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1. n 39 MEDIA INFEO c M Y 39 BAS en nire oT C S n orem iene ene 40 ls Wh up TL R 40 PRIORITY o T P MM H azo 40 ei T ae 41 MOOD sut c ctatstou Mise ccu tutta Me rA Lu EA M MM M E E 42 TROUBLESHOOTING ioe a dotis vet E redi rasan Avete bie ioo btue teen velvet E bceo toto e toa Eee otv toL D efe p R 43 CONCLUSION OP M 43 SECTION cet 44 LiVe Streami G rmm T 44 HOWIT WY ORS hairs S 45 BROADCAST CONTROL CENTER BCC iiie is enc dee res Ea ve e a Ia Eia a N 47 TRIGGER we aa eE E aE TT EEE A MN 48 USAGE EXAMPLES cxiccticscccencatvarcsececacsacsvaspoadcaersanssacosmwstontocacdanes N A E 49 INTRODUCING SAM BROADCASTER LIVE DJ esessssessssessssecsesecsececsscscsscecsececssoscssoscsececsecscsscecsecscsesecsesecsesessessesessesecssses 49 Iure dS cz carniera E N A r beet a A a a aa 52 SWITCH SOTA NON Cor E N O E N 52 EXPORT LIBRARY METADATA FROM CATEGORY ian ar a tpa es o cera Rue a E a E OES 53 AUTOMATICALEY EXPORT LIBRARY METADATA sieneen a eot eue eu r a a a nV aa ea 53 IMPORTREQUESTS MADE VIAWEB WIDGETS cruime raa E daa dto A ENEN 53 EXPORT CURRENTLY PLAYING INFORMATION am
2. Summary Date 19 11 2014 Change Queue Settings Loop Off Time ov 00 v Remove all items in the Queue Repeats Weekly Starts on 19 11 2014 Ends Never Switch to Morning Show playblock Switch to Rolling Stones Back to Back Tracks playblock After 1 occurrences Switch to Saturday 08 to 12 playblock On 19 11 2014 Create new task Station Stop station Start station Skip to next track Queue Shuffle Clear Loop On Loop Off Playlists Shuffle Clear Add to Queue Add to Playlist Add to Filter Rotation Logic Switch to Playblock Summary Weekly on Wednesday This will not work and will result in the Saturday 08 to 12 Playblock becoming the Active Playblock when the Scheduled Event fires Media Info By right clicking any single track or multiple tracks and selecting Edit Track Information you will bring up the Media Info options for the selected tracks When properly completed this can contain a large 39 Page amount of information about the track or tracks in question Most of this information is based on the metadata which can be included with a track some of this information is automatically added based on specific attributes and some of this information must be entered manually There are four tabs available the first being Basic Info Basic Info As you can see from the image the basic information about the track is displayed here but there are also a
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4. amp Recently Added 00 03 1 day W Happy Birthday Sound Effects 00 36 7 days 30 days V Whip Crack Sound Effects 00 44 90 days 180 days Te Q Duration Ranges amp Grouped Filters JA XX 1 2 sm By Artist A to Z M OceanWaves Soundffects 8 OZ 0 0 00W09 22 By Title A to Z 28 By Album A to Z S520 O 28 By Artist Bird Song Sound Effects 22 By Title m A ALL Y 22 By Album aa By Year Elephant Sound Effects 22 By Mood Sound Effects Submarine Sonar Sound Effects Insects Sound Effects The Media Type is one option available for inclusion when creating Playblocks and should be correctly set for each item in your media library to ensure all tracks are correctly identified Incorrectly setting the Media Type can cause problems if for example you have accidentally set a long running music tracks with the Media Type Station ID as Station IDs typically run for a few seconds and this could affect the rest of the scheduled programming Playlists Playlists are discussed in greater detail within the Scheduling section of this document but are mentioned here briefly as they are an ideal method of organizing media One of the great features within SAM VIBE is the ability to share a single music library bet
5. spacial SAM VIBE amp SAM Hits UPLOAD MUSIC INTO LIBRARY Filename Progress Mode Type Destination Size No uploads in progress Total Uploads Storage Tq 0 07 25 00GB Upload Progress 0 90 Page Open a folder on your computer which contains music tracks select a number of tracks and drag these to the Drop Zone To start with select around 50 tracks you can always add more tracks later SAM VIBE will show you the upload progress Notice the icon next to items that indicates the status o This icon indicates the file still needs to be processed by the server When this icon disappears then the file is ready to play on the station Please note that even after a file uploaded it will still take a few seconds for the processing to complete as there are still some processing that needs to happen within the cloud before a track is marked as ready Wait until at least a few files are ready select these files from the SAM VIBE Library and drag them to the Queue Window Now you can start your station by clicking on the On Air button When the On Air status shows ON then your station is broadcasting Wait a minute and then click on the in stream Play button to listen to your station You should now be able to hear your station 91 Page Annex B Keyboard Shortcut Combinations Global Shortcut Keys Description Command Muti elet Space to toggle select Managing items within the ordered lists Q
6. usrary Service Level Permissions A LIVE CONTROL emove Media Admin Playlists Edit Playlists aj spaaai com v SCHEDULE j2 spacial com LRL SETTINGS ME SETTINGS STATION DETAILS Ja DJ PERMISSIONS Station Level Permissions DJ Scheduled Events Rotation Rules ueue Skip Track History Report Live streaming d dj1 spacial com 7 7 7 a dj2 spacial com 7 7 7 a x ry 3 p to buy more Dj logins Serial Description 4 Greyed out checkbox depicts the permission is included with another permission 6 Station Level DJ Permissions S O 8 Remove the DJ which also revokes their permissions SSS 9 _ Click to apply the configured permissions to all stations under this service 22 Page Displays the number of remaining DJ licenses available Displays the Add User window which will assign an available license to a DJ DJ Permissions Tab Settings Tab A number of permissions are automatically included or assigned with other permissions Adding a DJ Each SAM VIBE service includes at least five additional DJs whilst more can be purchased as necessary from the Services Tab within the User Zone Assigning a DJ License to a new DJ can be achieved by clicking the Add DJ button shown as item 14 in the previous image This will display the Add User window Simply enter the email address first name and surname of your DJ and click OK The email address field has a character limit of 100 characters whilst both
7. 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 17 00 PM DUn 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 24 25 26 27 28 Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 17 00 ig ind 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha 19 00 Zero Alpha Events can be scheduled by clicking on the required date in the Month View or at the required time and selected date in the remaining views This will bring up the Create Event button Create Event Clicking this button will bring up the Scheduled Event Editor As mentioned previously Scheduled Events are created from Tasks which can be used to build quite complex Events Add Scheduled Event Names Tasks L Summary Date 14 11 2014 No results found Tim
8. Back to Back Tracks Music MUS Heavy Rotation V Weighted Saturday 08 to 12 x Music MUS Rare Rotation V LeastRecentlyPlayed As this is special feature we could also consider selecting this sweeper on a least recently played or weighted basis These specific sweepers would be contained within a Back to Back Station Idents Playlist This is followed by two music tracks selecting a weighted track on a Heavy Rotation which might be included to strengthen the listener s interest if the second of the Back to Back tracks was not as popular as imagined and then a track on a rare rotation using the least recently played logic is scheduled This would give an average play time of around 15 minutes from only 5 details and could be scheduled to run when required Tasks Just as Playlists and Filters are the building blocks used to create Playblocks Tasks are the building blocks with which Scheduled Events are created SAM VIBE includes a number of tasks designed to assist in automating your stations These built in tasks are split into four sections Task Section Tasks Available Station Stop Station Start Station Skip to Next Track Queue Shuffle Clear Loop On Loop Off Playlists Shuffle Clear Add to Queue Add to Playlist Add to Filter Rotation Logic Switch to Playblock The Playlist and Rotation Logic tasks have further options available 35 Page Playlist task Selected Playlist Scratchpad Clear
9. CONCURRENT CONNECTIONS ceeeeeeeeeee enne nne rnnt ea hasse see se ses es ssa see sse sse ses sa ea ENNEN ses sea es ee see see stessa es ee anaE stessa sean 14 Blade CC T x 14 MEDIA TYPE uc er 15 UPLOAD STATUS AND STORAGE CAPACITY eesaves seus Vae RU Nee NER EXER IS NRXSEYER ER EN FENEE IN SENEVE RU IE NESYXFE NUS RYE AES UE VERRE TENES SRVETU FEE VESIMFEEEE GR 17 ORGANIZING MEDIA CONTENT me c P S 17 PEAYLE TS T 19 SHARED PLAYLISTS 19 STATION IBS orpot c M 20 sin ricum M 21 SERVICE CEVECDI PE MIE ION ccTE ETES 21 STATION LEVEL DI PERMISSIONE sorri in anin S EEEN AE ARENE EEEE EE EAEE EEO A EEEE 22 PEPON ADI orean E EEE E 23 REMOVING A D lecitin Ea AE AEA A A E E EAN 23 SECTION 2 ara OT H 25 CCFO RR 25 PLAY Rp 26 MOVING PLAYLISTS STET 27 SCHED WEE TA
10. Mode SAM VIBE with Live 559 S 5 i ME demo spacial com ral Disconnect KE Encoded Od 00 02 43 streamed 1 95MB Ud 00 02 43 i Switch Now On Air H Jr All Switch on Track Change Switch Now U Available j connect Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Open Switch on Track Change a SAM VIBE i Stop Switch Now Started t f switch on Track Change Working with Multiple DJs SAM Broadcaster Live DJ is designed to integrate with SAM VIBE to enable a Station Manager to add multiple DJs to their stations streaming their own unique shows As we have seen connecting the first DJ is a simple procedure and we will now discuss the process of transitioning from the streaming DJ to a second DJ o3 Page This image shows the Broadcast Control Center BCC with SAM VIBE running but not streaming as the stream is coming from a broadcasting DJ however we now have the option to Kick the broadcasting DJ which is useful if a DJ becomes renegade or starts acting in a fashion not suited to the style of broadcasting the Station s listeners expect Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live djl spacial com KE Who Wants To Live Forever Se eee bv Wueen Available Connect live stream using this SAM Broadcaster SAM VIBE Started The incoming DJ would connect to the available slot which in this case is position 2 by clicking the available Connect butt
11. NWS COM INT The default is MUS Example These are valid options Note The mode will only be changed if track does not yet exist in the library Displays the help message with the available options and a short description of what each one does Usage Examples Note These examples use a directory structure based on Unix Mac For window you should change Music tOc Music Example Directory structure Music Folder Beverly Hills Weezer mp3 Track clubmix Folder mix1 mp3 Track mix3 mp3 Track mix18 aac Track dance Folder dancel mp3 Track dance8 mp3 Track 116 Page Single File Upload test gmail com password123 i 78787 f home name Music Beverly Hills Weezer mp3 o result m3u Single Directory Upload L test gmail com password123 i 78787 d home name Music clubmix o clubmix m3u This will upload all media items in the clubmix directory but not the items from the subdirectories i e no media items in the dance directory will be uploaded using the only the d option Directory and Sub directories T test gmail com password123 E 78787 S home name Music clubmix 0 clubmixAndDance m3u This will upload all media items in the clubmix directory and all of its subdirectories l e The media items in the dance directory will also be uploaded Multiple Files test gmail com password123 i 78787 f home name Music Beverly Hills Weezer mp3 s
12. ned script HTML copy amp paste in the body tag Station Info 2 div id widgets info 44743 4d41d72d0322ee10ce8972ab36fcbf873eb31816 div Now Playing 3 div id widgets now 44743 4d41d72d0322ee10ce8972ab36fcbf873eb31816 div Recently Played 4 div id widgets his 44743 4d41d72d0322ee10ce8972ab36fcbf873eb31816 div Coming Up 5 div id widgets next 44743 4d41d72d0322ee10ce8972ab36fcbf873eb31816 div Media Library 6 div id widgets lib 44743 4d41d72d0322ee10ce8972ab36fcbf873eb31816 div Widget Preview 7 View widget in new tab Serial Description 4 Recently Played Web Widget code 000 O 6 Media Library Web Widget code A0 0 O Listener Statistics From the User Zone a Station Manager can generate three types of listener statistics reports reports can be based on the minute hour or day The Minute Stats reports shows the number of listeners for a specified date the Hourly Stats report shows the listener statistics for a selected month and the Daily Stats report shows listener numbers for a year 79 Page Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays Minute Stats for 13June 2014 v i Generate o B Listeners Show entries Listeners Statistics Listeners 2014 08 13 00 00 00 2014 08 13 00 01 00 2014 08 13 00 02 00 2014 08 13 00 03 00 2014 08 13 D0 D4 00 2014
13. swith sis n Album PO Year M Genel v Label PO Click to load Composer PO Website PO Buy CD PO Tracki g Type C Unknown cor UD 7 Save Tag Weight 00 a a eR Heavy rotation gs Load Tag Duration Filename sLlserssM athew D esktapsemd seatch Hac ES mmm An example switch file is included within the built in Other Playlist Category within SAM Broadcaster and you can also download this file if necessary here http download spacial com download cmd switch flac 48 Page We would recommend importing this track into a Playlist specifically created for this file which would never be included in a standard playlist except when being used to switch the source or you could change the song type in the Song Information Editor to a category which would not normally be selected like C Unknown Content as shown in the image Note This trigger file can also be used in SAM VIBE to switch to a live source Usage Examples The following provides a number of example uses of this technology and better explains the process SAM VIBE can be used as the primary stream for the station but remote DJs could present a live show with the versions of SAM Broadcaster previously mentioned SAM VIBE will provide the audio for the broadcast until a DJ connects and takes over the broadcast As soon as the DJ disconnects the system will either switch to the next connected DJ or back to
14. this pattern a search for tracks by Bob Marley and the Wailers would not include tracks by Bob Marley amp The Wailers Likewise the track shown in the following image Annie s Song would differ from a version of this track entitled Annies Song amp Edit Media Items BASIC INFO Title Track Annie s Song 0 EXTENDED INFO Artist Duration John Denver 03 05 COMMENTS Album MediaType LYRICS The Ultimate Romance Album Music Composer Priority Denver Website Genres Easy Listening Moods Save Cancel The Media Type can be changed from the drop down list Changing the Media Type for a large number of tracks is even simpler Firstly select the required tracks and simply drag them over the desired Media Type and release the mouse button when the icon changes from red to green Here we selected 13 tracks each with the Artist previously set to Sound Effects which were dragged onto the Sound Effect SFX Media Type 18 Page LIBRARY ALL MEDIA amp Filters m Title Artist Album Duration All Media Era Media Types Smokey Robinson amp The MTV Top 100 Greatest Pop amp Music MUS C The Tracks Of My Tear Miracles sens amp Sound Effect SFX Murder On The Dancefloor Sophie Ellis Bextor Hol atl 03 51 gime wJingeUN OMENS Promo PRO 00 49 Station ID SIL v Military Alarm Sound Effect News NWS Commercial t 02 56 00 16 W Nuclear Alarm Sound Effects 03 32 Interview INT
15. you might also have station specific commercial content and station idents which you only want available to the station in question and to ensure only the correct station can utilize these Playlists you should consider creating Station Playlists for these tracks The built in Media Selection Filters are shown at Annex E and referenced throughout this document Whilst Playlists can contain many thousands of tracks it is also common to find Playlists containing a single track This is useful when you must play a specific track at a specific time or rotation frequency You can also specifically reference a Playlist in a Playblock but replace the track or tracks in the Playlist as required This is ideal when you have scheduled a recurring show which is pre recorded and changes frequently For example a DJ might record their daily or weekly show which is scheduled at a specific time and date each week or daily By simply replacing the track within the referenced Playlists there is no need to reschedule the programming Moving Playlists It is not possible to move a Shared Playlist to a Station Playlists or vice versa but you can easily recreate a Playlist as the other type If for example we had created the General Music Playlist as a Station Playlist but this should have been a Shared Playlist simply create a new Station Playlist with a temporary name e g General Music Temp select all of the tracks in the Station Playlist General 27 Page
16. 53 91 80 idLgNewTest2 Relayld 96250 SCHEDULE 08 03 14 Statistics retrieve failed Invalid username or password for Icecast server 208 80 53 91 80 idLG4 Relayld 96249 Qa HEALTH 08 03 14 Statistics retrieve failed Invalid username or password for Icecast server 208 80 53 91 80 idLgNewTest Relayld 96248 E 08 02 33 Rotation logic failed to find valid track from Queue or active Playblock Selecting random track E SETTINGS m 08 02 33 Playblock Morning Show failed to pick a track from All Media using Default 08 02 33 Playblock Morning Show failed to pick a track from SAM Hits Top 40 using Heavy Rotation 08 02 33 Playblock Morning Show failed to pick a track from Station ID SID using Default 08 02 33 Playblock Morning Show failed to pick a track from SAM Hits Top 40 using Heavy Rotation 08 00 17 Scheduled event Morning Show executed successfully 07 55 43 Rotation logic failed to find valid track from Queue or active Playblock Selecting random track ooooccoeeee We have the option to filter the messages displayed and can select to view from the three options available Information Messages Warning Messages and Error Messages These options can be filtered by selecting the check box for the message type Gi 304 0 5237 Ov Conclusion SAM VIBE has some outstanding scheduling functionality which when combined with features like Playlists and Playblocks can provide unsurpassed station aut
17. 8am every Saturday We will start the Playblock with a Station Ident which has been set to 30 Page use the Sweeper Separation and will automatically play the Least Recently Played track in the SAM Hits Station Idents Playlist This track will be followed by two commercials both from the SAM Hits Commercials Playlist which have been set with no rules but the first commercial will be selected by the track weighting which will ensure the commercial selected will have a higher weighting factor than other commercials in this Playlist This would be useful when you have an advertiser who has paid for a current high profile advertising campaign and all of this advertiser s commercials have been set with a higher weighting than perhaps older commercials which might have been purchased at a lower rate for inclusion on a lower frequency After the commercial segment we have selected two tracks to be played from the Top 40 Playlist and again the first track is selected by weighting which we could use to select a more popular track from the current Top 40 Playlist or we could set higher weighting to tracks with a higher place in the Top 40 which we might believe could reach higher chart positioning and we would like to be seen to advocate this by playing these tracks more frequently The second track is selected on a Least Recently Played basis and with both tracks following the built in DMCA separation rules we can be certain that with 40 tracks in this Playl
18. AE AE Gus bona iden eas acuden Der banus 93 WIANAGE SEPARATION RULES ccs toto tuptc bn tuus spat tU Eon da Sas oM aaa Poss Su ec n E cem LI e bom bus s LADIES eS LosLLM OT CSUM ERES O 93 PLAYBEOCKS papi soos 93 ANNEX C HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICE cccsssosccsccssccsccsccnscnsccsccnssnsccaccnssnsccaccnscosccaccnsssccaccnssosscaccnsoes 94 ANNEX D FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAQ csssccsseccsscccssccescccssccnscccssccnscccsscccseccessccseccescccscccuscccssccusccoeesouses 95 ANNEXE BUILT IN MEDIA SELECTION FILTERS s ssessssessssecseseosesscsssecsssecsscessesecsececsecscsececsesscsesecsesecsesecsecsesesscsessssee 97 AININEX F SEPARATION dlc 98 ANNEX G LOGIC TYPES 46 cciossiccecsuastveccaslovacaecctivessussccacosnnsvousnas avscoseeevacdsccevaatuaseeecduah oven ones waseaubowsclueasvessusseceeslensveuseesavarers 99 ANNEX BASIC TROUBLESHOOTING Ssivcsssecensinsatacctisvasscs cestnnatesscess0seuyeestaete cbenanscetsas ine ER ee iaaa iaaa neinna FPE dakana KEEN saa ERREUR 100 Tracks are stuck in the Queue and never seem to play eese sse esee enne nannte sna anne saa anne sa ases a aan 100 Turning Vou storion ON NOS TOE OY sese e PR ap E a ave tt aut 100 Unable to upload the same track TWICE sosta P qo ee Oa OR Frag Eoque E RUN NR en TERN ER M A qua 100 How tap drebportu my music TOV OITICS
19. DJ means this worry is a thing of the past How it works The first image shows SAM VIBE being the source feed to the broadcaster This means all listeners connected to the streaming servers will hear what is currently playing with SAM VIBE Streaming Server SAM VIBE SAM Broadcaster Live Source 1 T J Streaming Pro Studio Live DJ Server Hardware Encoder Live Source 2 Streaming Server The next image shows how things look once the broadcaster switches to using a Live source which in this diagram is being fed from SAM Broadcaster If the Station Manager switched the source to the Live Source 2 then the stream would be generated by the Hardware Encoder 45 Page SAM Broadcaster Pro Studio Live DJ Hardware Encoder Streaming Server Streaming Broadcaster nee Streaming Server The following image shows the stream being taken from the second live source which in this example is taken from the hardware encoder SAM Broadcaster Pro Studio Live DJ Hardware Encoder Streaming Server Streaming Broadcaster OP Streaming Server Switching between sources is as easy as clicking a button on the SAM Broadcaster window called Broadcast Control 46 Page Broadcast Control Center BCC Broadcast Control djl spacial com Lrazy by Grarls Barkley Switch on Track Change Encoded 0d 00 01 45 streamed 1 2MB Od 00 07 45 Switch Now streaming 22 Switch on Track Change S
