DPE Content Manager 3.x

Available Binding Values in Content Manager

As part of Columns Configuration, the binding values determines which metadata fields are linked to this column, for example, "Author" or "Media.length".

A list of all available values for the Binding key are found below. 

List of all Content Manager Binding values

Value

Type

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Description

Special Columns

hiMedium.Format

String


Displays whether a video is SD or HD in a column. Mainly useful for Roughcut editing. Often used with FormatToSdHdConverter.

CalculatedDuration

Integer


Displays calculated duration of an entry whose value depends on the configured display mode. The configuration is defined per table, see /wiki/spaces/LDPECM/pages/11568546.

General Columns

Album

String

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Name of the album or collection

Amplification

String

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Amplification in dB

AmplificationIn

String

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Volume value at the beginning of the entry’s audio (used by CFM and OTM)

AmplificationOut

String

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Volume value at the end of the entry’s audio (used by CFM and OTM)

Archived

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry is archived

ArchiveDate

Date

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Date of archiving. Use with DateToStringConverter.

AudioFormat

String

Elasticsearch only

Format of an audio file

AudioMode

String

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Audio mode (Mono, Stereo, etc)

Author

String

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Author of the entry or of the music text

AvailDate

Date

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Date of availability. Use with DateToStringConverter.

Bitrate

Integer

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Audio bitrate in Kbit/s

BriefDesc

String

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Short description

Broadcast

String

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Name of the broadcast show

BroadcastDate

Date

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Date of the broadcast. Use with DateToStringConverter.

Broadcastings

Integer

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Shows how often this medium has been broadcasted.

CartPriority

Integer

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The priority of the cart, reserved for a use by the CartWall only! Number 1-10)

Category*

String

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Category of the entry, especially used by the CartWall, e.g. Jingle, Drop-In, Stringer, Trailer

ChangeDate

DateTime

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Date of the last change(s) in the entry. Use with DateToStringConverter.

ChangeUser

String

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Username of the user who has made the last modification.

Class

String

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Shows the class of an entry (e.g. Music, Project, etc.)

Use with ClassCellTemplate. Also seeAvailable CellTemplates Values

Composer

String

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Composer

Correspondent

String

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For news entries: Correspondent who created the entry.

For music entries: Short form of the performer (artist) name.

CostCenter

String

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Cost center

Creator

String

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Username of the creator.

CreateDate

DateTime

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Date of the creation. This column is automatically filled when a new entry is created. Use with DateToStringConverter.

Customer*                

String

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Customer as index to the definition table. Used for commercials. The same for Product, ProductGroup

DeleteDate

Date

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Date from which the entry can be deleted. Use with DateToStringConverter.

Distribution

String

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List of stations which will receive a copy via Replication

Donut

Integer

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Duration of the donut in seconds. Reserved for use by the CartWall only.

Duration

Integer

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Duration of media file. Use with MsToDurationConverter

Editor

String

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Editor of the entry

Endcode*

String

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End code (fade-out specification)

Era*

String

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Music era (period)

ExtDevice*

String

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Reserved for future use.

FadeIn

Integer

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Audio fade-in time in milliseconds

FadeOut

Integer

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Audio fade-out time in milliseconds.

Fading*

String

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Fade-in specification

Filename

String

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Filename of the main medium file.

Filepart

String

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Variable part of filename, which is defined with %u in column NamingRule in medium table.

FileSize

Integer64

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File length in bytes. Use with FileSizeConverter.

FirstUseDate

Date

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Date of the first possible broadcasting. Use with DateToStringConverter.

FirstWords

String

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Field to enter introducing words

ForArchive

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry requested to be archived

ForeignMotive

String

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An identifier for commercials. In contrary to the column "Motive" this one is assigned by the sending agency.

GemaId

String

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Identifier for the German GEMA for music titles (ISRC)

Generation

Integer

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For audio entries: the number of editing processes since creation of the sound file.

GenericTitle

String

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Main title, work title, original title, short title or for free use.

Group

Integer

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Clearly identify groups through a group icon. See Story.

