion to be performed in the blocks of the programming panel.

PROX – Source – Defines the font of the word "PROX", which is over the progress bar of the next
insertion to be performed in the blocks of the programming panel.

Commercial Block

Border color – Sets the border color of trading blocks in the programming panel.

Text color on the side border – Sets the color of the text on the side border of trading blocks in
the Programming panel.

Block side font – Sets the font of text on the side edge of trading blocks in the programming
panel.

Text color at the top – Color of the text at the top of the trading blocks in the programming panel.

Top of b l o c k - Sets the font of text at the top of trading blocks in the programming panel.

Alternating Insertions Color – Sets the background color of alternate Insertions in the
commercial blocks of the Programming panel.

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Alternating color of Insertions – texts – Sets the letter color of alternate Insertions in the
commercial blocks of the programming panel.

Color d the line between Insertions – Sets the color of the line between the Insertions of the
trade blocks of the programming panel.

Musical Block

Border color – Sets the border color of musical blocks in the programming panel.

Text color on the side edge – Sets the color of the text on the side edge of the musical blocks
in the programming panel.

Text color at the top – Color of the text at the top of the musical blocks in the programming
panel.

Alternating Insertions Color – Sets the background color of alternate Insertions in the musical
blocks of the programming panel.

Alternating color of Insertions – texts – Sets the color of the lyrics of alternating Insertions in
the musical blocks of the programming panel.

Line color between Insertions – Sets the color of the line between the Insertions of the
programming panel musical blocks.

Display "No AR"

Background color – Sets the background color of the display On Air.

Word "No AR" – Sets the color of the word "No AR" when Playlist Digital is running.

Word "No AR" when stopped – Sets the color of the word "No AR" when the Playlist Digital is
stopped.

Song name – Sets the color of the song on the "No AR" display.

Word "INTRO" – Sets the color of the word "INTRO" displayed during the introduction of a song.

Final Intro Alert – Sets the color of the word "INTRO" at the end of a song's intro.

Waveform – Sets the waveform color of a running insert.

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Introduction, in waveform – Defines the color of the waveform in the introductory excerpt of a
song.

Songs played

Background color – Sets the background color of the "Songs played" panel.

Alternating background color – Sets the background color of alternate Insertions in the "Songs
played" panel.

Separator line – Sets the color of the separator line for alternating Insertions.

Music – Color – Sets the color of the name of the audio played.

Writer – Sets the color of the writer's name of the audio played.

Comment - Sets the color of the comment of the audio played.

Music – Source – Defines the source of the writer's name of the audio played.

Writer – Sets the source of the writer's name of the audio played.

Comment - Sets the source of the comment of the played audio.

Listing the files in the folders

File name – Source – Sets the font of file names in folders in the Folders panel.

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Generating a Programming

Management of commercial files

Before you start generating programming you need to know the following:

All commercials that will be broadcast by Playlist Digital, through automatic programming, must
be in the Commercial folder (Playlist\Commercials), all texts that will be read by the speaker,
through the Live Texts panel, must be in the Texts folder (Playlist\Texts).

To make it easier to manage the commercials, create some shortcuts on the Desktop of the
computer that will do the commercial programming:

"Commercials" pointing to 'Playlist\Commercials'

"Live texts" pointing to 'Playlist\texts'

"Maps" pointing to 'Playlist\Pgm\Maps'

* In order for the commercial to air, it needs:

• Be available for the Playlist Digital in the ' Commercials' folder ("Commercials on the air");
• Programmed on the map (direct programming or by some commercial script software);
• Registered.

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Register command – Running Ligacao.exe

The Playlist Digital performs automatic programming (commercial and musical) by reading maps
generated by an external program or maps generated by Notepad. A map contains schedules and
codes for scheduled commercials. Example of a map generated by Notepad:

.................................................

6:00 VH, 55, 23, VH, 62, 12, VH, 42, HCC, HC

6:15 VH, 45, HC, 18, 03, HCC, HC

6:30 VH, 23, 62, 12, 42, 55, HCC, HC

6:45 VH, 62, 12, 42, 55, 23, HCC, HC

07:00 VH, 12, 42, 55, 23, 62, VHC, HC

7:15 VH, 13, 10, VH, 18, 58, HCC, HC

7:30 VH, 15, 17, VH, 45, 9, HCC, HC

7:45 VH, 62, 12, 42, 55, 23, HCC, HC

8:00 VH, 23, 62, 12, 42, 55, HCC, HC

... ......................................

At 8:00 Playlist Digital will play a "VH" sweeper, the commercial "23", followed by the commercials
"62", "12", "42", "55" and the Exact time sweeper "VHC" along with the pre-recorded voiceover of
the Exact time "HC".

VH, 23, 62, 12, 42, 55, VHC, HC are folder codes and files of commercials registered in the Playlist
Digital.

The codes of WAV, MP3, W M A , O G G , T K M , TXT, RTF, MP4, MOV, MPEG, AAC, AVI, OPUS,
FLAC, M4A files and shortcuts files are registered in the Playlist Digital through the register
command.

It is not necessary to register all files, only those that are used in automatic programming.

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To enable the register command, on the computer where the programming will be done: Using the
Network Environment, go to the Main Studio computer.

Go to the Playlist folder, then go to PGM and run the file (Ligacao.exe).

*IMPORTANT: You must run LIGACAO.EXE

which is in the PLAYLIST\PGM folder of
the Main Studio computer. Do not run it
from another location, as the program
uses the information from the current
folder to determine the location of the
data files.

Registering
Playlist Digital allows you to code files and shortcuts to facilitate communication with other
programs that generate the commercial and musical maps, or even for the assembly in the
notepad of these maps. To this operation of informing the code we give the name 'Register'. Its
use is simple, just go through Windows Explorer, in the folder of "Commercial" and right-click on
the desired file and choose the option "Register" (Register in Main Studio ).

As follows the example below.

In the next window enter the code in the Code field. Select Commercial from the down arrow next
to Code.

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The code entered may have up to 12 characters, being

allowed letters, numbers and symbols. The system will
ignore the leading zeros and convert the lowercase letters
to uppercase.

You can specify the validity of a commercial's

registration. If a code is outside the validity period it will
not be recognized by the Playlist Digital and,
consequently, will not be displayed. You can also use this option to replace a commercial without
the need for changes in the commercial map, simply by registering the current commercial and
filling in the final validity (Until:) with the desired date and time. Then register the new commercial
and fill in the initial validity (From:) with the date and time immediately after.

Codes can be registered f o r c o m m e r c i a l s , s o n g s , s w e e p e r s a n d s h o r t c u t s . There can

be songs and commercials with the same code, because we have separate maps for each of the
blocks (commercial and musical). However, sweepers and shortcuts must have a unique code not
usable by commercials or songs.

All commercials that will be played on 'Playlist Digital', must be

in the Commercial folder (Playlist\Commercials).

All texts that will be displayed on ‘Playlist Digital', must be in the

Text folder (Playlist\Texts).'

WAV, MP3, W M A , O G G , T K M , TXT, RTF, MP4, MOV, MPEG, AAC, AVI, OPUS, FLAC, M4A and
shortcuts from the Shortcuts folder (Playlist\Pgm\Shortcuts) files can be registered. WAV and
MP3 files will be displayed normally.

TXT and RTF files can be registered by associating a Pause or trail with them for reading.

MP4, MOV, MPEG and AVI video files will ignore mixing points if Camera Controller is in use. For
the use of these files, it is necessary that they are prepared in advance, making the necessary cuts
before using them in the software.

In the case of shortcuts, the software will choose a file randomly from the registered shortcut
(except for the Exact time and Temperature shortcuts).

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Registering a folder

To register a folder on Playlist Digital, we will use the Config Manager application. Just select a folder
click on a folder and in the Properties area of the folder selects, the register field will contain the folder
code.

You can also change the code by simply clicking on the register field, write a new code, click save and
restart the Playlist Digital.

When you add a new folder, Config Manager assigns an

automatic code related to the folder name

Generating Commercial maps through Notepad

Playlist Digital works with TXT files that can be manually edited or generated from other
Commercial and artistic programs. With this option you have a greater control of what is being
aired on the station, than in a schedule made manually.

Generating maps

The Playlist Digital is pre-configured through the Playlist.ini file (it is in the Playlist\Pgm folder) to
read the commercial block as follows:

[COMMERCIAL]

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FORMAT=AUTO

For more information about the Playlist.ini configuration file, see

the Advanced Features portion of this manual, the Playlist.ini
topic.

This setting will make the Playlist Digital search for the Commercial Map as follows:

• File with the nomenclature for the day of the year: Mapadd-mm-yyyyy (Mapa31-12-2023).
• File with the nomenclature for the day of the month: Mapadd (Map31)
• File with the nomenclature referring to the day of the week in question: (Mon, Tue, ..., Sat
Sun).
If Playlist Digital does not find any of the previous files, it will look for the Map.txt file, also in the
Playlist\Pgm\Maps folder.

Playlist Digital installs the Mapa.txt in the Maps folder (Playlist\Pgm\Maps). This file follows a
special formatting, such as the figure below, which should not be changed, the times are ordered
sequentially and positioned on top of each other. This timetable can be changed to suit your radio
schedules.

* We recommend that for each commercial block, there should be a music block. Table of
commercial block timetables:

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Editing the Map.txt

You can create an automatic schedule for the commercial block, through Map.txt
(Playlist\Pgm\Maps).

The programming should be assembled as follows: The time of the block + space + code of the
first commercial of the block + comma"," + space + code of the second commercial of the block +
comma," + space + code of the third commercial of the block + comma"," + space + ...

* Always between one code and another there should be a comma separating them. The space
after the comma is not really necessary, but we recommend its use because it improves the
reading of the map.

Example of an excerpt from commercial programming on Map.txt.

Map.txt

Scheduled trading block

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All the files in the above block are registered.

00:00 vhc, cha, 1, DAQUI, MUS1-R, VHP, 2

The VH hora certa file is registered with the vhc code as Sweeper and is in the Sweepers folder
(Playlist\Sweepers).

The Call – New Playlist file is in the Calls folder (playlist\Calls) that is registered with the cha
code.

The Real Savings Account file is registered with code 1 as Commercial and is in the Commercial
folder (Playlist\Commercials).

The VH- file you will hear in a little while is registered with the code HERE as Sweeper and is in
the Sweepers folder (Playlist\Sweepers).

The OMC – How Bizarre file (Chorus) is registered with the code MUS1-R as Music and is in the
POP folder (Playlist\Songs\POP).

In this case it is important to note some items:

1 The registered file is a song and must be registered as such. Its code is MUS1.

2 The –R (in the MAPA file.txt) will cause the Playlist Digital to program the chorus of this song.

3 The chorus of the song must have been previously defined, so that the Playlist Digital schedules
it correctly. To learn more about creating a chorus visit the Mark Chorus section of this manual.

4 The songs must be programmed in the musical blocks. In the above case, the programming of
the song's chorus was performed.

The VH Passage – Playlist – Seria Effect file is registered with the VHP code as Sweeper and is
in the Passage Sweepers folder (Playlist\Passage Sweepers).

The Playlist Logger file is registered with code 2, associated with a track, as Commercial and is in
the Texts folder (Playlist\Texts).

To schedule a new commercial: You must Register the commercial;

To register a commercial: Go to the Commercials folder (Playlist\Commercials).

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Right-click and select the Register (or Register in Main Studio) option. In the next window enter
the code in the Code field. Select Commercial from the down arrow next to Code.

And program the code on the business map that the Playlist Digital is reading (in our case,
Map.txt)

To program on the map

Go to the Maps folder (Playlist\Pgm\Maps). Open the Map.txt file.

And schedule the Commercial Code at the desired time.

The programming should be assembled as follows: The time of the block + space + code of the
first commercial of the block + comma"," + space + code of the second commercial of the block +
comma," + space + code of the third commercial of the block + comma"," + space + ...

* Always between one code and another there should be a comma separating them. The space
after the comma is not really necessary, but we recommend its use because it improves the
reading of the map.

Example: Code 49, programmed at the penultimate position of the block of 14:30.

14:30 7, 8, 1, 5, 6, 2, 49, 9

Red X on the block

A commercial will be displayed if it meets the requirements:

1 Is programmed on the Map

2 Is recorded

3 Is registered

4 Is in the Commercial folder.

*If any of the requirements is not met it will prevent the commercial from airing.

A Red X followed by a code

It means that a code on the map has not been registered or the record is out of validity. You must
register the corresponding commercial or remove the commercial on the map if no commercial

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will occupy the scheduled number.

In the figure below the Playlist Digital shows with an X followed by a number (Code).

A Red X followed by a name

See in the figure below another case of red X in the 13:30 block followed by a name.

