Power Studio version 1.8.2

Power Studio version 1.8.2 is now available. This maintenance update focuses on download, API and platform reliability, playout and live-assist operation and playlist planning, the kind of behind-the-scenes work that keeps production machines predictable. It is a sensible update for stations that want current components, fewer edge cases and a stable day-to-day workflow.

Power Studio users can download version 1.8.2 from the download-page. The full release notes are listed below.

• In the Playout Playlist, an extra line now indicates the start of a new clock. (Can be turned on/of by a setting)
• Players A-D can now be started from the keybord (F1 - F4) (Can be turned on/off by a setting)
• Added a screen to provide insight on at what day/hour a track is planned. (day/hour matrix)
• Added an analysis graph to provide insight in how many tracks are present with certain criteria.
• The Item Download Plugin can now check if the downloaded item is longer than a configurable duration and otherwise skip the item.
• Added a setting to configure the number of seconds a macro is executed, before it's planned/calculated Playout time.
• When importing tracks, when no Track/Title tags are found in the track, Title and Artist are now extrapolated from the filename.
• Power Studio now removes Orphaned Artists when Tracks are updated or deleted.
• Optimiszed the speed of track-deletes from the database.
• Improved tracks dragging within the Playout Playlist.