MID-STREAM TAG SYSTEM

Starting from version 8.59 MB STUDIO supports MID-STREAM TAG: one or more commands to run in specified points of the current playing audio/video file.

Common use would be to display the songs titles during rebroadcasted shows or overlap jingles to the playing file (overlap only on MB STUDIO PRO).

To set the position where to insert audio or text, open the prelisten window of any file or song, go to MidStreamTag section and add or modify MidStreamTag.

• Text: at the indicated position displays the text. It can be any text or information on a song in the format "interpreter - title - year - label" (year and label are optional)
• File: when reach the position overlap the selected audio file (MB STUDIO PRO only)
• Random File: when reach the position overlap a random file of the the selected genre (MB STUDIO PRO only)
• Time announcement / Date announcement: when reach the position overlap the time or date announcement
• Breaks: when reach the position, if the following item in the playlist is a break, MB STUDIO pauses the playback of the current file, starts the break and resumes playback of the file at the end of the break. (This happens only in PLAY ALL, AUTOPLAY or AUTOMATIC mode). This function is useful for example to insert advertising breaks on a long-lasting file.
• Send command: send a keyboard command to another program running on the computer. The program to which the command is to be sent must be specified in Configuration\Network\More\Send Command to this window
• Static Text - Scrolling - Flashing: if you use the Video plugin this text will be displayed on the screen
• Disable Video Text: Disable text from the video screen
• Song Index: in the Songs window of MB STUDIO each song has an index number (last column on the right). Writing here the index of a song MB STUDIO considers' as broadcasted the song associated with the index.

MB STUDIO save MidStream Tags in a separate text file located in the same folder of the corresponding audio/video file with the same filename but different extension .txt. If you share the audio/video file to other MB STUDIO users don't forget to share also the .txt file

Ex: for the audio file c:\chart\chart dance saturday.mp3 the MidStreamTag file will be c:\chart\chart dance saturday.txt

When the audio/video file play on any MB STUDIO the MidStream Tag will be executed so when reaching the corripsondig position text/titles will be displayed. If the Option "Display Tag" is enabled, text will output also to webcast Metadata, RDS encoder and WebExport. If the text is a song title and the song is present in the song archive, MB STUDIO will mark teh song as brodcasted to avoid retransmission before the distance rules of Setup\Songs

TIME RECORDER

In this section you can configure an automatic recording that begin or end by time and / or by command from the property of the item on the air. (MB STUDIO PRO ONLY) The goal is to record live shows to be rebroadcasted later. The audio sound is recorded by the section WebCast \ Capture that must be set to MBStudioMix or to a valid sound card input from which to capture the sound.

Read more: TIME RECORDER

RANDOM SONG: PARAMETERS

Through Random Song module you can insert into playlists or break a song randomly chosed from MB STUDIO according to the specified parameters. You can specify or exclude a language, a genre, year, rate, and Beats Per Minute. With the comment field you can select a song for comment, artist or title as described HERE

The MODE switch determines the mode of selection of the song:

• Least Recently Played: it's the default and recommended method. MB STUDIO will search for a song less recently or ever played.
• Least Times Played: MB STUDIO will choose a song never or few times played (see the column Hits in the songs list)
• Most Recently Added: choose a song among the latest additions to the archive, checks the date of the column "Enabled since"
• Random: choose a random song with no specific preference
  

Note that in all modes of selection, MB STUDIO try to respect the rules of Configuration \ songs or property of the song

Read more: RANDOM SONG: PARAMETERS