# Docs

> Visual Radio Assist documentation. Learn how to visualize your radio station.

## Docs

- [Advanced Installation](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/advanced-installation.md): Advanced installation steps for VRA Server Clients, like updates and SSL connections.
- [Direct Local Bus / API SSL Connection](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/advanced-installation/direct-local-bus-api-ssl-connection.md): To get direct browser access to the Core API and Studio Bus for the fastest communication possible in the VRA suite, you are required to install SSL certificates so the browser trusts the custom Core API.
- [Manual Update Process](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/advanced-installation/manual-update-process.md): To manually update the VRA locally installed clients, go to the Cloud page of the Server in the Studio you want to update.
- [Update Policy](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/advanced-installation/update-policy.md): Server apps update automatically (same as Cloud is always-up-to-date).
- [API Data Sources](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/api-data-sources.md): Visual Radio Assist allows you to integrate external data feeds directly into your visual content, bringing real-time information to your broadcast.
- [Audio Manager](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/audio-manager.md): Automate your visual radio production with the Audio Manager - detect who's speaking, trigger camera switches, and keep your broadcast visually dynamic without manual intervention.
- [Audio Triggers](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/audio-manager/audio-triggers.md): Audio Triggers are the core of VRA's audio-driven automation. They monitor your studio's audio inputs, detect activity like speech or music, and automatically execute actions. Switching cameras, firing macros and controlling your video output.
- [Fallback scenarios](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/audio-manager/fallback-scenarios.md): Last year we've launched conditions to make your triggers apply to different studio and programming/schedule scenario's, with new stability improvements and fallback fine tuning.
- [Tweak Trigger Settings](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/audio-manager/tweak-trigger-settings.md): Fine-tune how your audio triggers behave, including the technical configuration of audio device inputs.
- [Automations](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/automations.md): The Automations feature in Visual Radio Assist enables dynamic control of your Visual Radio setup.
- [Broadcaster Management](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/broadcaster-management.md): Manage your broadcaster, its stations, and studios from one place.
- [Camera Angles](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/camera-angles.md): Switch between camera angles automatically as part of your audio-driven automation.
- [Clips](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips.md): Turn your recorded shows into shareable social media content - without heavy file transfers, wasted storage, or long post-production workflows.
- [Editing your Clips in a Project](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips/editing-your-clips-in-a-project.md): A Project is your workspace for creating a clip from a recording. It stores your timeline selection, crop settings, and export history - everything needed to go from a raw recording to a finished social media clip.
- [Making your Clips ready for publish](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips/making-your-clips-ready-for-publish.md): Once you've selected a moment on your timeline, there are two steps to get it ready for social media: crop the frame to match your target platform's aspect ratio, then export the selection into a downloadable clip. This page covers both.
- [Managing your Clips recordings](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips/managing-your-clips-recordings.md): Recordings are the raw video files captured during your live broadcasts. They are the starting point for every clip you create in Visual Radio Assist.
- [Media Server Ingest Sources](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips/media-server-ingest-sources.md): Before you can work with recordings in Clips, Visual Radio Assist needs to know where your video files are stored. Ingest Sources define the connection between your local storage and the VRA Cloud platform.
- [Media Connections](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/clips/media-server-ingest-sources/media-connections.md): Media Connections let you connect external recording devices and production software to VRA. Once connected, VRA can monitor device status in real-time and link these connections to your Ingest Sources for automated recording workflows.
- [Composition Editor](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/composition-editor.md): Visual Compositions allow you to combine multiple layers of graphics (Visuals) into a single, structured layout. By stacking and reusing layers, you ensure that visuals appear in the correct order within the Episode Playout.
- [Dashboards](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/dashboards.md): Create your custom dashboard with buttons managing your Visual Radio environment with ease.
- [Develop with VRA](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra.md): Build on Visual Radio Assist with custom visual graphics, the Core Control API, the Cloud GraphQL API, and radio automation links.
