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LTN Schedule delivers simplified workflows for creating 24/7 linear programs from archived content and live elements, with ad management.
LTN Schedule is part of LTN Lift, a solution for flexible broadcast workflows. It is an LTN-hosted playout solution that gives channel creators the modular tools to rapidly scale and uniquely reach cross-platform audiences more efficiently, driving greater revenue. LTN Lift simplifies mixing pre-recorded assets and live sources programming distributed across all digital platforms, including FAST. Increase subscribers while reducing churn. Deliver the right ad markers to the right platforms. More infos available on the LTN website: https://ltnglobal.com/
To get a pair of credentials for the Schedule API, create a new user in the Schedule UI and assign the api user role to it. You can then use it to connect through this companion module.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | Enter the hostname of your Schedule instance. (Can be a variable) |
| API Username | Enter the username of one of the Schedule instance's API Users. (Can be a variable) |
| API Password | Enter the corresponding password. (Can be a variable) |
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Toggle playback running | Starts/stops the playback without publishing (timestamp can be set like in the Schedule UI). |
| Toggle publishing | Starts/stops publishing if the playback is running. |
| Toggle push targets | Enables/disables push targets. |
| Skip a playback element | Jump to next item when the playback is running, with a selectable strategy |
| Trigger an ad | Triggers an ad of the desired length when system is pushing. |
| Cancel an ad | Cancels a running ad break. |
| Toggle breaking live | Starts/stop a breaking live, with a selectable livestream. If the selected livestream is different from the running one, it will try to switch to it |
| Toggle PNG Overlay | Toggle the activation of the PNG overlay. |
| Toggle HTML5 Overlay | Toggle the activation of the HTML5 overlay. |
| Toggle hold | Toggle the hold parameter of the current running element. |
| Insert template | Insert an existing template from the Schedule system |
| Cancel bumper | Cancels the currently-running bumper if there is one |
| Resync system | Attempts re-syncing with the redundant system |
| Jump to element | Jump to an element by ID, index, title, or custom key and value pair |
| Toggle output scaling | Activate or deactivate the currently set output scaling settings |
| Change graphics layer | Activate, deactivate or toggler a graphics engine rundown element |
| Stop graphics | Stop all graphics engine layers |
| Start graphics | Start all graphics engine layers |
| Reconfigure connection | Update the module connection configuration to switch to a different Schedule instance / credentials |
| Feedback | Description |
|---|---|
| Playout running status | Shows whether the playback is running. |
| Publish status | Shows whether the playback is not running/running/pushing. |
| Targets publish status | Shows if the selected push targets are disabled/enabled/pushing/error. |
| Skippable status | Shows if the skip action is possible, or on cooldown. |
| Ad trigger status | Shows if an ad can be triggered or if one is currently running. |
| Breaking live status | Shows if breaking live can be enabled, and if it is active |
| Breaking live livestream status | Shows if a specific livestream is the active breaking live and is running |
| PNG Overlay status | Shows if the overlay is active or not. |
| HTML5 Overlay status | Shows if the overlay is active or not. |
| Hold status | Shows if the current element has the hold property enabled or not, or if it is currently being held. |
| Template insertion status | Shows if the insertion of a template is running or has failed |
| Breaking live bumper status | Shows if a breaking live bumper is currently running or not |
| Redundant system sync status | Shows the current status of the redundancy system |
| Element playing status | Shows if an element is playing (by ID) |
| Flexible playback status | Shows if flexible playback mode is activated |
| Output scaling status | Shows if output scaling is activated |
| Graphics layer status | Shows if a graphics layer is on air |
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| currentRemainingTime | Shows a timer with the remaining time for the current element |
| totalPlayedTime | Shows a timer with the total played time of the rundown |
| totalRemainingTime | Shows a timer with the total remaining time of the rundown |
| totalDuration | Shows the total duration of the rundown |
| adRemainingTime | Shows a timer with the remaining time of the current longest ad break, or empty if none is running |
| elementRunning | Shows the ID of the current element running |
| elementRunningIndex | Shows the index of the current element running |