Analyzing it, you will notice, that the red X followed by the name of the commercial "Caderneta
Real de Poupança. mp3" on Playlist Digital is programmed on the map, it is registered, but the
commercial is not in the Commercial folder. Find it and place it in the folder. Other possibilities
would be that the name of the commercial has been modified or the commercial has been
removed, in the latter case the commercial must be registered again.

To replace the record

Go to the Commercial folder (Playlist\Commercials). Right-click and select the Register (or
Register in Mains Studio) option.

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In the next window enter the code in the Code field. Select Commercial from the down arrow next
to Code.

If when you click OK, a Commercial window appears with the code (code entered). Click Replace
to replace the commercial with that code.

Caster
For the Playlist Digital to make a rotation of trades, just register them with the same code, then
when programming this code on the map, the Playlist Digital will choose from all the audios with
the same programmed code, a commercial, and will insert it into the programming.

Testimonial

The Playlist Digital only accepts text files of type TXT and RTF. And the texts should be saved in
the Texts folder (Playlist\Texts).

The programming of texts on Playlist Digital is very similar to the programming of commercials,
first the text must be registered, then open the desired map file and enter the code that the text
was registered at the desired time. In the case of texts, the operator can register a text already
with a track linked to the text, so when the text is displayed in the Playlist Digital automatically a
track will be served as a background for the text to be read.

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Generating a random automatic programming for the musical

block

Playlist Digital installs Grade.txt in the Grids folder (Playlist\Pgm\Grades). This file follows a
special formatting, which should not be changed, the times are ordered sequentially and
positioned on top of each other. This timetable can be changed to suit your radio schedules.

The programming should be assembled as follows: The time of the block + space + code of a
folder +"," + space + code of a folder +"," + space + code of a folder +"," + space + code of a folder...

Always between one code and another there should be a comma separating them. The space after
the comma is not really necessary, but we recommend its use because it improves the reading of
the map and grid.

For each shortcut, stored in the Playlist Digital shortcuts folder "C:\Playlist\Pgm\Shortcuts", a
code must be created that is at the discretion of the user. This code should be placed in the grid
file obeying the criteria that were described in the paragraph above. Below is an example of the
grid.txt file:

Scheduled grid

In the musical block of 13h05min, the Playlist Digital

will play a song from the folder "Romantics", one
from the folder "Brasileiríssimas", a Sweeper, one
from the folder "Flashback", one from the folder
"Brasileiríssimas", a Sweeper and a song from the
folder "Flashback".

13:05 LOV, BR, VH, OLD, BR, VH, OL

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Folder

Folders - Isay:

FOLDER CODE
AB-EC Block AB-EC
Calls CHA
Commercial .COM
HCerta HC
Journalism JOR
Voiceovers LOC
National NAC
Pop POP
R&B RB
Reggae REGGAE
Rock ROCK
Texts .TXT
Trails TRI
Stamp Sweepers HCV
Passage Sweepers VHP
Vignetting VHT

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Programming Folder

1. Go to the Grids folder (Playlist\Pgm\Grades).

2. Open the Grades.txt file.

3. And schedule the Shortcut Code at the desired time

Example: POP Code (Pop Folder Code), programmed in the 00:05 block.

00:05 TOP, SUN, VH, HOT, BR, VH, OLD, POP

In this program the Playlist Digital will draw songs from the folders POP, Brasileiríssimas, Hotlist,
Sunset and Top20, two Sweepers of the Sweepers folder to assemble the musical block of
00:05. The Playlist Digital will randomly draw the songs.

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Exact time
The Exact time recorded, arose from the need to have a more realistic automation possible, that is,
when the announcer was not present it was impossible to speak the Exact time to the listener, the
recorded Exact time came to convey the feeling that the announcer was really present speaking
the time.

Playlist Digital displays pre-recorded right-time voiceovers, which will be selected based on the
time of the computer's internal clock.

When Playlist Digital finds a Exact time insertion in the schedule, it follows the following steps: At
the exact moment of playing, the Playlist Digital looks in the Exact time folder, indicated by the
shortcut, for a file representing the current time in HHMM.wav or HHMM.Mp3 format and, if it finds
it, it will be executed. If Playlist Digital does not find the exact file, it will search for the file
immediately following, if it does not find it, it will search for the previous file. If you still can't find it
and it’s a file after 1:00 p.m., it will repeat the same process with 12 hours less.

See the example below:

For the hour 19h38min

• First look for the 1938.wav or 1938.Mp3 file;
• If unavailable, it will search the archives 1939, 1937;
• If unavailable, it will look for the files 0738, 0739 and 0737;

If none of them is found the Playlist Digital will simply continue the playing by moving to the next
audio.

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Recording the Exact time

There are two ways to record the audios at the Exact time, the most used and recommended
should have a specific nomenclature, for example:

At midnight the Playlist Digital will search the Exact time folder, which can be anywhere on your
hard drive, for a file with the name 0000.mp3 or (0000.wav), without parentheses, at midnight o
one by the file 0001.mp3 or (0001.wav) and so until twenty-three hours and fifty-nine minutes
2359.mp3 or (2359.wav). This way the announcer will record an audio for every minute, from
00h00min hours to 23 hours and 59 minutes. Below is an illustrative image of the Exact time folder
of the Playlist Digital with some recorded audios, note that a file was recorded for every minute, as
described above:

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Concatenated Exact time

Another way to work with Exact time files is to separate the files into full hours, minutes, and
hours.

The files recorded must comply with the following nomenclature:

1 - 0000.mp3 (or .wav) to 2300.mp3 (or .wav) to represent the full time.

2 - H00.mp3 (or .wav) to H23.mp3 (or .wav) to represent the hour.

3 - M01.mp3 (or .wav) to M59.mp3 (or .wav) to represent the minutes.

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By programming the concatenated Exact time, the Playlist Digital will make the choice of audios
according to the time of the computer, correctly playing the Exact time.

After the audios are recorded with one of the correct nomenclatures, as described above, Locate
the folder in Config Manager with the type Exact time.

Right-time audios can be programmed after a sweeper that announces the Exact time, or they can
be stamped over any recorded audio at any point. Applying the stamp does not change the original
audio, only creating a reference link between the stamped audio and the stamp. In this way, the file
is preserved in its original form, without reprocessing and without loss of quality.

Using the Exact time as a Stamp

To stamp the Exact time on a particular audio, follow the steps described below:

1 - Right-click on the audio that will receive the Exact time stamp, and then click on the "Markers
editor" option, as in the image below:

2 - After accessing the Audio Markers, right-click on the desired point to stamp the Exact time,
click on the "Mark" option, then click on the "Stamp" option and finally click on "Exact time".

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After this process, the waveform of the audio will look as follows:

3 - Once stamped, just click the "Save" button so that the audio is stamped with the Exact time
file.

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Advanced Features

Configuring reading of the Maps – Playlist.ini

The Playlist.ini is a Playlist Digital configuration file, it is in the "Playlist\Pgm" folder. Through this
file the Playlist Digital will be configured to read the maps and grids in different ways.

The Playlist Digital can be configured to read Maps and Grids with different names for each day of
the week or for each day of the month.

When the maps are edited manually you can use a fixed map for all days (as already pre-
configured) or a map for each day of the week – usually necessary when the schedule on
weekends is different from other days.

The configuration is done in the Playlist .ini file, which is in the Playlist\PGM folder.

AUTO Format

FORMATO=AUTO

This setting will make the Playlist Digital search for the Commercial Map as follows:

• File with the nomenclature for the day of the year: Mapadd-mm-yyyy (Mapa31-12-2014).
• File with the nomenclature for the day of the month: Mapadd (Mapa31)
• File with the nomenclature referring to the day of the week in question: Mon, Tue, ..., Sat,
Sun.
If Playlist Digital does not find any of these files, it will look for the Mapa.txt file, also in the
Playlist\Pgm\Maps folder.

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[BLOCO MUSICAL]
FORMAT=AUTO

This setting will make Playlist Digital search for the Music Grid as follows:

• File with the nomenclature for the day of the year: dd-mm-yyyyy (31-12-2014).
• File with the nomenclature for the day of the month: Gradedd (Grade31).

• File with the nomenclature referring to the day of the week in question: Mon, Tue, ..., Sat,
Sun.

If Playlist Digital does not find any of these files, it will search for the Grade.txt file in the
Playlist\Pgm\Grades folder.

FORMATO=TXT1

Indicates to the Playlist Digital that the formatting of the text file ".txt" that it will have to read is a
TXT1 format. The times of this file follow a special formatting that should not be changed, the
times are ordered sequentially and positioned on top of each other. You can enter different times
by using the same formatting structure.

The breaks can comprise any time between 00h00min and 23h59min and must be in order.
...............

06:00
06:15
06:30
06:45
07:00
07:15
07:30
07:45
08:00

..............

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FILE=GRADES\GRADE.TXT

This line indicates to the Playlist Digital where it should look for the file that informs the times of
the blocks, in the PGM folder.

In the FILE=GRADES\GRADE example.TXT, Playlist Digital will read the times in the GRADE.TXT
file, which is in the "Playlist\Pgm\Grades" folder.

Playlist variables.ini

As explained earlier, in PLAYLIST. INI 'Configuration Settings', the original configuration looks for
the full date files in the MAPS folders 'Playlist\Pgm\MAPAS' and GRIDS 'Playlist\Pgm\GRADES.
You can freely change these settings in Playlist.ini (Playlist\Pgm). As part of the file name, you
can use some variables to specify the day, month, year, day of the week, etc. Here are some
examples:

• %d – will be replaced by day in month in the file name

• %m – will be replaced by the month

• %Y – 4-digit year

• %y – 2-digit year

• %a – represents the name of the day of the week (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)

• %w – represents the number of the day of the week (Sun=0, Mon=1, etc.)

*The variable must be specified with a lowercase letter.

As an example, on 12/31/2023, Playlist Digital will search for the archives:

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=Mapas\Mapa%d.txt

Playlist Digital will search for the commercial blocks from the MAPA31 file.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder.

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[BLOCO MUSICAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=GRADES\DIA%d.TXT
Playlist Digital will search, for the musical blocks, for the DIA31 file.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\GRADES folder.

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=MAPAS\%d%m%Y.TXT

Playlist Digital will search for the commercial blocks from the file 31122023.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder.

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=MAPAS\%a.txt

Playlist Digital will search for the commercial blocks from the file SUN.txt in the folder
PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS (31/12/2023 is a Sunday).

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=MAPAS\%w.txt

The Playlist Digital will search, for the commercial blocks, for the file 7.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder (12/31/2021 is a Sunday).

• 1.txt = Monday
• 2.txt = Tuesday
• 3.txt = Wednesday
• 4.txt = Thursday
• 5.txt = Friday
• 6.txt = Saturday
• 7.txt = Sunday

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=AUTO

Playlist Digital will search for the commercial blocks from the file Mapa31-12-2023.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder. If unavailable Playlist Digital looks for Mapa31.txt file. If

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unavailable, Playlist Digital will look for the SUN.txt or 7.txt file. If Playlist Digital does not find any
of these files, it will search for the MAPA.txt in the PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder.

[BLOCO MUSICAL]
FORMATO=AUTO

Playlist Digital will search, for the musical blocks from the file 31-12-2023.txt in the
PLAYLIST\PGM\GRADES folder. If unavailable, the Playlist Digital will search for the Grade31.txt
file. If unavailable, Playlist Digital will look for the SUN.txt file. If Playlist Digital does not find any of
these files, it will look for the Grade.txt file in the PLAYLIST\PGM\GRADES folder. If it doesn’t find it,
it will look for GRADE.txt in the PLAYLIST\PGM\MAPAS folder.

Example of programming generated through the Mapa.txt and grade.txt

The file format 'TXT1' is the simplest and can be edited by "Notepad" or "WordPad", but other
formats can be used (DBF or other text file standards). We will explain below how to program a
Mapa and a Grade in the format 'TXT1'. Here's more about how to make a schedule in
Programming:

Consider Playlist.ini:

[BLOCO COMERCIAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=MAPAS\Mapa.txt

[BLOCO MUSICAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=GRADES\Grade.txt

Example of a Commercial map from 06:00 to 07:00 (Mapa.txt which is in the 'Playlist\PGM\Mapas'
folder according to Playlist.ini):

6:00 VH, 55, 23, VH, 62, 12, VH, 42, HCC, HC
6:15 VH, 45, HC, 18, 03, HCC, HC
6:30 VH, 23, 62, 12, 42, 55, HCC, HC
6:45 VH, 62, 12, 42, 55, 23, HCC, HC
07:00 VH, 12, 42, 55, 23, 62, VHC, HC

In the commercial block of 06:00hs the Playlist Digital will play a sweeper, which will be chosen

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randomly, then two commercials with codes 55 and 23, again another sweeper, two more
commercials 62 and 12, plus a sweeper, and the last commercial of block 42 followed by a
sweeper file ‘Exact time Sweeper' recorded with the VHC code and the Exact time, according to the
computer clock, to finish.

