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I believe that the option was there (and probably still is), but it was discontinued because it contravened some broadcast rules.
You have an extra “e” in the address. It should be broadcast@claessonedwards.com. John@claessonedwards.com is an alrentative.
I am not aware of any comms problems, but I will investigate.
Try this link. Files are provided on an “as is” basis, so make sure you save your existing presets before over-writing.
I tried to upload them to a drop box, but was unsuccessful. I’ll try another way to make them available.
OK, I have two batch files and a scheduled task.
Batch file 1 “Launch_Playout.bat”
is the standard program launcher usually used from a desktop icon to start up (in my case) a shell called “OtsGUI.exe” which in turn launches my playout software “OtsAVTV.exe”.
Just in case the system has frozen for some reason (rare), I test for, and kill any previous copies of the exe files before starting a fresh copy. If the exe files are not running, these steps are skipped.Here’s the code for “Launch_Playout.bat”.
@echo off
REM Kill OtsGUI and OtsAV if the interface is not visible on the screen or locked up.rem Ots Program name
set pgmname=OtsGui.exerem check if GUI is running. If yes, KILL it
tasklist /FI “IMAGENAME eq %pgmname%” /NH | find /I /N “%pgmname%” >NUL
if %ERRORLEVEL%==1 goto TestOtstaskkill /IM OtsGUI* /F
:TESTOTS
set pgmname=OtsAV*rem check if Ots is running. If yes, KILL it
tasklist /FI “IMAGENAME eq OtsAV*” /NH | findstr /I /N “OtsAV” >NUL
if %ERRORLEVEL%==1 goto ENDPGMtaskkill /IM “OtsAV*” /F
:ENDPGM
START “” /D “C:\AHK Scripts\” OtsGUI.exe
Exit
Note that I use a wildcard “OtsAV*” in the tasklist and taskkill commands because there are several different “flavours” of the Ots program.
Batch file 2 “Restart_Playout.bat”
This checks if the OtsAV program is actually running. If it is, it assumes that the presenter has pressed “PAUSE” or “STOP” (which would also create dead air and trigger the Watchdog), so it does nothing. If Ots isn’t running, it then calls the other batch file “Launch_Playout.bat”.Here’s the code for “Restart_Playout.bat”.
echo off
REM Restart OtsGUI if silence is detected by BA1 watchdogrem check if OTS is running. If yes, assume program is paused and do nothing
tasklist /FI “IMAGENAME eq OtsAV*” /NH | find /I /N “OtsAV” >NUL
if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto ENDPGMSTART “” /D “C:\AHK Scripts\” Launch_Playout.bat
:ENDPGM
Exit
The scheduled task “Restart Ots from Watchdog” is configured like so.
On the “General” tab
Name = “Restart Ots from Watchdog”
Check “Run only when User logged on”.
Check “Run with the highest privileges”.
Check “Hidden”
Configure for = your version of Windows or closest match.On the “Actions” tab.
Select “Start a Program” In the program name insert {full path]}”Restart_Playout.bat
Now, all that is left to do is point to the scheduled task in the Watchdog.
Click on the relevant core you want to watch, and then “Misc”.Enable the first Watchdog. Adjust the silence level (the default of -80 works fine).
Select a suitable timeout period.
in the “Execute” section, type schtasks.exe /run /tn “Restart Ots from Watchdog”When it’s all set up, test it. First, just pause the playout software, and look at the watchdog counting the seconds of silence. It should register that there is silence, but should go past the time you have selected and do nothing.
Next, actually kill the playout program. Once the timeout period has elapsed, the program should re-start.Yes, the changes are a little underwhelming, but there has been a lot of “stuff” going on behind the scenes and I believe we’ll see some more releases quite quickly from here.
Please note that any references to “BreakawayOne.com” in any threads (or YouTube videos) will not work as the domain has been stolen. The official site is now claessonedwards.com and the most recent versions are available at https://www.claessonedwards.com/download/
I’m not familiar with the Motu product at all. I also use Beringer (UMC204HD) which has very good quality pre-amps. You would need to compare specifications, especially frequency response and SNR.
Highly unlikely that it would be ported to Linux because Leif is very busy on other projects but, if one of his very large clients requested it, it might happen in the future.
I have heard rumours of an Android version of Breakaway Audio Enhancer, but it is just a rumour,
“Expert Mode” is only accessible to approved clients who have a fully registered version of Breakaway One and who have then received an additional key to access the option. If you feel that you qualify for such access, please contact john@claessonedwards.com and state your case.
I have no experience with Dante, but, provided that “Dante” appears in the drop-down list when you are configuring your outputs in BA1, and it can find a suitable buffer size in the auto buffer process, it should work fine.
I have seen some sound devices come up as “Unknown” in the list as BA1 retrieves the descriptor from Windows Registry and some installers do not write the name to the registry.
Let us know how you go.
I’m not sure if this is an answer, but sometimes I have found that VSTs work better if placed in the Breakaway exe folder. However, the actual VST may be storing its configuration in its own “hard coded” folder, so BA1 can’t “see” the config. If you can manually override any file locations in the install process, it might resolve the issue.