Use with GroupCellTemplate. Also see Available CellTemplates Values

GroupId

Integer


Internally assigned number for entries in entry groups (not user relevant)

Growing

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry with a medium file currently recording or incoming (not actively in use)

Header

String

Elasticsearch only

Header

Identifier

Integer

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Unique identifier for different purposes, especially for non-DAVID programs.

Indexed

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: This entry has been indexed (a full-text index of this entry has been created by DigaSQL.dll)

Informat

String

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In Germany information about entries from the "ARD-Sternpunkt", otherwise this field is free useable.

Instrumentation*

String

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The instrumentation or the gender of the music

Intensity*

String

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The intensity of the music

Intro

Integer

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Intro time in milliseconds

Intro2

Integer

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Intro2 time in milliseconds (internally Intro2 is mapped to database field Outro)

Invalid

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry is invalid

Invisible

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry is invisible

KeyFrameExists

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Entry has keyframes

Keywords

String

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Entry description, keywords for the full text index

Label**

String

Elasticsearch only

Label

LabelCode**

String

Elasticsearch only

LabelCode

Language*

String

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The language of the entry

LastSendDate

Date

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Field exists starting from database version 5. Not used at the moment. Use with DateToStringConverter.

LastUseDate

Date

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The date of the last possible broadcasting. Use with DateToStringConverter.

LastWords

String

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Field to enter words closing the entry topic

LinkIn

Integer

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Link-In time in milliseconds (since database 5)

LinkOut

Integer

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Link-Out time in milliseconds (since database 5)

Location

String

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Not used anymore: Information where to find the corresponding data file if it is evacuated. Reserved for the archive module and the Replicator.

Loop

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Loop

LowResExists

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Existing low res file in entry

MarkIn

Integer

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Mark-in time in milliseconds

MarkOut

Integer

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Mark-out time in milliseconds

Media

Array of Medium


List of media attached to entry.

MediumCode

Integer

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Not used anymore: The number of the medium, combined with a side specification: MediumCode = 2*number+(side-'A')

MediumName

String

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The inscription/label of the medium/ CD-ID

MediumType*

String

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Sort of medium (CD, DVD, etc.)

MemberGroupId

Integer


Internally assigned number for entries in entry groups (not user relevant)         

MemberIds

Array Of Integer


Internally assigned number for entries in entry groups (not user relevant)

This field is an “Array of Integer”: This means, this columns will list up several integer values, namely the reference numbers of all entries being member of this group.

MixerSource

String

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Field exists starting from database version 5. Not used at the moment.

Mood*

String

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The mood of a music entry

MusicFormat*

String

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The format of the music

MusicId

String

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Identifier for music automation (Selector, etc.)

Publisher

String

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Publisher name of the audio/video/text

Motive

String

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Identifier for commercials

New

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: New entry (not actively in use)

NoDelete

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Delete protection

Number

Integer

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Identical to RefNr: Reference number, identical to the main table.

Orderer

String

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List of stations which want to receive a copy

Generator

String

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Identifier for the program which has created the entry. This is especially important for the class "Project" or "Unknown" to find out which program is capable to handle this entry.

Outro

Integer

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Outro time in milliseconds (internally Outro is mapped to database field SpotLength).

Outro2

Integer

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Outro2 time in milliseconds. Field exists starting from database version 5.

Owner

String

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Originator, owner of the copyrights

Perfect

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Perfect entry

Performer

String

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Performer/Artist information for music entries

Personal

String

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If the entry is personal, this column contains the system user name of the owner. If the owner is a group, the group ID with a preceding '#' is printed instead of the group name (because the length of the group name is not limited). If the field is empty the entry is free.

PersonalRadio

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Personal radio

PlayOutGain

String

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PlayOutGain value in dB.

Fields exists starting from database version 5. In database version 4 of fewer PlayOutGain value stored in RESERVE1 field.

PlayTime*

String

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The preferred playtime for broadcasting

Presenter*

String

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Presenter information

Pool

String

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System pool identifier, currently not used.

Priority

String

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Priority: e.g. flash, urgent, important, normal, unimportant.

Producer

String

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Producer information

Product*

String

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The product as index to the definition table. Used for commercials.

ProductGroup*

String

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The product group as index to the definition table. Used for commercials.

Production*

String

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The production for which the entry has been produced

Program*

String

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Program for which the entry is intended

Project*

String

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This column is reserved for CartWall projects!