Example of a Music Grid from 06:00 to 08:00 (Grade.txt which is in the 'Playlist\PGM\Grades'
folder according to Playlist.ini):

06:00 VH, NAC, VHC, HC, INTER, VH, FB

06:15 VH, INTER, VHC, HC, FB, VH, INTER
06:30 VH, FB, VHC, HC, NAC, VH, INTER
6:45 VH, NAC, VHC, HC, INTER, VH, FB
07:00 VH, INTER, VHC, HC, FB, VH, INTER
07:15
07:30
7:45 VH, 1, HCV, HC, 2, VH, 3
08:00 VH, 4, VHC, HC, 5, VH, 6

The Playlist Digital will play in the musical block of '06:00' a sweeper, chosen randomly, a song
from the shortcut of the national music folder that is registered with the code NAC, then the
sweeper of Exact time and the Exact time, a song chosen randomly from the shortcut of the folder
of international songs that has the code INTER, right after a randomly chosen sweeper and ending
with a randomly chosen song from the shortcut of the Flashback-Style music folder that is
registered with the FB code. In the block of '07:45' and '08:00', the Playlist Digital will display for
codes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 the music files that are registered with the respective codes.

Codes can be registered for commercials, songs, Sweepers and

shortcuts. There can be songs and commercials with the same
code, as we have separate maps for each of the blocks.
Sweepers and shortcuts must have a unique code not usable by
commercials or songs.

The format of the Map and Grid is simple. A block (commercial or musical) for each line with the

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codes separated by a comma.

We recommend that for each commercial block there is a musical. If you do not want to specify a
file for music programming, Playlist Digital will automatically use the settings of the commercial
block, generating an empty music block for each commercial block.

If you set up the music programming, remember to leave blank the blocks that you want to include
the songs manually during programming.

Example:

07:15
07:30

The blocks of '07:15' and '07:30' were left blank for the "Operator" to manually assemble the
blocks.

Customize menu
Access the menu "Tools", you can see the menu 'Customize...', in this menu you can edit the
toolbar, change the commands used by categories, set shortcut keys for commanded as next,
pause, stop among several others available in the software. In addition, there is options tab to
change the settings of tool menu views, such as increasing the size of icons and displaying hints
for commands with defined shortcuts.

Shortcut key to a command

To assign the shortcut key, just go to 'Tools >> Customize', go to the 'Keyboard' tab. In the 'Keyboard'
tab, select a category, mark a command, and in the 'Press the new shortcut key' field, enter a key of
your choice and click on the 'Assign' option. Perform the procedure, the key will be assigned to the
command, as in the example below

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In this way, the 'A' key was assigned to the Skip command.

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Toolbars
In the 'Toolbars' tab, you can edit what will be displayed in the toolbox area or add a new toolbar, to
remove some option, just uncheck the checkbox and it will not be displayed.

Commands
In commands you can customize the commands that will be displayed on the toolbar by simply
dragging them to the tool area:

In the example below, I will remove the 'Open Programming' command

By clicking on the icon and dragging to the Commands area, the option is removed.

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To add again, just click on the command 'Open Programming...' and drag to the tool grid

By dragging the option, you can use it again in the toolbar.

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Settings Menu

By accessing the "Tools/Options" menu, the administrator operator can make configurations
regarding the operators and the operation of the program.

Operator Settings
By accessing the "Tools/Options" menu, on the General tab, the administrator operator can
perform the default settings for all operators, from these settings defined on the General tab, the
administrator can customize the configuration for each operator as we will see in the Operators
topic.

General Tab

The General tab is subdivided into the General, Editing, Block Changes, Commercial block, Music
Block, Commercials, Music, Sweepers, Generic Insertions, Allow Display Panel, and Folders
sections.

General

Customizes fonts and colors – Whether or not it allows the Display tab to appear on the View
Menu. Under Appearance the operator will have the option to modify the colors and fonts used in
the Playlist Digital Layout.

Dark Mode – Enables the dark mode by default on the user.

Skip to the next audio with spacebar – Whether or not you can use the spacebar to move to the
next insertion. Once this option is enabled, when the spacebar is triggered the Playlist Digital will
immediately stop the audio that is being played and advance to the next audio.

Lock Panels – Whether or not it allows panels to be grouped, moved, or closed. With this option
enabled, you won't be able to modify the Playlist Digital Layout.

Lock/Unlock Blocks – Allows or not blocking or unlocking blocks. A locked block cannot be
edited. To lock a block just right-click on the block and then choose the Lock option.

Adds Insertions – Allows or not to add Insertions to the schedule.

Remove Insertions – Allows or not to remove Insertions in programming.

Move Insertions – Allows or not to move Insertions in programming.

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Saves block editions – Saves manually made edits to blocks.

Views folders – Allows or not the access of the operators to the contents of the audio folders,
being able to insert audios in the blocks, listen to the audios through pre-listening, play the audios
directly from the folders, etc.

Plays Insertions directly from folders – Allows or not the audios to be played directly from the
folders, not necessarily having to insert the audio in the block for it to be played.

Use Markers editor – Allows or does not allow the use of Markers. See how to use Markers in the
Markers topic.

Edits audio tags – Whether or not it allows editing the ID3 information of the audio file. With this
option enabled the operator can use the Properties tab to insert, edit or remove information in the
audio files, information such as the name of the artist, name of the writer, name of the label,
album, etc.

Filenames in Uppercase – Uses only uppercase letters when reading folder file names.

Use seal to exact time and weather – Allows or not that Insertions stamped with exact time or
temperature can be used with or without speaker.

Edition

Add with one click – Either allows or not to insert the audios in the blocks with just a click of the
mouse. There is no need to drag or double-click on the audio to insert it into the program.

Open folders with one click – Allow or not to open an audio folder with just a click of the mouse.

Add before selected item – Whether or not it allows an item to be inserted before the audio that is
selected in the tile.

QuickStart
Use QuickStart – Whether or not you want to use QuickStart panels.

Use QuickStart on LAN – Whether or not it allows QuickStart panels to be opened when the
program is opened over the network. Due to the fact that the buttons are proven by the Playlist
Digital, the buttons cannot be played on the network machine, being only pre-listened.

Play QuickStart on LAN - Allows or not for the operator to perform the execution of the buttons over
the network.

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Report QuickStart on LAN – Allows or not the insertion performed by Quickstart to prove.

Creates QuickStart button - Allows or does not allow the operator to create buttons on existing
QuickStart panels.

Individual QuickStart button panels – Whether or not the operator allows the operator to use
individual QuickStart panels. When selecting this option, the operator will only see your panels. If
this option is disabled, the operator views the panels shared with the other operators.

Switching between blocks

Pause at the end of each block – Enables/ Disables the option to always pause the execution of
programming at the end of a block. With this option enabled, whenever a block ends playing the
last insertion it will stop the programming grid and will not advance to the next block
automatically, it is as if the Stop button had been triggered.

Stop on empty blocks – Allows or not for Playlist Digital to stop programming in empty blocks.
With this option enabled, whenever the Playlist Digital finds an empty block, it will stop
programming in that empty block and will not advance to the next block automatically, it is as if
the Stop button had been triggered.

If stopped, display the next block automatically on schedule – Whether or not it allows the option
to trigger the Playlist Digital automatically on time. With this option enabled whenever the Playlist
Digital is stopped, when the time of the computer's clock is the same time as the next block, the
Playlist Digital will receive a play and will play this block at the correct time.

Ignore all tracks and pauses – Whether or not Playlist Digital allows Playlist Digital to skip tracks
and pauses. With this option enabled, Playlist Digital will not keep the track looping, running the
track like any other file. Playlist Digital will also ignore any scheduled pauses. It is recommended
for "No Operator" mode.

Commercial Block
Adds Insertions – Allows or not to add Insertions in the commercial block.

Accepts Music – Allows or does not allow the operator to add songs to commercial blocks.

Remove Insertions – Allows or not to remove Insertions in the trading block.

Move Insertions – Allows or not to move Insertions in the trading block.

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Discard Insertions – Discards Insertions that are exceeding the time of the next block start.

E.g.: If a commercial block has 5 minutes, but 10 minutes of commercial audios were
programmed, with this option enabled, the Playlist Digital discards the five minutes that are
exceeding the duration of the block, but does not cut the audio while it is being played, it waits for
the audio to finish and discard the other insertions. It is not recommended to use this option in
commercial blocks.

Remove Blocks – Allows or does not allow the operator to remove an entire trading block. With
this option enabled the operator will be able to remove an entire block with all the Insertions that
make up this block.

Musical Block
Adds Insertions – Allows or not to add Insertions in the music block.

Allow Commercials – Allows or not the operator to add commercials in the musical blocks.

Remove Insertions – Allows or not to remove Insertions in the musical block.

Move Insertions – Allows or not to move Insertions in the musical block.

Discard Insertions – Discards Insertions that are exceeding the time of the next block.

E.g.: If a musical block has 5 minutes, but 10 minutes of musical audios were programmed, with
this option enabled, the Playlist Digital discards the five minutes that are exceeding the duration of
the block, but does not cut the audio while it is being played, it waits for the audio to finish and
discards the other insertions.

Remove Blocks – Allows or does not allow the operator to remove an entire musical block. With
this option enabled the operator will be able to remove an entire block with all the Insertions that
make up this block.

Commercial

Add – Allows or does not allow the operator to add commercials to the schedule. With this option
disabled, it will not be possible to insert commercials.

Remove – Allows or not the operator to remove commercials from programming. With this option
disabled, it will not be possible to remove commercials.

Move – Allows or does not allow the operator to move commercials within the blocks. With this

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option disabled, you won't be able to move commercials.

Moves between blocks – Allows or does not allow the operator to move the commercials between
the blocks, exchanging the same positions between one block and another. With this option
disabled, you won't be able to move between blocks.

Skip to the next audio – Whether or not the operator moves from one commercial to the next. With
this option disabled, the "Move to next insertion" button will be disabled, and the SPACEBAR key
will also not advance to the next audio.

Songs

Add – Allows or does not allow the operator to add songs to the schedule. With this option
disabled, it will not be possible to insert songs.

Remove – Allows or not the operator to remove songs from the programming. With this option
disabled, it will not be possible to remove songs.

Move – Allows or not the operator to move songs within the blocks. With this option disabled, you
won't be able to move the songs.

Moves between blocks – Allows or not the operator to move the songs between the blocks,
exchanging the same positions between one block and another. With this option disabled, you
won't be able to move between blocks.

Skip to the next audio – Whether or not it allows the operator to advance from one song to the
next. With this option disabled, the "Move to next insertion" button will be disabled, and the
SPACEBAR key will also not advance to the next audio.

Sweepers

Add – Allows or does not allow the operator to add Sweepers to the schedule. With this option
disabled, it will not be possible to insert Sweepers.

Remove – Allows or does not allow the operator to remove Sweepers from the program. With this
option disabled, it will not be possible to remove the Sweepers.

Move – Allows or does not allow the operator to move Sweepers within the blocks. With this
option disabled, you will not be able to move the Sweepers.

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Moves between blocks – Allows or does not allow the operator to move the Sweepers between the
blocks, moving them between the blocks. With this option disabled, you cannot move

Skip to the next audio – Whether or not it allows the operator to advance from one sweeper to the
next. With this option disabled, the "Move to next insertion" button will be disabled, and the
SPACEBAR key will also not advance to the next audio.

Another types
(Generic Insertions are considered all Insertions other than Songs, Commercials, or Sweepers.)

Add – Allows or does not allow the operator to add generic Insertions to the programming. With
this option disabled, you will not be able to insert generic Insertions.

Remove – Allows or does not allow the operator to remove generic insertions from the
programming. With this option disabled, you will not be able to remove generic Insertions.

Move – Allows or does not allow the operator to move generic Insertions within the blocks. With
this option disabled, you will not be able to move the generic Insertions.

Moves between blocks – Allows or does not allow the operator to move the generic insertions
between the blocks, exchanging them between the blocks. With this option disabled, you won't be
able to move between blocks.

Skip to the next audio – Whether or not it allows the operator to advance from one generic insert
to the next. With this option disabled, the "Skip to next insertion" button will be disabled, and the
Spacebar key will also not advance to the next insertion.

Pause
Adds pause - Allows or does not allow the addition of pauses in programming.

Timeout in seconds – Sets the maximum duration of a pause. After this time, the next insertion will
start.

