You can set up different colours for different content types in PlayIt Live using Track Groups. This visual coding system makes it much easier to identify jingles, music, news, and other content at a glance on your playout log.

Setting up colour coding:

Go to Manage > Track Groups and create separate track groups for each content type you want to colour-code, such as "Jingles", "Music", "News", "Station IDs", etc.

For each track group, tick the Colour checkbox and click in the colour box to choose a distinctive colour. For example, you might use blue for jingles, green for music, red for news, and yellow for station IDs.

Adding tracks to colour-coded groups:

You can populate your track groups in three ways:

• Listed Track Groups: Manually add specific tracks by selecting them from the available tracks list
• Filtered Track Groups: Create dynamic groups using filters based on track properties like Type, Artist, Tags, or Duration
• Grouped Track Groups: Combine multiple existing track groups into a single colour-coded group

Using track types for automatic filtering:

The most efficient method is to ensure your tracks have the correct Type assigned (Song, Station ID, Jingle, etc.) via Manage > Tracks, then create filtered track groups that automatically include tracks based on their Type field.

Priority settings:

If a track appears in multiple track groups, use the Priority setting to determine which colour takes precedence. The track group with the highest priority will determine the display colour on your playout log.

Once configured, tracks will appear with their assigned colours on the main playout log, making different content types instantly recognisable during live broadcasts.