Radio Playouts
mAirList visual radio and now-playing graphics
Typing song titles into graphics by hand never keeps up with a playlist. VRA reads mAirList's own logging export and puts the current item and the next four on screen, updated every time an item starts or stops. It needs no script or plugin.
What VRA does with mAirList.
Title and artist on screen
Graphic fields linked to mAirList's title and artist change as soon as the next post reaches VRA.
What is coming up
The next four items travel with every post, so a coming-up graphic can name the next song before it plays.
Songs and jingles apart
Item type, duration and cue-in come with each item, so a graphic can fire for a song and stay off for a jingle.
The feed stays in the studio
mAirList posts to VRA Core on the studio network. Only the resulting state goes up to VRA Cloud.
How to set it up.
Requirements
- mAirList with the logging HTTP POST action.
- The VRA Core app reachable from the mAirList machine on port 3002.
In VRA Cloud, open Settings, Advanced, Automations, add mAirList, enable it and copy the API endpoint and the data template.
In the mAirList Control Panel, open Logging and add a new HTTP POST with that URL, the parameter vra and the data template as its value. Set it to execute when starting and stopping an item.
Start an item in mAirList and check that VRA shows it as now playing.
mAirList questions
Does mAirList work with VRA? +
Yes. mAirList is one of the radio automation systems you pick in VRA's settings. The link is an HTTP POST action in mAirList's logging, with a data template copied from VRA.
Which mAirList data does VRA get? +
The current item and the next four: ID, title, artist, duration, start time, item type, comment and cue-in, as the VRA data template lists them.
Do I need a mAirList script or plugin? +
No. It uses the HTTP POST logging action built into mAirList, with a data template you copy from VRA Cloud.
Where does mAirList send the now-playing data? +
To VRA Core on your studio network. Core then shares the resulting now-playing state with VRA Cloud for browser control and monitoring.
mairlist GmbH
About mAirList.
mAirList is radio automation and playout software for Windows from mairlist GmbH in Dortmund, Germany, used for live assist and full automation at community, commercial and public stations.
The link is one HTTP POST in mAirList's logging settings, with a data template you copy from VRA. Each time an item starts or stops, mAirList posts the current item and the next four to VRA Core in your studio. Those values fill live graphics built in the Visual Designer, and the item type decides whether a song or a jingle gets a graphic at all.
What you can do with this connection
The products behind it.
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ProppFrexx
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File watch
Put now-playing graphics on screen from a text file. VRA watches the file your playout system writes and updates artist and title each time it changes.
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.