Display Panel

Programming – Shows the operator the musical and commercial blocks and shows the progress
of the programming.

Display – Indicates to the operator that the schedule is in the air and shows the remaining
duration of the item that is in the air.

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Live Texts – Shows the operator the Live Texts panel. Playlist Digital allows texts to be displayed
for the reading of the speaker during the programming. These texts can be pre-programmed, or
programmed manually. They are usually read with a background track.

Notes – The notes panel acts as a notepad for the operator, where he can write down any of his
interest. To save space on your desktop, you can keep this panel floating and close it after taking
notes. To view it again, just go to the "View" menu, "Panels" and click on "Notes", so the panel will
return to its place on the screen.

Text of the day – Shows the operator the Texts of the day panel. The texts in this panel can be
created within the "Playlist\PGM\Texts" folder or directly by the panel. The text will be displayed
according to the day of the year.

Today – The panel today presents the operators with details, historical, journalistic and varied
facts of the day.

Folders – Lists Playlist Digital folders. Folders of songs, Sweepers, among others.

Properties – The Properties panel shows the data for the selected item.

Mini Site – It is a mini-internet browser that can be built within the Playlist Digital. This site should
be built within 'Playlist\PGM\Minisite'. The initial file should be named 'Index.htm'.

Appearance – Shows the operator the appearance panel. In appearances the operator will have
the option to modify the colors and fonts used on Playlist Digital Layout.

Camera Controller – Shows the Camera Controller panel on the interface.

Folders

In the Folders menu, the operator can define which folders are viewed in the "Folders" tab. To set
the folders, simply mark as YES the folders that will be viewed and as NOT the folders that will not
be viewed.

Operators tab

In this guide you can customize the operation of the Playlist Digital for each registered operator.

The Operators tab is subdivided into the Password, General, Editing, Block changes, Commercial
block, Music block, Commercials, Music, Sweepers, Generic Insertions, Allow display panel, and

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Folders sections.

Login Settings

To create a new operator first choose the operator with the "administrator" permissions, then
access the menu "Tools>>Options>>Operators", click the "New Operator" button. A screen will
open where the name of the operator must be filled in, if desired a password and other settings.
Below are the other settings:

User and password

Name – It will be the name of the operator; this name will appear in the operators’ box on the main
screen of the Playlist Digital.

Password – It will be the password used to log in with a particular operator and use their
permissions.

Administrator – Defines whether or not the operator in question will be the system administrator,
only the administrator has access to the Tools>>Options menu and can modify the permissions of
the other operators. You must have at least one administrator operator.

On Air Operator – In the list of operators on the main screen of the Playlist Digital, the operator's
name only appears when the Playlist Digital is opened on the Main Studio computer.

Network operator – In the list of operators on the main screen of the Playlist Digital, the operator's
name only appears when the Playlist Digital is opened on the network computer.

Follow in real time – Allows or not the operator, via network, to monitor in real time the progress of
the programming of the AR computer.

Allows remote operation – Allows or not the operator to operate (start, stop and skip
programming) the Playlist Digital on a computer on the network.

Waiting time for typing (ms) – Wait time, in milliseconds, to finish the search by typing in the

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search field in the Folders panel.

Time Slot’s Operator – Defines a time interval for the operator to make modifications to the block
such as remove, add, move.

Case1: (Shorter Start Time-Longer End Time)

This operator in question can only make changes between the blocks of 05:00 and 14:00, outside
this time range he cannot make changes in the block

Case2:(Smaller Start Time-Shorter End Time)

In this case the operator will not be able to make changes in the block after 05:00 and before than
14:00.

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Permissions

On the Operators tab, the permissions that each operator can have to operate Playlist Digital 5 will
be defined.

Each item on this tab will have three options to choose from: Default, Yes, and No. The Default
option means that the setting will be the same as that marked on the General tab. For each
operator to have a different permission, simply mark "Yes or No". The settings options are the
same as those described in the "General Tab" item.

Settings tab
Accessing the menu "Tools>>Options", in the Settings tab the administrator operator can perform
the settings for the operation of the program, below is a description of the items to be configured:

In this tab we configure the output, mixing time, remote control for the Playlist Digital among other
settings.

The Settings tab is subdivided into the Playlist Server sections; Advanced; Station Office; Outputs;
Output ID; Audio Source; Remote triggering; Control from satellite; XML with metadata for WEB;
RDS; Camera Controller; VLC Controller; Metadata for Streaming; AVRA and general

Playlist Server
Server – Name or IP of the machine on which Playlist Server is installed. Usually, Playlist Server is
installed on the AR machine.

Port – Data port used to connect to the Playlist Server. The data port to be used is '3033'.

User – User used to connect to the Playlist Server.

Password – Password of the user used to connect to the Playlist Server.

Advanced
Title – Station’s name (Corporate Name or Commercial Name).

Server – Name or IP of the Main Studio machine. It must be configured for the communication of
the Playlist Digital of the main studio with the LAN workstations.

Data Port - Data port used for connection between Playlist Digital of the Main Studio and LAN
workstations. By default, we will use port '3030'.

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Proxy Server – Field to enter the URL and data port (server: port) of the broadcaster's Proxy server,
so that Playlist Digital can authenticate normally. If the broadcaster does not use a Proxy server
the field must be left blank.

Station Office
Send broadcasting report to Station Office - By enabling this option, Playlist Digital will send your
Aircheck to Station Office. It is necessary that the station is registered in the Station Office.

Broadcaster Station Office code - This field must be filled in with the station's Station Office’s
code. This code is displayed on the home page of the station's account in the Station Office’s site.

Outputs

Programming – Select the default sound card or audio output for programming. Output that will
play the audio "ON AIR".

Pre-listening – Select the sound card or audio output for CUE.

QuickStart – Select the sound card or audio output to play the audio from the buttons.

Play option – Select the sound card or output used when displaying an audio from the "Play"
option.

Commercial – Select the sound card or audio output used to play commercials.

Music – Select the sound card or audio output used to play music.

Sweepers – Select the sound card or audio output used to play Sweepers.

ID for Outputs

This item will display an identifier for each of the audio outputs recognized by the Playlist Digital.
This identifier will be used in the QuickStart panels, so that the user can choose in which channel
the button will be played.

The identifier will be automatically generated by the Playlist Digital.

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Audio input

Audio Source – Select the audio card that will be used for audio input in the programming.

DSP Plugin - Plugin used for audio processing.

Close line-to play – This option sets Playlist Digital to close the line entry when programming
starts and opens when programming stops.

Wait time before closing the input line - Sets the time (in seconds) that the Playlist Digital will wait
to close the line entry.

DTMF Play – Sets the sequence of tones to be recognized by the Playlist Digital (on the audio
input) to execute the PLAY remote command.

DTMF Stop - Sets the sequence of tones to be recognized by the Playlist Digital (on the audio
input) to execute the STOP remote command.

DTMF Level – DTMF tone intensity level for the Playlist Digital to recognize it. A high value can
cause shots to be ignored. A value that is too low can cause false shots.

Remote triggering

Accepts remote command to local blocks – Configures Playlist Digital to accept or not accept
remote PLAY and STOP commands in local tiles. Usually these are accepted only in SAT blocks.

Accepts remote command ‘PLAY’ – This option configures the Playlist Digital to accept remote
commands through the Parallel Port, Game Port or IP. Enabling the 'Satellite Network Affiliates'
option will require you to enable this option.

Accepts remote command ‘STOP’ – Accepts a remote stop command to end an execution.

If playing, ‘PLAY’ skips to the next audio – Upon receiving the PLAY remote command on a block
(Local or SAT) that is playing, the Playlist Digital will move to the next audio.

Control from Satellite

Broadcast Relay Station – With this option enabled, satellite blocks are triggered only through a
remote or manual command. Whenever the program encounters a satellite block, it will stop
waiting for a remote command.

If displaying local block, start next block Satellite block – Upon receiving the PLAY command, the
program stops the display and starts the next block SAT.

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Allow remote command only at correct time – Ignores the PLAY remote command if the positioned
block is outside the time range (in minutes) defined below.

Automatically set the blocks as a stating block – When stopped, Playlist Digital will position the
blocks according to the time of the computer.

Minutes to position the blocks – Tolerance time, in minutes, for automatic positioning of the
blocks and for receiving the PLAY remote command when stopped.

XML with metadata for web

Current Programming file – Path (location) where the XML file with information of the current item
and upcoming events will be saved.

FTP Server – Address (URL) of the FTP server for sending the XML with information about the
programming.

FTP User – Username for login to the FTP server.

FTP Password – FTP server password.

Filename on FTP server – Target file on FTP server. It can contain the name of the destination
folder. E.G: \\xxxxxx\xxxxxx\xxx.xml

FTP Passive – Type of connection used to send the file to FTP. Such configuration is done
according to the configuration of the FTP server.

Send XML using UDP – Set an IP and UDP port for sending the XML file.

When Playlist Digital moves to the next insertion, the file will be created/updated. The name of the
Sweepers, trails and commercials, will also be shown on the website.

See the image below:

Note: If you are not saving the XML in an FTP, just fill in only the first option ("Current programming
file") and leave the other options blank.

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RDS
Model – Defines the model to be used: File (standard template saved in TXT format), Acadia
(Biquad), Audemat, Audemat Enc. Silver and Inovonics.

Address RDS encoder – Address where the information from the running file will be sent. If the
previous setting is the 'File' template, the file name ".txt" to be saved in the 'Playlist\PGM' folder is
set. Otherwise, you must be informed of the IP and port (IP: port) to connect to the RDS encoder.

Default text - Text to display when Playlist Digital is not playing music or is playing an untitled
commercial block.

Send Commercials - Enables or not the sending of the name of the commercial Insertions being
played.

Camera Controller

Software – OBS or vMix

Address – IP Address and port of the computer where the software is installed

User – user (if available)

Password – password (if available)

VLC Controller

Address – IP Address and port of the computer where the software is installed

Password– Password defined on LUA interface.

Metadata to streaming

Some fields may be left blank, as the data varies by service

Shoutcast V1 and V2, it is only necessary to enter the server and

password

IceCast V2, requires Server, password, user, password and ID

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Service – Type of service to which the Playlist Digital will send the streaming. They are Shoutcast
V1, ShoutCast V2 and IceCast V2

Server – Address of the server to which the metadata will be sent

User (IceCast V2) - Server administrator user

Password (IceCastV2) –Server administrator password

Id (IceCastV2) – Server mountpoint Ex: /stream, /live

URL – Address of the broadcaster's website.

AVRA
Server – Playlist Digital has the ability to communicate with an AVRA server, just fill in with the IP
and port in this case, IP:PORT.

General
Start Playing – Starts playing the audio as soon as the program is loaded, when you open the
Playlist Digital the audio will already start playing there is no need to click the Play button.

Tip of the day – Whenever the Playlist Digital is opened, a screen with tips about the software will
be displayed.

Folder Tracks – Folder for automatic background tracks for live texts. In this option a path of the
desired track folder will be defined, so that when a live text is manually added in the Playlist Digital
schedule, this text is already accompanied by a track that will be chosen randomly within the
specified track folder.

Save in a TXT file, editions made in the programming – Saves editions made in blocks additionally
to TXT files in the Playlist/PGM/Montagem folder.

Keep the order of the programming – Whether or not it allows the current order of blocks to be
maintained when exporting a new map. If this option is enabled, when exporting the maps, Playlist
Digital will maintain the order of the insertions that were already in the block before the new
schedule was exported. Otherwise, the order of the exported schedule will take priority over the
schedule that was already in the block.

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Do not update blocks that are locked – Whether or not it allows locked blocks not to be updated.
With this option enabled, locked tiles do not receive map updates. A block of programming being
blocked be it musical or commercial, when exporting the map, the other blocks will be updated
according to the exported map leaving without being updated only the block (s).

Playing time to log – Minimum percentage of execution of an insertion in relation to the duration
for it to be air checked.

Ignore mixing time when saving broadcasting report - If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital will
not consider the mixing time of the audios as time played in the verification of the insertions.

Save media duration on broadcasting report– If this option is enabled, duration on the report will
ignore the media's start and end markers.

Adjust Weather sensor – Difference between the actual temperature and the temperature pointed
out by the HTU reader. If there is any difference between the actual temperature and the HTU
reader, in this field you must enter the difference between the temperatures, but in this field the
difference must be entered in tens. E.G.: If the temperature difference is 1 degree, then 10 degrees
should be entered, if the difference is 2 degrees then 20 degrees should be entered.

Delay between updates – Waiting time (in seconds) between successive updates in the
‘ligacao.dbf', maps and in voiceover folders. It is also used as a wait time before saving changes to
disk.

Inserts tab
Standard mixing time

Commercials – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for commercials.

Musics – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for songs.