20. F Separation Rules The complete list of Separation Rules available by default and a brief explanation Separation Rule Description Repeat Limits Album Artist Title Track No Rules None Noe Noe Nome NoRles None JNoe Noe Nome With No Rules selected there would be no limit on when a further track from a previously played album artist identically named song or a previously played track could be repeated With Rare Rotation selected there would be at least a 12 hour gap before a track from a previously played album or artist would be played there would be 1 day before a track with the same title would be played and there would be 4 days before the track was repeated o8 Page Annex G Logic Types The complete list of Logic types available by default and a brief explanation Logic Type Description Tracks are selected at random Weighted Tracks are selected based on their track weight balance Least Recently Played Tracks are selected based on their status as the least recently played track You can set the priority of tracks in the Media Editor If you use Weighted logic in your Playblock then tracks will play relative to the priority set which by default is 60 A track with a priority of 80 would be played four times more often than a track with a priority of 20 This track has a priority of 60 which means it would be played six times more than a track with a priority of only 10 a
21. Music Ctrl A will select all tracks and with the tracks highlighted right click any track select Add to Playlist and select the correct Playlist Once the new Playlist contains all of the desired tracks simply right click on the original Playlist and select Delete Playlist Finally right click on the newly created Playlist and select Rename giving the Playlist the correct name Playlists and Grouped Media Types can both be used to build complex but flexible Playblocks Playblocks can be scheduled to run when required and are the building blocks the Station Manager or DJ can use to create a varied music program Schedule Tab Under the SCHEDULE tab in SAM VIBE you will find the Playblocks Separation Rules Tasks and Scheduled Events These tools when combined with Playlists can be used to create your automated program scheduling Playblocks Each SAM VIBE station by default includes two Playblocks which can be used to run your station but would not provide a varied music selection the Default and Example Playblocks Library ACTIVE PLAYBLOCK Failover Logic EDIT PLAYBLOCK M Morning Show Morning Show d LIVE CONTROL Category Logic PLAYBLOCKS N SCHEDULE ne SAM Hits Top 40 LeastRecentlyPlayed Default Station ID SID Random T PLAvBLOCKS Example Playblock SAM Hits Top 40 Random Morning Show SEPARATION RULES Rolling Stones Back to Back Tracks All Media Random Saturday 08 to 12 SCHEDULE
22. Playlist a Shuffle Playlist Add to Queue Top v Add to Filter Music v Add Playlist to Playlist Scratchpad Y Top v Save Cancel The specified Playlist should be selected from the drop down list and the required Task selected Playlist Task Tasks Description Clear Playlist Clears the contents of the selected Playlist Shuffle Playlist Shuffles the contents of the selected Playlist Add to Queue Adds the Playlist to either the Top or Bottom of the Queue Add to Filter Adds the Playlist to the specified Filter Music Sound Effect Jingle Promo Station ID News Commercial Interview Add Playlist to Playlist Adds the Playlist to either the Top or Bottom of the specified Playlist selected from the second drop down list The Rotation Logic Switch to Playblock Task enables you to switch to the Playblock selected from the drop down list Switch to Playblock task Playblock Default v Save Cancel Using Tasks is covered in further detail under the following Scheduled Events section but the important points to note about Tasks is that each Task does one job and each Task is separate from any other task this becomes more apparent when using Scheduled Events but you could not use Tasks to switch to multiple Playblocks in the same event as they will not play in order instead the Health log will show SAM VIBE switched to the first Playblock but then immediately switched to the second Playblock To play multiple Playblocks in orde
23. Playlist to add items to or Remove items from tcan have multiple is required pe arg Creates playlists if not exist under specified category shared istation g arg Add items to queue at specified position topibotton X Delete mode Remove items instead of adding SAMPLE 1 testPweb com password i 1354 fF test m3u p myPlaylist H TE Use to wrap strings with text containing spaces C Program Files S5pacial LihbraryImportltils plaulist util Mac OS X and Linux Follow these steps to get the application up and running Open terminal Navigate to the installation directory opt spacial LibraryImportUtils Type Is a and press Enter and you will see the 3 sub directories 1mpofrt util Dlavlrist urtil Uninstaller Type cd opt spacial LibraryImportUtils PlaylistUtil and press Return to navigate into the playlist util directory Type is a to display the two files within this directory PlaylistUtil This is the executable file PlavlistUbil jar This is the main application Type the following command and press Enter to display the usage and help information PlaglistULtLil h 119 Page Faure Mu ener aid PCR E a aix playlist util af 2 TE f playlist util PlaylistUtil h usage PlaylistUtil AT E Clear playlist and or queue queve playlist can have multiple Playlist file to import can have multiple is required print this help message lt arg gt Your station ID required l lt
24. Tab File path location to where the files are saved Option to create a new file for each session Option to overwrite the existing file for each session Option to resume the existing file for each session Select and configure this to create a new file every XX minutes Select and configure this to create a new file every XX MB Navigate to and Select a new file path Close the window Save the changes Cancel any changes made and close the window SAM VIBE Only Selecting this option will generate this pop up to confirm whether you are sure you wish to complete this selection 56 Page Are you sure you wish to set this Station to Cloud Only mode Doing so will cause your account to sign out Selecting Yes will sign you out of SAM VIBE and you will have to re enter your password to sign in Selecting No will close this window SAM VIBE with Live Streaming You can select SAM VIBE with Live Streaming which is the default setting and the recommended mode You can see that SAM VIBE is the current source for the stream and the two options available are either Stop the SAM VIBE station or Connect to either of the Open available sources Broadcast Contro SAM VIBE with Live os M EN Available Connect Connect live stream using this SAM Broadcaster Switch Mow Available Connect live stream Using this SAM Broadcaster SAM VIBE Fulaus Dub 3 Clicking Stop brings about the following situation which show
25. a number of Shared Playlists with a naming convention which assists in identifying the content PLAYLISTS PLAYLISTS DECADE 19905 E3 Shared Playlists E Title Artist Album sf Scratchpad zh Muzik Moris zh General Music p French Music Don t Need the Sunshine Mulder and Scully Johnny Come Lately Catatonia Catatonia Catatonia International Velvet International Velvet International Velvet zr Mood Mellow f Artist Big Sean Artist Jose Gonzalez Artist Johnny Cash Artist Jason Mraz p Artist Fountains of Wayne zh Artist Elliott Smith Artist Eddie Vedder p Artist Bob Sinclair Genre Reggae zh Decade 2000s Decade 1990s v E3 Station Playlists 5692 Am the Mob Catatonia International Velvet Why I Can t Stand One Night International Velvet Stands Catatonia International Velvet Catatonia International Velvet Lilith Fair A Celebration of Water Is Wide Women in Music Disc 2 Indigo Girls Free Nelson Mandela The Specials The Singles Collection Hold the line Toto Rock amp Roll Band This Is How It Feels Inspiral Carpets Life L L E E L L Es Reload Baby It s Cold Outside Tom Jones amp Cerys Matthews SAM VIBE includes a number of built in Media Selection Filters which can be used to list and identify the type of track which can also be used to build Playblocks however if you have multiple stations which might include different genres
26. access your station or stations if you have multiple SAM VIBE or Cheapest Stream stations where you will be presented with the following screen 73 Page Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods VC782077 SAM VIBE G 6 77 GB of 30 GB storage used 5 DJs allowed 2 stations 0 unused Manage Service No logo CASE SID782079 Manage Station V Manage Station Clickhere togait 1Reay 9 Clickheretogait 1Reay g Station 1 Station 2 Remove Station Remove Station VC1070214 Cheapeststream 1 station slots SID1070211 ogo Manage Station Click here to edit Station 1 Here you will find two options for any SAM VIBE station and a single option for any Cheapest Stream station For each SAM VIBE station you have the option to Manage or Remove the station whilst you can only Manage a Cheapest Stream station as the station can only be removed by removing the Service from the Services Tab Once you have selected the required station from the Manage Station button you will be presented with the following image Home Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Logout lt lt Back to Stations SID1046997 HITS SAM Hits Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays 6 6 HITS SAM Demo Station http spacial com 27 Change station details SAM VIBE WebUI Quick Start Guide Tutorials amp Support Library Import Utility E E E Stat
27. arg gt Login details in this form username password required mof Match on media filename only ignore path nd Remove duplicate items from playlist and or queue Playlist s Queue will only contain every item once p lt arg gt Playlist to add items to or Remove items from can have multiple is required pc lt arg gt Creates playlist s if not exist under specified category shared statton q lt arg gt Add items to queue at specified position top bottom X Delete mode Remove items instead of adding SAMPLE l test web com password i 1354 f test m3u p myPlaylist NOTE Use to wrap strings with text containing spaces playlist utils Jj Parameter details Windows PlaylistUtil exe 1 test gmail com password123 i 78787 s home name Music clubmix o clubmixAndDance m3u Mac OS X or Linux Java jar PlaylistULIl Jar l testigmall com passwordl23 i 79787 8 home name Music clubmix o clubmixAndDance m3u Command Required Details lt username gt lt password gt Your SAM VIBE login credentials for login Example test email com mypassword i StationlD Station ID Example i 1234 where 1234 is your Station ID f path to playlist The location of the playlist file Can be in m3u mil or pls format Important The items specified in the playlist must already exist in the library Thus the playlist being imported is usually generated by using the Library Imp
28. be unlawful void or for any Feason unenforceable then such provisions shall be deemed severable from the other the terms of this Agreement and shall have no affect on the validity of t he remaining terms 19 Mon Maiuer of Rights The failure of either party to insist on or enforce the strict performance of th e other partylGO0s obligations with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement OF to exercise any rights found herein will not be construed as a waiver or d iminishment of such party s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or Fight in any other instance and same will remain in full force and effect JH Governing Law All matters relating to this Agreement and use of the Service shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada You theref ore agree to the courts of Quebec and Canada having legal jurisdiction You also agree that You are Fully responsible for complying with all of Your local laws press 1 to accept 2 to reject 3 to redisplay press 1 to accept 2 to reject 3 to redisplay a eSelect target path C Program Files Spacial LibraryI mportutils press 1 to continue 2 to quit 3 to redisplay Press enter to accept default path or enter new path Type 1 and press enter to continue Navigate to the installation directory and start using the application Linux Mac OS X Open Term inal and navigate to the download directory Enter the
29. existing SHOUTcast v1 or Icecast v2 streaming service this is done once per relay and not once per DJ The Station Manager assigns the correct permissions to the DJ and the DJ will automatically be invited to download SAM Broadcaster Live DJ from their personal User Zone which also includes the SAM Broadcaster Live DJ license Key The DJ installs SAM Broadcaster Live DJ signs in once to the service using their email address and password connect and broadcast It really is that simple and removes a lot of the steps which used to cause Station Managers so many problems in the past Q One of my DJs has left how can I stop him using the license paid for A Revoke the DJ s permissions in the User Zone and remove them from the DJ Management list that s all you need to do You can then immediately reassign this license to another DJ Q SAM VIBE streams in 64kbps AAC this is not what my streaming service uses A SAM VIBE external relays can stream in any of the following configurations 16kbps to 128kbps HEAACv1 18kbps to 64kbps HEAACv2 8kbps to 320kbps MP3 SAM VIBE can also now stream in any of the following configurations and is no longer fixed at 64kbps AAC 16kbps to 128kbps HEAACv1 18kbps to 64kbps HEAACv2 8kbps to 128kbps MP3 o5 Page Q Will SAM VIBE continue to play tracks whilst a Live source is the active source A No SAM VIBE will only rotate tracks while it is the active source Q do not want to use SAM Broadcaster for my
30. for James Sit down in SAM VIBE and drags it to the top of the Queue But a few seconds later INXS Need you tonight starts playing and James Sit down is still at the top of the queue Why There are several reasons why John s action was not in time 1 Firstly the streaming introduces a delay The streaming server keeps a minimum buffer of between 20 and 30 seconds This not only allows the stream to start playing instantly when a listener first tunes in but also protects the listener from internet problems and reduces the chance of buffering and audio anomalies Thus what you hear is several seconds behind what is happening in the cloud currently 2 Any change you make to SAM VIBE first needs to be synchronized with the Cloud This can be instantaneous or this might take up to 20 seconds for a major change A safe delay to work on is to assume that what you hear is 60 seconds behind real time and schedule your content accordingly One important point to note is that the Queue takes priority and if there are tracks in the Queue any automated content or scheduling will not play until the Queue is empty If the Queue Loop is ON then the Queue will continue to repeat until the Queue is cleared or the Queue Loop is removed and the Queue plays out 7 Page Terminology Definitions To help you understand the technology behind SAM VIBE here is a brief explanation of some of the terminology used Content this is your mus
31. fourth section covers the User Zone SAM VIBE Concept SAM VIBE is a Cloud based Radio Streaming System You configure your station details within your User Zone log in to the WUI to upload your tracks create Playlists you can schedule your broadcasts and much more When you are ready change your ON AIR status to ON and your station will start broadcasting from the SAM VIBE Cloud The WUI enables Station Managers and DJs to log in from any web browser manage stations and even upload music SAM VIBE Operation Overview SAM VIBE has evolved since the first release and whilst SAM VIBE remains an excellent Radio Automation Solution it now includes the capability and features you would expect to need for a complete Internet Radio Station solution including live broadcasting with SAM Broadcaster Live DJ SAM VIBE can be configured in one of three different modes which are explained in the Live Streaming section of this document but to operate SAM VIBE as just a Radio Automation Solution you would select the SAM VIBE Only mode from within the Broadcast Control Center BCC You should be aware that as a Radio Automation Solution SAM VIBE runs in near real time and not real time this is best explained with an example John is listening to his own station and has just received a request from a listener that asks if John can play James Sit down next John hears that the current track Dido Thank you is about to end and quickly searches
32. home name Music clubmix o clubmixAndDance m3u 117 Page Annex L Library Playlist Utility Introduction The Library Playlist Utility is a command line tool that can be used to insert tracks which must already exist in the SAM VIBE library into Playlists or the Queue Tip First use the Library Import Utility to physically upload the tracks to the cloud Then as a second step add the tracks to the required Playlists or Queues Remember if stations share a single library the tracks will only need to be imported once and can then be shared by all stations under the same service Key benefits e Automate the process of loading file playlists into SAM VIBE Playlists e Automate the process of loading file playlists into the SAM VIBE Queue e Automate the process of removing items specified in file playlists from SAM VIBE Playlists or Queue This is the user guide for the Library Playlist Utility In this section we will explain what the tool is designed for and how to use it We have included some basic and advanced examples which we hope will be of benefit This document will enable you to use the Library Playlist Utility For you to continue with this guide please ensure you have read through the Library Import Utility guide and that you have already installed the utility This guide is broken down into three sections the Introduction which covers what s and why s of this tool The Usage section gives an insight into the various feat
33. lt 250x100 250x200 O300x250 500x100 C600x100 Qu Oves No Q HEAACV1 64kpbs 44 1kHz Stereo v Direct link for major players http listen spacial com api listen sid 44743 amp method sc amp rid 1046998 6 Generate Widget Serial Description 4 __ Select which relay will stream to the customized player 6 Click to generate the player widget The following are a selection of the available player variations Player Widget Samples Colour Size Player Sunbeam Acoustic 250 Black X 100 4 250 White X 200 Track Hearts in the Sky Artist Album powered by SAM VIBE 76 Page SAM Hits 300 White X 250 Track Hearts in the Sky Artist Album powered by SAM VIBE p Track Pulaus Dub 3 oar HL Artist Zillo Black X SE 1 Album 100 Track Distant Rails 600 m i ae mH Artist Metallic X Tas Album 100 powered by SAM VIBE Apart from the direct link for major players which will enable your listeners to listen with their preferred media player each player is available with a variety of code options consisting of iframe Flash player link and pop up which can easily be added to your webpage by copying and pasting the code from your User Zone into the webpage code No special skills are required simply decide which player option you wish to use and where on your page you wish to insert your player Copy the code from your User Zone into your
34. mode is set to Overwrite Metadata then the track will be replaced refreshed The Solution Well there is actually more than one solution so let s first look at preserving the paths via the Library Import Utility 103 Page Library Import Utility Preserved paths The Library Import Utility allows you to upload tracks to your online library and it will by default preserve the directory path as it is listed on your computer Extending our example above you now have the file you uploaded via the SAM VIBE Web Interface and it happily lives in your library as import myshow hourl mp3 If you have used the Library Import Utility to upload your show for the following day then this is also available in your library as the path has been preserved The path for this track would therefore be c myshows 2014 11 21 myshow hourl mp3 If you tried to use the SAM VIBE Web Interface to upload this file it would either skip the import or replace the file depending on the import mode selected as inport myshow hourl mp3 already exists in the library SAM VIBE web interface amp the Library Import Utility combined We recommend this combined option where you can use the SAM VIBE Web Interface and the Library Import Utilities to upload your show The Library Import Utility also allows you to upload your shows to your online library and specify to ignore paths and Match on Media Filename Only the mof option Let s look at our example above a
35. number of options which can be adjusted or edited some of which we have referred to throughout this document including Media Type and Priority or weighting amp Edit Media Items BASIC INFO Title Tracks Annie s Song EXTENDED INFO Artist Duration John Denver 03 05 COMMENTS Album MediaType The Ultimate Romance Album Music Composer Priority HISTORY Denver Website Genres Easy Listening Moods Media Type The Media Type can be used to identify the track in one of the Media Filters and although set to Music by default it can be changed to either of the following Music Sound Fffect Jingle Promo Station ID News Commercial Interview Priority The Priority relates to the Weighted logic in your Playblock with tracks having a higher Priority being played more frequently than those with a lower priority A track with a priority of 80 would be played 40 Page 4 times more than a track with a priority of 20 By default each track when uploaded is assigned a common Weighting of 60 Genres Multiple genres can be selected for each track based on a large number of included genre options which can be added to a track by clicking on the Edit button clicking Add and selecting the appropriate genres from the drop down list In this example we have selected four genres with a common theme Add Remove genres Acoustic Country Easy Listening A Capella These can be used with Grouped Filters to identify track
