Rundown Broker
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Component | Version |
|---|---|
Rundown Broker | 1.0.30.0 |
About Rundown Broker
Rundown Broker enables ROAD to play and distribute rundown elements according to defined BCS schedules. This allows headless distribution of a BCS program without the need for a TurboPlayer / Multiplayer.
Typical use cases for a Rundown Broker / ROAD solution are on-demand pop-up radio streams, web streams of program variations (e.g. with alternative music), target group related web streams, other pre-scheduled radio web streams and other "non-live" use cases such as on-demand studio playback, pre-recorded DJ slots, etc. It can be combined with TurboPlayer for regional breakouts or other ad-hoc channel distributions.
With ROAD's mixing feature, it can be used to mix live streams into BCS rundowns for live-event related use cases.
The Rundown Broker is a service that mediates between the BCS and ROAD backends. Controlled by rundown configurations, it manages the playback of BCS programs. A program cache enabled look-ahead control of the ROAD backend to play pre-scheduled audio files with crossfades defined by the mark-in and mark-out metadata. The current playout state is mirrored back into BCS and can be observed by other scheduling clients. It comes with a standalone configuration tool to set the BCS, schedule track and ROAD targets.
Licensing
Rundown Broker is a separate component that needs extra licensing.
Related ROAD Backend Release
With R2024.3.0 ROAD backend is released as version 1.8.574.0. See release notes in the section “Shared Modules“. It is recommended to use those versions (or higher) in combination.
Dependencies
Minimum ROAD backend version 1.8.574.0
Known Issues
Currently there is no automatic installer available
The rundown configurations are to be managed by an intermediate desktop tool (Rundown Configurator)
Changes
New Features
Reconnect Socket Subscriptions \("Notification Requests"\)
Look ahead and avoid polling
Add metadata to rundown items
Fixed Issues
Don't send all shows in replacing sequence