Sweepers – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for Sweepers.

Another types – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for the other Insertions.

Voice Track – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for voiceovers.

Exact time/Weather – Standard mixing time in milliseconds to exact time or temperature.

Refrain – Standard mixing time in milliseconds for chorus.

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Fade in duration for the refrain– Duration of fade at the beginning of a chorus.

Fade duration out of the refrain – Duration of fade at the end of a chorus.

Fade time when skip to the next audio – Duration of the fade when advancing to the next
insertion.

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Automatic fade

Fade on Quickstart button – Allows or does not lower the volume of programming when
displaying audio from a QuickStart. With this option enabled, when a QuickStart is triggered, the
audio displayed in the Programming panel has its volume reduced to the 'Fade Percentage'
configured in the Fade percentage option.

Fade on voice track – Allows or not to lower the volume of the programming when displaying the
audio of a recorded locution. With this option enabled, when a voiceover is mixing with the intro or
with the voiceover starting point, the audio on display has its volume reduced to the 'Fade
Percentage' configured.

Fade for seal – Allows or not to lower the volume of the programming when displaying the audio
of a stamp. With this option enabled, when the audio displayed in the Programming panel is
marked seal, this audio has its volume reduced to the 'Fade Percentage' configured during the
passage through this mark.

Fade programming when playing directly from folder – Allows or not to lower the volume of the
program when displaying the audio directly from the folder. With this option enabled, when an
audio is triggered directly from the folder, such as a Button, the audio displayed in the
Programming panel has its volume reduced to the 'Fade Percentage' configured.

Percentage of fade – Sets the fade percentage for the above options and for the 'Fade' button in
the Playlist bar. The higher the percentage, the greater the reduction in the volume of the audio
being displayed in the Programming panel.

Apply fade in the input line – Allows or does not lower the volume of the line input by playing
QuickStart and audios directly from the folder. Defines whether to apply fade to the mixer line.

Input line volume when play – Sets the percentage from fade to mixer line. The higher the
percentage, the greater the reduction in the volume of the mixer line when a Button or tap option is
triggered.

Musics
Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for songs.

Use mix markers at the beginning of audios – If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system to mark a mixing point at the beginning of the song.

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Automatic fade out – Automatic fade at the end of a song. At the end of a song the Playlist Digital
applies a fade on it.

Pause in music scheduled but not available – Allows or not programming on the musical map, of
songs that are not recorded on the computer. With this option enabled, Playlist Digital pauses
programming to display a song from a CD.

Password to remove musics - If a password is set, the operator will need to enter it to remove a
musical insert from the schedule.

Default filename of music library - Sets the view of file naming: 'Artist - Music' or 'Music - Artist'.

Commercial
Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for commercials.

Use mix markers at the beginning of audios – If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system to mark a mixing point at the beginning of the commercial.

Password to remove Commercials - If a password is set, the operator will need to enter it to
remove a commercial insertion from the schedule.

Sweepers
Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for Sweepers.

Use mix markers at the beginning of audios – If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system to mark a mixing point at the beginning of the sweeper.

Automatic fade out – Fade automatic at the end of the audio. At the end of a sweeper the Playlist
Digital applies a fade on it.

Another types
Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for generic insertions.

Use mix markers at the beginning of audios – If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system to mark a mixing point at the beginning of the audio.

Automatic Fade out – Automatic Fade at the end of the audio. At the end of a generic insertion the

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Playlist Digital applies a fade on it.

Voice tracks
Insert pre-recorded voice track – Automatically inserts the pre-recorded locutions for the blocks.

Introductory voiceover – Mix the pre-recorded voiceover with the intro of the song.

Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for recorded voiceovers.

Use mix markers at the beginning of audios – Mark a mixing point at the beginning of the audio.

Here's how to use recorded voice tracks in the Recorded

Locutions topic.

Exact time/Weather
Use mixing point markers – Mark a mixing point. If this option is enabled, Playlist Digital uses the
markers system for the Exact time and temperature.

Use mix markers from the beginning of the audio – Mark a mixing point at the beginning of the
audio.

See how to use the Exact time locutions and temperature locutions in the topics Exact time and
Automatic Temperature Locutions.

License tab

License - The license number of the station's software must be entered.

Station Name – Name of the station (Corporate Name or Fancy Name).

City – City and the state where the station is located.

Country – Country where the station is located.

Contact name – Enter the name of the person that Playlist Solutions should look for in case of
irregularity in the system.

Phone – Inform any contact phone if any irregularity in the system is detected.

E-mail – Enter any e-mail to contact in case of irregularity in the system.

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Recorded Voice overs

The Playlist Digital has a different behavior for the recorded voiceovers. It can automatically
include recorded voiceovers at the beginning and end of musical blocks. And for all voiceovers,
automatic or pre-programmed, he can apply a differentiated mix, which will be explained below.

Automatic voiceovers at the beginning and end of musical blocks

To automatically include locutions at the beginning and end of the musical blocks, simply save the
recordings in the Locutions folder (Playlist\Locucoes) with the nomenclature below:

DDMMHHMMa.wav (or mp3) to open the block.

DDMMHHMM.wav (or mp3) to close.

Note that the difference between them is only in the 'a' appended at the end of the file that opens
the block.

The Playlist Digital will replace 'DD' with the day, 'MM' with the month, 'HH' with the block time and
'MM' with the minutes. Example:

In the musical block of 12:17 of the day 03/12/2014 the Playlist Digital will look for the file
03121217a.wav (or mp3) and will include as the first insertion, opening the block and the file
03121217.wav (or mp3) as last insertion, closing the block.

Folders of recorded voiceovers

In addition to the automatic locutions that the Playlist Digital searches within the Locuções folder
(Playlist\Locuções), you can have other locution folders configured in the Playlist Digital, which
can be programmed at various points of the program. To do this, simply create a shortcut from

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your voiceover folder in the "Playlist\PGM\ Shortcuts" folder. See how to configure folders in the
topic by configuring Work folders. For the locutions to work correctly, it is necessary that the
shortcut that you create has the L parameter. See about shortcut parameters in the Shortcut
parameters topic.

Mixing for voiceovers

The Playlist Digital has a special behavior in relation to the mixing for the voiceovers. In
conjunction with the introduction marker, it is possible to obtain excellent passages with recorded
locutions. The voiceover marker also directs the announcer not to speak on top of the singer's
voice.

When there is a locution before a song, that locution adjusts its mix with the song, to end exactly
at the end point of introduction, applying a fade over the introduction of the song, while it is
running.

When there is a locution after a song, this locution begins at the initial point of locution, marked at
the end of the song, also applying a fade during its execution.

See below the illustrative image of a mix between songs and voiceovers.

For this mix to work it is necessary to use the end of

introduction and beginning marks.

Markers

The automatic markers system of the Playlist Digital allows you to include marks at the beginning
and end of the file, thus eliminating unwanted excerpts, such as: silences, applause and others; it
also makes it possible to mark sample excerpts (chorus) and the ideal point of mixing each audio,

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leaving the file intact. In addition, it is also possible to mark the introduction of a song. This will
allow the announcer to talk about the introductions of the songs with ease and precision. These
tags are placed by the user and can be edited at any time.

The Playlist Digital, unlike previous versions, creates the bookmark files automatically and does
not need to run any other program. These bookmark files are called PKInfo, inside each audio
folder is created a folder called PKInfo containing the ".pk" files with the necessary information of
each audio for the Markers.

To open the tagging screen for a song in Playlist Digital, select the folder you want, right-click on
the file you want, and select the Markers option.

After selecting the Markers option, the program will open a window displaying a graphic with the
waveform of the audio and the tools available to perform the desired markups.

In addition to the mix of input and output of the audio with the markers you can include a mark for
reference of the end of the introduction of the song, can be included comments by the speaker,
having a full control of the time of introduction of the song that is being displayed on the air.

Introductory Marker - Using a voiceover at the beginning of the audio

For a voiceover to start with the introduction of a particular song, that song must be marked with
the "End of Introduction" marker.

Follow these steps:

1- Right-click on the desired song, then click on the "Markers" option.

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2- Once the Markers screen is opened, right-click on the point of the song where the end of the
introduction is, click on "Bookmark" and choose the "Introduction" option. Note that you can listen
to the snippets of the song using the Play, Stop buttons, which are on the toolbar of the Markers
screen. Below is an illustrative image:

3- With the markup already set, save and close the Markers screen. The audio will appear with the
following symbol:

4- Now you must manually program the audio of the voiceover a position prior to the previously
marked song. See more about voiceovers in the topic Recorded Locutions.

Locution Start Marker - Using a voiceover at the end of the audio

To mark a locution at the end of a song, do the same procedure mentioned above, but you will not
need to mark the end of the introduction but the beginning of the voiceover. That way when the
music reaches the point marked as the beginning of the locution, a fade will be applied to the
music and the audio of the locution will begin to play on the music. Below is an image of the

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marker with the "Start of Locution":

After you mark the audio, save and program the voiceover audio manually in a position below the
marked song.

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Mark Chorus (Refrain)

In Playlist Digital you can play a part of the song without having to edit the audio. For this you
must use the marker system and choose to mark sample snippets. To mark a chorus in a given
audio, follow the steps below:

1- Right-click on the audio and choose the Markers option. With the marker screen open, right-
click on the waveform at the point where the chorus will start, or click the waveform at the point
where the chorus will start and click the "Chorus Start" button in the bookmark toolbar:

2- Then click with the right mouse on the waveform, at the point where the end of the chorus will
be, after doing this procedure the marker will be as follows:

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Inserting chorus (refrain) into programming

To insert the chorus in the schedule just right-click on the song where the chorus was marked and
choose the "Add Chorus" option. The chorus will be added in the block and in the previously
selected position.

Stamps
You can also add a stamp on the song, in the example below we will stamp the Audio of Exact
time on the song:

To stamp the Exact time on a certain audio, just right-click on the audio that will receive the Exact
time stamp, and then click on the "Markers" option, as in the image below:

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After accessing the Audio Markers, right-click on the desired point to stamp the Exact time, click
on the "Mark" option, then click on the "Stamp" option and finally click on "Exact time".

After this process, the waveform of the audio will look as follows:

Once stamped, just click the "Save" button for the audio to be stamped with the Exact time file. In
the example above we use as a stamp the Audio of Exact time, but the music can be stamped with
any other desired audio, just save the audio inside the folder "Playlist \ Stamps".

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Bookmark Tools
Below are displayed the tools of the bookmark as well as the usefulness of each of them.

Save - Saves the changes made to the bookmark.

Restore - Recalculates the positions of the Markers, going back to the last valid
configuration.

Navigation bar - Navigation in the audio file,

such as in Sound Forge. You can use the
keyboard too (Spacebar, Page Up, Page Down, Home, End).

Marks the end of the introduction - This mark will allow the announcer to talk about the
introductions of the songs with ease and precision. The Playlist Digital will present the
duration of the introduction on a display in the display panel. Display "No AR" that changes to
green color in the intro of the song, to the color yellow seconds before the introduction ends and
to red color when the audio is in the air. This marker is also used for mixing the locutions, see
more about locutions in the topic Recorded Locutions.

Marks the starting point of the audio - Playlist Digital will always start the file from that
point, as if the part before it did not exist. The duration of the audio file presented by
Playlist Digital will be changed considering this marker.

Marks the end point of Fade-In - The Playlist Digital makes a Fade-In from the beginning of
the audio to that point.

Mixing point on audio input - Use this marker only if the song has some scribble at the
beginning that might allow for a larger mix. See the explanation for the mixing point in the
output, below.

Next audio entry point - The next file will start at that point, or earlier if the next file has
the mixing point at the beginning enabled. Explaining: This point will coincide with the
beginning of the next song only if that next song does not have a mixing point at the beginning
activated. If the next song has a mixing point at the beginning enabled, the next song will start
even earlier, so that the two markers coincide.

Marks the starting point of Fade-Out - The Playlist Digital makes a Fade-out from this
point to the end of the audio file.

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Beginning of Locution - Marker for beginning of locution at the end of a song. The
Voiceover Marker directs the announcer not to speak on top of the singer's voice. This
marker is also used for mixing the locutions, see more about locutions in the topic Recorded
Locutions.

Marks the end point of the audio - The part after that point will never be displayed. The
duration of the audio file presented by Playlist Digital will be changed considering this marker.

Mark the beginning of the chorus - Songs with a chorus marked receive the options 'Listen
Chorus', 'Play Chorus' and 'Add Chorus' when right-clicked in the Playlist Digital.

It marks the end of the chorus.

Annotation mark - allows you to type a comment in the audio and every time it is being
displayed the comment is displayed in the display panel, in the chosen audio excerpt.

Zooms in or out of the audio wave.