36. the specified directory and all subdirectories underneath Example s home music You can include multiple s options H JtracksA 5 tracksB Tip Also see m flag This option is used to upload a single media file or a list of media items in a valid playlist file M3U PLS Can be specified more than once Example f eclubmix m3u and or f home user music dr dre mixl aac 115 Page Example f etc clubmix m3u f etc mixing mp3 This will look for media files that match the file mask So only items that match this file mask will be uploaded when searching directories d and subdirectories s So this option can only be used when d and or s options are included Default If not specified the default will search for all supported media Example You can have multiple of this option m mp m tast aac This will only add the media files that are new to your online library to the output playlist file Can only be used if option a new is specified The default mode is where items are identified by their path filename If mof option is specified it means the system will ignore the path portion and only identify files based on filename Thus music a mp3 and promos a mp3 will be matched as the same track Note Matches are also case insensitive regardless of the mode So A mp3 and a mp3 are seen as the same file t MUS SFX JIN PRO Assign a Media Type to newly imported tracks SID
37. the Playlist but the item will not be uploaded again This holds true even if you physically put a different file in the c music a mp3 location SAM VIBE will not detect a change because the file changed If you need to upload a new version of the file currently the only option is to delete the item from the SAM VIBE library and then re import the file again How can I report my music royalties Reports can be retrieved from within your client zone under My Stations Manage Station Reports The history export tool allows you to download statistics for any given month in order to report your music royalties How can I know how many listeners are listening to my station The History window displays the number of listeners for each track played whilst more detailed reporting is available from the User Zone under My Stations gt Manage Station Statistics For an historic view of your listenership statistics please login to your client zone http samvibe com Under My Services Tools Statistics you will be able to generate daily or monthly graphs of your statistics 100 Page Why can I not drag files into SAM VIBE As a security feature Windows does not allow dragging between applications in different user levels So if you started Windows Explorer with the Run as administrator option then you may not be able to drag to SAM VIBE 101 Page Annex I Useful Links and Contacts Links Description Link Spacial Hom
38. the first name and surname text boxes have a character limit of 255 E mail address E mail address Name Name Last name Last name EN If the email address already exists then the following error message is displayed Add User e E mail address dj1 spacial com S i a address invalid or user already Name dj Last name EN Removing a DJ Removing a DJ is simple and can be achieved by clicking the X shown as item 8 in the earlier image You will be prompted to confirm whether you wish to remove the DJ from the current station or from the service 23 Page How would you like to remove this DJ seat Do you want to remove access from this station only or all stations on this service This station only All stations on this service Cancel 24 Page Section 2 Scheduling This section focuses on SAM VIBE scheduling includes Playlists in greater detail Playblocks Separation Rules Tasks and Scheduled Events which are the five tools available and when combined the Station Manager can fully utilize the power of automated SAM VIBE scheduling With these five simple tools you can create a depth to your broadcasting which random track selection might not be able to provide and by combining these five tools you will find that SAM VIBE is as powerful and fully featured as professional radio automation software but for a fraction of the cost On top of this you don t have to worry about hardware f
39. the primary SAM VIBE stream The live stream can be the station s primary stream but if the live source becomes unavailable for any reason the system can fall back to SAM VIBE This can ensure you have 24 7 broadcasting with a SAM VIBE backup solution in case of network issues or any other type of trouble with your live broadcast source If you wish to stream in multiple formats and bitrate but your upload bandwidth is perhaps not good enough to upload multiple source streams SAM VIBE Live streaming will allow you to send a single high quality source stream that will automatically be converted to multiple formats and bitrates and streamed out to the streaming servers through SAM VIBE streaming relays which are compatible with any SHOUTcast v1 and Icecast v2 streaming services Introducing SAM Broadcaster Live DJ Previously Spacial provided SAM Broadcaster DJ Seats which allowed Station Managers to provide temporary SAM Broadcaster licenses to remote DJs without great risk to their investment If the remote DJ left the station at worst they would only be able to use the DJ Seat license until the license was renewed every 6 months however Station Managers asked for even greater control and increased flexibility As a result of the feedback received we created Live DJ licenses which can be used with SAM Broadcaster Live DJ edition No longer can a remote DJ use another station s license to stream elsewhere The Station Manager provides SAM Broadc
40. their shows for future broadcasting from SAM VIBE The stream is recorded in AAC format and can be played by SAM VIBE either from the queue or through program scheduling This could also be used to record a standby show for a DJ which would be scheduled to play when the DJ is performing live as with the SAM VIBE broadcast mode set to broadcast Live streaming with SAM VIBE as backup only if the DJ experiences any hardware or Internet connection problems SAM VIBE would start streaming the backup program 54 Page Output format settings Codec aacPlusv2 samplerate Bitrate cM lt All Format aacPlus 128 kb s 44 1 kHz Stereo Output format details CODEC aacPlus Bitrate 128 kb s 16 0 KButes z Samplerate 44 1 kHz Channels Stereo AAC audio coding technology licensed from Coding Technologies and YIA licensing laac Plus OK Cancel Stream Archive The Stream Archive option is available from the options within the Broadcast Control Center and provides the following options 55 Page Converter Stream Archive Filename SAMBLESarchivesstream 2yyyu nim dd hhnngssz aac File split options f Mew file for each session Dente file for for each session f Resume with same file for each session t Mew file every 60 minutes C Mew file every 60 i MB Cancel Serial Description Encoder and streamer configuration options
41. this document Clickable display of the upload option selected explained later in this document 7 12 Page Clearing the Upload Queue Clicking the Clear button within the Upload Window provides three options Completed Failed All Option Description Completed Removes all successfully uploaded tracks from the list Removes all failed tracks from the list Removes all tracks from the list including tracks which have not completed processing Upload Queue Options Clicking the Options button provides four further options each with configurable selections Ln Options Import Mode Concurrent Connections Destination Media Type Option Description Import Mode The Import Mode determines the action of the import 13 Page n Options 5 Skip existing Import Mode Qverwrite Concurrent Connections Metadata Destination I Media Type 4 Option Description Skip Existing Skip a track if it already exists in the library Upload and overwrite the audio track only if it already exists in the library Metadata Upload and overwrite the audio track and metadata if it already exists in the library Concurrent Connections This option enables the DJ to select the number of concurrent connections for track uploads The default is 2 but this can be changed to between 1 and 4 e Options Import Mode Concurrent Connections 2 Destination Destination There are three destination options availabl
42. your music on our computers so SAM VIBE can broadcast them When you import a new track into SAM VIBE the following happens automatically SAM VIBE reads the meta data from the tag and stores it in the SAM VIBE database The audio file is then uploaded to be stored in the cloud In the cloud the file is further processed to make it ready for broadcasting Finally the file is marked as ready for broadcasting pU prt There are two methods to access the Upload window you can either click on the arrow shown as item 15 in the previous image which will expand the Track Bar when the Track Bar is minimized and reveal the Upload link or you can click the Cog icon in the top right of the screen The first option will also reveal additional features of the in stream preview player as well as the Skip Track feature where you can skip the currently playing track This also displays additional station details and the station logo spacial SAM VIBE 5 search 3 OnAir ON SAM Hits EJO GO eh tpt eara rithe ig Storage 0 10 25 00 GB Upload SAM Demo Station 4 by uenanY PLAYLISTS ALL MEDIA QUEUE Loop amp Shared Playlists oO Artist Title Duration Artist Title Duration A z Scratchpad No results found Example Playlist SCHEDULE Top 40 O Empty 00 31 z New Music e HEALTH Classic Tracks Rolling Stones O Empty 00 30 HISTORY a AA LIVE CONTROL O Empty 00 30 O Empty 00 30 SETTINGS LI
43. 0 0 Hourly Back to Back Tracks nruscsepsrauan 0 0 0 Light Rotation Title Separation 0 0 0 Medium Rotation Track Separation New Separation Rule No Rules Rare Rotation Sweeper Separation When you open the Separation Rule Editor by default the separation rules are set as follows Restriction Days Minutes AbumRepetlimt 0 Z 1 3 0 Artist Repeat Limit 0O Z 0 22 J A20 TileRepeatlimt 0O Z lo 3 4 AJA 20 O Track Repeat Limit 0 0 o o o 4 2 AJ 2L0 Creating your own separation rules is as simple as clicking on New Separation Rule giving your separation rule a meaningful name and selecting the restrictions We would recommend creating rules to suit and match your scheduling needs Back to Back Track Separation Rule This separation rule could be used to play two tracks back to back from the same artist if there were two Playblock Details playing from a single artist Playlist SEPARATION RULES ES prr SEPARATION RULE USED IN PLAYBLOCKS Default Hourly Back to Back Tracks Rolling Stones Back to Back Tracks DMCA Separation x Days Hours Minutes Heavy Rotation x Album Separation 0 0 0 Hourly Back to Back Tracks Artist Separation 0 0 Light Rotation x Title Separation 0 0 Medium Rotation x Track Separation No Rules Rare Rotation Sweeper Separation This separation rule would allow two tracks from the sa
44. 0 37 Content 11 26 05 JJ McKay Please register 0 10 Tracks in Selected Category ig Key 4 tracks 0d 00 01 35 Tracks DemoTracks Time Artist Title Page 1 2 t7 Volume CrowdSurge 3 0 11 2 61 0 04 0 7 0 04 0 GlassCrash Handgun J wayne HabilllachineGunShe 0 04 0 0 04 1 10 0 02 4 2 Phone Ring Record Scratel SchoolBell 0 tracks Od 00 00 00 0 04 1 13 0 00 6 0 04 1 15 0 05 3 16 e SAM Broadcaster Live DJ File Player Window Layout SAMVIBE Tools Help ono Close All i AutoDJ v Desktop A B _c config Hide Help Viewers 0 Peak 0 11 25 43 Restore Statistic Relays Graph Desktop Current Air Light Peak Aux 1 Aux 2 Broadcast Control Clock Deck A Deck B Event Log Event Scheduler Fade Control History PAL Scripts Playlist Queue Request Sound FX Statistic Relays Graph Voice FX Voice Tracking Volume Event Log Time Category Type Message 11 21 57 TOUCH Waring Touch aborted Please register your station at amp udioRealm com A 8 Auto Script fie 11 18 10 SAMVL Notice Library metadata exported to SAM VIBE SimpleClockW heel pal Stopped 113756 SAMY Noli d ed 11 16 56 TOUCH Warning Touch aborted Please register your station at AudioRealm com 17 16 56 CORE nit Quit GLI ready lt ce mathew spacial com signed into station 5692 Zero Alpha The major difference can be found on Desktop B where you will notice that by d
45. 08 13 00 05 00 2014 08 13 00 06 00 2014 08 13 D0 07 00 2014 08 13 00 D8 00 2014 08 13 00 08 00 Showing 1 to 10 of 1 440 entries 2 34 5 Next Last Serial Description 4 Clickto generate the report S O 6 _ Select whether to show 10 25 50 or 100 entries in the tablebelow Reports History Export You can generate two types of history reports music only or all track types and both of these reports can be generated as either a Summary or Detailed report for a specific monthly time period These reports can be downloaded in a Comma Separated Values CSV format which is suitable for most spreadsheet and text applications 80 Page Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays History Export Filter Music Only v 2 Period June 2014 v Download lt 1 Serial Description 4 Click to download the history report o O Manage DJs DJ Management is now only available from the SAM VIBE Web User Interface and is covered in Section 1 of this document The Manage DJs page within the User Zone shows a remind of this change a link to the Web UI and a link to purchase further DJ licenses if necessary Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Logout lt lt Back to Stations SID1046997 HITS SAM Hits Download SAM VIBE Help Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays You can now manage your dj s by logging in to the SAM VI
46. AM VIBE 24 Stop Ready and standing by in backup mode Started Serial Description Current Broadcast Mode displayed Stream from the Digital Sound Processing DSP pipeline within SAM Broadcaster 5 7 47 Page Depending upon your needs you can move either live sources or SAM VIBE up or down in the Broadcast Control Center BCC The first of your Live DJs to connect will see SAM VIBE and two open slots and they would usually select to one of these to stream however there is a hierarchy in place which ensures Broadcast Control will cycle through the sources if there is an issue starting at 1 If you leave slots 1 and 2 available for your Live DJs you would always have SAM VIBE as the lowest stream source which can take over the streaming if correctly configured Trigger File You can also trigger the switch by playing a trigger file Thus you can do your live show and as soon as you are done simply play this trigger file to switch to the next source The system will then smoothly at the end of your live show roll over to the next available source Usually SAM VIBE but can also be the next DJ broadcasting their live show after yours Creating a trigger file is simple just make sure the trigger file contains this text as either the artist or title as shown in the image below cmd switch Into Picture Lyrics Comments Details Reporting telda Settings Fading Picture Artist lemdf switch O Unload a Amazon Search Title
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48. BE web portal DJ s Available 0 Buy more 81 Page Manage Relays Any SAM VIBE Station can have a maximum of 5 streaming relays attached to it but you should note that this does include the internal streaming relay which is used to stream normally As a result of this Relays are split into two sections Spacial Streaming and External Streaming The Spacial Streaming shows the stream which is used to stream to the 40 included listeners and can be selected from a variety of bitrates for both AAC and MP3 format streaming The External Streaming can be configured to stream to any SHOUTcast v1 or Icecast v2 streaming service Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays Manage Streaming Relays B spacia Streaming m 40 slots HEAACV1 64 kbps 44 1kHz Stereo v Apply 4 Adjusting Spacial streaming can only be done from Manage Service pexternal Streaming Ls 7 You do not currently have external relays Click below to add one 9 1 of 5 max relays configured Add Relay jJ 1 unused external relay s Buy oc Serial Description 4 ApplyanychangesmadetotheSpacialstreaming relay 6 Click link to manage service configuration 8 Click link to manage service configuration 9 Information showing the number of relays configured and available o Adding an External Relay To add an available external relay simply click on th
49. BRARY O Distant Rails 04 24 L Played Artist Title Duration AL amp Filters Hearts in the Sky 07 40 00 18 22 Hearts in the Sky 07 40 0 A amp Media Types O Sunbeam Acoustic 00 13 57 Acoustic 04 35 0 Music MUS Tarkovsky Basement Edit 09 Tarkovsky S IC EE y 00 09 31 porte edit 0432 0 Jingle JIN O To All Cities of the Future 00 07 16 ABandofBees The Start 02 19 0 y Promo PRO Dno 4 Seasons The Merry Christmas Medlev m Ctsatinn IN COM Clicking the Cog icon 11 Page D Stop Station gt Open Web Player Upload files Pa Reset Layout 44A normal V Switch Stations P Sign out Clicking on either of these Upload links will open a new tab containing the Track Drop Zone and provide additional upload options SAM Hits UPLOAD MUSIC INTO LIBRARY LL Pause Import Files X Clear Options Filename Progress Mode Type Destination Size No uploads in progress Total Uploads Storage x 0 07 25 00GB Upload Progress Serial Description Pause current uploads Import Files opens a windows which enables track uploads Clears the upload window based on set criteria explained later in this document 4 Options explained later in this document Drop Zone 6 Current uploads percentage complete 7 Current storage usage LUE Track upload information headings 9 Clickable display of the music type being uploaded explained later in
50. D EVENTS oe Q9 HEALTH a ME SETTINGS S AVAILABLE PLAYLISTS AND FILTERS ems below to Playblock above Category Items Total Dur Avg Dur Classic Tracks 04 25 Example Playlist 13 01 New Music 00 00 Rolling Stones 00 00 SAM Hits B2B Idents 00 00 SAM Hits Top 40 18 54 SAM Hits Commercials 00 00 Serial Description 6 Edit the PlayblockName 1 1 1 0 000 0000000000000 8 Detail Logic 00 9 JjSavePlybock 0000000000000 12 12 Average Duration of the items in the respective Playlist or Filter 28 Page Total Duration of the items in the respective Playlist or Filter Number of items in the respective Playlist or Filter List of available Playlists and Filters with which to create the Playblock Delete Playblock Delete Playblock oo O List of available Playblocks Separation Rules Tab Playblocks Tab selected Schedule Main Tab Library Tab Playlists are found here Creating a Playblock To create a new Playblock simply click on New Playblock select the New Playblock which become editable give the Playblock a meaningful name serial 6 in the previous image and simply drag the required Details from the list of available Playlists and Filters to create the Playblock By default each new Playblock contains one Detail which can be edited or deleted Playblock Editing As you can see building a varied and i
51. International Velvet French Music z Mood Mellow Artist Big Sean Artist Jose Gonzalez Artist Johnny Cash Artist Jason Mraz Artist Fountains of Wayne Artist Elliott Smith Artist Eddie Vedder Artist Bob Sinclair z Genre Reggae z Decade 2000s Decade 1990s v amp Station Playlists 5692 Johnny Come Lately Catatonia International Velvet Am the Mob Catatonia International Velvet Why Can t Stand One Night Catatonia International Velvet Stands International Velvet Catatonia International Velvet Lilith Fair A Celebration of Water Is Wide Indigo Girls Women in Music Disc 2 Free Nelson Mandela The Specials The Singles Collection Hold the line Toto Rock amp Roll Band This Is How It Feels Inspiral Carpets Life E E Baby It s Cold Outside Tom Jones amp Cerys Matthews Reload 20 Page Whilst Shared and Station Playlists are separate each Playlist must have a unique name You could not use the same name for both a Shared and Station Playlist as this generates an error message PLAYLISTS amp Shared Playlists s Scratchpad zh Muzik Moris zh General Music zh French Music zr Mellow Playlist name alread Big Sean g asiat y L3 Station Playlists 5692 Playlists are a great way of categorizing music based on any commonality or personal preference Playlists can be added to the Queue but to really benefit from Playlist
52. J can delete media songs etc from your station s library Admin Playlist DJ can manage your playlists Create Playlist Rename Playlist or Delete Playlist Edit Playlists DJ can edit your current playlists Adding items to playlist removing items or moving items around Assigning this permission automatically includes the Edit Playlists permission 21 Page Station Level DJ Permissions The following permissions can be applied at the station level and it should be noted that assigning any of these permissions to any DJ will also permit them to log into the specific SAM VIBE station but different permissions can be applied to the same DJ but for different stations Permission Description DJ will be assigned all station level permissions DJ will be able to log into SAM VIBE Scheduled Events DJ will be able to manage your scheduled events Rotation Rules DJ will be able to manage your rotation rules Playblocks Separation Rules Active Playblock Live Streaming DJ will be able to stream live with SAM Broadcaster Live DJ This generates a User p Zone for each DJ which includes SAM Broadcaster Live DJ and license Assigning this permission automatically includes the Rotation Rules Queue and Start Stop permissions Apart from the Live Streaming permission all other permissions relate only to the SAM VIBE service spacial SAM VIBE 5 SAM Hits Live o Hearts in the Sky 00 17 DJ PERMISSIONS
