Going live with mAirList tommorow and have spent the day swapping out our old playout software and installing mAirList… Its a little sad that im excited about software but theres lots to play with!
Two quetions!
Is there any way of password protecting the database editor?
Can i disable editing of tracks within mAirList itself? I dont want the presenters to have the ability to edit a track (by double clicking)! I know some stations do like this ability, but unfortunatly were a student station and our presenters do some bizzare things sometimes so id rather not have them editing all our tracks that we’ve setup ourselfs!
only in the networked database. Check the Security tab in the configuration. You must create the users and assign the security roles using any PostgreSQL admin utility, e.g. the psql command line tool or pgAdmin III.
See Misc. -> Enabled Features in the cofiguration app. You should be able to turn off the Properties dialog altogether there.
If you only want to keep people from making permanent changes to the database from the playout instance, enable mAirListDB security roles and use a restricted user (e.g. mairlistdb_studio) for the default login on the studio PC.
To add to Torben’s comments, you can instead remove the Save buttons from all the Properties dialogs, which still allows presenters to make ‘one-off’ changes to tracks (to ‘shorten’ them, for example), whilst keeping all the ‘originals’ intact.
Open Config, then click Miscellaneous, Runtime Features, then clear the three ‘Save to …’ checkboxes.
You can also remove the Database button from the main mAirList toolbar. In Config, click Databases, select your DB, then click Configure, Advanced tab, and clear the ‘Show Database button …’ checkbox.
Thanks very much for the tips there Ill certianly give those a try.
I had a couple more questions acctually! Hopefully the last. I think its pretty much set up now! (Not so related so can start a new post if needs be!)
When adding a HTTP GET logging function, i can only seem to add one paramter and value! Is it not possible to add more than one parameter?
Is it possible to load a desktop and cartwall when mAirList runs? I have a look at the events that can run after startup but couldnt see that functionallity! Maybe im just missing it!
Is it possible to somehow load up some of the next song into the ‘buffer’ when the current song is coming to an end? Buffer may not be the right word to use it, (its what was in our previous software though). I was just trying to reduce the ‘gap’ between the current song ending and the next one playing! (Even though the song ends on 00 and the next song starts without and silence at the beggining of the track, theres a pause while it ‘loads it?’)
Yes. Set up the Playlist, Browser, and Cartwal as you wish, then click Save as default desktop.
NOTE: If you do this, make sure you DO NOT have a ‘Default cart set’ (in config.) as well!
I have a look at the events that can run after startup but couldnt see that functionallity! Maybe im just missing it!
Is there any ‘silence’ at the END of your tracks? How are your FadeOut and/or StartNext cue points set: manually or automatically? What is your Default automation fade time set to? Personally, I set the Default automation fade time to 3000 mS (not 5000) and IIRC my Auto Cue ‘Fade Out’ setting is -18 dB (not -30). I also check all FadeOut points when I set the Ramp points, before I add any item to my database.
All of the above will affect the time between a track ‘ending’ and the next one starting.