Automatic Temperature Locutions

The Playlist Digital can be configured to display automatic temperature locutions. To configure
the temperature reading, it is necessary to use an external sensor.

Recorded temperature locutions

Recordings must be in GGD.mp3 (wav) and -GGD.mp3(wav) format for negative degrees. For
example, 23 degrees and 5 tenths: 235.Mp3. The Playlist Digital will approximate up to 5 tenths of
difference, plus or minus. The files can then be recorded from degree to degree, or from half to
half degree, or all tenths. Temperature files can also be in GG format. D.wav or GG.D. Mp3.
Temperature 21 degrees and a half could be represented in file 21.5.wav or 21.5.mp3. When there
are no tenths, the temperature should be represented with zero tenths: 21 degrees: 21.0. Mp3,
210.Mp3, 21.0.wav, 210.wav.

Save these files to a specific folder, create a shortcut to Playlist Digital, using the TEMP shortcut
parameter. See how to configure shortcut for the Playlist Digital and about shortcut parameters in
the topics configuring the folders and Parameters of shortcuts.

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External temperature sensor

To capture the external temperature of the environment and the HTU-300 / HTU-310 temperature
sensor is recommended, both can be found on the manufacturer's website. When installing
Playlist Digital, the HTU-300 sensor software is automatically installed in the "Playlist\PGM"
folder.

For the Playlist Digital to display the temperature voiceover audios according to the temperature
captured by the sensor, you must first create a folder with the temperature audios and a shortcut
to it in the folder Playlist\PGM\Shortcuts. The shortcut must have the TEMP parameter. To learn
more about temperature locutions, see the Automatic Temperature Locutions section of this
manual.

After the folder is created, the temperature sensor is connected to the Main Studio computer at
the port specified by the sensor manufacturer.

After the sensor is turned on on the computer, go to the "Playlist\PGM" folder and open the
HTU300 file.exe, on the HTU-300 settings screen, check the serial port where the temperature
sensor is connected and in the "Locution Destination" field, enter the path of the folder where the
voiceover audios are saved and click "Save Parameters" to save the configuration.

In the HTU-300 sensor software is displayed the temperature and humidity of the air as in the
image below:

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In the Playlist Digital, the temperature is displayed on the

temperature display, as in the image below:

Radio Station’s network

Playlist Digital has the ability to operate on a network of broadcasters in the role of Network
Affiliate or Network Head, according to the need and settings. A Network Head
is responsible for generating content for Affiliates, who receive audio content generated by the
Network Head, locally displaying Commercial breaks, as well as local blocks and programs. The
software allows the sending of remote commands over the
network (TCP or UDP), via serial port (COM)*, via parallel port (LTP1)** and also via DTMF (tone
embedded in the audio file)

*The sending of triggering via parallel port, has as intended, the activation of relays in the
Device responsible for the sending. As most modern computers usually do not have this
feature, it is possible to use COM port triggering to send a serial command to an integrated
circuit device such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi. The COM port can also be used to send direct
commands to the other end, using the equipment (at the network head) and (at the network
affiliate) that enable the sending and receiving of the command.

**The receiving of fire via parallel port (LTP1), as well as the sending, is also intended to
interact with relays in the equipment responsible for receiving the shot. As stated before,
current equipment may not have such a port available for use. In this case, we recommend
the use of USB Joysticks, as will be described below

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We describe each of these settings below, by type and at both ends of the system.

Network Head
For the use of the Playlist Digital in the network head and sending the trigger via satellite, we
recommend the making of a circuit using an ARDUINO device as the trigger generator. However, it
is also possible to make a cable for sending triggering via parallel port.

Arduino
For its confection, it is necessary.

Hardware

- 1 Arduino

-2 Relays for Short/Wrist Closure

Software

- Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software

Mounting scheme

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Note: Playlist Digital only opens the connection to the device at the time of
triggering. Some cards such as Arduino UNO restart each time the
connection is initialized, which can make it impossible for the system to
function properly.

Such an automatic restart can be bypassed using a 10μF capacitor in GND

(Ground) and RESET.

Code to compile

With the Circuit mounted, on a computer with the Arduino IDE installed, connect the COM port
corresponding to the Arduino and compile the code below:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

const int pinoRX = 2; //DIGITAL PIN 2 (RX)

const int pinoTX = 3; //DIGITAL PIN 3 (TX)
const int pinoRelay1 = 11; //DIGITAL PIN USED BY RELAY
const int pinoRelay2 = 12; // DIGITAL PIN USED BY RELAY
char dadoSerialChar='A';

void setup() {
pinMode(pinoRelay1,OUTPUT);
pinMode(pinoRelay2,OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(pinoRelay1, HIGH);
digitalWrite(pinoRelay2, HIGH);
Serial.begin(9600); //Open the serial port and set to 9600bps
while (!Serial); // Arduino Leonardo
}

void loop(){
if (Serial.available()) {
dadoSerialChar = Serial.read();
if(dadoSerialChar == 'P' || dadoSerialChar == 'p'){
digitalWrite(pinoRelay1, LOW); //Turns on relay 1
Serial.println("Relay 1 turned on");
delay(500);
digitalWrite(pinoRelay1, HIGH); //Turns off relay 1
Serial.println("Relay 1 turned off");
}
if(dadoSerialChar == 'S' || dadoSerialChar == 's'){
digitalWrite(pinoRelay2, LOW); //Turns on relay 2
Serial.println("Relay 2 turned on");
delay(500);
digitalWrite(pinoRelay2, HIGH); //Turns off relay 2
Serial.println("Relay 2 turned off");

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}
}
} }
}

Creating shortcuts

Before creating the PLAY and STOP commands, it is necessary to identify the COM port used by
Arduino on the Playlist Digital computer. To do so, open Windows Device Manager through the
Start menu and click Ports (COM and LPT). It will be displayed as in the example, where the door of
the Arduino is COM4.

With this information, access the Config Manager with the user system administrator shortcut of
type COMMAND and use the lines below:

PLAY command

C COM4: P

STOP command

C COM4: S

Remembering that COM4 should be replaced by the COM port used by Arduino, as verified in
Device Manager.

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Parallel port
Used by network head broadcaster to transmit the PLAY and STOP commands.

In order for it to be possible for the computer of the network head to send commands to
the affiliate, it is necessary to make a circuit that will be connected to the parallel port of
the computer and to the satellite transmitter.

A command in the programming of the Playlist Digital in the network head can trigger any
of the 8 relays in the affiliate.

We use the data output pins to send PLAY and STOP. Pins D0-D7 – [2 to 9] are used for
sending commands. We can trigger 8 commands (relays) with the parallel port.

Commands
To create the command in the Playlist Digital, open ConfigManager with the system
administrator user and create a shortcut of type COMMAND.

The command is inserted into the Playlist Digital schedule as a common insertion, and
can be manually programmed or recorded to be programmed into maps.

In the Command line option of the shortcut enter 'C LPT1 n'. The n-value must be a
number between 1 and 255 and determines the drive of the relays in the affiliate receiver,
as shown in the example and table below:

In the example below the value 1 will be sent to the parallel port
LPT1.

Value/Rela 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
y 1 X
2 X
4 X
8 X
16 X
32 X
64 X

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128 X
To simultaneously trigger more than one relay, the value used must be the sum of the
values of the relays that must be triggered. For example, to simultaneously trigger relays 7
and 8, the value used will be 192. To trigger all relays at the same time, the value will be
255:

Value/Rel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ay 192 X X
255 X X X X X X X X

Manufacture of the cable to send the shot (Circuit)

To be able to send the commands to the affiliate it will be necessary for your electronics
technician to develop a circuit that, connected to the parallel port of the computer of the
network head, is able to trigger local relays that, in turn, will be connected by another cable
to the satellite transmitter (uplink) to send the commands to the affiliate.

The signal from the computer will pass through the electronic device, taking the signal to
the relay, which will close a short and send the signal to the uplink connector, thus making
the shot.

The cable from this electronic device to the uplink may vary according to the model used.
The documentation of the equipment must be used for the correct activation of the
controls. Probably the connection will be similar to that used in the receiving equipment.

The relays are connected to the pairs of pins, as in the table below.

Rela Pair
y
1 1-14
2 2-15
3 3-16
4 4-17
5 5-18
6 6-19
7 7-20
8 8-21
Parallel port
The bits of the parallel port are:
Status Register

S0-S7 – [10, 11, 12, 13, 15] – Data loggers S0, S1, S2 – Unused

S3 - Pin [15] (PLAY) S4 - Pin [13] (STOP) S5 - Pin [12]

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S6 - Pin [11] S7 - Pin [10]

Data Register

D0-D7 – [2 to 9] – Data output. D0 - Pin [2]

D1 - Pin [3] D2 - Pin [4] D3 - Pin [5] D4 - Pin [6] D5 - Pin [7] D6 - Pin [8] D7 - Pin [9]

Control Register

C0-C3 [1, 14, 16, 17] – Control registers . C0 - Pin [1]

C1 - Pin [14] C2 - Pin [16] C3 - Pin [17]

C4, C5, C6, C7 – Unused

Earth

The 'earth' pins are *18 through 25].

DTMF
The DTMF (Audible Tone) can be used for sending and receiving triggers only using the
audio coming from the programming. The audios with the tones must be generated and
can be incorporated into the Sweepers of the station, for example. The DTMF is composed
of the characters arranged in the table below

Hz 1209 1336 1477 1632

697 1 2 3 The

770 4 5 6 B

852 7 8 9 C

941 * 0 # D

After generating the tones and incorporating them into the Sweepers, both in the
generation of the file with the DTMF codes, and in the use of Playlist Digital Markers

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Stamp, these Sweepers must be programmed correctly at the beginning and at the end of
the blocks which will send this command to the affiliated stations.

The network head must make the DTMF PLAY and STOP Code available for affiliates to
perform the correct configuration.

Network (IP)
This type of shot can be used:

• On a local area network (LAN)

• In a virtual private network (VPN)

• Through the public IP

When the broadcaster opts for a Public IP, the mapping of the Playlist Digital data port (by
default 3030) must be carried out in the structure of the internet network of the affiliated
broadcaster, usually performed on the router by the responsible internet provider or
technician.

To send the shot, it is necessary that the network head is with your Playlist.INI configured with the
AFFILIATES section, as in the example below

[AFILIADAS]
AFILIADA = 192.168.0.3:3030

Where:

• AFILIADA - Network affiliate name

• 192.168.0.3 - Name of the machine (or IP) that will receive the shot

• 3030 - Data port to be used

In the example above, the data port 3030 was used. However, this can be modified and must
match the data port configured on the network affiliate.

Being properly configured the Playlist Digital of the stations, it is enough that the network head
programs the desired command. This will be sent to the network affiliate, starting or stopping your
schedule.

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For instructions on how to create the commands to use in IP

Triggering, go to:
http://suporteplaylist.blogspot.com.br/2012/02/como-
configurar-o-playlist-digital-para.html

Network Affiliate
Remote triggering
This setting should be used regardless
of the type of network affiliate or to
control the Playlist Digital through the
audio console.

To configure Playlist Digital to accept

remote commands, go to the Tools menu>> Options >> Settings and find the Control from satellite
section.

The settings are:

Accepts remote command to local blocks - Allows the receipt of Play and Stop commands in local
blocks. By default, these commands are ignored in blocks that are not set to SAT.

Accepts remote command 'PLAY' – Defines that the PLAY command can be received in the
software.

Accepts remote command 'STOP' – Defines that the STOP command can be received by the
software.

If displayed, 'PLAY' skips to the next audio – With this option enabled, when you receive the PLAY
command and the software is running, the software moves to the next audio. With this, a FADE is
performed and the next audio is started.

Receiving the Play/Stop command

If your broadcaster is an affiliate, you must enable the
Network Affiliate option under
Tools>>Options>>Settings, in the Remote triggering
section.

The other options are:

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If displaying local block, start next satellite block – If at the time of receiving the command 'PLAY',
a local block is being displayed, it is stopped with a FADE and the next SAT block is displayed.

Allow remote command only at the correct time – Ignores the 'PLAY' command if the positioned
block is outside the time slot (in minutes) set for the reception of the shot defined in "Minutes to
position the blocks and accept shot".

Automatically set the blocks as a starting block – Automatically positions blocks according to
clock and block time when software is stationary.

Minutes to position the blocks – Tolerance time to automatically position the blocks and receive
the 'PLAY' command when the software is stopped.

The tolerance time is accepted before and after, that is: If the block is 10:00 and the tolerance time
is set at 3 minutes, the trigger is accepted between 9:57 and 10:03

Satellite
In the affiliate, the trigger can be received by a Joystick (preferably) or using the Parallel Port or
Serial Port.