53. LY CONNECTINGAN ENCODER STEP 2 is oes BER ER aut S o ER eun ine us ca ih cue i vs AR Ex MORE Qn y laa ene be unc ies a e ES nee 68 ADVAN BD ENTM TR HERE ME cT P PNE 68 SECHON A cct divitibus th trat dt ots or tr etes tr d of es 69 USERZONO T T H E Dn 69 PERSONAL DETAILS riroriro EE SERM EN ENE REN EE NA ERA UN NEUTRA OM E E IRE N ROS EIE VERS RM AN SERRA CEU S RA OV I CES TEN UH ONE S SM FERE ESAME ONE MAR REA REN ONE MEUS 71 SOFTWARE PRODUCTS AND LICENSE KEYS ipe ete eR saa Eee Renan a RA eU Ya ERR aee YR EA REF e eR Ru Re eee a PLN e E aUe esae e e P REA PR SEP ER TERR ES 72 MANAGING YOUR STATION STATIONS scccosssecccsssecccsssecccsesecccsssecccsesecccecsecccecseccceeseccceesececenseccceesecccessecceeesecceessecess 73 PLAYER WIDGET OPTIONS eieueositae ves qi eae nee eue ha Vase esu see ia Ud earn ion ep Ve ee eleme UPPA e Uere en ust ees vea e eve icio eM USE 75 PLAYER WIDGET SAMPLES cesta un tosgiives 76 WEB VIDGET S aO nU PE rer 78 LISTENER STATISTICS eec C 79 REPORTS HISTORY EXPORT tirain a Ges doasdSuavbadiduacdectieaendteateasenventieveans 80 IWIAINAGE DUS meme cc 81 Mv teziWtxcme e 82 PADDING AN EXTERNAL RELAY e 82 Adding Qn External SHOUTCaSEVITelay 2 edendi ec VUES RET Ra OR Dh t am RP PES E UM s
54. Live source Can use my own software or hardware system to provide the Live source stream A Yes Any Icecast2 compatible streamer is accepted The format must however be AAC MP3 or Ogg Vobis Other formats may work but are not currently supported Q What happens if my Live source is disconnected A The system will simply start playing the next available source This is a great way to ensure your station is running 24 7 Q have my own SHOUTcast lcecast server Should also add these servers to my statistic relays in SAM Broadcaster PRO A If SAM VIBE is configured to send source stream to these servers then no The SAM VIBE statistic relay will automatically grab statistics from all servers SAM VIBE is streaming to If however you set up additional encoders to stream directly to servers without going through SAM VIBE then you should create statistic relays for those You should also add statistics relays for any servers you might relay as SAM VIBE will by default only pick up the statistics from the primary server it is streaming to 96 Page Annex E Built In Media Selection Filters The library includes a large number of included media selection filters which can be used to locate tracks which can then be added to specific Playlists Media Types Media Type Recently Added Added in the Last x Days 30 days 90 days 180 days Track Duration Ranges Grouped Filters Track Length Filter 97 Page Annex
55. Manage DJs Manage Relays Web Widget Generator Options Widget Station Info Now Playing Qe played limit 6 Recently Played coning up limit 6 Coming Up Media Library 4 Media library limit 20 Pre defined Style Light Theme bd 5 Custom Style 6 Generate Widget 7 ona example CSS Click here for detailed instructions Serial Description 4 Setthenumberofmedialibrarytrackstodisplayperpage 6 __ You can enter your own CSS code to ensure the widgets match yourwebsite 8 Instructions and an example for creating your own style is available here There are two code parts to the Web Widgets one piece of code must be inserted between the lt head gt and lt head gt tags and this is common for all Web Widgets so whether you are adding one or all Web Widgets you must include this code snippet once in the head of your web page The other code snippet is unique to the individual Web Widgets and can be placed where you wish the Web Widget to appear within the web page Once you have generated your Web Widgets you have the option at the bottom of the page to view your Web Widgets in a new tab This is especially useful when creating Web Widgets with a custom theme 78 Page Widget info now his next lib HTML copy amp paste in the lt head gt tag script src http media spacial com widgets widget js env production amp his 6 amp queue 6 amp lib 20 amp theme light amp themeType defi
56. SS S 9 Enter the Source user name use the default of source if you have not been assigned one Managing your Service User Zone Before reading this section it would be worthwhile understanding that a SAM VIBE service can include many SAM VIBE stations and that a SAM VIBE station is a part of a SAM VIBE service Stations are managed under the Stations tab whilst under the Services tab in the User Zone you will be able to Manage Change or Cancel an existing service as well as sign up for a new SAM VIBE service 84 Page Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Service ID SVC1046991 SAM VIBE Owner Spacial Demo Storage Stations DJs and Streaming Billing Storage 25 00 GB 1 Stations Term Monthly Available 24 90 GB 2 Additional DJs Term end 2114 05 22 Spacial Streaming Status Active 40 slots Up to 128 kbps FREE Cost Term 28 75 4 external streaming relays Used 0 10 GB Manage Service Cancel Service 0 Sign up for a new SAM VIBE service 8 Sign up Serial Description Service ID Service owner Storage information total amount available and amount used including a graphical representation Service information number of stations DJs and the number of listener slots Billing information Billing term term end date status and cost per term Sign up for a new service takes you to the SAM VIBE homepage http spacial com sam vibe Use this button to sign up for a
57. Task e Enter a Task Description which could indicate the purpose of the Task e Click Next 123 Page Create a Basic Task When do you want the task to start Daily Daily 3 Weekly Action Finish Monthly 5 One time O When the computer starts When I log on O When a specific event is logged Create a Basic Task p Start 11 12 2014 11 30 18 AM Synchronize across time zones Trigger 3 Recur every 1 days Action Finish e Configure the required options based on the purpose of the Task e Click Next 124 Page Create Basic Task Wizard Create a Basic Task Trigger What action do you want the task to perform Daily Start a program 3 Send an e mail 5 Display a message On the Action screen select Start a program Click Next Create a Basic Task Trigger Program script Daily Action Add arguments optional testGgmeiLcomposs Finish C Program Files Library Importer tools import util ImportUtil exe Start in optional On the start a program screen browse to the executable file you would like to run Enter the arguments that are needed these are the arguments explained previously e g 1 test gmail com password123 a 78787 5 C Users usename Music dailyMix i declyMix mou Click Next You will be presented with a summary and if everything is correct click Finish 125 Page Linux and Mac OS X Resource http en wikipedia o
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59. ace amp the Library Import Utility combined essen 104 ANNEX J INSTALLING THE LIBRARY IMPORT UTILITIES csccscossccsccsccssccsscsscnsccsscsscnsccsscsscnscsscsscnscsscnscescossonsoeses 105 OVERVIEW scons HO 105 INSTALLATION Eus 105 PREREQUISITE Soetoro CPUS 105 DOWNLOADING anesson ane a a a 105 VIO WS T E EEE bei cm E E E E T cdd cca RR ette 105 MACOSX NENU rara a E E E A 105 GUKIN PARTON RE T A E A EE E A E N 105 CONSOLE HEADLESS INST AGIA TION caa r a aci ad eu CD 109 AZ TOTO 9 NEST A E E sie ata er nce ne A ee seated dead acta cade sae ae eee 109 Dnux NOUS CARR Ne num cM M M MEUM ML C MN TRE IM E LEM DD RM EM 110 POSE HIVS EQ CCI OM eT TR T m 112 Pio Toe Sages sis ah a E tc aes a ne ta arcu inca rss secs safe A adc senate dee eee cade ee eee 112 IA folo BIS Qo alo EU caine eerie HE PEPPER eee iy 112 ANNEX K LIBRARY IMPORT UTILITY USAGE sesssissicesstsaiesdesstacsincdetinstacttontnatieieciaasteeteossaaacbacetuatncdadansSagctsseeeteasesbettateesse 114 COVER VIEW M M 114 Kev DENTI uen edu m SRE RPT PE RTE RI AME LM MI MID 114 EAM 24 Wl WAS zu C she RETE E T TT m x ee ee ne ee ome ROT Ree en me nN ee TP 114 PARAMETER DETAI caccirhistt uct ciand Goreed cs cat
60. ailures system backups or the other worries which might keep Station Managers awake at night as the SAM VIBE Cloud removes these headaches Playblocks Separation Rules Tasks and Scheduled Events can all be found under the Schedule tab whilst as previously seen Playlists are administered under the Library tab There are some points which should be noted to prevent any issues when scheduling your programming 1 Whilst there are tracks in the Queue no scheduled programming will play out you must ensure you clear the Queue in case there are any tracks queued 2 A Playblock scheduled to play will repeat until the next scheduled event fires this could cause a problem if a Playblock with a small number of details is scheduled and left to run spacial SAM VIBE search OnAir ON SAM Hits gt Night Project 4 Zillo 32 15 0 10 25 00 GB Q uiBRARY NJ r ACTIVE PLAYBLOCK Failover Logic EDIT PLAYBLOCK SCHEDULE PLAYBLOCKS e new Music MUS No Rules LeastRecentlyPlayed Vv x aS Foe Example Playblock Morning Show N Praci SEPARATION RULES Search for Playlist or Filte Gi Drag items below to Playblock above Rolling Stones Back to Back Tracks Category Items TotalDur Avg Dur Scratchpad 0 00 00 00 00 All Media 00 00 00 00 0 Music MUS 0 00 00 00 00 0 E SETTINGS Sound Effect SFX 00 00 00 00 Playlists Playlists are found under the Library Tab and are
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62. aster Live DJ and configures a Remote DJ license which includes access control and the stations the DJ can broadcast with for a named DJ This license and software can only stream to the stations under the Station Manager s control however a DJ can still stream with multiple stations if the respective Station Managers assign the DJ these permissions We would recommend where possible the DJ using a single email address for all stations which will allow them to switch between stations without changing user names Station Managers can revoke their license at any time and generate a new license for another DJ which completely protects the Station Manager s investment SAM Broadcaster Live DJ includes the same great features DJs have become accustomed to and has the same familiar user interface as SAM Broadcaster Pro but can only stream to the station s SAM VIBE service No longer can a DJ use one station s license to stream with any other stations 49 Page e SAM Broadcaster Live DJ EN File Player Window Layout SAMVIBE Tools Help a gt i Volume Ul Air Cue z Auto DJ Desktop B c Config Hide Help Viewers 0 Peak 0 11 24 41 Playlist EX9 voice FX A Categories Et E B e 3 P config EQ Music Mic Volume ET Artist Title Duration ge ig c Ey Tracks 11 24 41 Litewolf In The News Today o5 9 Micon 11 24 56 Litewolf SAM Can 0 30 7 DemoTracks 11 25 27 Litewolf Express
63. ay x5 d 6 Done Serial Description 4 identifies the External Streaming OZ O O Oo 6 Cickwhenfinished OOO SSS Payment Methods To ensure possible interruptions to your service are minimized we recommend including a payment method for your service or services You can create different payment methods for different services and this is managed under the Payment Methods tab in your User Zone Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Logout SVC1046991 1 3B Create Pay ment Method Service ID Product 0 Amount SVC1046991 40 Listeners 25GB Storage 1 Stations 28 75 4 Total 28 75 5 Serial Description 4 Sub totalforthisservice o O 88 Page Each service would be listed with the option to either Create or Modify the payment method if you have previously created a payment method You might wish to update your payment method if your previous credit card had expired for example 89 Page Annex A Quick Start Guide Open http samclient spacialaudio com 8080 in your preferred web browser At the Login enter your email address and password If you have multiple stations pick a station Once your station appears click on the Cog icon and select Upload files demo spacial com tt ka d Stop Station fe Open Web Player Upload files Le Reset Layout aA normal T Switch Stations Sign out This will open the Track Upload Drop Zone in a new tab
64. bmix2 p clubmix p clubmix4 pe shared clubmix1 4 will now all have the media items listed in the file clubmix m3u 122 Page Annex L Automated Scheduling Overview The Library Import Utilities is a collection of command line tools that can be used to upload media to the SAM VIBE cloud and insert tracks which must already exist in the SAM VIBE library into Playlists or Queues See all the Library Import Utilities documentation for further information Scheduling This document provides information about scheduling tasks within Windows as well as Mac OS X and Linux Windows Please follow the instructions available here to create a Scheduled Task depending upon your version of Windows http www 7tutorials com how create task basic task wizard The steps required will differ depending upon your version of Windows but the basic steps shown below should enable you to create the task successfully e Open the Task Scheduler e Select Create a Basic Task Create Basic Task Wizard Create a Basic Task Create a Basic Task Use this wizard to quickly schedule a common task For more advanced options or settings Trigger such as multiple task actions or triggers use the Create Task command in the Actions pane Mame LibrarylmportTask Description This task will execute the ImportUtil exe application with the needed parameters e Enter a suitable name for the task in this example we have named the task LibraryImport
65. can also use the History report from the client zone to get a detailed or summary report of all tracks played on your station 53 Page Broadcast Control As you can see the Broadcast Control window can be displayed on either of the Desktops or hidden as required and with this functionality you have the ability to control the source of the stream As shown there are three Broadcast Modes available within the Broadcast Control e SAM VIBE Only No live Streaming e SAM VIBE with Live Streaming e Live streaming with SAM VIBE as backup only Broadcast Control Mode Live with 54M VIBE Backup SAM VIBE Only No live streaming eae SAM VIBE with Live streaming _ rare e Live streaming with SAM VIBE as backup only Switch on Track Change Available i Connect Connect live stream using this SAM Broadcaster Switch Mow Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Pl Pulaus Dub 3 On Ar ae Encoder and Streamer Configuration You will find a number of configuration options available to you if you select the options button crossed tools this will bring up the window shown in the next image SAM Broadcaster Live DJ uses AAC to stream to the SAM VIBE cloud and you have the various configuration options for this AAC stream available to you however we would recommend keeping the default settings for optimum results You will also note there is a Stream Archive tab which enables DJs to record their shows either live or to pre record
66. containers which can be referenced and included within a Playblock added to the top or bottom of the queue or even nested within other Playlists This allows for infinitely more variation and complete control over your music output Whereas a Playlist is usually just a list of tracks to play with SAM VIBE whilst you can create this type of Playlist based upon any criteria you can think of with SAM VIBE Playlists can be added to the queue other Playlists or used to create intricate Playblocks Playlists can be used to group music for a specific type of show and their contents and the way in which Playlists can be used is only limited by the imagination of the DJ A single track could be added to any number of Playlists and a Playlist can contain a single track or many thousands of tracks We recommend a limit of 5000 tracks in a single Playlist but the maximum number of tracks a single Playlist can contain is 30 000 26 Page Playlists can be shared amongst multiple stations in which case they would be located under the Shared Playlists collection or they can be specific to a particular station and located under the Station Playlists collection To create a Playlist simply right click either Shared Playlists or Station Playlists select New Playlist and give this Playlist a meaningful name e g Female Artists would be a suitable Playlist name for a Playlist which would only include tracks by Female Artists In this example we have created
67. da You th erefore agree to the courts of Quebec and Canada having legal jurisdiction Yo u also agree that You are fully responsible for complying with all of Your loc al laws n 1 to accept 2 to reject 3 to redisplay Read the Licensing Agreement by pressing enter until done Type 1 and press enter if you accept the Licensing Agreement type 2 to reject the Licensing Agreement or 3 to redisplay the Licensing Agreement You must accept the Licensing Agreement to install the utilities Fr dA eee ee pees Fs age the other party s obligations with respect to any of the terms of this Agreeme nt or to exercise any rights found herein will not be construed as a waiver or diminishment of such party s right to assert or rely upon any such provisio n or right in any other instance and same will remain in full force and effec E 20 Governing Law ALL matters relating to this Agreement and use of the Service shall be governe d by the Laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal Laws of Canada You th erefore agree to the courts of Quebec and Canada having legal jurisdiction Yo u also agree that You are fully responsible for complying with all of Your loc al laws press 1 to accept 2 to reject 3 to redisplay 1 Select target path opt spacial LibraryImportUtils press 1 to continue 2 to quit 3 to redisplay 1 Starting to unpack Processing package core files 1 1 Unpacking finished Console ins
68. e Options Import Mode i Concurrent Connections amp Library Destination Queue Playlist 14 Page Option Description Upload items to the Library Default Setting Queue Upload items to the Library but also add them to the Queue Playlist Upload items to the Library and add them to a specified Playlist Media Type This enables you to pre select the Media Type for the uploading tracks This can also be selected on a track by track basis whilst the tracks are being uploaded Pei Options Import Mode Concurrent Connections Destination Sound Effect SFX Jingle JIN Promo PRO Station ID 51D News NWS Commercial COM Interview INT The default Media Type and Upload Destination are displayed as shown UPLOAD MUSIC INTO LIBRARY Filename Selecting either of these opens the corresponding option list which can be configured as required All of these options can be preselected which would apply these settings to all tracks being uploaded or these options can be set on a track by track basis whilst the tracks are being uploaded 1b Page This flexibility can help remove any further track editing after the upload has completed For example if you create a Station Playlist for each artist or genre you can set the Destination before uploading tracks and then select all tracks by the specified artist or of a certain genre Progress Mode Destination Classic Tracks Over
69. e 08v 30 v Repeats Once Starts on 14 11 2014 Ends Never After 1 occurrences On 14 11 2014 Stop station Start station Skip to next track Once on 14 11 2014 Queue Shuffle Clear Loop On Loop Off Playlists Shuffle Clear Add to Queue Add to Playlist Add to Filter Rotation Logic Switch to Playblock Create new task Station 3a8 Page Serial Description Scheduled Event Name Starting Date Starting Time Repeat option Once Daily Weekly Last Day of the Month Monthly Week of Month Starting Date Confirmation Scheduled Event End Options Never after X Occurrences Specific Date EE Scheduled Event Summar 8 Save Scheduled Event 1 O 9 Cancel Changes or Creation 000 SsSCSC Point to Note When starting to work with Scheduled Events our support requests appear to indicate that a number of Station Managers are trying to achieve too much from a single Scheduled Event For example it is common for Station Managers to try and schedule the complete daily schedule in a single Scheduled Event by adding multiple tasks to switch the Playblocks in turn expecting this to load a Playblock play this once load the next Playblock play this once etc however in reality what happens is all Playblocks are loaded in rapid succession and the station will start playing the last Playblock referenced in the Scheduled Event as shown below Add Scheduled Event Name Saturday Schedule
70. e Add Relay button where you will have the option to select either a SHOUTcast v1 or Icecast v2 streaming relay Add External relay Add Relay OsHOUTcast vi Olcecast 2 9 Next Cancel Serial Description Click to select a SHOUTcast v1 streaming service 82 Page Click to select a Icecast v2 streaming service Click Next to confirm the selection and move to the configuration screen 04 Cancel the configuration of the relay Adding an External SHOUTcast v1 Relay Once you have selected to configure a SHOUTcast v1 external relay you just need to add your existing SHOUTcast streaming service configuration Add Edit Relays SAM Hits Format 16 kbps 44 1 kHz Stereo HEAACV1 SHOUTcast vi settings Password Submit Cancel Serial Description 4 Entertheassociatedportnumber S 6 Click to confirm and create the external relay S Adding an External Icecast v2 Relay After clicking Add Relay and selecting Icecast as the relay type you should configure the relay using your existing Icecast streaming configuration 83 Page Add Edit Relays SAM Hits Format 16 kbps 44 1 kHz Stereo HEAACV1 Icecast settings Mount Name Admin User Name admin Admin Password Source TTF e source User Name Source Password 10 Serial Description 4 Emerthessocatedportnumber O o 6 Enterthe Admin username S 8 Enter the Admin password OO S
71. e source buffering until a stable connection has been created The Connect button changes to a Disconnect button and the other buttons are greyed out until the connection is stable Broadcast Contro SAM VIBE with Live fese e HA i ME demo spacial com Disconnect Streaming IM Switch on Track Change U Available mmc Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Open IY Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE PI Sa Stop On AIT Switc So Change 59 Page Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live ose PIE do sive 7 biomes Encoded d 00 01 13 streamed O 8MB 0d 00 01 12 Switch Now streaming v j Switch on Track Change g Available Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Open e SAM VIBE M Jn AI Switch on Track Change Once the connection is stable SAM Broadcaster begins to encode the status changes to Encoding with the connected user name shown along with the length of time connected and the total amount of data traffic streamed We are now presented with three options we can disconnect from the Broadcast Control we can switch the source now or we can switch the source at the end of the currently playing track Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live EF e SR As ME demo spacial com Lc Disconnect Encoder started but na audia detected Please start decks Switch Now Available Ready for another DJ to connec
