Creating & Publishing Releases
Creating a Release (Full Video Tutorial)
Click below for a full tutorial video on creating releases from your Self-Service Caster account. For more information or assistance contact support@plaympe.com.
Using Play MPE Packaged Lists
Play MPE Packaged Lists are curated packages that contain recipients of terrestrial, internet, and satellite radio programmers, media, and curators, along with record labels, promotion teams, and much more across various locations and channels! In ...
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How to Select Lists Using the Release Scheduler
1) In the contacts page (Step 4) of a release. You can edit an existing schedule or create a new schedule. 2) You can browser for the list or search for a specific list you want to send to. 3) Browse list options allows you to go over your list of ...
Deleting a Release
Deleting a release removes it permanently from the system. If you wish to edit or pause a release, you should instead use Suspend. What does deleting do? it will delete any future assignments (sends or availability) it removes the release from ...
Suspending a Release
If you encounter an urgent need to update a release's contents/details, or simply to put a pause in its availability, you can choose to Suspend it, make your changes and then re-publish it. What does Suspending do? in Assignments it stops any ...
Cloning a Release
You may wish to duplicate an existing release because you wish to slightly change details such as promotional information, associated labels, attachments or art. You can do this by Cloning the release. Cloning a release In Releases, locate the ...
Adding & Editing a Tracklist in Your Release Email
You can add a track listing showing the Artist, song title and track length of the tracks in the release by adding the element in Email Builder. (Track listing will always show in the release as it shows in the Player) Click on the Track List icon in ...
Inserting Links in Release Emails
Copying and pasting an article from a web page into Promotional Info will preserve any links from the original article. You can add additional links or change links by doing the following: Click the Promotional Info button in the Element Blocks to ...
Adding Video Links to Your Release Email
You can add a link to a hosted video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) in your notification email by using the YouTube video link Promotional Info. Note: Videos will not play in the email itself, it will link to the hosted video page. In Email builder click the ...
Adding Images to Your Release Email
The easiest way to add images to the Promotional Info element is to copy and paste from an already existing web page. Copying any hosted image will link to that image once you paste it into the Promo info area. Open up a web page that shows that ...
Inserting Text & Images in Release Emails
Text and images can be included in the release email by editing and adding the Promo Info element. Editing Promo Info In Email builder click on the Promo Info button in the Element blocks on the right side of the screen. This will reveal the ...
Adding Attachments to Your Release
Releases in the player and the email release can be accompanied by promotional file attachments. To include them use the Attachments element to add to the release. Go to the Element blocks on the right side Email builder and click on the Attachments ...
Adding Labels to Your Release
You can add additional marketing labels to your release and show their label icons in your release email by editing the label element in Email Builder. In Email Builder, go to the Element Blocks on the right side and click the Labels icon. This will ...
Styling the "Get It Now" Button
You can change the style, size and font of the open release button used by the recipient to open the release in their player from the email notification. in Email Builder go to the Element Blocks on the right side and click on the Open Release ...
Uploading or Changing Album Art in Email builder
You can change the album art for a release that will be displayed in the player and in the notification email by editing the Album art element in Email Builder. By default, album art is always included in the email layout but initially it will be ...
Editing Release Details in the Release Email
Release details are the common artist and release info that appear in the release email and in the player release info. These include: Artist, Title, Impact Date and Format. In addition, you can edit the font styling of how these appear in the ...
Modifying Release Email Layout
In the Email Builder page you can modify the placement of any of the elements you have created in the layout preview screen by clicking on the element, selecting it's movement handle and dragging it up or down. Moving an element up or down In the ...
Composing & Editing Release Emails
With Caster, you can design and compose content for release emails using the Email Builder in Step 3. Upload album images, attachments, write, copy and paste text, links, and images, and assemble the layout. Then preview to select email addresses to ...
Adding a Release Reference Note for Team Members
You can add a text note for another team member who may be working on the same release that will show in their own release creation tools. To add a note: Create a new release or edit an existing release In the first screen, enter in text in the ...
Selecting Audio Assets for Your Release
When Creating or Editing a release, select an Audio asset (song or playlist) in the Select Assets step of release creation. Selecting an Audio asset Edit an existing Release or click Create New Release In the Select Assets page, click the link in the ...
Choosing an Owner Label for Your Release
Every release needs an owner label for reporting and searching in the player. Set this in Create New Release or Edit Release. Choosing an owner label In Releases, either edit an existing release or click Create New Release. In the next screen click ...
Working with Drafts in Release Creation
In Play MPE v8, multiple release creators can work on the same release either at the same time or at different times. While working on the release, changes made affect a draft version of the release unless it is saved to the release. A different user ...
Creating a Release (Text Instructions)
In the Play MPE Caster, releases are created by choosing assets available to Release Creator users. One way to create a release is through the Releases tools in encoder.plaympe.com. Creating a release in Releases Sign into encoder.plaympe.com. Click ...
Popular Articles
What is an "Impact Date"?
Impact Date (also known as Add Date) refers to the specific date that a label, artist, promoter, or similar entity wishes for radio stations to add a new release—typically a single—to their playlists for radio airplay. This date is crucial for ...
How do I listen to a new release?
To listen to a new release, click on the 'Listen Now' or 'Get It Now' button from within the release email notification. From there, the Play MPE® Player will launch and automatically open the release page for you to stream and download.
What Reporting Results Mean
The Reporting default view will show each release's ID, Title, Artist, Label, Owner and reporting data. Reporting results are updated every 2 hours. The reporting columns have specific meaning defined below. First Available Date The date the release ...
Finding Canadian Content Releases
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations require radio stations to play a specific amount of music that qualifies as Canadian Content (CanCon). The CanCon quota for most Canadian stations is 35%, making it ...
Signing into Play MPE® Player
Signing In with Username and Password Go to https://player.plaympe.com/ In the Email field, enter the email address associated with your account. In the Password field, enter your password. Click the Sign in button. Once logged in, you can download ...