A Viz Mosart user can play out audio files using an audio player. This is useful, for example for playing regularly used audio, like openers and audio-beds.

A basic audio player is always included as standard in a Viz Mosart. You can also install third party audio drivers (for example SpotOn) as standard player, as described below.

• User actions are presented in the Viz Mosart User Guide in section Playing Audio.

Requirements

• Refer to general section Prerequisites.

Default Viz Mosart Audio Player

Supported File Formats

The standard Viz Mosart audio player supports formats: mp3, wav, wma, aac, m4a, mp4, aiff, avi.

To set up the default Viz Mosart audio player

1. On the machine that will be used for the audio player, open the Viz Mosart installation folder and locate the Audio Player installer file, named something like
   VizMosartAudioPlayer-5.0.2.32554.msi

2. Install Audio Player, then start it.

3. On the Viz Mosart server, open AV Automation.

4. Go to Devices > Preferences > Audio > Sound player.

5. Check Use sound player and choose from the players in the drop-down list.
   

6. Under Host write the IP address of the computer where the audio player is running (the one mentioned in step 1. above).

7. Under Default directory, write the folder path where the audio files are stored. This is specified by the setting Audio Directory in the Audio Player.
   

   

8. Restart AV Automation and check that the connection is green.

   

Third Party Audio Player Devices

You can connect to and enable a compatible third party audio player.

• Setting up a SpotOn audio player

• Setting up a TriCaster audio player

• Setting up an ENCO DAD audio player

Setting up a SpotOn Audio Player

To set up a SpotOn audio player

This procedure prepares a SpotOn audio player.

1. Download, install and start the device software to a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, go to Devices > Preferences > Audio > Sound player.

   1. Check Use sound player.

   2. Choose SpotOn Audio Player from the players in the drop-down list.

      

   3. Under Host write the IP address to the machine where the SpotOn player is running.

   4. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and check that the connection is green

   

Setting up a TriCaster Audio Player

By adding a driver, you can control (access and play audio clips) the TriCaster onboard sound player from a Viz Mosart template.

To set up a TriCaster audio player

1. Start the TriCaster on a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, navigate to Devices > Device Properties > Audio (tab) > Sound player (tab).

   1. From the drop-down menu to the right of Use sound player, select vizrt-ips.

   2. In the Host field, enter the hostname or IP address of the TriCaster host.

   3. In Default directory, enter the sound clips directory on the TriCaster machine (for example, C:\ProgramData\vizrt\Media\Sound and Music\Sample\www.SoundTraxxMusic.com).

      Note: The current implementation enables playing of files from only a single folder.

   4. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and make sure you have a green connection (as in the SpotOn audio player example above).

4. In AV Automation, navigate to Template Editor > Template > Select or Template Editor > Template > New.

5. Choose or create an appropriate template, right-click in the dark grey area to the left and select  Enable > Audio player.

   

6. In AUDIO FILE, enter an existing file name.
   

   

   These can be browsed in the SOUND tab on the TriCaster (in this example, Inspire.mp3).

   

   Note: The OUTPUT field is ignored, as the TriCaster has a single output. 

7. On the Soundplayer device, click OK.

Setting up an ENCO DAD audio player

By adding a driver, you can control (access and play audio clips) the ENCO DAD sound player from a Viz Mosart template.

To set up an ENCO DAD audio player

1. Start the ENCO DAD on a host machine available to the Viz Mosart server. 

2. In AV Automation, navigate to Devices > Device Properties > Audio (tab) > Sound player (tab).
   

   

   1. Check Use sound player.

   2. From the drop-down menu to the right of Use sound player, select “ENCO DAD AUDIO PLAYER“.

   3. In the Host field, enter the hostname or IP address of the ENCO DAD host.

   4. In the Port field, enter the ENCO DAD monitors port. Default port is 2002.

   5. Click Save & Close.

3. Restart AV Automation and make sure you have a green connection.

   

4. In AV Automation, navigate to Template Editor > Template.

5. Choose an appropriate template, right-click in the dark grey area to the left and select  Enable > Audio player.
   

   

6. In AUDIO FILE, enter the name of a file in the ENCO DAD library.

7. In OUTPUT, enter a valid machine number (in ENCO DAD).

8. On the Soundplayer device, click OK.

Working with Audio Players

Working with the Viz Mosart Audio Player

When the default Viz Mosart Audio Player is configured, the user opens the UI from a desktop shortcut 

or file location C:\Program Files (x86)\Mosart Medialab\Mosart Audio Player\Mosart Audio Player.exe.

Viz Mosart Audio Player UI

Audio Player Settings

• Click the menu bar Settings to open the settings dialog.

  

Testing panel

Selecting this option opens a panel for testing the functionality of the selected Audio Player.

File already playing behavior

Controls what the Audio Player does if a new file is played when a file is already playing.

Outputs

The list on the left shows all the outputs, and the list on the right shows available playback devices on the computer. The line between them shows playback device mapping.

1. Click an output to map to playback device.

2. Click New to add an output.

   

3. You can rename or delete an output.

4. Click Save to keep changes.

Audio Player Port Number

The port number used by the Audio Player is by default 8084. If this port number conflicts with some other services, it can be changed by editing the Audio Player Configuration file Mosart Audio Player.exe.config located at

%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mosart Medialab\Mosart Audio Player\.

• Change the baseAddress attribute to use another port, for example 8087:

If the port number is changed in this way, the AV Automation settings for the Audio Player must also be modified to use this port number. This is done by specifying the port number in the Host field in AV Automation's Audio Player properties to this format: Server=localhost;Port=8087;

To verify that the Audio Player actually uses the new port, you can test if the URL ("http://localhost:8087/LiveSoundService.svc/") is responding in a web browser.

Working with a Third Party Audio Player

This example features the SpotOn audio player.

SpotOn Audio Player

Addressing an audio file that is stored in a SpotOn client is similar to the default player method above, but the file identifier is different.

• LEVEL: This value does not affect the audio fader that is taken to Program. Instead a special command option is offered. Set LEVEL to -90 to send a STOP (playing audio) command. All other values are ignored.

• OUTPUT: Enter the panel button number to identify the associated sound file (in this example "2a").

  Tip: 

  Use the button number (mapped to OUTPUT) as reference (instead of the audio file name). You can then replace the audio file assigned to a button (for example, when a show is rebranded and new music selected) and still keep the same template information.
  This avoids having to change the file name.

• AUDIO FILE: Enter the panel button name here (in this example 0452_32Bit).

  

See also

• Audio in AV Automation Devices

• Playing Audio in the Viz Mosart User Guide (user actions).