72. ed Detail until successful This could result in a considerable amount of dead air which could lead to lost listeners We recommend leaving Failover Logic selected Further Example Playblocks The following Playblock examples give a brief idea of how Playblocks can be used to control the station output using a variety of different scenarios Station ID after Every Three tracks Three music tracks are selected with the default separation rule and a variety of weighted and random logic This is followed by a Station ID with the Sweeper Separation rule selected and as the logic is Least Recently Played this would cycle through the Station IDs by always playing the least recently played Station ID 31 Page EDIT PLAYBLOCK 3 Tracks 1 Station ID Category Separation Rule Logic O Music MUS Default v Weighted Music MUS Default W Random Station ID SID Sweeper Separation LeastRecentlyPlayed LJ Music MUS Default v Weighted Unsigned Artists Session If you wanted to create a session where you would be promoting local unsigned talent the same applies for any other category you can think of then you might like to consider a Playblock like this where we have three consecutive details selecting music from a Playlist we have created into which we have put all unsigned artists EDIT PLAYBLOCK Unsigned Sessions Category Separation Rule Logic L Unsigned Artists Heavy Rotation v Weighted L Unsigned Arti
73. efault there is no Encoder window and when you examine the Window menu at the top of the screen you will also note that this is not an available option This is because SAM Broadcaster Live DJ is automatically configured to stream to the SAM VIBE station associated with the account and the statistics relay will automatically display the information for the current station under the specified account This configuration is managed by the Station Manager from within the User Zone Further information about the management of DJs can be found in the SAM VIBE knowledgebase at http support spacial com entries 44106510 SAM VIBE DJ Permissions Explained When a DJ logs into SAM Broadcaster Live DJ a license key is automatically generated This key is visible in the User Zone but it is possible that under certain conditions the DJ might have to manually enter this license key The automatically generated license keys are only valid if the associated DJ or Station Manager is logged in to at least one active SAM VIBE account If you click on the Config button within SAM Broadcaster Live DJ you will be presented with this window 29 on VIBE integration ae z Audio Mixer Pipeline SAM VIBE nteg ration Cross F ading Gap Killer i Playlist Rotation Rules SAM YIBE details amp About SAM VIBE services Request Policy Signed in as demotspacial com Click here to read more about how General A SAM Broadcaster and SAM VIBE work Regist
74. epage http spacial com SAM VIBE Product page http spacial com sam vibe SAM Broadcaster Live DJ http spacial com sam broadcaster live dj Spacial Support http support spacial com Spacial Knowledgebase http support spacial com forums SAM VIBE User Guide http supportdocs spacial com SAM VIBE SAM VIBE User Guide pdf t SAM VIBE on Facebook https www facebook com SamVibe SAM VIBE Library Import http support spacial com forums 21661144 Library Import Utilities Spacial on Twitter https twitter com spacial Spacial on Facebook https www facebook com spacialaudio http www pinterest com spacialaudio Contacts Description Link Spacial Support Support spacial com Spacial Marketing Team marketing spacial com SAM Broadcaster Live DJ http spacial com sam broadcaster live dj Spacial Support http support spacial com Spacial Knowledgebase http support spacial com forums SAM VIBE User Guide http supportdocs spacial com SAM VIBE SAM VIBE User Guide pdf 102 Page Annex J Library Import Utilities Paths and how SAM VIBE detects if tracks already exist in library Overview The Library Import Utilities are a collection of command line tools which can be used to upload media to the SAM VIBE cloud and insert tracks which already exist in the SAM VIBE library into Playlists or Queues It is important to understand how SAM VIBE handles paths when uploading media files to the cloud We will highlight
75. following command edite sumne fen AX EC Seite pr cM cac tmpS java jar LibraryImporter instaLl jar console Welcome to the installation of Library Importer tools S env SVN REVISION Spacial Audio Solutions LLC lt info spacial com gt The homepage is at http spacial com NES 1 to continue 2 to quit 3 to redisplay Type 1 and press enter to continue 110 Page m LOL LI BAk A X WI J ions by a third party that the Service itself has violated the proprietary rig hts of that third party or caused any damage to that third party 18 Severability of Terms If any of the terms in this Agreement are found to be unlawful void or for a ny reason unenforceable then such provision s shall be deemed severable from the other the terms of this Agreement and shall have no affect on the validit y of the remaining terms 19 Non Waiver of Rights The failure of either party to insist on or enforce the strict performance of the other party s obligations with respect to any of the terms of this Agreeme nt or to exercise any rights found herein will not be construed as a waiver or diminishment of such party s right to assert or rely upon any such provisio n or right in any other instance and same will remain in full force and effec E 20 Governing Law ALL matters relating to this Agreement and use of the Service shall be governe d by the Laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal Laws of Cana
76. from each station and prevents DJs from streaming to multiple stations with a license provided at the expense of one station Switch Station Clicking on the Switch Station button allows you to change to another station under the same username however only one active session is permitted for each username and if two people attempt to use the same login credentials at the same time you will receive this notification Any DJ can be assigned Live Broadcast permissions by any number of stations and if these stations assign the permission to the same DJ email address the Switch Station button will list all of the available stations to which the DJ could stream The stations available depend upon the access and configuration provided by the Station Manager or Station Managers if the DJ hosts shows on multiple stations Signout Existing Session A user has already signed into this station Only one active session Ig allow per station Please indicate if you Would like to continue the signin process by logging out any existing sessions for this station Continue Cancel Clicking Cancel will return you to the previous Config screen whilst clicking Continue will log out any existing sessions for this username and return you to the Config window In normal operation clicking the Switch Station button will bring up this window where you can select the station you intend streaming to from the available stations the logged in credentials ha
77. gain you now have the file you uploaded via the SAM VIBE Web Interface and it has been stored in your library as import myshow hourl mp3 Using the Library Import Utility with the mof option enabled to upload your show for the next day will lead to the path being ignored and the track will not upload as a track with this file path already exists as import myshow hourl mp3 As you can see if we want to use the two systems in conjunction with each other we will have to look for a different strategy which will however require you to update your file naming strategy We recommend making your file names unique and instead of naming your files C NnyshowsN2014 11 20Nmyshow hourl mp3 C NnyshowsN2014 11 21Nmyshow hourl mp3 We would recommend incorporating a unique identifier into the file name C myshows 2014 11 20 myshow hourl mp3 C myshows 2014 11 21 myshow hourl mp3 The above strategy will ensure you can use both the SAM VIBE Web Interface and the Library Import Utility together 104 Page Annex J Installing the Library Import Utilities Overview The Library Import Utilities is a collection of command line tools that can be used to upload media to the SAM VIBE cloud and insert tracks which already exist in the SAM VIBE library into Playlists or Queues See all the Library Import Utilities documentation Installation Prerequisites e For this tool to work you need to have Java 7 or later installed on your system follow t
78. he tracks displayed in the History do not correspond to the Playlists selected or there are gaps in the streaming then there are a number of points to check By default is SAM VIBE is unable to select a track from the Detail in the Playblock either because the Playlist is empty or perhaps the Separation Rules are preventing the next track from playing then SAM VIBE will select a track at random from the Music category This is to reduce the chance of dead air and is worth remembering if you find a Christmas track has played in June Health We recommend regularly checking the information available from the Health Tab which can indicate whether there is a problem selecting tracks or any other function This Health log shows a number of warning messages which could indicate there are not enough tracks in the referenced category to comply with the Separation Rule selected There is also a problem logging in to the Icecast server shown and we can see that the Scheduled Event Morning Show executed successfully spacial SAM VIBE 9 search OnAir ON SAM Hits LIVE OQ Tarkovsky Basement Edit 01 07 C Storage 0 10 25 00 GB amp amp uiBRARY 1 4 O 7194 x 2807 HR HEN nen A ee ee ee ee a ee A LIVE CONTROL 08 03 14 Statistics retrieve failed Invalid username or password for Icecast server 208 80 53 91 80 idLgNewTest3 Relayld 96251 08 03 14 Statistics retrieve failed Invalid username or password for Icecast server 208 80
79. hem 86 Page lt lt Back to Services Manage Service SVC1046991 Current Package 3AM VIBE Silver Change Term Mionthh Sub Total 25 00 Total 25 00 Change Package o lt 1 Storage 25 GB v 0 09 GB used 42 3 75 Stations 1 1used 3 Next Step gt gt Discard All Changes DJ Logins 2 2used External Streaming 1 0 used o O 2o lt 5 2 50 Spacial Streaming Free slots upto 128k 40 0 00 D Pricing Information gt gt Serial Description 4 Click to add additional DJs in multiples of 5 DJ licenses 6 _ Displays the number of existing free listener slots 40 are included with each station Modify Relays After clicking on item 7 in the previous diagram you will be presented with the following window which will allow you to select the station you wish to modify if you have more than one station If you only have one station then click Select Select Station Please select a station SAM Hits SAM Demo station http spacial com This will bring you to the following window where you can augment your number of listener slots as well as change the format of the SAM VIBE stream and also configure any external relays you might have 87 Page Modify Relays SAM Hits Spacial Streaming 40 free v sto Add Relay lt 3 External Streaming 4 You do not currently have external relays Click below to add one 1 of 5 max relavs configured Add Rel
80. his link to learn more about java http java com en download index jsp e You need a stable internet connection and a valid SAM VIBE subscription follow this link to learn more about SAM VIBE http spacial com sam vibe Downloading Download the appropriate version for your operating system from http spacial com library import utility Locate and double click the downloaded installation file Windows Librarylmporter install exe Mac OS X and Linux Librarylmporter install jar GUI Installation To complete the installation of the Graphical User Interface GUI please follow these steps Select your language and click OK 105 Page F3 IzPack Installation of Library Importer tools T Welcome to the installation of Library Importer tools 53922 e This software is developed by Spacial Audio Solutions LLC lt info spacial com gt Li The homepage is at http spacial com Made with IzPack http izpack ong Read the introduction and click Next FJ IzPack Installation of Library Importer tools j Please read the following license agreement carefully Spacial Audio Solutions SAM VIBE USER Agreement Last Updated August Sth 2012 This User Agreement Agreement is a legal agreement between Spacial Audio Solutions LLC amp eSpacial L and you an individual or you a company or other legal entity eYouatlI with regards to the SAM Vibe Service te5ervice tD Ihe Se
81. ic podcasts promos news voice or any other recorded audio that you wish to broadcast Cloud the process of moving operations and data from your computer to a cluster of computers hosted elsewhere to perform the actual work and storage The Cloud basically frees you from the hassle of maintaining constantly connected hardware infrastructure or software Meta data the information about your content which is associated with each track like Artist Title Album Duration etc Tag most audio files contain a Tag where the meta data for the content is stored Queue Library Playlists Schedule Library Filters these are all internal SAM VIBE features which are described in more detail later in this guide Playlist vs Playlist file Often we will talk about playlists and playlist files and there is a big difference Playlist files are physical files containing a list of audio filenames These playlist files typically have extensions like m3u pls wsx mil Supported File Types The following file types are currently supported MP3 mp3 Windows Media wma Ogg Vorbis ogg Free Lossless Audio Codec flac AAC aac m4a iTunes format Wave wav SAM VIBE Web User Interface WUI The SAM VIBE Web User Interface WUI has been designed to replace the original software interface and as such includes all of the features previously available in the software version but also includes a number of additi
82. il the following Scheduled Event starts at 9am and the Scheduled Event Station Automation which plays at 10 30am will play until the next Event is scheduled SCHEDULE lt gt Today Day 4Days Week Month Create 2014 17 Nov 2014 18 Nov 2014 19 Nov 2014 20 Nov 2014 21 Nov 2014 22 Nov 2014 07 00 10 00 Station Automation 10 30am M Station Automation 10 30am M Station Automation 10 30am M Station Automation 10 30am Station Automation 10 30am ff Station Automation 10 30am 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 The Month View also highlights the current date the weekends and any dates from either the preceding or following months as shown 37 Page SCHEDULE lt gt Today Day 4Days Week Month 19 11 201 v RSCG Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday 27 Oct 29 Sunday 17 18 20 21 22 23 Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation Station Automation 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 08 00 Sixties and Sevens 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 09 00 The Eighties 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation 10 30 10 30 Station Automation
83. ist the same tracks will not be repeated within the time constraints of the DMCA rules These five details are not enough to provide a varied and interesting listener experience but it is a start which can be built on until the Playblock contains sufficient details to meet the requirements Remembering that this Playblock is going to run from 8am until midday each Saturday we can either include enough details to cover the 4 hours this Playblock will be scheduled to run for or we can include sufficient details to provide an hour of musical variety and the Playblock will repeat until stopped The other option would be to create over an hour of expected airplay but to reload this Playblock every hour which will run the Station Idents and Commercials at approximately the top of the hour We could and should of course schedule Station Idents and Commercials at other times during the Playblock to increase advertising revenue and station brand identity awareness Playblock Categories The Category can be set to use one of the built in category types or filters available a complete list of which can be found at Annex E The Category can also select from any Station or Shared Playlist previously created Failover Logic With Failover Logic selected SAM VIBE will select a track at random if for any reason SAM VIBE cannot play the track using the scheduled Detail settings With Failover Logic switched off SAM VIBE will continue to try and play the schedul
84. lace Replace file refre replace file AND metadata Scan directory fi eptec can have multiple Spectfic file to im can be playlist file can have multiple print this help Your station ID Login details in this form lt username gt lt password gt File mask i e m mp3 test aac Only used for d and s can have multiple Match on media filename only ignore path Only add new files to output playlist file Output playlist file Scan directory and sub directory for accepted media files can have multiple MediaType to assign to imported files to wrap strings with text containing spaces import utilS a 113 Page Annex K Library Import Utility Usage Overview The Library Import Utility is a command line tool that can be used to upload media to the SAM VIBE cloud Key benefits e Ability to upload hundreds or even thousands of tracks e Automate the process of uploading content e Preserve the path information of media when importing e The utility is often used in conjunction with Playlist Utility Example use cases If you have a brand new SAM VIBE account you may have hundreds or thousands of tracks to import The Library Import Utility can import up to 10 000 tracks at a time much more efficiently than you can do with the Web User Interface WebUI Have an hourly news show that is recorded live Or import new music on a daily basis You can automate the importing of this content so all you have to d
85. lation progress is finished click Next FJ IzPack Installation of Library Importer tools A Please read the following information For more information visit http spacial com library import utility To access the documentation online visit http support spacial com forums 21661144 Library Import Utilities Made with IzPack http izpack ong You will be presented with the read me Click Quit completing the installation 108 Page Open a Command prompt and navigate to the download directory Enter the following command LibraryImporter install exe console CADownloadsALibraryImporter install exe c2 E X Welcome to the installation of Library Importer tools tenvu SUM_REUISION gt Spacial Audio Solutions LLC amp infolspacial com phe homepage is at http i spacial com press 1 to continue 2 to quit 3 to redisplay Type 1 and press Enter C Downloads Librarylmporter install exe tions of this Agreement including but not limited to any action by any third party that you have violated the proprietary rights of that third party or caus ed any damage to that third party in the course of your use of the Service Thi indemnity shall not apply in the event of any claim and or actions by a third party that the Service itself has violated the proprietary rights of that third partu or caused any damage to that third party 18 Severability of Terms If any of the ter
86. le and Logic with some real world examples We would recommend that most DJs when they start creating Playblocks with SAM VIBE should set the rule to No Rules before starting public broadcasting as this reduces the complexity of the Playblock detail and allows them to get a feel for creating Playblocks When you begin broadcasting you should ensure that you comply with any applicable laws relating to music separation e g DMCA legislation If you find your Playblock is not playing as expected change the rule to No Rules which will reduce the complexity and help you troubleshoot the problem alternatively if you have a large separation rule and again your output is not what is expected you might not have a wide enough variety of tracks artists and albums to satisfy the Playblock detail s rules If this is the case you could consider uploading additional tracks to meet the separation rules You might also consider upgrading your storage if you do not have enough tracks to comply with the rules you require EDIT PLAYBLOCK Saturday 08 to 12 LI Category Separation Rule Logic C SAM Hits Station Idents Sweeper Separation LeastRecentlyPlayed L SAM Hits Commercials No Rules v Weighted SAM Hits Commercials No Rules v LeastRecentlyPlayed C Top 40 DMCA Separation1 Ww Weighted C Top 40 DMCA Separation LeastRecentlyPlayed In our example Playblock we have added five details as shown and we will schedule this Playblock to start at
87. llowing graphic however from this page you can also quickly see how many products services and stations are available under the email address used to log in There is a reminder to ensure your personal details are correct suggestions to follow Spacial on both Facebook and Twitter as a number of important notices are posted to our Facebook and Twitter pages as well as competitions to wins some fantastic prizes The landing page also includes links to our knowledgebase and support portal as well as a note about our affiliate program where you can earn commission for sales made under your affiliate links 70 Page spacial user zone Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Welcome back You have 7 product s 2 service s and 3 station s Please make sure your personal details are correct Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook to stay in touch with the latest news and promotions Need help Browse our knowledge base or contact support Earn some with our affiliate program Personal Details We would invite you to ensure your personal details are up to date the more information you provide the easier it is to identify the owner of the account in case a changed email address makes access and the resetting of your password impossible The Edit button allows you to update or change your personal information details and also enables you to change your password A number of Personal Details fields are ma
