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Every click matters and flexibility is essential for fast moving radio broadcast studios. Whether adding an audio or live feed to a schedule, creating a mix between upcoming songs, or editing text, broadcast production workflows must take as little time as possible.
The dira Onair Player radio software ensures seamless content creation and playout. The interface and features are optimized for self-operated studio workflows and give radio DJs unmatched control over content and broadcast presentations, even in extremely demanding environments such as outside broadcasts.
- Optimized for self-operated workflows with up to four playlists, four players and instant hotkeys
- Assisted and automatic playout operation
- Time scaling and loops on the fly
- Integrated content browser
- OnAir API and web views for flexible integrations
- Built-in cueing, crossfade editor and voice track recorder
- Network-independent emergency operation with local cache
- Newsroom story editing directly at playout
- Integrated jingle add-in
One application to cover all radio studio workflows
dira Onair Player has the flexibility to accommodate any workflow, whether for advanced planned broadcast production schedules, quick rundowns as a stack of placeholders (e.g., as a list of music requests), or a news item run over the jingle hotkeys.
The software interface is intuitive, modular, highly configurable, available in dark and bright color schemes, and supports different layouts. Switching between layouts with up to four playlists is possible at any time, including during radio playout.
Stable and safe
Network failures and dead air are a nightmare scenario for all radio stations. Even in the event of a network breakdown you can count on the dira Onair Player solution to keep your broadcast going. It does this by storing broadcast schedules, stacks and the required audio and texts on a local machine through its local cache feature.
If a connection fails, your data will still be accessible and allow your broadcast to continue. When the network is re-established, dira Onair Player will automatically reconnect.
Backtiming and countdowns will also remain stable. It’s even possible to make changes in the broadcast schedule during a network breakdown. Once reconnected, the schedule will be locked, and users can decide whether to continue working with the altered or the original schedule.
dira Onair Player is designed to make broadcasting as easy as possible by shortening everyday workflows. For example, users don’t need to switch to a database application to find a song. Instead, they can do a full-text search in the integrated content browser that’s linked to the database. The song can then be added to the schedule via the drag and drop feature. These changes are automatically applied to the underlying schedule through bi-directional updates to the newsroom system.
There is also no need to switch applications to edit a script. You can simply open the text display to view or edit text. dira Onair Player includes its own segue editor, allowing users to cue, crossfade and even create an automatically-played mix with transitions and drop-ins. In addition, the software also features a fast one-click recording function for preproduction and live recordings.
Powerful features
- Sampler view: Enables users to search, filter and playout radio jingles more spontaneously than ever before.
- Loop playout and time scaling: Provides a perfect show backtiming. Integrated HTML views allow users to control the mixing desk directly from the dira Onair Player, as well as display a weather or traffic website and favorite widgets from CGI OpenMedia NewsBoard, our newsroom solution that enables journalists and editorial teams to organize their story production process from anywhere.
- Customizable integrations with OnAir API: Broadcasters can build custom websites, such as now-playing displays for newsrooms or a specific front end for mobile end devices.