Joystick

In the network affiliate, the shot must be interpreted by a Joystick (Game Controller), which can be
mounted by your technician.

We recommend for assembly:

• 1 USB Joystick
• 1 Acrylic box that keeps it fixed and protected
• 1 DB25 connector to be connected to the Joystick

Before disassembling the joystick to mount the receiving equipment, we recommend that you
connect it to the computer to verify its correct functioning.

With your device connected, go to your computer's Control Panel and go to Devices and Printers.

Look for your Joystick (game controller) and right-click. Then go to the Game Controller Settings
option.

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A small window will open with the options and

information of the Game Controller. Select the Properties
option.

Acess the Test tab.

It will be possible to view the information and validate which of the buttons is pressed through a
red light that indicates its activation.

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Once tested and validated its operation, the assembly can be

carried out.

You will need to connect and weld the following DB25 connector
points on the Joystick:

• Connectors 1 and 14 must be welded to button 1

• Connectors 2 and 15 must be welded to button 2

After welding and testing, we recommend that the Joystick and

DB25 connector be fixed in the containment box to ensure the
durability of the reception circuit of the disparo.Com the Playlist
Digital configured as network affiliate and circuit connected to the
computer, the remote trigger is already received.

Parallel Port and Serial Port

It is also possible to receive the trigger using Parallel Port and Serial Port, replacing the use of the
Joystick.

In this case the Playlist Digital will receive from the station "network head" a pulse that will
come via satellite, this pulse will trigger or stop the programming of Playlist Digital
automatically.

The pulse is sent via satellite and, through a receiver that will be connected to the parallel
(or serial) port of the computer the Playlist Digital will receive this pulse, stopping or
starting the programming. If you stop programming, a line will be opened for the station to
display the audio coming from your "network head". Upon receiving the shot to start
programming, the Playlist Digital closes the line and then begins to display the local
programming.

In the case of the Serial port, the receiver will be connected to the LPT1 input (printer port).

In the DB-25 connector (Parallel port) the pairs of pins used for PLAY are [15 and 18] and
for STOP the pairs [13 and 25] are used.

Making the cable to receive the shot

We use the data logging pins to receive PLAY and STOP. The S3 is used for PLAY and the S4 for
STOP.

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• S3 - Pin [15] (PLAY) S4 - Pin [13] (STOP)

The ideal pairs are then:

• S4 – [13-25] (the two extremes opposite to 1-14)

• S5 – [12-24] (one on top of the other, parallel to par 13-25) S6 – [11-23] (ditto)
• S7 – [10-22] (ditto)
• S3 – [15-18 (or 19, 20, 21)] – These are not like the others. It's on the same bottom line.

Connection to the receiver

When the satellite receiver used by the network affiliate provides relays, it is possible for the
affiliate to command the programming through a cable made exclusively for connecting the
receiver to the parallel port of the computer. At both ends will have a male DB-25 connector. One
DB-25 connector will be connected to the satellite receiver and the other will be connected to the
parallel port. Usually on the back of the receiver is a DB-25 connector (figure). The relays are
connected to the pairs of pins, as shown in the table below.

Rel Pair
ay
1 1-
2 14
2-
3 15
3-
4 16
4-
5 17
5-
6 18
6-
7 19
7-
8 20
8-
21

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DTMF (Audible tone)

When receiving DTMF trigger from the network

head broadcaster, we will use the AUDIO INPUT
option, in the section of the same name in
TOOLS>>OPTIONS>>SETTINGS.

The DTMF command must be interpreted by the Playlist Digital, and so it will be necessary for the
Playlist Digital to receive the audio coming from the network head to identify the commands being
received.

In the example above, Playlist Digital will recognize the PLAY command when 'listening' to the tone
"67" in the audio configured to send the shot.

The STOP command will be recognized when the Playlist Digital 'listens' to the "53" tone in the
audio configured to send the shot.

The options under Audio input are:

Audio source– Where the input device with the audio from the network head (content generator)
should be selected.

DSP Plugin - If the broadcaster uses any DSP Plugin for this audio input.

Close line-in to play – Closes the line entry when programming starts and opens when it stops (or
in empty blocks, when this option is enabled).

Waiting time before closing the input line – Time in seconds before line closes

DTMF Play– This command must be set to the value made available by the network head. When
the Playlist Digital identifies the execution of this code, it gives Play in the programming.

DTMF Stop– This command must be set to the value made available by the network head. When
the Playlist Digital identifies the execution of this code, it stops programming and starts playing
the audio received on the line input.

DTMF Level - Defines the sensitivity of signal interpretation. When this value is high, it can cause
shots to be ignored. When the value is too low, it can cause false triggers in the schedule. Playlist
Digital can also recognize more than one DTMF command to perform an action. To do this, simply
separate the commands by the ';' sign (semicolon) and Playlist Digital will be able to recognize

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more than one command

According to the example above, the tones 123A, 159D, 789C, when received, will be recognized as
PLAY. The ABCD, 456B, 79 commands, when received, will be recognized as STOP.

Network
In the case of network triggering, simply enable the Network Affiliate option and which commands
will be received.

Operating Clock

This feature is very useful when the user wants to customize the musical and commercial blocks,
such as: determining a specific name for the block; determine whether the block is for automatic
triggering by satellite or local; determine a flag for block duration; in addition to other features that
we will show below.

To configure this feature access the folder C:\Playlist\PGM, inside the PGM folder open the file

Playlist.ini. ( )

As an example, we present below a configuration for the musical block. With the file open, type the
following setting:

[RELOGIO MUSICAL]
FORMATO=TXT1
ARQUIVO=Grades\Relogio%a.txt

With the Playlist.ini already configured, the Music Clock files should be created in the "Grades"
folder of the Playlist Digital. Access the folder C:\Playlist\PGM\Grades, within this folder should be

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created a Music Clock file for each day of the week. These are text files (notepad), which should
contain the times of the musical blocks (they are usually the same times as the grid files). Below
is an illustrative image of how the nomenclature of the files will look and how the schedules
should be within each file:

Note: This same configuration can be done to create the commercial clocks.

Operating clock parameters

The operating clock can be configured with some parameters that will add more functionality to
the Playlist Digital.

ID parameter

With the ID parameter the name of a given block can be defined by according to the operator's
need.

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FIXO parameter

When setting the fixed parameter, note that a yellow F will appear in the block header.

The parameter (Fixed) is used only in trading blocks, which cannot be delayed.

It works in the same way as the "Discard Insertions" option, but instead of waiting for the song to
finish it cuts what is playing in the music block, making a 'fade-out', passing exactly on time, from
the computer clock, to the next commercial block.

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LOCAL and SAT parameters

The LOCAL and SAT parameters define whether the block is a local block or satellite, this
parameter is used by broadcasters that are network affiliates.

To configure it, simply type in front of the desired block time the LOCAL or SAT parameters.

DUR parameter

When you configure the DUR parameter, a time is set in minutes:

Note that on the block, the amount in minutes specified on the clock and the actual number of
minutes of the block appear. When the sum of the time of the block insertions exceeds the time
specified in the clock, the Playlist Digital displays one indicated in yellow, when the time of the
block is less than the time configured in the clock the indicator turns red and when it is equal the
indicator is green.

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LOCKED parameter
When you configure the Locked parameter, the block is locked, and no operator can make changes
to the block such as Move, delete, and add.

When you add the parameter (LOCKED), a yellow padlock appears on the block indicating that the
block is locked.

DESCARTE parameter
The DESCARTE parameter, will discard insertions that starts after the start time of the next block.

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This diiscard will be applied only in the block in which it was chosen, so if the media extrapolate the
time of musical reproduction, the block will suffer the action of the discarded disposal.

Beep

Beep is a sound that the Playlist Digital emits at a time interval predetermined by the operator.
When the computer clock points to the configured interval of minutes, the Playlist Digital triggers
the Beep and then a sound that can be determined by the operator through the choice of an mp3
file, is triggered in the Playlist Digital over the audio that is playing.

To configure Beep, open the Playlist file.ini which is inside the Playlist\PGM folder, on the last line
of the file type the command as in the image below:

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In the line "FILE" should be entered the path where the file .mp3 of the beep is saved, in the line
"TIME" will be the minutes that the beep will be triggered.

In the example above, the Playlist Digital will fetch the Beep file.mp3 which is in the Playlist\PGM
folder, in the full hours, hour and fifteen, hour and thirty-hour and forty-five.

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Mini Site
You can build a mini website to be displayed within the Playlist Digital. This site should be built
within 'Playlist\PGM\Minisite'. The initial file should be named 'Index.htm'.

The mini site can be built using any HTML file editor or any program for building websites, but
Playlist Digital provides an HTML editor within the folder 'Playlist\PGM\Minisite'. In addition to the
editor, the Playlist Digital already provides a mini site ready, just the operator just edit it according
to need.

To edit the files of the mini site the

operator must open each desired
page with the executable "HTML
Editor.exe" that is in the folder
'Playlist\PGM\Minisite'.

The main page of the mini site is

called Index.htm, within it there
is a menu with the options of
Scale of Announcers, Result
Draw, Promotions, News and
Bulletin Board. For each page link
displayed on the index page.htm
there is a file associated with the
link, all these files are in the
"Playlist\PGM\Minisite" folder
and can be edited using an HTML
editor or the HTML Editor
itself.exe which accompanies the
Playlist Digital.

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Appendix

Creating folders
To create a folder, open Windows Explorer.

- Select the location you want.

- From the menu, select File, point to New, then Folder.

- A new folder with the default name, New Folder, will be selected.

- Type a name for the new folder, and then press Enter.

You can also create a folder by right-clicking a blank area in the folder window or on the desktop,
pointing to New, and then clicking Folder.

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Creating a shortcut through Config Manager

1 - Access the Playlist\PGM folder and run the application "Config Manager.exe"

2 - When running it, you will be asked for user (operator of the Playlist Digital) and password. To
create or edit shortcuts, the user must have administrator privileges in Playlist Digital.

3 - When opened, the Tips of the Day will be displayed.

If you don't want Tips of the Day to appear, uncheck the "Show tips on startup" checkbox.

3 - Config Manager will display all the shortcuts already existing in the Playlist Digital, organized
according to their parameters.

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4 - To create a shortcut, click the icon of an open folder.

5 - Set the type of folder that will be added and later click OK.

6 - Locate and select the desired folder and then click OK.

7 - The folder will be displayed in the panel (according to its category).

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8 - To edit the properties of the created shortcut, click on it and in the Properties panel of the selected
folder, make the necessary changes.

Title – Name of the shortcut to display in the Playlist Digital.

Type – Category of the shortcut created (Music, Commercials, Exact time, ...).

Directory – Path where the added folder is located.

Register – In this field it will be possible to register the shortcut, so that it can be programmed
automatically. Ditto Register Shortcuts.

- To change the shortcut icon, click on the currently used icon. A window appears listing all the icon
files contained in the Playlist\PGM\Icones folder.

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IMPORTANT: Only files from the Playlist\PGM\Icones folder will be listed.

Select the icon you want, and then click OK.

To delete a shortcut, click on it, and then click Delete.

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Once all the changes you want have been made, click Save all changes (icon of a floppy disk). A
message appears stating that the changes have been saved.

After you restart the Playlist Digital, the changes you made appear in the All Folders panel.

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SeparaComprove
The file SeparaComprove has the function of converting the file comprove.dbf into smaller files,
one for each month, with the name ComproveMM-AAAA.dbf, and the proof of the current month
will continue in the file comprove.dbf. For some reasons such as intermittent power outages,
failures in the operating system, etc., the file comprove.dbf can be corrupted, being corrupted the
file separates proves should be executed, it will discard the corrupted proofs and fix the file
comprove.dbf.

The SeparaComprove.exe file is located in the C:\Playlist\PGM folder.

Getting Reports through Logger Manager

Logger Manager is a tool developed to meet the needs of broadcasters to issue preflight reports
quickly and easily, in addition to providing access to Logger 2.0 recordings intuitively, providing the
user with features such as customization of broadcast reports, viewing the schedule executed in
timeline format, as well as the possibility to save the requested recording snippets, all this easily
and quickly.

Through Logger Manager it is possible to obtain the following reports:

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Aircheck reports: This report allows the operator to define the desired preflight period, filter folders
or files and allow the type (extension) of the file to be saved.

Aircheck Map: Allows the operator to view the proofs, of the desired day, divided by the blocks.

Timeline: Allows the operator to view the aircheck, of the desired day, in timeline format.

Version upgrade
The Playlist Digital is a software that is always evolving to better meet the needs of your
broadcaster, so it is available on the Playlist Digital website periodic updates of the Playlist Digital.
To update your Playlist Digital, go to the Client Area on the www.playlist.com.br website. Click the
Download button

After entering the download page, in the left corner, click the Update button

After that, select which version you want to download and press the download button. When you
click on the version, you will see a release note about new implementation and modifications in the

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software, we recommend reading so that the broadcaster keeps abreast of the modifications made
in the software.

