Summit Generic TV Automation/Insertion Formats
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Variant Zero
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length |
column |
format |
descr/note |
prog source |
spot source |
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| type |
1 |
0 |
"s","p","e","b","c" |
spot,program,element,break,comment |
"p","e","b" |
"s" |
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| chnl |
4 |
1 |
nnnn |
1 thru 9999 |
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| date |
8 |
5 |
yyyymmdd |
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| skd start |
8 |
13 |
hhmmssff |
ff=00 if not used |
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| length |
8 |
21 |
hhmmssff |
ff=00 if not used |
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| act time |
8 |
29 |
hhmmssff |
ff=00 if not used; returned from auto |
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| video |
16 |
37 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
vid source |
source |
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| audio |
16 |
53 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
aud source |
n/a |
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| other |
16 |
69 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
oth source |
n/a |
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| id |
16 |
85 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
tape # |
tape #/spot id |
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| remark |
16 |
101 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
remark |
spot class |
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| s/n 1 |
5 |
117 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
prog # |
contract number |
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| s/n 2 |
5 |
122 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
prog page |
contract page nbr |
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| s/n 3 |
5 |
127 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
"000000" |
contract spot nbr |
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| descr |
30 |
132 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
descr |
copy descr |
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| descr2 |
30 |
162 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
episode |
agcy descr |
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| err-ret |
3 |
192 |
nnn |
error returned from automation; 000 = OK |
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| no
comment lines, no space or delimiter between columns |
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Variant Two
| field |
length |
column |
format |
descr/note |
prog source |
spot source |
CML |
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| type |
1 |
0 |
"s","p","e","b","c" |
spot,program,element,break,comment |
"p","e","b" |
"s" |
category |
| chnl |
4 |
2 |
nnnn |
1 thru 9999 |
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channel |
| date |
10 |
7 |
yyyy/mm/dd |
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| skd start |
11 |
18 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
ff=00 if not used |
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scheduled time |
| length |
11 |
30 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
ff=00 if not used |
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duration |
| act time |
11 |
42 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
ff=00 if not used; returned from auto |
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(returned value) |
| video |
16 |
54 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
vid source |
source |
scr |
| audio |
16 |
71 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
aud source |
n/a |
trigger |
| other |
16 |
88 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
oth source |
n/a |
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| id |
16 |
105 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
tape # |
tape #/spot id |
spot/house ID |
| remark |
16 |
122 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
remark |
spot class |
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| s/n 1 |
6 |
139 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
prog # |
contract number |
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| s/n 2 |
6 |
146 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
prog page |
contract page nbr |
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| s/n 3 |
6 |
153 |
nnnnnn |
traffic def s/n |
"000000" |
contract spot nbr |
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| descr |
30 |
160 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
descr |
copy descr |
notes |
| descr2 |
30 |
191 |
a |
user defined - lj, blank filled |
episode |
agcy descr |
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| err-ret |
3 |
222 |
nnn |
error returned from automation; 000 = OK |
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(returned value) |
| winstart |
11 |
226 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
window start: prog start or +/- spot start |
(n/a) |
(see descr) |
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| windur |
11 |
238 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
window duration |
(n/a) |
(see descr) |
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| tcstart |
11 |
250 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
time code start if contained in other media |
tcstart |
media inv timcod |
in point |
| tcend |
11 |
262 |
hh:mm:ss:ff |
time code end if contained in other media |
tcstart+dur |
mi tc + duration |
outpoint |
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| columns
between fields is user configurable - null, space, tab, comma, etc. |
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tab |
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into delimiter field in customization; use 't' for tab, '0' for null |
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| first
line is a comment line, contains station, date, xxx, xxx, xxx |
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| last
line is a comment line, contains "end" |
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