88. m Example q top bottom At least one destination p and or q top X This option will remove the items from the SAM VIBE Playlist and or Queue instead of adding them Works with p and q top Note If multiple tracks match filename all instances of first the match will be removed from the Playlist Queue when mof rule is specified h Displays the help message of all available options with a short description of what each one does 121 Page Use cases and samples Basic single playlist upload rtest ogmail com passwordl23 78787 f J opt spacial LibrarylunportUtils import util elubmis mou p clubmix pe station You will see that there will be an online playlist file on your station named clubmix with the items form the playlist Remove all files in the playlist file from playlist clubmix ei test gmail com password123 m 78787 ap lopt spacial LibraryImportUtils import util elubmix mju ep olnbux x Clear queue and remove duplicates in the clubmix playlist e test gmail com password123 ze 78787 as s lopt spacial LibraryImportUtils import util elubmi x m3u p clubmix 6 queue nd Add to queue bottom v test gmail com password123 i 78787 sf lopt spacial LibrarvylmportUrils import util clubmlx m3u bottom Create multiple online playlists x2 test gmail com password123 eg 710187 e lopt spaoclal LibraryImportUutils import uril olubmix m3u p clubmixl p clu
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90. me album or artist to be played but not the same title or track which would be prevented from playing by a 1 day separation limit This type of feature can be quite popular and is usually used to play a new release or a classic track from an artist with a lesser known track You will also note that the Playblocks in which the selected Separation Rule is used are listed to the right In the following image we can see that we have selected two tracks from The Rolling Stones Playlist a Playlist which would contain all tracks in our library by The Rolling Stones using the Back to Back 34 Page Separation Rule the first track is weighted to play a classic or new track which could be similarly weighted the second track is selected on the least recently played basis to provide perhaps a lesser known track This type of feature would commonly be accompanied by its own Station Ident or sweeper and for this reason we have closed the Back to Back segment with a Back to Back sweeper which uses the Sweeper Separation Rule but is selected at random EDIT PLAYBLOCK ACTIVE PLAYBLOCK Failover Logic Morning Show v Rolling Stones Back to Back Tracks Category Separation Rule Logic PLAYBLOCKS Rolling Stones Hourly Back to Back Track v Weighted Default Rolling Stones Hourly Back to Back Track v LeastRecentlyPlayed Example Playblock SAM Hits B2B Idents Sweeper Separation Vv Random Morning Show Rolling Stones
91. mp Edit Media Items BASIC INFO Title Tracks Annie s Song EXTENDED INFO Artist 1D Duration John Denver 03 05 COMMENTS Album MediaType LYRICS The Ultimate Romance Album Music Composer Priority HISTORY Denver Website Genres Easy Listening Moods Save Cancel 99 Page Annex H Basic Troubleshooting Tracks are stuck in the Queue and never seem to play Only tracks that have been uploaded and processed in the cloud will play If a track is not ready for playback then the rotation logic will simply skip the track until it becomes ready Turning your station on has a delay Once you set the On Air status to ON and click on the player you might notice a delay before the audio starts playing This is mostly due to the fact that the streaming server first needs to fully buffer the stream The good news is that this buffer then allows new listeners to hear the audio much quicker as the streaming server can burst data to the listener filling the player buffer faster and allowing actual audio to start sooner Unable to upload the same track twice SAM VIBE will only import a track with the same path once If you drag an item at c music a mp3 onto SAM VIBE it will be uploaded into the cloud If you however drag the same file located at c music a mp3 onto SAM VIBE again then the file will not be imported or uploaded again NOTE If the item is dragged onto a Playlist then a new entry will be created in
92. ms in this Agreement are found to be unlawful void or for any reason unenforceable then such provisions shall be deemed severable from the other the terms of this Agreement and shall have no affect on the validity of t he remaining terms 17 WNon Waiver of Rights The failure of either party to insist on or enforce the strict performance of th e other partyulGO0s obligations with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement OF to exercise any rights found herein will not be construed as a waiver or iminishment of such party s right to assert or rely upon any such provision or Fight in any other instance and same will remain in full force and effect 20 Governing Law All matters relating to this Agreement and use of the Service shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada You theref ore agree to the courts of Quebec and Canada having legal jurisdiction You also agree that You are Fully responsible for complying with all of Your local laws press 1 to accept 2 to reject 3 to redisplay Read the Licensing Agreement by pressing enter until finished Type 1 and press enter if you accept the Licensing Agreement type 2 to reject the Licensing Agreement or 3 to redisplay the Licensing Agreement You must accept the Licensing Agreement to install the utilities 8 CADownloadsALibraryImporter install exe 18 Severability of Terms If any of the terms in this Agreement are found to
93. n Manager Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live ose H djl amp spacial com A iick Get It Hot Feat Lloyd Banks Switch Now siTe by 20 Cent M Switch on Track Change f ME demo spacial com A Disconnect Encoded Ud 00 20 44 streamed 14 2hM6 Od 00 20 44 bed CO AY SANI Jn AIT IM Switch on Track Change Switch NOM SAM VIBE P St F S Switch Now Started Switch on Track Change Live Streaming with SAM VIBE as Backup Only Selecting this mode allows for Live Broadcasting but with SAM VIBE as a failover should the current DJ experience a connection or hardware issue This helps to keep your listeners listening when your DJ has a problem which might usually result in lost listeners You should be aware that unless the SAM VIBE library contains tracks and has been configured correctly SAM VIBE cannot be used as a failover You should ensure there are sufficient tracks in the Cloud library to cater to the separation rules within the active Playblock It might be appropriate to create a number of Playblocks which would include station idents and tracks suitable for the mood of the current program It could result in lost listeners if your live DJ was hosting a Death Metal hour but your failover was playing classical music You can use the powerful and intuitive SAM VIBE scheduling features to create any number of Playblocks which can be scheduled as a duplicate of your planned prog
94. n as Encoded and which is not streaming a signal Once the Switch Now button is clicked the source switches to the selected source Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VIBE with Live 559 S 5 U ME demo spacial com Z Disconnect Encoded d 00 09 04 streamed 6 42MB Ud 00 09 04 Switch Mow On Aur Iw Switch on Track Change Available Connect Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Switch Now Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Stop mmc Switch Now Started v Switch on Track Change When the source has been successfully switched the original source in this case SAM VIBE remains in a streaming state but can be stopped by clicking the Stop button if required 61 Page Switch Now By selecting Switch Now for the still streaming SAM VIBE streaming source the SAM VIBE source will become the streaming source once more The other source remains in a streaming state and is available to switch back to if necessary Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VIBE with Live sr PIE i ME demo spacial com Encoded d 00 01 13 streamed SMB Od 00 01 12 Streaming Available Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Open PN SAM VIBE Pl On Air Switch on Track Change Disconnect Switch Now UM Switch on Track Change Switch on Track Change Switch on Track Change If the option to Switch on Track Change is selected the message Will transiti
95. ndatory e Email e First Name e Last Name e Phone Number e Country e State Province When updating personal details you must include your Old Password when changing either your password or email address but you should leave the Old Password field blank when making any other changes When you have made changes you have the option to Save these changes or Cancel 71 Page Home Personal Details Products stations services Payment Methods Logout Personal Details Email First Name Last Name Company Phone Number Address 1 Address 2 Country State Province City Zip Postal code Edit Software Products and License Keys Your software can be downloaded from the Products tab where you will also find your associated license keys This is split into three sections SAM Broadcaster SAM Cast and SAM DJ If you have multiple versions of any of these three software products they will be listed under the respective product title along with the license key the latest version number you are licensed for the date your upgrade ends the date your key expires and you have the option to add notes for each license If you have a due subscription you will also find an Upgrade button which would be associated with any eligible software licenses You will also find Help and Buy buttons 72 Page Home Personal Details Products Stations Services Payment Methods Logout tart making money today with the Spacial affiliate progra
96. new service however you should click Manage Service if you wish to add additional stations to an existing service Manage an Existing Service By clicking the Manage Service button you will be able to make a number of changes to your existing service If you Click this button and are presented with this window we would recommend selecting Discard Existing Changes unless you were previously making changes to your service and for some reason were interrupted Selecting Continue Editing will allow you to continue to edit your station You have existing updates to your service Would you like to continue editing or discard all changes Discard existing changes When managing your service if you wish to increase one or more of the options it might be worthwhile considering upgrading to a larger package which might already include the features you require for example if you had the Bronze package but required 2 external relays you could either augment your existing Bronze package to include two relays or you could consider upgrading to a Silver package which includes two relays but also provides three times as much Cloud storage which would allow your station to grow 85 Page ix Back 10 Senmors Manage Service SVC1046991 2 2 Current Package SAM VIBE Silver 25 00 3 Change Term Monthly w G 25 00 8 sub Total 25 00 Total 25 00 4 Change Package Silver ki Neat Step Discard All Changes S ous package view 40 Dro
97. nteresting Playblock is as simple as dragging and dropping Details from the available Playlists and Filters but by default each new Detail will have the Default Separation Rule and Random Logic which you might consider changing to ensure your Playblock plays as expected If you select a Separation Rule which requires more tracks than you have this will lead to random tracks being selected to prevent any Dead Air which could have unfortunate consequences you might not wish your listeners to hear a love song when your current program is based on a Heavy Rock genre So far we have named the Playblock and we have added a single detail with the default settings If we Save this Playblock we can use this Playblock to create a Task and we can use this Task to Schedule an Event to load this Playblock via the task however this Playblock would simply play random tracks with no theme or thought to the program content To create a meaningful Playblock we should consider the purpose or theme of the program or Playblock we are creating This can be achieved by selecting different categories for each detail varying the Separation Rules and the Logic As we have seen each Playblock detail consists of three parts the Category the Rule and the Logic These parts are explained in depth shortly but the Category is the collection of tracks or Playlist from which the played tracks are selected the Rule is the separation rule which limits the frequency on which a t
98. nune Extemal Relays Js 9 Listeners 40 an 1 Storage n GB up lo 128kbps id Pick Custom package to build the ideal solution for you Os Pricing information gt gt Serial Description Return to the Services Tab Current Package type Change the payment term Monthly Yearly Oa Change package type Silver Gold Custom Displays the features of the standard packages Link to Provide pricing information about bundles and options Service ID Cost in SUS Click to accept the changes made Click to discard all changes made If you wish to add additional features to an existing service but not upgrade this service then you should change the package to Custom This will unlock the individual components which can then be amended These individual components will be added to your package when payment has been processed however if you wish to remove a component the component would only be removed at the end of the current payment term for example if you had previously purchased additional storage and wished to now remove this your storage would be removed when the next payment was due and not immediately Right up until the time payment is processed the changes can be discarded and should you lose connection or for any other reason are unable to proceed with your changes at this time then the next time you log into your User Zone and click the Manage Service button you have the choice to retain the previous changes or to discard t
99. o 10 external relays can be added to each SAM VIBE station 94 Page Annex D Frequently Asked Questions FAQ Q Is this just a way of tying broadcasters into your streaming services A No not at all The primary criticism of the previous DJ Seats system was from Station Managers who invested in licensing for their station but who knew their DJs were using these licenses to stream to other stations By routing all streaming through SAM VIBE we can guarantee any license provided to any DJ through this system can only be used to stream to the SAM VIBE service or stations belonging to the Station Manager Q have my own streaming service don t want to use the 40 listener slots included with each SAM VIBE station A Don t use them it is that simple They are available if you need them and can play to any of the 6 customizable players included but you can easily stream to any SHOUTcast v1 or Icecast v2 streaming service through a SAM VIBE external relay Q already have my station and everything need don t want to be forced to use SAM VIBE I just want DJ licenses A As mentioned in the first FAQ the reason to base this system on SAM VIBE was to protect the Station Manager s investment Previously a Station Manager would provide a DJ Seat license and the encoder details which the DJ would configure By using the Station Management features within the User Zone the Station Manager configures any external relays to stream to the
100. o is make sure the file is stored in a specific folder and configure an automated task to carry out the import SAM VIBE uses the filename of a track to decide if the item already exists in the library Browsers for security reasons can only provide the filename without the path information so if you have tracks with the same name but in different folders like Promos ClientA Promo1 mp3 and Promos ClientB Promo1 mp3 you can only import both these tracks using this utility or by changing the file names or file paths Parameter Details The parameters are identical for both the Windows and Mac Linux versions but the executable files names are different If you are using Windows then all of the following parameters would follow ImportUtil exe and if you are using Mac OS X or Linux you would use java jar ImportUtil jar in front of the parameters Windows ImportUtil exe l test gmail com password123 i 78787 s home name Music clubmix o clubmixAndDance m3u Mac OS X or Linux java Jat TmportUtil Jar 1 test gmail com password123 i 78787 S home name Music clubmix o clubmixAndDance m3u Command Required Details username password Your SAM VIBE login credentials for login Example test email com mypassword o filename m3u Store list of items that were successfully imported in a playlist file Use Library Playlist Utility to move these tracks to specific Playlists or i lt Station ID gt Yes S
101. om sambcapi user stations format 2xml When prompted put in your SAM VIBE username and password which will display a list of your stations configured for Live Broadcasting Make a note of the Stationld for the station you wish to connect to Manually Connecting an Encoder Step 2 Next open this URL in your browser replacing SID with the stationld you got in Step1 http samclient spacialaudio com samvibeapi station lt SID gt encoderconfig format xml This will give you two possible encoder slot configurations Simple enter all the information into your Icecast2 compatible encoder to connect your own live source stream Advanced Also note the LiveSourceld in Step2 You can use that in the following two API calls Ask system to make source the new active source http samclient spacialaudio com samvibeapi station SID livesource LiveSourceld switch waitForMetad ataEvent true Ask system to disconnect the encoder connected on this slot http samclient spacialaudio com samvibeapi station SID livesource LiveSourceld kick o8 Page Section 4 User Zone 69 Page Your User Zone is available to you at http userzone spacial com wp login spacial user zone Lost your password Serial Description 4 Tick this box to remember yourlogincredentials O After a successful login you will arrive at the landing page The landing page contains a number of options some of which are explained with the fo
102. omation which is completely customizable The features are easy to implement but we recommend spending some time planning your broadcast scheduling and then implementing these features to produce the desired results 43 Page Section 3 Live Streaming Broadcasters and Internet Radio Station Managers can now use the power of SAM VIBE the cloud based radio automation solution from Spacial to switch between broadcasting from the SAM VIBE cloud and a different live source Although the live source is usually provided by SAM Broadcaster Pro SAM Broadcaster Studio or the specifically designed SAM Broadcaster Live DJ edition any Icecast2 compatible source can be used including both software and hardware encoders As a part of the Live Streaming infrastructure you will find SAM Broadcaster Live DJ which is a new fully featured version of SAM Broadcaster the leading Internet radio broadcasting solution for over 10 years This version includes all of the great professional features broadcasters have come to love but it provides the Station Manager with the security of having total control over their investment The access control is managed by the Station Manager who can set the access permissions for each DJ and who can be reassured that with Live DJ Station Managers will no longer worry that the license key they purchased and assigned to a DJ is also being used to broadcast by the DJ to other stations The control and security afforded by Live
103. on to next source once buffer has finished streaming is displayed The Switch on Track Change button becomes available and can be selected to cancel the switch before the track changes if necessary Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live i demo spacial com K Play In My Band Streaming bu young Mane become On Air source Waiting for track change or fferring a Cancel Switch Switch on Track Change i ME demo spacial com Encoder started but no audio detected Please start decks Open a SAM VIBE P Disconnect Switch Now SAM Broadcaster Live DJ can usually recover from any errors within the Broadcast Control Centre which might be caused by stopping the audio or temporary interruptions and in these cases you might notice the following 62 Page is displayed with Error shown and the status of Disconnected If SAM Broadcaster Live DJ does not automatically recover within a few seconds this could indicate a more serious issue which should be investigated Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live fose e ME demo spacial com P Disconnect Disconnected 10053 Switch Mow Available Ready for another DJ to connect live stream SAM VIBE M g n F WUT All However as mentioned the Broadcast Control can usually recover from most errors and will cycle through the idle state before attempting to reconnect Broadcast Control
104. on which as shown previously would cycle through the connection stages until a stable connection has been established before the DJ could start streaming Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VI SAM VIBE with Live 2 osr e 5 rN ES E dj1 spacial com KE Who Wants To Live Forever On Alr by Queen 4 11 Iv ME demo spacial com Encoder started but no audio detected Please start decks hd SAM VIBE AS M M Started SW ite h IN C Switch on Track Change Disconnect Disconnect Switch Now Switch on Track Change Stop SwithNow Switch Now x Switch on Track Change As mentioned previously an error will be displayed if no audio is connected as the switch options will remain greyed out and the source icon remains grey and open If SAM Broadcaster has been in an encoding state for any length of time but without tracks being played you might encounter an error and to resolve this issue simply disconnect and reconnect with a track playing o4 Page Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VIBE with Live ose S 5 djl spacial com KE Down so long live OPENA b Jewel ME demo spacial com A Disconnect Disconnected 10053 Switch Mow Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Stop j Switch Now Started M Switch on Track Change When audio is detected all options become available and the DJ can become the On Air source by selecting either Switch N
