Radio Playouts
PowerStudio now-playing and coming-up graphics
A coming-up graphic only works if it knows the rundown. PowerStudio's VisualRadioAssist Link plugin sends VRA the playing item and the next five by default, so now-playing and coming-up overlays fill themselves as the show runs.
What VRA does with PowerStudio.
Now playing without retyping
The plugin sends artist, title, duration, timestamp and content type, as an ID and a name, for the playing item and the upcoming ones, so every item arrives with its start time and duration.
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.
Configured inside PowerStudio
The settings sit in PowerStudio's plugin screen. The plugin posts each update to the endpoint the VRA connection generates.
The plugin is the link
Everything goes through PowerStudio's VisualRadioAssist Link plugin. A PowerStudio installation without that plugin has nothing to send to VRA.
How to set it up.
Requirements
- A PowerStudio installation that includes the VisualRadioAssist Link Plugin.
- VRA Core reachable from the PowerStudio workstation on the studio network.
- The endpoint copied from the PowerStudio connection screen in VRA.
In VRA, add a PowerStudio automation connection and copy the endpoint shown on the setup screen.
In PowerStudio, open Options, Settings, Plugins and select VisualRadioAssist Link Plugin.
Enable the plugin, paste the VRA endpoint and choose how many upcoming rundown items to send. The default is five.
Add the optional machine identifier when several PowerStudio workstations report to the same environment.
Save the plugin settings and confirm in VRA that a current item and upcoming list arrive.
PowerStudio questions
How many upcoming PowerStudio items can VRA receive? +
The plugin setting decides how many are sent with each update. Five is the default, and you can change it to suit your graphics.
What is the machine identifier for? +
It tells PowerStudio workstations apart when more than one sends into the same VRA environment. Leave it empty and the connection takes every machine.
Does VRA write anything back to PowerStudio? +
No. VRA only reads. Your radio automation stays the source of the rundown, and VRA reacts to what it sends.
Does the PowerStudio link need the internet? +
No. PowerStudio 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.
Power Studio
About PowerStudio.
PowerStudio is radio automation software with a VisualRadioAssist Link plugin. The plugin posts the current item and a configurable part of the upcoming playlist to VRA Core.
What you can do with this connection
The products behind it.
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