Ramp

Integer

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Duration of the ramp in seconds. Reserved for use by the CartWall only.

Ready

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Broadcast entries that are “ready to send”

RecordDate

Date

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Date of the audio recording (not CreationDate). Use with DateToStringConverter.

RecordPlace

String

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The record location or the studio

Registration

String

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Unique identifier for different purposes, especially: production number, archive number

Remark

String

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Comment field

ReplFlags

Integer

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Bit-field which represents flags for the Replicator

ReplIdent

String

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Unique identifier, reserved for the Replicator only!

RequestDearchive

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Request to de-archive the entry

Ressort

String

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Ressort (department) for entry indexing

Royalties

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: For entries with content liable to pay costs

Samplerate

Integer

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Audio sampling frequency in Hz: 16000, 32000, 44100 or 48000

Seasonal*

String

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Preferred season for broadcasting

SendRights

String

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Despite its name this column is used to store the average speech time of the corresponding text file.

SharedAudio

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: This entry’s media file is referenced in other entries (this is a not recommended settings in DigAlign)

SoftDeleted

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag for soft-deleted entries: 1 = soft-deleted, 0 = normal.

Sort

String


Used for collection elements

SoundProcessing

String

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Field exists starting from database version 5. Not used at the moment.

Source

String

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Origin/source of the audio/video

Speaker*

String

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Name of the speaker

SpotLength

Integer

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Outro time in milliseconds. In database and in DigaSQL structures it’s still called Spotlength due to historical reasons but the actual meaning is Outro. In section string and in XML format this field is mapped into 2 fields: OUTRO in “HH:MM:SS” format and SPOTLENGTH as number of milliseconds. Field SPOTLENGTH in section strings and XML format is provided only for compatibility with old versions and should not be used anymore.

Use with MsToDurationConverter.

State

String

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State describes the status of the media file corresponding to the entry: 0 = None: Unknown state; 1 = Virtual: Announcement that no corresponding media file exists but will be created soon; 2 = Recording: Data file is just coming in; 3 = Existing: Data file is accessible; 4 = Evacuated: Data file has been evacuated (e.g. into the archive medium); 5 = External: Data file exists on a foreign medium (e.g. a DVD); 6 = Requested: Data file has been requested (ordered) via DigaReplicator

Stinger

String

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Description type of stinger

Story

Integer

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If an entry is a group this column contains the type of the group. The following values are defined:

  • 0 = standard entry (not a group),

  • 1 = group is a classical work with multiple parts,

  • 2 = group is a story with a sequence of media entries (standard group entry),

  • 3 = group is a story used in a (broadcast) schedule, containing a sequence of media entries that need to contain a text element,

  • 4 = group is a container for any type of members, the sorting does not matter,

  • 8 = stack = group is a sequence of audio elements to be played in the predefined order,

  • 16 = collection = group of elements from different tables.

  • 32 = group is a endpoint story

Also see Available CellTemplates Values

Style*

String

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Style of the music

SubRessort

String

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Sub-Ressort (sub-department) for entry indexing

Singer

String

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Name of the singer

Table

String

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Name of the table

Tag

Integer

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Duration of the tag in seconds. Reserved for use by the CartWall only.

Target*

String

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Target group

Tempo*

String

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Tempo of the music

TextDuration

Integer

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Text length

Title

String

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Title of the entry

Trailer

String

Elasticsearch only

Trailer

Transmitted

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Confirmation of successful transmission

Type*

String

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Type of the music

UseRestricitons

String

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Field exists starting from database version 5. Not used at the moment.

Vsat

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Vsat

Weekday

Integer

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Bitfield for the weekday encoding of the CartWall only! (Mo: Bit0...Su: Bit6). Use with WeekdayConverter.

WithTextFile

Integer (0, 1)

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Flag: Attached text file(s) in the entry

Special custom fields

LOUDNESS / ?



See Loudness Manual, delivered as PDF together with DPE Loudness Processor

DAVID / DISTRIBUTIONENDPOINTS



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Index to the definition table
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If the administration table "NAMERELATION" exists it is an
index to this table. Otherwise, it is an index to the definition table.