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Apache-2.0
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MOS Running Order Manager
Like many traditional broadcasters, the ±«Óãtv uses the for communications between newsroom computers and servers where media files such as audio and video are stored.
Production teams create running orders using , and every time they add details or make changes, MOS XML messages are emitted by the newsroom computer systems. We've created a way to process these messages to build up a machine-readable version of the running order.
We developed a general solution for dealing with MOS messages - a Python library called mosromgr. It's based on open standards and could be useful to other broadcasting organisations, so we've released it under an open source licence.
The library provides functionality for classifying MOS file types, processing and inspecting MOS message files, as well as merging MOS files into a running order, and providing a "complete" programme.
- The source code is available on
- The documentation for the library is available on
- The project is available from the
This library was developed by the ±«Óãtv News Labs team as part of a series of projects based around extracting information from running orders from the ±«Óãtv's TV and radio programmes, such as Slicer, Live Segment Notifications and Automated Chapters.