AdPlay is a simple-to-use radio commercial player designed for broadcasting "split" commercials to different transmitters.  It accepts a variety of inputs in order to begin playback: Keyboard, Mouse, UDP command, contact-closure etc...  Playlists can be simple M3U or a CSV from a professional scheduler like Natural Log.  As well as working with multi-output cards like M-Audio, AdPlay can also work with a domestic 7.1 surround-sound card to give you 3x stereo outs from a sub-£20 audio card!

It can also be used as a simple automation system - all audio is auto-cued upon loading so you don't have to worry about overlap/segue markers to ensure reliable overlaps.  Run 3 stations from a single (and simple) screen via M3U.  UDP network commands work great with EncoDAD and Myriad - plus any other application that accepts a text-string via UDP.  A variety of UDP strings are supported, these are the ones currently enabled: START SPLITBREAK , START SPLIT1 , START SPLIT3 , START SPLIT3 , START HOTKEYS , START HOTKEY1 , START HOTKEY2 , START HOTKEY3

Ad-breaks can be started individually or on a global basis either by pressing a key/button, contact-closure from joystick input or UDP trigger via a network connection - This is ideal if you're using a playout system such as EncoDAD or Myriad - 1 command macro can trigger a 3-way commercial split with a return to automation command at the end of the break to get your playout system running again.

A wealth of information is provided for easy status display: Total Break Time, Total Playlist Time, Item Countdown + ProgressBar plus at the bottom of the screen the last network command (and time received) are shown.

Features :

• Split your commercials to 3 transmitters

• Can be used as a simple automation system for 3 stations

• HotKeys for playing in on-the-fly jingles

• Loads M3U playlists compiled by StationPlaylist Creator

• No need for a database - AdPlay reads your titles and auto-cues your audio for perfect overlaps everytime!

• Supports MP2, MP3, WAV audio files

• Reads APE, ID3 and CartChunk file tags as well as Artist - Title formatting

• Drag and drop from any open folder window

• Accepts (and transmits) UDP commands for use with EncoDAD, PSquared Myriad, RCS Master Control, NexGen etc

• Works with 7.1 surround-sound cards - 3x stereo outputs on a single card!

• Remote-start from Game Port (15-way analogue or USB)

More details to follow...