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 do I select the list(s) I want to send to 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 and styling a track list 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 ...
Inserting links into Promotional Info
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 a video link in your email using Promotional Info
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 ...
Adding images to Promotional Info
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 more text, images and links using Promotional info
More 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 using Email Builder
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 in Email Builder
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 open release button in Email builder
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 layout in release emails
In the Email Builder page you can modify the placement of any of the elements you have dragged into the layout preview screen by hovering over the element, selecting its movement handle and dragging it up or down. Moving an element up or down In the ...
Composing release emails with Email Builder
In Play MPE v8 you are now able to design and compose content for release emails entirely using web tools in Releases. Upload album images, attachments, write, copy and paste text, links, and images, and assemble in layout engine. Then preview 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 ...
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 ...
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 using Play MPE Release Publishing Tools
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 ...