Introduction
Myriad v5.26 and higher have a Media Import Wizard that allows you to easily import a considerable number of files along with selecting normalisation, audio format and categorisation options.
As well as manually selecting files or folders full of files, you can also Load a List of files to import and that list can also set various fields such as Item Title, Artist, Categorisation etc.
These can be very useful when importing information from other systems, for example when importing data from other playout systems or from distribution companies.
Attached to this article are several example template files in various formats that you can use with this feature. The most commonly used is Excel Spreadsheets, but you can also use Comma or Tab Separated Variable (CSV/TSV) as well as some other formats.
We recommend that you check the Myriad installed folder on your computer for the latest version of these example files because the format does change as features are added to new versions of Myriad. You will usually find this in C:\Program Files (x86)\Broadcast Radio\Myriad Playout v6\Docs.
Timing fields
Available timing fields are listed here, along with column headers that can be used:
| Timing item | Valid column headers |
|---|---|
| Audio Start | "audiostart", "audio start", "starttime", "trim start", "trimstart", "audiostartms", "audio start ms", "starttimems", "trim start ms", "trimstartms" |
| Audio End | "audioend", "audio end", "endtime", "trim end", "trimend", "audioendms", "audio end ms", "endtime ms", "trim end ms", "trimendms" |
| Intro Start | "introstart", "intro start", "starttalk", "intro1", "intro 1", "i1", "introstartms", "starttalkms", "intro1ms", "intro 1 ms", "i1ms" |
| Intro End | "introend", "intro end", "endtalk", "intro3", "intro 3", "i3", "intro", "introendms", "intro end ms", "endtalkms", "intro3ms", "intro 3 ms", "i3ms", "introms" |
| Hook Start | "hookstart", "hook start", "hookstartms", "hook start ms" |
| Hook End | "hookend", "hook end", "hookendms", "hook end ms" |
| Extro | "extro", "segue start", "seguestart", "runtime", "time", "extroms", "segue start ms", "seguestartms", "runtimems", "timems" |
If the column header ends with "ms" then it indicates that the value in the field is in milliseconds, otherwise it's assumed to be seconds for a full time format - below.
Timing field format
Timings can be given in any of the following formats:
| Example | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1.5 1234 | 1.5 seconds, unless the column header ends with "ms" in which case 1.5 millseconds 1234 seconds or 1234 millseconds if the column header ends with "ms" (1.234 seconds) |
| :23 :59.5 | 23 seconds 59.5 seconds |
| 01:23:45.987 | 1 hour, 23 minutes, 45 seconds and 987 milliseconds |
| 3:45.12 | 3 minutes 45 seconds and 12 hundredths of a second. |
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