- Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:16 pm
#220333
Hi,
To clear a few things up, having desk driven a few BBC OBs now, for programmes on the larger national networks which are normally produced in presenter self-op studios, the OB usually incorporates music being played directly from the OB site from CD. Radio 1 now also uses portable instant replay hard disk recorders for playing audio cuts.
In addition to the presenter possessing a hard copy of the ENPS running order, there's often a laptop running the software, enabling realtime two-way talkback and modification of items in the story slug running order.
VCS Dira! onaircontrol, the frontend for radio 1's primary playout system currently isn't configured for remote interfacing with the software, other than fader start. Audio is stored on Hewlett Packard data servers as broadcast wave files at the main network building, Yalding House.
During an OB for all BBC stations, it's standard practice to have a BA desk driving back in the main studio, with a duplicated copy of the running order, ready to take control in the event of an OS dropout, which is what will have occurred during the 8:30 bulletin.
Bonded ISDN, or a satellite uplink terminated via ISDN is still the most widely used method for getting audio back from the OB site. Its unlikely that leased lines would be used, or a fibre optic method, simply because there are few radio studios that possess the capability to handle that kind of outside source.
Last edited by Aran2000 on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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