v4.0.0.28 - stable
Posted: 12 Nov 2015 23:13
Version
What's New?
New RuleSets added for Advanced Dayparting
So called "RuleSets" had been added in this version (which can be edited directly from the TAG Editor dialog or from the general settings, see the 'Meta Data' section).
A RuleSet is a list of 'allowance' conditions. Each condition consists of an optional:
- TimeStart (if 00:00:00 it's not active)
- TimeEnd (if 00:00:00 it's not active)
- Selection of Week Days
- Selection of Months
- DateStart (if 00.00.0001 it's not active)
- DateEnd (if 00.00.0001 it's not active)
- Flag, if the date range should be repeated (the year will then be ignored)
As such, you might define any number of RuleSets - identified by a unique name.
Examples might be: 'Week PeakTime', 'Weekend', 'X-Mas Time' etc.
Note, that the conditions are positive allowance! Meaning the conditions define when it is allowed to play a track!
The RuleSets can now be assigned to a single track - the the TAG Editor's 'Other' tab!
A single track can get multiple RuleSets assigned, e.g. 'Week PeakTime' and 'Weekend'.
If one or more RuleSets are assigned to a track, they are automatically be checked during scripting.
Thus, in contracts to the already existing restrictions, they allow you to define positive matching day parting rules.
But...
... as with every restriction or check, be aware, that non-matching tracks might 'break' your script.
So make sure, that you still have sufficient 'matching' tracks in your media library.
Example:
If a certain script is executed on the weekend, and it wants to execute a certain script-line which accesses a media lib, which mostly or only contains tracks having a week only rule set; this might lead to 'skipping' those script-line
What's New?
- New RuleSets added for Advanced Dayparting
- FTE MaxEarly/MaxLate bug-fix
- Various smaller optimizations
- Other smaller bug-fixes
- stable
New RuleSets added for Advanced Dayparting
So called "RuleSets" had been added in this version (which can be edited directly from the TAG Editor dialog or from the general settings, see the 'Meta Data' section).
A RuleSet is a list of 'allowance' conditions. Each condition consists of an optional:
- TimeStart (if 00:00:00 it's not active)
- TimeEnd (if 00:00:00 it's not active)
- Selection of Week Days
- Selection of Months
- DateStart (if 00.00.0001 it's not active)
- DateEnd (if 00.00.0001 it's not active)
- Flag, if the date range should be repeated (the year will then be ignored)
As such, you might define any number of RuleSets - identified by a unique name.
Examples might be: 'Week PeakTime', 'Weekend', 'X-Mas Time' etc.
Note, that the conditions are positive allowance! Meaning the conditions define when it is allowed to play a track!
The RuleSets can now be assigned to a single track - the the TAG Editor's 'Other' tab!
A single track can get multiple RuleSets assigned, e.g. 'Week PeakTime' and 'Weekend'.
If one or more RuleSets are assigned to a track, they are automatically be checked during scripting.
Thus, in contracts to the already existing restrictions, they allow you to define positive matching day parting rules.
But...
... as with every restriction or check, be aware, that non-matching tracks might 'break' your script.
So make sure, that you still have sufficient 'matching' tracks in your media library.
Example:
If a certain script is executed on the weekend, and it wants to execute a certain script-line which accesses a media lib, which mostly or only contains tracks having a week only rule set; this might lead to 'skipping' those script-line