105. onal features which include Live Broadcast Control Improved Event Scheduler New Calendar View Simplified Workflow Creation Embedded Stream Preview Player You can also upload tracks to your Cloud library whilst you continue to manage your station simply log in to your SAM VIBE WUI at http samclient spacialaudio com 8080 with your standard credentials If you have multiple stations the first option is to select the station to manage after which you will be presented with the WUI for the station A number of features which were previously available from the User Zone have been relocated to the WEB UI This currently consists of Station Details and DJ Management 8 Page spacial sam vise EHE a ES ee SAM Hits Hearts in the Sk 20 EJO OE y Storage 0 10 25 00 GB Upload 4 em nu a Bw SAM Demo Station by usrary PLAYLISTS ALL MEDIA QUEUE PENES amp Shared Playlist ist Ti LL pon A LIVE CONTROL 3 Shared Playlis gt 37 xL Artist Title Duration g Artist rite Scratchpad o results found i z Example Playlist Empty adiit SCHEDULE Top 40 O Empty 00 31 New Music L HEALTH Classic Tracks bd Rolling Stones C Empty 00 30 HISTORY 3 SETTINGS LIBRARY O Distant Rails 04 24 O Played Artist Title Duration J amp Filters A O Hearts in the Sky 07 40 Sunbeam L amp Media Types O Sunbeam Acoustic L 00 13 57 acoustic L L O Empt
106. ort Utility Also see mof flag Example er Amusic playlist m3su You can specified multiple inputs 120 Page BEEN EN f playlisrtA u3u cr Jetorlist pls p lt PlaylistName gt The name of SAM VIBE Playlist into which items will be inserted or removed see x At least Example one en TIE Ins destination p and or Multiples allowed ep Club Mix p Top40 Note Import will fail if Playlist not found See pc pc shared station If pc is specified then any SAM VIBE Playlist specified by p options Will be created under specified category if it does not yet exist Example pc station c queue lt PlaylistName gt Clear all items from SAM VIBE Queue or Playlist Examples lub Mix You can use this option multiple times queue c Club Mix c PLIO The default mode is where items are identified by their path filename If mof option is specified it means the system will ignore the path portion and only identify files based on filename Thus music a mp3 and promos a mp3 Will be matched as the same Note Matches are also case insensitive regardless of the mode so A mp3 and a mp3 are seen as the same file When this option is specified all duplicates will be removed and Playlist s Queue will only contain an item once Works with p and q This option specifies that the content of this playlist file should also be added to this queue position It can either be top or botto
107. ow or Switch on Track Change The currently streaming DJ would see the incoming DJ appear in the BCC as shown Broadcast Control SAM VIBE with Live sP eo EN Ey Encoded d 00 08 21 streamed 5 7 MB Od 00 08 20 Switch Mow Switch on Track Change demo spacial com j Kick Switch Now v oe Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Switch Now Started Switch on Track Change The Start Streaming by amp Band of Bees 2 19 Incoming DJs also have the option to switch on the next track change as SAM VIBE will identify the end of the track being played by the current DJ and then switch streaming to the incoming DJ This will provide a smooth transition between two DJs 65 Page Broadcast Control SAM VIBE with Live demo spacial com Kickstart On Air BBs ME dj1 spacial com om Disconnect U Encoded Od 00 21 22 streamed 14 7MB Od 00 21 22 Streaming Switch on Track Change C will become On Air source Waiting for track change or bufferring Cancel Switch je Started paan Switch on Track Change Switch on Track Change Disconnecting or Kicking a Streaming DJ The Station Manager or any DJ with the correct permissions can kick any currently connected DJ as mentioned When a DJ is kicked the next available stream which is encoding will start streaming to reduce the possibility of dead air however if there is no second stream available yo
108. p ARCHIVE HISTORICAL DATA FOR REPORTING s sssssessesseessessersersreseesserserserererseesersressesserseee 53 BROADCAST CONTROL airian T Pcr 54 ENCODER AND STREAMER CONFIGURATION 555 aee snot cactenesceevcwes e NER VER eee NE RE aa AE E aaa 54 STREAIIARCHIME 5t tasse tita aa ve baia pl ebab M Emtec tap Up UU ar a ana um Ata bI POL OH uod Up P Po UE ERU lt a oUEDP S EnIUEOS Gd 55 SAM VIBE EON Vosmi e uesus ea ec et atessp tabu sui uri ia ct a a 56 SAM VIBE WITH LVE STREAMING S ias Een PROP E vata nee o Ree t eaae utm o ec resp a dno lapi armo qeu eU E 57 SUV PCCM OW BRITTA EE 62 SWIER On Track ehal06 o eae eas fie tei eeat ee a aaah Kinet dex cui ee Oe Oe a Ais ia atch EL Aah Hana eat oc clad A 62 Workihig WIERD IVICITIDIC DIS sies ieu etatem eroe aima du uade iur tq alba da Met buta pada oe eae buenos ad ae 63 DISCONNECTING or KICKING a Streaming DJ usen o eo goats Yo tra v bra o e eius ova tete nM steve os E Quir Vn tota no stes Tenens 66 LIVE STREAMING WITH SAM VIBE AS BACKUP ONLY eeaseo seu xy nup Neh ro qn IM RN ERR ERE ORA QU EEr aui SUD FOR EREMO S VU FER SE Qu aux 0 VID VASMRUETER E UR PORA E CE RUPAS 67 HOW TO MANUALLY CONNECT AN ENCODER 9 390 nene nO gus n ERR UR c5 o EeY eae eun saa Era e aaO acier a Np tsanstesccsanasacuseesssussaccesiessce 68 MANUALLY CONNECTING AN ENCODER STEP T ios ipes ere ot eara oue e eH EXuRI Na NY E E UREAT E EUR a Y UR e VE E ESERM ERE VENERE OM e EP AR ET E RES UN ERU APR Ue RP UR 68 MANUAL
109. pa ge MT mE de 120 USE en ids nghi IB c 122 Basicsingle DIGVIISE GDI OCG acoso cms Srt rot hd erre b eb aep esa te nd cidunt os sob iato s tous aati ps oder RSeemadhun 122 Remove all files in the playlist file from playlist clubmix isses eese nnne nnne nnn nnns 122 Clear queue and remove duplicates in the clubmix playlist sees 122 Ada tou UCTS DOTON rrr sects v ed midst eder anc dera Nl ue pe M MM cM M aM d 122 Create multiple online DIGVIISUS ocn pet erat eto iR ERR ds ceria FUN EE EYE a O ed Ee UR d E v ui OAR A 122 ANNEXES AUTOMATED SCHEDULING ieie ceto aeo a e EU QE Do On E E o Pee eeu De coro E Ore tu eoe e EDU OE PPS EU QE es EVE Ores 123 OVERVIEW E 123 5 9 208 IN icc 123 WOOT Scrat eaten esses mesi uL n EI M E mb mM T MM EM M LM E RE 123 EIRUX ONG Rio ne BLOP optem 126 5 Page Section 1 Overview amp Introduction 6 Page SAM VIBE Documentation This document is broken down into sections which deal with specific areas of SAM VIBE operation The first section deals with SAM VIBE the concept as an introduction and basic usage guide for the SAM VIBE Web User Interface WUI The section two deals with scheduling and automating the output from your station with SAM VIBE whilst the third section explains how live streaming is achieved through SAM VIBE with SAM Broadcaster Live DJ The
110. r you should create Scheduled Events for each Playblock and schedule them appropriately 36 Page Scheduled Events Scheduled Events enable you to schedule any of the available tasks to execute on a specific date and time either as a single event or to repeat on a daily weekly or monthly basis Scheduled Events can be used to fully automate your station for times when you are not broadcasting live An example would be to start your station at 6am every day and then set another scheduled event to stop it at 10pm although you might be better served by running your station 24 7 which would enable you to develop a following and a listener base With Scheduled Events you can create a rich and varied mosaic of musical variety for your station or you can keep it simple and simply repeat the tracks in the queue the options are endless Events are scheduled by selecting any time and date from the Schedule Calendar which is available under the Scheduled Events Tab The Calendar view can be changed to show a specific day 4 Day view Week view or Month view and a date picker is available to quickly locate any specific date In the Week and 4 Day views the current date is shown in green whilst weekends appear as blue Scheduled Events already created are displayed at their scheduled start time but you should remember that the Scheduled Events will play until the next Event fires so the Scheduled Event Sixties and Sevens which starts at 8am will play unt
111. rack artist title or album may repeat and the Logic then decides which track to select from those tracks within the specified Category which pass the separation rule You should remember that each Playblock detail is separate and has no connection with any other details in the Playblock This can lead to some unexpected results if you do not plan this thoroughly Take for example the following Playblock 29 Page EDIT PLAYBLOCK New Playblock Category Separation Rule Logic 1960s Sweeper Separation MV Random 1960s Sweeper Separation v Random L 1960s Sweeper Separation Random Here we are creating a Playblock with 3 details We have selected the Playlist 1960s as the category but set the Rule to Sweeper Separation This will not play the same artist within a 5 minute period and if SAM VIBE randomly selected a track over 5 minutes in length it could theoretically select a second track by the same artist immediately afterwards because the Playblock details are separate from each other If the second track is also over 5 minutes long then it is also theoretically possible but highly unlikely that the third track could also be from the same artist This is something to bear in mind when putting together your Playblocks This can become more likely if you start creating your own separation rules with shorter separation rules Later in this guide we will explain in greater detail the interaction between the Category Ru
112. ramming schedule to cater for any absent DJs or any problems your DJs might encounter You could also consider having your DJs record standby programming which would play in the event they were unable to broadcast or if they experienced any hardware failure The connection process is identical to SAM VIBE with Live but you should remember that if you experience any hardware failure or have a problem with your Internet connection then SAM VIBE will take over the stream automatically If the problem is resolved then SAM VIBE will automatically return control to you when you reconnect and your SAM Broadcaster will automatically switch to On Air 67 Page Broadcast Control Mode Live with SAM VIBE Backup pse e i dji spacial com Kick KE Get t Hot Feat Lloyd Banka Switch Mow ziv Eng b 90 Cent xm wv l Switch on Track Change ME demo spacial com A Disconnect U Encoded d 00 24 20 streamed 15 3MB 0d 00 22 13 On Al wt cir an Track Chanas JT1 AIT Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Ready and standing by in backup mode Started SW Itc lh IN Cw How to Manually Connect an Encoder You do not need to use SAM Broadcaster PRO STUDIO Live DJ to provide a source stream Any Icecast v2 compatible encoder should work as long as it is streaming in AAC MP3 or Ogg Vobis Manually Connecting an Encoder Step 1 Find your station ID Open this page in your browser http samclient spacialaudio c
113. ration Kep Linked to station together to provide additional services mu a SAM Hits SAM Demo Station http spacial com Switch User Switch 5tation Web Integration Settings Export library metadata fram category E Music All W Automatically export library metadata v Impart requests made via web widgets W Export current playing information amp archive historical data For reporting a If you are familiar with SAM Broadcaster you will notice a smaller number of options on the left When SAM Broadcaster Live DJ starts for the first time you will be prompted to enter a username and password for the station This information is usually provided by the Station Manager You have the option to switch to another user which in reality allows you to use the same software to stream with another station but using the second station s license it is not possible to stream with the license of Station A to Station B 51 Page Switch User The Switch User button allows the DJ to change the login credentials This would be useful if a DJ streams to multiple stations and ensures SAM Broadcaster Live DJ is automatically and correctly configured to stream to the stations for which the DJ has permission The DJ can stream to multiple stations if they are granted the correct permissions by the various Station Managers but they can only stream to once station at any one time This ensures the DJ requires a license
114. rg wiki Cron Linux https help ubuntu com community CronHowto Mac OS X http www maclife com article columns terminal 101 creating cron jobs Follow these steps to create a Cron job on Linux Run the following command from within the editor of your choice crontab e e To create a basic task that will run once a day at 3am enter the following line at the end of the file 0 3 home user LibraryImporter import util ImportUtil wl test gmail com password123 I IBTSET zd home name Music clubmix m clubmixAndDance m3u e Save the file and exit That s it you have created a scheduled task that will run once a day at 3am 126 Page spacial Website spacial com sam vibe Email Support spacial com Support support spacial com USA SOUTH AFRICA Spacial Audio Solutions LLC 107 Haymeadow Crescent 15303 Ventura Blvd Block 1 Boardwalk Office Park Suite 1500 Pretoria Gauteng 0043 Sherman Oaks CA 91403 3137 South Africa USA CANADA MAURITIUS 1440 Sainte Catherine West Bramer Business Center Suite 1200 8th Floor Montreal QC H3G 1R8 Bramer Building b ne Canada Mauritius http spacial com sam vibe Document version 2015 1
115. rvice includes access to proprietary software developed by Spacial which is required for the use of the Service eSoftware tl Pursuant to this Agreement the Software is being licensed to You and not sold Ihe Software includes all software files computer information and related materials files and documentation offered and or provided along with the Software Ihe 5oftware also includes any future upgrades or updates of the Software that may be provided to You by Spacial along I accept the terms of this license agreement 0 I do not accept the terms of this license agreement Made with IzPack http izpack ong Read the License agreement and accept the terms of the license agreement to install the software Click Next 106 Page Fj IzPack Installation of Library Importer tools E Select the installation path C Program Files Spacial LibraryImpor tUtils Made with IzPack http izpeack ong Select the directory to install the library importer tools Click Next Q The target directory will be created C Program FilesSpacialLibraryImportUtils Accept the notification message to create the directory if the directory does not already exist 107 Page pu NN Pack installation progress 18 Overall installation progress Made with IzPack http izpack ong Previous E Next Quit This page shows the progress of the installation Once package instal
116. s we need to make better use of them with greater flexibility This can be achieved with Playblocks which are explained under the Scheduling Section DJ Management DJs are now managed from within the Web UI from under the Settings Tab There are two different permission levels when referring to SAM VIBE DJs Service Level Permissions which apply to all stations belonging to the service and will therefore change the permissions for all stations and Station Level Permissions which only apply to the station currently being managed Service Level Permissions can be applied or modified when logged in to any station under the service but you must be logged in to the required station to apply or modify Station Level Permissions Should you need to remove a DJ s permissions simply click the corresponding Remove button and click either Apply Permissions or Apply Permissions for All Stations depending on the permissions level you wish to remove Service Level DJ Permissions The following permissions can be applied at the service level and it should be noted that assigning any of these permissions to any DJ will also permit them to log into the SAM VIBE service and therefore they will have the same permissions across all stations Permission Description All permissions are applied Edit Metadata DJ can view the library and edit media Metadata like Title Artist Album etc Import Media DJ can import media songs etc into your station s library D
117. s of similar genres LIBRARY GROUPED FILTER BY GENRE amp Filters none amp All Media Alternative Media Types Ambient amp Recently Added Christmas 9 Duration Ranges Easy Listening 3 Grouped Filters Hot Pop 22 By Artist A to Z Indie 22 By Title A to Z Instrumental 22 By Album A to Z New Age 22 By Artist Other 22 By Title Worldbeat 22 By Album 28 By Year 22 By Mood ae By Media Type By BPM 41 Page Moods Tracks can be grouped based on the mood they represent in the same way as the genres were selected and can also be used to identify tracks of a similar mood for potential inclusion in a mood specific Playlist Add Remove moods Mellow Reflective Ageressive And just like Genres Moods can also be used to identify tracks which would suit a specific mood and which could then be used to build mood based Playlists which in this case has identified one track which has Romantic as a Mood type LIBRARY GROUPED FILTER gt BY MOOD amp Filters none All Media Calm Media Types Chill fH Recently Added Healing Duration Ranges Relaxed amp 3 Grouped Filters 28 By Artist Ato Z 22 By Title A to Z 22 By Album A to Z 22 By Artist 22 By Title 22 By Album a By Year By Genre 22 By Media Type zE By BPM 42 Page Troubleshooting If you find the scheduled programming does not behave as expected then we can investigate the reason for this If t
118. s the SAM VIBE state as Stopped and the two other sources as Open or Available both of which can be used as sources depending upon the options configured with the current user credentials 57 Page i Available Connect live stream using this 54M Broadcaster Open Available Connect live stream using this 54M Broadcaster SAM VIBE Stopped E 7 Connect Switch Mow Selecting the Start option for SAM VIBE cycles through the start up process and provides the option to either switch to SAM VIBE immediately or when the next track changes Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VIBE with Live bse e X Available Connect live stream using this 54M Broadcaster Available Connect live stream using this SAM Broadcaster SAM VIBE Connect Fi W Switch on Track Change Connect 2 Switch Now Now Switch on Track C Stop Switch Now t f Switch on Track Change 58 Page Broadcast Contro Mode SAM VIBE with Live ose S 5 Available Connect Connect live stream using this 54M Broadcaster IM Switch on Track Change Available Connect Connect live stream using this SAM Broadcaster Switch Now iv Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE Pl Sa on Track Change By selecting Connect with one of the Open sources the Broadcast Control cycles through the connection process with SAM Broadcaster in a Streaming state with th
119. some important aspects and give you our recommendations File Path Preservation Due to security restrictions the browser does not send the full file path when importing tracks Therefore you will notice all files imported via the browser have a import filename mp3 path The problem is SAM VIBE uses the filename to determine if the file already exists in the library On the other hand if you upload your media files with the Library Import Utility you have a choice to either preserve the full original path for example C Music Filename mp3 or to ignore the path completely and just match by filename only The problem explained by example To explain this let s say you have an archived live show and you upload it from a folder on your computer from this file path via the SAM VIBE Web Interface C NnyshowsN2014 11 20Nmyshow hourl mp3 That worked great but as previously mentioned the file was imported using the import path The end result is in your library you now have a file called filename mp3 with the full path import myshow_hour1 mp3 If tomorrow you have another live show which you archive to C myshows 2014 11 21 myshow hourl mp3 Again you decide to upload this show into your online library When it uploads it ends up in the import folder again like this import myshow hourl mp3 You would only be able to upload this track if the Upload Mode is set to Skipped as SAM VIBE will see it as the exact same file If the upload
120. spacial SAM VIBE User Guide Table of Contents ip H eldee iic qp 2 SECTION c Y 6 Ba WE edge eue d ETT Um m T e 6 SAM VIBE DOCUMENTATION 5555 as ris 4a Rasa ESVESEFAAFRMIASEUSMRREES XYRA VES ES ERR avEKERE Y ELTRUU EARS CATEAR EE CR SS RANK KR Sa ESVUEEROA VERRE SUSM SUPOE KYSUUIENK MS 7 SANE VIBE CONCEP ecc 7 SAM VIBE OPERATION OVERVIEW sycsencccscosswcvnsescuncevcsecovnastessctuveaneassesnaaveastesadesdessndnavsusesesdeusesssesnsadenesenndeunerseuuesteeeseaneainess 7 TERMINOLOGY DEFINITION S o M 8 Benz capice 8 SAM VIBE WEB USER INTERFACE WUI usisvestux sis F aos E EUR EUR UFEME ERE VEU s EY UIN EOS UE FS OT RUF E MM EV V reU EY ui EON HU EN EUR UR EET PO FU EO ENIM 8 STATION rip 10 INIPORTING CONTENT eo 11 ez cH SP er piii e c 13 UPLOAD CEE 8 20 RN RKT 13 dune Mure T N 13
121. sts Medium Rotation Random Unsigned Artists Light Rotation LeastRecentlyPlayed O Music MUS Default v Weighted Station ID SID No Rules v LeastRecentlyPlayed Perhaps experience has indicated which artists are popular and we have already given them a heavy weighting perhaps some of the artists have a medium weighting and some have been given a light weighting perhaps because they are a track from an EP with a popular title track We want to ensure our listeners do not become tired of unsigned artists so we also include a music track which has the default rotation and is heavily weighted because it is popular It is good practice to build a Station Brand so we have included a Station ID after these tracks You can see from these two examples that the options available are endless and can help ensure that SAM VIBE plays what you want to play in the order you want it played These examples have been achieved with simple Playblocks we will now look at enhancing this by editing and creating Separation Rules 32 Page Separation Rules As you can see in Annex F SAM VIBE comes with a comprehensive set of separation rules which enable you to start broadcasting quickly These separation rules can be edited and you can also create new rules based on your own requirements We would recommend creating your own separation rules and leaving the provided rules in place especially the DMCA Separation rule which can be quite importan