1 Version has been downloaded. The downloaded file is compressed, so unzip the file inside the
PGM folder of the Playlist Digital "Playlist\PGM" (See image below);

2 Select an operator with administrator privileges, go to the Playlist menu and click Update
Version (See image below);

3 An update confirmation message will appear. Click "Yes" to confirm. (See image below)

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The Playlist Digital will restart. If the song is playing, it will continue to play normally.

If the Playlist Digital is already up to date, the following message will appear when you click
"Update Version":

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Authenticating and removing the Playlist Digital license

In order for the broadcaster to use the Playlist Digital, it is necessary that it authenticates on our
server.

Authenticate

When the Playlist Digital is opened on a

computer that has internet, if the client's license
is correctly registered in the Playlist Digital,
under "Tools\Options\License", the program
authenticates to the Playlist Digital server and
automatically extends the activation of the
software. You can verify the validity of
authentication through the "Help>>About
Playlist>>Activate" menu.

Removing License

When changing machines or formatting the machine from the air, we recommend that the
operator first remove the license from the Playlist Digital. In this way, the license can be used on a
new machine, without the need for the exchange of authentication by the support team of Playlist
Solutions.

To remove the license, select an operator with administrator privileges and go to the "Help>>About
Playlist>>Remove License" menu.

A confirmation screen will appear, click "YES". The License will be removed and may be used on
another machine.

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Using Playlist Digital with vMix controller and OBS

From version 5.0.8.01 it is possible to control vMix and OBS using the Playlist Digital, then having
an audio and video programming being transmitted at the same time.

It is important to note that since one or more third-party software is being involved in the process,
it is important that you prepare your video collection before starting to use the function.

There is no mixing of the video files when camera controller is activated, so it is necessary that you
perform the necessary cuts in the files before adding them to the collection. This includes the
spaces you want to remove at the beginning and end of the video, for example, as well as periods
of silence.

Required/recommended software
Using vMix

• vMix - https://www.vmix.com/software/download.aspx
• VLC - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
• NDI Tools 4.5 or higher - https://www.ndi.tv/tools/

Using OBS Studio

• OBS Studio 28 or higher - https://obsproject.com/pt-br/download

• VLC - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
• NDI Tools 4.5 or higher - https://www.ndi.tv/tools/ -
• NDI Plugin for OBS 4.9 or higher - https://github.com/dev47apps/obs-ndi/releases

Configuring the software to work together with Playlist Digital

vMix
To use Playlist Digital in conjunction with vMix, it is important to take a few points into
consideration:

vMix Licensing

In some vMix licensing, you cannot play files from a list of videos. This list, when available, is
controlled by the Playlist Digital.

Use in conjunction with VLC

If the licensing used does not have access to the Video List entry type, VLC can be used as a
substitute, transmitting the content via NDI.Com this information in hand, configure the software.

You will need the following scenes within vMix:

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-Audio – An audio input scene, where the audio of the table will be configured. To do this, click
"Add input", and then select "Audio input" and select the device. This entry is in use whenever the
file you are playing is of type audio or the chorus of a music file.

In the audio scene, click the Settings button, and in the

window, enable the options:

-Automatically Audio Mix

-Restart automatically with transition

-Automatically pause after transition

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- Loop Video or Static Image – A scene with a still image or a looped video. These scenes will be
Overlays over the audio scene. With this, when a sweeper, commercial, song, or other file without
video is playing, this overlay is displayed. If there is Loop video, it is used preferentially, and if it is
not available, a configured Static Image is used.

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Enable the LOOP option in the video scene, as shown on the

side.

- List - A scene of the LIST type, where all your videos from the collection will be added, including
video commercials, video Sweepers, news and music videos. Playlist Digital will be responsible for
pointing out the video to be played.

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If Playlist Digital does not find the corresponding video to be played in the vMix list, the audio
scene will be selected by overlaying the video in loop (preferably) or still image.

If you choose to use VLC and NDI, select the NDI option in this step and select the VLC entry.
The VLC configuration walkthrough can be found in the VLC topic of this manual.

Tip: After setting up the scenes, click Save and save the vMix scene settings to your computer.
Remember to save whenever you add content or make changes.

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After adding the scenes to vMix, go to the SETTINGS menu in the upper right corner and then click
on "Web Controller"

Check the ENABLED option.

The software settings should be added to

the Playlist Digital under Tools» Options »
Settings in the Camera Controller menu.

If necessary, add user and password that

is made available or configured in the
vMix Web Controller.

If your vMix licensing allows you to create

the video list, Playlist Digital will set the
same video to play from the playlist
whenever a video file is played. Thus, you
will have the same programming in Playlist
Digital and vMix.

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VLC
If your vMix licensing does not allow the creation of video lists or you use OBS as your video
streaming software, VLC will play videos and broadcast using NDI.

To do this, access the "Tools" menu in VLC and then "Preferences". In the window, locate the
"View settings" option and check the "DETAILED" option.

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In the window, locate "INTERFACES" and then "MAIN INTERFACES". Click and enable the "WEB"
option.

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After that, open the menu "MAIN INTERFACES" and click on "LUA":

Set a password under "HTTP Moon" and click "Save". This password will be required when using
Playlist Digital.

Important: If a password is not set, you cannot control VLC.

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Then configure the DDI outputs by clicking on Tools » Preferences again and accessing the AUDIO
option

Under Output module, set NDI audio output.

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Under Video, set the same setting for the output:

Click Save. Now VLC

is ready to be controlled and ready to do the transmission via NDI to your streaming software.

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Creating a list of videos in VLC

In VLC, click Media, and then add multiple files. Select all your video clips, video commercials,
video Sweepers, and other files that will be used in your Playlist, and then click Play.

VLC is ready to be controlled by Playlist. To

configure the Playlist to control it, go to the
menu Tools » Options » Settings and locate the
VLC option.

Enter the VLC address and port used (by default

8080) and the password configured in HTTP
LUA.

Playlist Digital, whenever displaying a video file,

selects the same file from the VLC list for
playback.

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OBS
The OBS must have the AUDIO and VLC scenes, for automation:

-AUDIO - Scene with the name AUDIO, which must have the audio input coming from the table and
can contain the video in LOOP;

- VLC Scene called VLC, where the NDI type entry from VLC should be added.

AUDIO

Create the Scene with the name AUDIO and then click Add» Audio Input Capture

Rename the entry for easy identification, as below. Then select the device and click OK. In the
same scene, a LOOP or Still Image video file can be added to be displayed when that scene is
active.

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VLC

Add a scene named VLC. Within this scene, select the NDI Source option

Rename the font for easier identification

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Inside this source, select the VLC entry

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After clicking OK, right-click on top of the VLC scene.

Go to the TRANSFORM option and then ADJUST TO THE SCREEN and the CENTER TO SCREEN
option.

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OBS WebSocket

In OBS, click on the menu TOOLS» OBS-WEBSOCKET Settings. Activate the WebSocket server, and
then click OK.

These settings should be added to the Playlist Digital under Tools » Options » Settings.

Once configured, Playlist Digital will control the OBS scenes and the VLC video list.

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Title Overlay
In addition to controlling scenes, Playlist also allows the control of Title Overlay (in vMix) and
Layers (in OBS) Playlist Digital generates an XML file that provides information that can be used in
real time to assemble the overlays as needed. This XML provides information such as:

• Current Music Name

• Name of the current Music Artist
• Name of the current insert file
• Music Release Year
• Next Insertions to run
• Name of the Operator in use in the software
• Current block ID

In addition to the above, other information can be read from the XML generated by the Playlist
Digital using the correct XPath. Below we list some basic XPaths.

Function XPath
Song name /Playlist/OnAir/CurMusic/Title
Name of the artist of the current song /Playlist/OnAir/CurMusic/Artist
Name of the current insertion /Playlist/OnAir/CurIns/Name
Music Release Year /Playlist/OnAir/CurMusic/Year

Name of the Operator in use in the software /Playlist/OnAir/Break/Op

Current block ID /Playlist/OnAir/Break/Id

In addition, Playlist Digital also generates a commonly used

text file for RDS that can show the name of the song or
commercial playing.

Playlist Digital automatically controls titles that are named

Music and Commercial.

The display time can be configured in

Tools»Options»Settings»Camera Controller and clicking on
Title Overlay Time. The time is set in milliseconds and can be
set between 5000 (5s) and 10000 (10s).

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vMix

vMix treats information as Data Sources that can be used in Titles. To do this, add an insertion of
type Title and choose one of the available options. You can also create or download other titles.

Once selected, a window will open with the information to be displayed in the software. Click Data
Source to add the XML information

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In the window that was displayed, click Manage and we will add the information we seek according
to XPath

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Click "+" and select XML

Name this data source in the NAME field, in URL/Filename indicate the path of the XML file
generated by Playlist Digital, and in XPath indicate the path to be used to find the information you
want to use.

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The data will already be displayed soon after. Take the opportunity to add all the information you
want to extract from the XML.

After you add the information, close this screen and select the source of information.

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Once assembled and named correctly, Playlist Digital will initiate the automatic transition to the
MUSIC and COMMERCIAL Title 5 seconds after the file starts playing (except commercial video
spots) and keep it active according to the time set in Title Overlay Time.

In addition to the auto-programming settings, you can trigger any of the overlays or vMix scenes
by clicking on any of the Camera Controller buttons and dragging them to programming points.
When used, this function will change the scene to an announcer's camera when the announcer will
start the voiceover, before its score or story, for example. Below, the application example: At the
time of entry of the trail, the scene with the Speaker Camera is opened. Then, when passing the
insertion, the camera passes to the guest next to his trail.

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Programmed commands

You can also use Config Manager to create commands that can be registered and added
programmatically. The two basic commands are those described below, responsible for enabling
or disabling the automation of the VLC and OBS and vMix list and scenes control. They must be
created with the COMMAND type in Config Manager and, on the command line, added the following
codes:

Function Command
Starts the list control in OBS/vMix C CameraOn
For camera control in OBS/vMix C CameraOff

The commands to activate scenes, sending them directly to the programming/live should contain
the name of the scene following the following structure:

Function Command
Set the SPEAKER scene as the program C Scene:ANNOUNCER

With this, every time programmed on the map, grid or added in the programming manually, through
the COMMANDS section of the Playlist Digital, the SPEAKER scene will be defined in the
programming output in vMix.

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Overlay commands

vMix has 4 overlays (layers) that can be used as overlay. These layers are numbered from 1 to 4
with 1 being the one below, and 4 the one the most above. It is possible to use more than one
Overlay at the same time, but only a single Overlay per layer.

You can define Overlays (such as overlay layers) in programming by using commands.

The Command is built following the following structure:

Function Command
Enables the Journalism scene at layer C Scene: Journalism | Layer:3
(overlay) 3

If Overlay has a defined duration, such as 30 seconds, you can set it using the Time attribute: as
shown below:

Function Command
Enables the Journalism in layer (overlay) 30 C Scene: Journalism | Layer:3 | Time: 30
seconds scene

In summary:

Command element Function

C Sets this to be a command and should be read as such by Playlist Digital
Scene: Sets the scene to select
Layer: Defines the layer (Overlay) to be used
Team: Sets the time for which the layer (Overlay) will be displayed

In addition, the command below clears all Overlays that are active:

Function Command
Cleaning up all Overlays C Scene:RemoveAllOverlays

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OBS

OBS, it is possible to use the automation of overlapping titles in a similar way, however, the
software works with scenes mounted directly on the structure.

With this, the VLC and AUDIO Scenes must contain an element with the name MUSIC and
COMMERCIAL. Any element with these names will be triggered for the overlay, such as: Browser,
Text, Group.

Unlike vMix, OBS does not natively handle information from an XML, which opens up 2
possibilities:

The first is to build a structure that makes this reading on a page read by the browser, for example,
or any other form defined by the broadcaster.

The second is to use the information generated by the Playlist Digital in the TXT file (RDS)

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To do this, in the Playlist Digital, go to Tools»Options»Settings

Then, under RDS, set the template to FILE and under "Adress RDS Encoder", set the name of the
file to be generated. If set as above, i.e. only the file name, it will be generated in the Playlist/PGM
folder. In NOTE, click
Add Font (+ icon), and then click Text (GDI+).

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At this point, if you choose to use a group (with background, image, or any other content),1 set a
name other than MUSIC or COMMERCIAL, as this name must be given to the content that will be
triggered.

In the opened Window, check the Upload File option, then indicate the path of the text file with the
information.

You can also choose the formatting of the text to use

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