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Hi all,

I had the pleasure of doing a demonstration of LiveSupport for a number of
Serbian radio stations today, and the feedback was generally positive.

Most are using cracked versions of commercial playout/automation packages
(which shall remain nameless), so most of the concepts were familiar.

They liked playlists in live mode, and also liked the web interface, which
they said they'd definitely use.

In terms of requested features, here are a few of the things they said
they'd need before considering a switch:

- Satellite integration. I believe Frans has posted this as a feature
request, and Micz has reported something similar - as will likely Akos -
in that LiveSupport will probably have to add a new type of audio input,
in addition to sound files and web streams, to allow input from
satellites. The input would come from the line in on the sound card, but
would be an object scheduled like any other; when the scheduler is handed
the object, it simply switches input to the line in on the sound card for
the time allotted. When it has reached the end of the duration, it moves
to the next item in the schedule. The use case for this is that one
station switches to Radio Free Europe via satellite for a set amount of
time - maybe for the news, maybe for a four-hour block overnight - but
then goes back to its own programming.

- Advanced playlist editor. One of the participants asked about whether
LiveSupport has a feature like one of the commercial packages (which shall
remain nameless) in that they can add notes to a file, and when the file
gets to the point in playback where the note has been place, the note
appears on the screen. They use it to provide warnings to DJs that a song
is about to end, or that they can talk over a song until the note appears.


doug

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Media Development Loan Fund
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Douglas Arellanes
Head of Research and Development
Center for Advanced Media--Prague (CAMP)
Na vinicnich horach 24a/1834, 160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic
Tel: + 420 2 3333 5356, Fax: +420 2 2431 5419
Mobile: +420 724 073 364
http://www.mdlf-camp.net
http://www.campware.org
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http://www.mdlf.org
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Hi all,



I had the pleasure of doing a demonstration of LiveSupport for a number of Serbian radio stations today, and the feedback was generally positive.



Most are using cracked versions of commercial playout/automation packages (which shall remain nameless), so most of the concepts were familiar.



They liked playlists in live mode, and also liked the web interface, which they said they'd definitely use.



In terms of requested features, here are a few of the things they said they'd need before considering a switch:



- Satellite integration. I believe Frans has posted this as a feature request, and Micz has reported something similar - as will likely Akos - in that LiveSupport will probably have to add a new type of audio input, in addition to sound files and web streams, to allow input from satellites. The input would come from the line in on the sound card, but would be an object scheduled like any other; when the scheduler is handed the object, it simply switches input to the line in on the sound card for the time allotted. When it has reached the end of the duration, it moves to the next item in the schedule. The use case for this is that one station switches to Radio Free Europe via satellite for a set amount of time - maybe for the news, maybe for a four-hour block overnight - but then goes back to its own programming.



- Advanced playlist editor. One of the participants asked about whether LiveSupport has a feature like one of the commercial packages (which shall remain nameless) in that they can add notes to a file, and when the file gets to the point in playback where the note has been place, the note appears on the screen. They use it to provide warnings to DJs that a song is about to end, or that they can talk over a song until the note appears.





doug



=============================================

Media Development Loan Fund

=============================================

Douglas Arellanes

Head of Research and Development

Center for Advanced Media--Prague (CAMP)

Na vinicnich horach 24a/1834, 160 00  Prague 6

Czech Republic

Tel: + 420 2 3333 5356, Fax: +420 2 2431 5419

Mobile: +420 724 073 364

http://www.mdlf-camp.net

http://www.campware.org

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http://www.mdlf.org

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