Or- how to make TV worthwhile if you happen to have a leftover Sky dish on your house. So when I moved in to my current university digs, the previous tenants had left a few things behind. Notably, they’d had Sky. So we had a Sky box in the living room and a dish on [...]
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So, silence detection is a big deal when it comes to monitoring broadcast audio systems. You want to be sure your stuff is making noise. If your sustainer’s not putting anything out, it’s not a lot of good. SilentJack is an awesome little utility from the king of ‘oh, that’s a handy little program for [...]
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We use a program called Myriad for all our broadcast automation, asset management and general playout purposes. It’s made by a company called P Squared, who are a very able and friendly bunch of people and who make ultimately a fairly decent product. However, as with anything these days, a single app isn’t sufficient no [...]
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The importance of APIs in broadcast
We use a program called Myriad for all our broadcast automation, asset management and general playout purposes. It’s made by a company called P Squared, who are a very able and friendly bunch of people and who make ultimately a fairly decent product. However, as with anything these days, a single app isn’t sufficient no [...]