DjangoCon Europe 2023 | The evolution of a Website into a radio automation back-end.

Django Automation

Learn about the evolution of a website into a radio automation backend at DjangoCon Europe 2023, featuring the Aura project and its modular design, APIs, and community-driven approach.

Key takeaways

The program is modeled using shows, schedules, and time slots.
The time slot represents a specific time assigned for a show in the play out.
The show part includes information like the name, description, host(s), and taxonomy like category, type, or language.
The schedule describes the reading of repetitions for the show according to recurrence rules.
The engine is the main play out component, responsible for playing media and switching between sources or studios.
The engine also includes silence detection and optional recording of output.
The steering stores program information and offers a REST API to manage this information.
The dashboard provides the user interface to steering and tank.
The tank stores the playlist and media for the play out for shows, including metadata if available.
The schedule is used to generate time slots.
Recurrence rules govern how a show repeats, such as frequency or duration.
The engine provides a public and internal API to induce the liquid sub-language for the play out.
The current limitations include the need for someone to be present in the studio to start and monitor live streams.
Aura currently offers a subset of features, and additional features and permissions can be configured individually by each radio station.
The project is community-driven and open-source.
The next step is to deploy Aura at Radio Orange in Vienna and then possibly in other free radios.
The tags feature is planned to be incorporated in the future.
The current solution is a mix of old and new technologies, with a planned upgrade to Aura.
The software suite is modular, with interchangeable components.

DjangoCon Europe 2023 | The evolution of a Website into a radio automation back-end.

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