Once your channel is created, you can start configuring your playout by performing the following steps:
1. Click Linear TV →All Channels
2. Click anywhere on the row of the channel that you wish to edit.
The channels available in Amagi Now are listed on the left pane with the selected channel appearing in bold. The details of the selected channel are displayed on the right pane.
3. Click the START PLAYOUT button.
4. Click the START button to confirm that you want to start the playout.
Note: Once the player starts, you will be charged for the player usage immediately. You might have to wait for a few minutes for the player setup to complete.
A toast message that states ‘Playout is starting’ is displayed at the bottom right corner of the Channel playout page. The player status is shown as ‘Playout Provisioning’ on the top-right side of the screen.
5. Once the playout is set up, the player starts to play out the content to the linear channel.
At this stage, the START PLAYOUT button toggles its label to STOP PLAYOUT and the channel status is updated to ‘Running’. When the player is running, you can see a tick mark adjacent to the channel name on the left pane.
Note that you will be charged for the usage cost immediately once the player starts.
When the player starts, a new section named Playout appears in the channel details page, as depicted above, which displays the low-resolution stream of the current playing item.
At each stage of the player, from the set up until it is stopped by the user, the channel status will get updated on the Channels page.
Once the player starts, you will be able to view the low-resolution stream of the current playing item.
At each stage of the player, from the set up until it is stopped by the user, the channel status will get updated accordingly on the Channels page.
When the player starts, the channel status is updated to ‘Running’, as depicted.
If assets or the playlist are not yet available for a selected day and time, rescue assets will be played out in the player.
To learn more about the various components in the Playout page, refer to https://help.amagi.tv/en/articles/5194598-know-your-playout-plec.
Once the player starts, you can stop it any time as per your requirement.
To stop the player:
Click the STOP PLAYOUT button below the preview screen.
The Stop Playout confirmation window is displayed.
2. Click STOP.
A toast message that states the Playout is stopping is displayed on the bottom right-corner of the Playout page. The playout status will be updated to Stopping Playout, and the channel status will be updated to Channel Ready for Playout, as depicted.
The player will be stopped within a few seconds. When stopped, an error icon is displayed adjacent to the channel name on the left pane, as depicted below. The channel status will be updated to ‘Playout Stopped’ and the STOP PLAYER toggles its name back to START PLAYER.
You can start the player again by clicking the START PLAYER button.