Radio Playouts
Caliope OnAir playlist feed for radio graphics
Show the song on air and the one coming up, straight from Caliope OnAir. VRA reads its playlist export to fill your graphics and to trigger visuals when the item changes.
What VRA does with Caliope OnAir.
Now playing without retyping
The template carries the media ID, title, artist, duration, type, category, start time and in point of the previous, current and next item.
Item types drive the visuals
Sort the item types your feed sends into item groups, like music, jingles or commercials, and use those groups as rundown triggers. Now-playing values reach your graphics as variables.
One XML update, three positions
Caliope posts the previous, current and next playlist positions together, so your graphics can use all three from a single update.
One item ahead
Caliope's feed looks one item back and one ahead. Items after the next one do not reach VRA.
How to set it up.
Requirements
- Access to Caliope OnAir's Now Playing/Playlist settings.
- VRA Core reachable from the Caliope workstation.
- The endpoint and XML template supplied by the Caliope OnAir connection in VRA.
Add a Caliope OnAir automation connection in VRA and copy the endpoint and XML template.
In Caliope Radio, open Settings, Now Playing/Playlist and choose the HTTP or HTTPS output.
Enter the VRA Core URL and select
application/xmlas the content type.Paste the VRA template, save the output and enable it.
Start a test item and check that previous, current and next are updated in VRA.
Caliope OnAir questions
Which Caliope output should I configure? +
The HTTP or HTTPS output under Now Playing/Playlist. Set its content type to XML and paste the template VRA supplies.
Does Caliope send more than the current item? +
Yes. The standard VRA template includes previous, current and next, with timing and classification fields for each position.
Does VRA write anything back to Caliope OnAir? +
No. VRA only reads. Your radio automation stays the source of the rundown, and VRA reacts to what it sends.
Does the Caliope OnAir link need the internet? +
No. Caliope OnAir and VRA Core talk over your studio network. VRA Cloud, where you see and control the result in the browser, does need an internet connection.
Caliope Media
About Caliope OnAir.
Caliope OnAir is radio playout software with an HTTP now-playing export. Its playlist template can send previous, current and next item data to VRA Core as XML.
What you can do with this connection
The products behind it.
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Check your studio setup with us.
Tell us your camera models, video switcher and radio automation. We will check the connections and show you the workflow that fits your station.