360 Systems DigiCart/E - Manual (Page 30)

20 • • • • File Organization and Navigation
Structure Details
D IRECTORIES
DigiCart/E provides directories to organize and group audio cuts that have something in common; e.g.:
spots, jingles, station IDs, production music beds, common types of sound effects, etc.
An additional directory, S, is used to store information about Playlists. There are two types of Playlist:
Linear and Rotating.
F ILES
Files, or “cuts” are individual recordings. Each recording creates an individual audio data file. Each audio
file stores its ID and name, plus information about total playing time, sampling rate and recording format.
This information is shown on DigiCart/E's front panel display each time a cut is selected for playback.
Other information contained in the file is not shown on the display unless called up by EDIT menu
activities. This includes HEAD and TAIL markers, FADE IN and FADE OUT markers, OUTPUT GAIN
settings and other information.
The number of cuts that may be recorded is limited only by the maximum amount of recording time
available on a drive. Each drive contains 10 directories, each containing 1000 cut Indexes. The total of all
empty drive space will always be available for recording new cuts.
Cuts may be edited using DigiCart/E's non-destructive editing features. You can also place Secondary cue
markers in cuts, and copy cuts to other drives and directories or other index numbers in the same directory.
All cuts may be played back-to-back, even if they reside in different drives or directories. Note: there may
be a slight audible click between cuts when the cuts are of different sample rates.
P LAYLISTS
There are two types of Playlist: Linear and Rotating. Once started, a Linear Playlist will continue with
Follow-On play until all of its contents have been played, or the user presses
STOP . A Rotating Playlist
will stop after each cut and wait for a PLAY command to continue. Playlists may contain other Playlists,
this nesting is called a Compound Playlist.
For example, by recording several different leads and tags to a recurring song or break, the rotation lets you
automatically vary the front- or back-announcement. When programmed as a Linear Playlist with a rotating
lead or tag, the item will have a different nature with each occurrence.
Network Drive Error Messages
N O N ETWORK L INK
A mount path for the drive has been assigned using the MOUNT NET DRIVE utility, but no connection to
the network was detected. This typically means the network cable is not plugged in.
S ERVER U NAVAILABLE
The server must be configured to provide the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This service
is used by the DigiCart/E to obtain its Internet Protocol (IP) address.