PRSS^® ContentDepot^® Station Automation System Specifications

March 25, 2005
PRSS ContentDepot Station Automation Interfaces V1.4—New version

This station automation interface specification is available to all automation system vendors that expressed interest in interfacing with satellite receivers delivered as part of the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) ContentDepot. If you are interested in work with the PRSS to interface to the ContentDepot, please contact Scott Bridgewater .

February 16, 2005
SAS_Technical_Interface_Specification_v1.2
This is an additional document that describes—from a more technical than operational standpoint — the technical interface between the ContentDepot delivery subsystem (which includes storage receivers at stations) and station automation systems. You could think of this document as an enhancement or background to the SAS interface specification.

May 14, 2007
PRSS ContentDepot: Sample Files
These files have been recorded with a new hardware encoder that creates "frame padded" MPEG Layer 2 files with consistent frame length. See Scott Bridgewater's memo to automation/playout system vendors of May 14, 2007 for more information.

Download FreshA05_160_SGMT01.wav
Download FreshA05_160_SGMT02.wav
Download FreshA05_160_SGMT03.wav
Download FreshA05_160_SGMT04.wav
Download FreshA05_160_SGMT05.wav

The files below have been produced with a software encoder that creates "unpadded" MPEG Layer 2 files. They are listed here for comparison with the consistent frame length files above.

Download AfropopW_040_SGMT01.wav
Download AfropopW_040_SGMT02.wav

For more information about station automation, please contact:
Scott Bridgewater
202.513.2689
Scott Bridgewater