RapidPlay X2000
Crispin’s legacy application-based playout solution for master control and playlist editing that supports one to hundreds of channels.
As the front-end of the automation system, RapidPlayX 2000 has been the chosen tool for many customers based on years of feature enhancements and proven reliability.
Overview - Single or Multi-System Playlist Control
Designed with you in mind, RapidPlayX 2000 is customizable to fit your station needs. With single or multi-channel views, webRPX provides flexibility for your operators. Configurable workspaces and customizable settings allow operators the ability to view the channel(s) how they prefer.
Specific Features:
At-A-Glance:
- Every channel has a dedicated channel bar displaying playlist details, next event, and playlist clocks for next event, break clock and clock deviation (overage or under).
- Specific color coding with operators in mind, such as errors, clock or manual starts, comment lines and more
- User-definable screen layouts include names of fields, order and custom views.
Quick and Easy Edits:
- Content and schedule updates can be made directly within the playlist via easy drag and drop functionality.
- Operation edits can be done on the fly by double clicking on any event to edit any event properties, such as duration, source, file name and more.
Content / Event Status:
- Content / Event status is displayed directly in the playlist for at-a-glance verification that all content is ready for air.
- Any event can be edited within the playlist should a correction be needed.
Command Buttons & Hot Keys:
- Pre-configured command buttons within RapidPlayX 2000 GUI that allows operator to execute a task at any time.
- Hot keys allow users the ability to assign function keys to various functions including:
- Turning auto-scrolling on/off, cue, play next, stop on a specific / assigned channel.
TurboBrowser:
- Browse for all content available on the playout server, right from the same browser window.
- Drag and drop functionality gives operators the power to make quick edits on the fly.
File Cabinet:
- Store specific content in RapidPlayX 2000’s file cabinet that can be used at a later time.
- Single or multi event block can be saved, and viewed, renamed for easy reference.
- Content is saved under specific channel settings but can be used for any channel.
- Bi-directional drag and drop functionality supported for saving and using content in the event cabinet.
Other Playlist Tools / Workflows:
- Support of secondary events
- Join-in-Progress
- Find and Replace
- Emergency Channel, Pop-Up Channel and Auxiliary Channel options
- Auto load of playlists from traffic for playout and record
- And more…
Built in Protection Options:
Stand-Alone Protection:
- RapidPlayX 2000 is not database dependent, therefore if your database should become inaccessible you will continue to execute the playlist with the most recent metadata.
- RapidPlayX 2000 is the front-end GUI for the Crispin automation system, therefore you can close the playlist application, and your playlist and records will continue to execute all loaded lists.
Channel Redundancy Protection:
- Ability to configure a primary and back up source for any channel requiring a full protection mode.
- Control both sources via one playlist, and all commands are sent to both sources, allowing for failover to the backup should the primary fail.
Syncing for Protection:
Streamline playlist control across a multi-station or multi-site system.
- Ability to run the same playlist for two separate systems with geographically disparate locations. All while controlling each location’s own playback equipment.
- Playlist syncing allows for downstream system to take either feed, at any time, if a disruption is detected.
- No additional operator involvement needed, as an operator can make edits or execute commands from one playlist and the system will mirror all changes to the second system in the background.
- Easily remove channel sync, as needs change!
- Can be utilized as an extra layer of redundancy by running one system on-prem and the other in the cloud.
- Also, works as a great tool for implementing maintenance updates to the system.
RapidPlayX 2000 - 4 Channel View