122. t and a statutory requirement if you are broadcasting within the USA To create or edit a Separation Rule simply select Separation Rules from the left had column which then gives you the options to add a rule edit a rule or delete a rule ee ees EDIT SEPARATION RULE USED IN PLAYBLOCKS DMCA Separation Days Hours Minutes Heavy Rotation Album Separation 0 1 0 Hourly Back to Back Tracks ati onporauon 0 0 46 Light Rotation Title Separation 0 1 0 Medium Rotation Track Separation 0 No Rules Rare Rotation Sweeper Separation To remove a separation rule you simply click the X associated with the rule You will not be asked to confirm you wish to delete the separation rule and once deleted there is no undo the separation rule has been removed but can be recreated if removed in error Separation Rule Editor To create a rule simply click New Separation Rule and the new Separation Rule will appear You can see there are four separation categories available to configure and the options available for each category are Days Hours and Minutes Each category can be set to any combination of Days Hours or minutes with a minimum restriction of zero and a maximum exclusion before the album artist title or track is repeated of 20 days 23 hours and 59 minutes 33 Page APARATO ROLES EDIT SEPARATION RULE USED IN PLAYBLOCKS Default New Separation Rule DMCA Separation1 Days Hours Minutes Heavy Rotation Album Separation 0
123. t live stream SAM VIBE P Switch on Track Change If you connect but you are not currently streaming audio then the following message is displayed with a recommendation to start the decks Encoder started but no audio detected Please start decks Starting the decks will start the streaming process and enable your listeners to hear your station output If you are already playing audio files then you would see the following image and this would indicate your audio is being encoded but you are not yet broadcasting 60 Page cast Contro Mode zm SAM VIBE with Live ME demo spacial com P Disconnect Encoded 0d 00 04 59 streamed 2 UME Od 00 02 58 Switch Now I det Ww Switch on Track Change i Available Ready for another DJ to connect live stream Open a SAM VIBE M 7h em EMI You can see that the SAM VIBE source is still shown as Active and as such is still the source of the stream your listeners can hear When you start connecting two additional buttons marked Switch Now and Switch on Track Change become available Selecting Switch Now will switch the streaming source from SAM VIBE to your new stream whilst selecting Switch on Track Change will wait for the current track to finish and then switch the source on the start of the next track The original SAM VIBE stream remains Active and the outlet for the stream It is not possible to connect to a stream which is not show
124. tallation done dar ce darn duurzu tmps cd opt spacial LibraryImportUtils Press enter to accept default path or enter new path Type 1 and press enter to continue Navigate to the installation directory and start using the application 111 Page Post Installation Follow the section that is applicable to your Operating System Windows Follow these steps to get the application up and running Open a Command prompt Navigate to installation directory C Program Files Spacial LibraryImportUtils Type dir and press enter and you will notice there are 3 sub directories lNUport uil playlist util Uninstaller Navigate into the import util directory by typing cd import util and pressing Enter where you will find two files ImportUtil exe This is the executable file Importutiljar This is the main application Type the following command and press Enter to display the usage and help information ImportUtil exe h Em C Windows system32 cmd exe Program Files Spacial LibrarvyImportltilzs import util Importltil exe h usage LibraryImporter a arg Import mode newireplace trefresh tnew I gnore duplicates replace Heplace file refresh Replace file AMD metadata d arg Scan directory for accepted media files can have multiple f lt arg gt Specific file to import can he playlist file can have multiple gt h print this help message i arg Your station ID zu lt arg gt Login details in
125. tation ID Example i 1234 where 1234 is your Station ID 114 Page a new replace refresh d path to directory s path to directories f path to file f path to playlist At least one input must be specified d s or f the Queue Example ep htB outplaylistm3ju Specifies if we can only upload tracks that does not yet exist in library or if we can replace refresh existing tracks Example a replace Default is new new Also known as Skip mode All items that already exist in your online library will be ignored and not uploaded again Only files that do not exist in your library will be uploaded replace Also known as Overwrite mode The items uploaded will replace the physical files of existing items in the library but the current track metadata will not be changed refreshed If the items do not exist in library then they will be imported as new items refresh Also known as Metadata mode Items imported will replace the physical files and also read the tag information from the uploaded content and update the library metadata Important See mof flag below for details on how the system decides when a track is new or already exist in the library Import all media files from specified directory Example d home music You can include multiple d options aen artisti eg SAPLI3Lt2 Tip Also see m flag This option tells the application to look for accepted media files in
126. this form username gt lt password gt m arg File mask i e m mp35 test aac Only used for d and 37 tcan have multiple Hatch on media filename only amp ignore path Only add new files to output playlist file arg Output playlist file lt argq gt Scan directory and sub directory for accepted media files tcan have multiple lt argq MediaType to assign to imported files MOTE Use to wrap strings with text containing spaces G XProaogram Files S5pacial LibraryImportl tils import util Mac OS X and Linux Follow these steps to get the application up and running Open terminal 112 Page Navigate to the installation directory opt spacial LibraryImportUtils Type Is a and press Enter and you will see the 3 sub directories l1Nporteutil plavlist util Uninstaller Type cd opt spacial LibraryImportUtils import util and press Return to navigate into the import util directory Type 1s a to display the two files within this directory lmportUtil This is the executable file ImportUtil jar This is the main application Type the following command and press Enter to display the usage and help information lImportUtil h import util import utilS Importutil h usage LibraryImporter a lt arg gt lt arg gt lt arg gt L lt arg gt ET IU n arg mof M lt arg gt lt arg gt Import mode new e refresh new Ignore duplicates rep
127. ueue and Playlist Description Command Remove Managing Playlist Nodes Description Command Create new Playlist Insert or Alt Insert Remve o pe O Remove 92 Page Managing Playblocks Description Command reate New Playblock Insert or Alt Insert emove Playblock Del dit Playblock Alt Enter Manage Separation Rules Description Command Create Rue nsertor Alt Insert Remove Rue pe Edit Rule Alt Enter Playblocks Detail Edit Window Description Command Addrow 1 1 1 1 nsertor Alt Insert Removerow 1 1 1 1 1 pe J O ove row up Move row down 93 Page Annex C High Level Overview of the Service E o A SAM BROADCASTER AA uses A PRO STUDIO LIVE DJ OR HARDWARE ENCODER e AND OR OR STREAMING SERVERS SHOUTcast V1 lcecast v2 UP TO 320 kbps Yyyy o o o SOFTWARE ENCODER aa ct LISTENERS Icecast v2 Compatible Apart from SAM Broadcaster Pro Studio and Live DJ SAM VIBE can also accept any Icecast v2 Hardware or Software Encoders as the source of the stream Each SAM VIBE station includes 40 listener slots at up to 128kbps AAC or MP3 and can stream to any SHOUTcast v1 or Icecast v2 streaming service at up to 320kbps with External Relays which are included with each SAM VIBE packaged except the Bronze package however these can be added to any package and up t
128. umber shown to the right of the Station Playlists 44743 in this case is the Station ID and if you need to raise a support request it can assist the Helpdesk identify the station if you provide the number shown for your station especially if you have multiple services and stations To access the Playlists simply select the Library Tab and the Playlists Window will appear To the right of this you will find the Contents Window which in this case displays the names of the Shared Playlists available but if a Playlist is selected the tracks contained within the selected Playlist will then be displayed within the Contents Window You can see that the Shared Playlist Decade 1990s has been selected and the tracks contained within this Playlist are displayed to the right You will also note that this station follows a naming convention which gives an indication of the type of content the Playlist contains without having to examine the Playlist contents This simplifies matters when you have multiple DJs working with the same library and helps ensure each DJ knows what type of track to expect when selecting the Playlist Playlists for a specific decade artist album or genre are easily identified by following a basic naming convention PLAYLISTS PLAYLISTS DECADE 1990S 3 Shared Playlists e Scratchpad z Muzik Moris e General Music Title Artist Album Don t Need the Sunshine Catatonia International Velvet Mulder and Scully Catatonia
129. ur listeners will experience dead air until a new source starts streaming Broadcast Control Mode SAM VIBE with Live S es dj1 spacial com Buffering ME demo spacial com Disconnect Encoded d 00 18 03 streamed 12 4B 0d 00 18 02 Switch Now Jn A Switch on Track Change SAM VIBE ENT m FS sites ow Switch Now Started Switch on Track Change Switch on Track Change It should be remembered that by kicking the current DJ you have only interrupted their stream long enough to remove them from the live broadcast you have not stopped them playing audio nor streaming and they can reconnect if they wish If the DJ was kicked for unacceptable behaviour then it might be prudent to revoke their access in the DJ Management section within the User Zone 66 Page You will note that the On Air source switched to the DJ in the middle slot as the order of the sources determines the streaming source If the kicked DJ had been streaming in the middle slot then SAM VIBE would have taken over the streaming which would also be the case if no other live DJ was streaming when the DJ was kicked As you can see the kicked DJ returns shortly after being kicked but the DJ or Station Manager who kicked the DJ is now broadcasting as indicated by the On Air status There is however nothing to stop the kicked DJ from kicking the On Air DJ if they wish and DJ management remains the responsibility of the Statio
130. ures available and in depth explanation for each command parameter whilst the third section contains usage examples Usage Follow the section which is applicable to your Operating System Windows Follow these steps to get the application up and running Open a Command prompt Navigate to the installation directory which by default is C Program Files Spacial LibraryImportUtils Type dir and press enter and you will notice there are 3 sub directories linport util playlist util Uninstaller Navigate into the playlist util directory by typing cd playlist util and pressing Enter where you will find two files PlaylistUtil exe This is the executable file Playlistotil jar This is the main application Type the following command and press Enter to display the usage and help information playlistUtil exe h 118 Page Gee CAWindowsYsystem32cmd exe Co Progpram Files S pacial Library I mportutilss playlist util gt PlaylistUtil exe h usage Playlistiltil c arg Clear playlist and or queue queueiplaulist can have multiple f lt arg gt Playlist file to import can have multiple is required gt h print this help message i ee Your station ID required zu lt arg gt Login details in this form username gt lt password Crequired mof Match on media filename only Cignore path nd Remove duplicate items from playlist andor queue Playlist s Queue will only contain every item once p arg
131. us On Air Visit the online version of SAM VIBE to manage your station change your live broadcast mode set up playlists schedules and much more Quick Info Station ID S SID1046997 Mode LiveCloudBackup Permissions Owner All Storage 0 10 GB used of 25 GB 74 Page Serial Description Links to the SAM VIBE Web User Interface Station ID 2 Access track reports for royalty reporting 24 DJ Management Visual confirmation of the station currently being managed Station logo Station Broadcast Status On Air shown 1 2 3 5 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 3 Serials 1 through 7 are common to all User Zone pages and Serials 19 through 25 are common to all SAM VIBE Station pages 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Player Widget Options Each SAM VIBE station includes a number of customizable player options which can be created to suit the colour scheme and layout of your web page There is a choice of five sizes in three colours black white and metallic The selected player can also be set to autoplay when the webpage is loaded or to wait for the Play button to be clicked This can be useful for pages with multiple stations which offer the listener a choice of genres to choose from 75 Page Back to Stations Download SAM VIBE Help Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports Manage DJs Manage Relays Player Widget Generator Options Q Black Owhite OMetallic
132. ve access to 52 Page ct station SourceSwitchBeta1 Export Library Metadata from Category This allows you to select the category folder from within the SAM Broadcaster music library from which the track metadata is uploaded to the SAM VIBE cloud This information is displayed in the SAM VIBE Web Widgets and players but only the metadata from the first 20 000 tracks is uploaded If you have more than 20 000 tracks in your library we would recommend creating a playlist into which your preferred 20 000 tracks are placed You can replace these tracks as your needs dictate and the metadata will be automatically updated but this will ensure the metadata for your preferred 20 000 tracks is available to the players and Web Widgets Automatically Export Library Metadata By selecting this option SAM Broadcaster will automatically detect changes to your music library metadata and periodically export these changes to SAM VIBE Import Requests Made Via Web Widgets Place holder for future functionality but once this work is completed listeners will be able to use the browse library Web Widget to browse your music library and make instant requests which can then be automatically played in SAM Broadcaster according to the rules that you have set Export Currently Playing Information amp Archive Historical Data for Reporting If checked the Now playing web widgets can show the currently playing track information in SAM Broadcaster and you
133. webpage code and test HTML code consists of matching pairs of tags which are contained within opening lt gt and closing lt gt tags For example lt p gt lt p gt which indicates a paragraph if you wanted to insert the player after the paragraph these tags referred to you would paste the code into your web page after the closing tag of lt p gt e g 5 iframe title Flash Player src http media spacial com player sam vibe metallic 600x100 html sid 44743 amp rid 1046998 amp startstation false widthz 620 height 120 scrolling no frameborder 0 marginheight 0 marginwidth 0 allowtransparency true title The iframe flash player display gt lt p gt Your browser does not support iframes lt a href http media spacial com player sam vibe metallic 600x100 html sid 44743 amp rid 1046998 amp startstation false View the content of this inline frame lt a gt with your browser lt p gt lt iframe gt The code in red is the player code and you must ensure you include the opening and closing tags for the player 77 Page Web Widget Options Each station includes a number of Web Widgets which can easily be added to your webpage by the insertion of code snippets The standard Web Widgets are available in either a Light or Dark theme but you have the option to fully customize your Web Widgets if you have knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets CSS Manage Player Widgets Web Widgets Statistics Reports
134. ween multiple stations as a single SAM VIBE service can include as many as 50 stations all sharing a single music library With so many stations properly managing your library becomes very important to ensure each station only plays the correct content for each specific station SAM VIBE supports two types of Playlists to help Station Managers and DJs organize their content Shared Playlists and Station Playlists Playlists are available under the Library Tab Shared Playlists Shared Playlists are available to each station under a single SAM VIBE service Shared Playlists are perfect for categorizing music based on genres albums artists or any other commonality which would usually be available to multiple stations You could also use Shared Playlists for any other content that can be played on all stations like network promos competitions network wide commercials etc 19 Page Station Playlists Station Playlists should be used to manage content which is only intended for use with specific stations Station Playlists are the perfect place to store station specific content like Station Ids commercials that should only run on this station and music content specific to the station genre uprary PLAYLISTS FOLDER gt SHARED PLAYLISTS Shared Playlists Scratchpad D Station Playlists 44743 E Example Playlist Top 40 AA LIVE CONTROL SCHEDULE New Music Classic Tracks s rne lu Rolling Stones The n
135. write Library Metadata Queue 5 89 Skip existing Library Queued Skip existing vlusi Library This image also shows that the Concurrent Connections have been set to 4 which can be noted from the 4 progress percentages shown indicating these tracks are being uploaded whilst the fifth track remains in the Queued state The icon shown next to the Classic Tracks destination indicates that the destination is a Playlist but to upload to a Playlist the Playlist must already exist When the track upload has completed and the track is being processed these options can no longer be changed from the Drop Zone but can be changed using the Media Editor 16 Page Progress Mode Destination Skip existing V Music Classic Tracks w Overwrite Jingle Library Metadata Music Library Skip existing Music Library 41 1096 Skip existing W Music Library W Upload status and Storage Capacity The Upload Window provides a number of indicators related to your Cloud Library and the current track upload progress As previously seen the total number of uploads Library storage usage and the Upload Progress are all available to you at the bottom of the Upload Window Additional storage capacity can be added to any SAM VIBE Service from the Services tab within the User Zone This is explained under the User Zone section of this guide Total Uploads 0O Storage 0 07 25 00GB Upload Progress There are also a number of graphical displa
136. y 00 30 00 18 22 Hearts in the Sky 07 40 Music MUS Sound Effect SFX Jingle JIN C 9 To All Cities of the Future O Tarkovsky Basement Edit 00 09 31 Tarkovsky Basement Edit A Band of Bees 00 07 16 The Start amp Promo PRO 4 Seasons The Merry Christmas m Ctatinn IN PCIM Medlev Serial Description 9 Page Minimize the Track Bar 1 2 3 5 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 3 40 InStreamfPrevewPlayervolumesider 44 Select All Tracks selection checkbox 46 Trackdurations Station Details The Station Details including the station logo and website address can be added or amended from the Station Details tab under the Settings LIBRARY STATION DETAILS Name A LIVE CONTROL SAM Hits Browse SAM Demo Station Q9 HEALTH Website URL QR http spacial com E SETTINGS STATION DETAILS BY DJ PERMISSIONS Serial Description 4 jSetinsTab o O 6 StationName o O lO Page 8 Station Website Address URL 9 Savechanes o O Each of the three text boxes have a maximum character length of 255 characters and supported image formats for the logo are gif jpeg jpg and png whilst the maximum image size is 4mb Importing Content SAM VIBE needs to transfer your content from your computer and store this in the Cloud which is just a fancy way of saying we store
137. ys which indicate the status of specific tracks if a track shows the Error icon then it is recommended this track is deleted from the Queue the physical track examined to ensure it plays through any media player and if necessary the upload should be retried Meaning Track is being processed in the Cloud An error was encountered during the upload process Organizing Media Content The bigger your music library the more you will love SAM VIBE Large numbers of tracks can be easily managed with simple drag amp drop operations By default uploaded tracks will be set as the Music Media Type but as mentioned this can be changed before or during the track upload from the Drop Zone and this can also be changed on a track by track basis or for a large number of tracks at the same time To change the Media Type for a single track simply right click the track in the library select Edit and the Media Editor will appear 17 Page There is also the option to add one or more Genres and Moods for each track These can be referenced from the built in Library Filters which can then be used for creating Playlists for specific Genres or Moods It is recommended that you ensure a consistent approach is taken when editing the track media for example if the artist for some tracks was Rolling Stones but for others it was The Rolling Stones you should decide on the Artist name you wish to refer to and ensure all tracks by this artist follow

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