- [Cloud GraphQL API](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/cloud-graphql-api.md): Visual Radio Assist provides a comprehensive GraphQL API that enables powerful integration capabilities with external broadcast systems, scheduling software, and custom applications.
- [Machine Users](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/cloud-graphql-api/machine-users.md): Machine Users in Visual Radio Assist provide a secure way to authenticate automated systems and third-party integrations with the VRA Cloud platform.
- [Connecting with AutomationLink](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/connecting-with-automationlink.md): Every radio automation software is different. Here is the guide on how to connect a new radio automation software with Visual Radio Assist.
- [Core Control API](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/core-control-api.md): The Core Control API delivers a direct way of communicating with the Local Core Application running on your machine.
- [Bitfocus Companion Control over Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/core-control-api/bitfocus-companion-control-over-visual-radio.md): This doc described how to use Companion to utilize a StreamDeck to control the Visual Radio Assist Core application.
- [Connectivity and Access management](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/core-control-api/connectivity-and-access-management.md): Configure the Core API's ports, hostnames, and authentication for LAN and HTTPS access.
- [Core API Endpoints](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/core-control-api/core-api-endpoints.md): Reference for the Core API HTTP endpoints to read state and control your Studio and Core.
- [Develop Visual Graphics](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/develop-visual-graphics.md): Customize your Visuals with CSS selectors, custom code, and animation libraries.
- [GSAP Animations with Visual Radio Graphics](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/develop-visual-graphics/gsap-animations-with-visual-radio-graphics.md): To add GSAP animations to your Visuals in Visual Radio Assist, you can make use of the custom JS in the Designer.
- [Layer Transition Lifecycle for CSS](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/develop-visual-graphics/layer-transition-lifecycle-for-css.md): The CSS classes that mark each stage of a layer's transition in and out of the active state.
- [Generic HTTP Radio Automation Link](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/develop-with-vra/generic-http-radio-automation-link.md): Visual Radio Assist already integrates with a lot of the most used radio automation softwares, but integrating yours is quick and easy with the generic automation link.
- [Episode Playout](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/episode-playout.md): The Episode Playout is designed for managing recurring programs based on live scheduling. While it functions similarly to the Manual Playout, it offers additional features and layout-customization options. The Episode Playout allows you to control the first five upcoming scheduled programs.
- [Essentials](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/essentials.md): Practical how-to guides for common Visual Radio Assist tasks.
- [Getting started](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/getting-started.md): Get up and running with VisualRadioAssist in no time.
- [Lock Resources](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/lock-resources.md): Within many modules of the VRA Cloud you are able to “Lock” an item for Editing or Updating actions by other users.
- [Machine Specs](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/machine-specs.md): VisualRadioAssist 4 consists of 3 Server applications you have to install on a Windows or macOS machine in order to make use of the full VisualRadioAssist functionality.
- [Macros](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/macros.md): The Macro trigger enables you to combine multiple VRA Commando's into one single action: a Macro. When activating this macro (via a commando, dashboard button or button in the list) VRA will execute the configured items sequentially or in instantly in parallel.
- [Manual Playout](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/manual-playout.md): The Visual Radio Assist Playout gives you full control over what is playing/showed on an Output Player via a complete interface in the Cloud.
- [Media Hub](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/media-hub.md): To use your own media within VRA, the Cloud environment enables you to easily import, ingest and categorise media to use assets in your Visuals and Output Players
- [Media Meta Data](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/media-meta-data.md): The Media section in Visual Radio Assist allows using both custom metadata fields and IPTC4 metadata support.
- [Network Connectivity](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/network-connectivity.md): This is the network documentation of VisualRadioAssist 4, follow this doc to make sure VRA is able to access all the right resources via public internet (Cloud) and locally via configured ports (Server applications)
- [Output Editor](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/output-editor.md): The Output Editor controls what your Station’ Output Players play out on physical studio screens, stream-overlays, or fullscreen in your broadcast signal, learn how to utilize them to let VRA power your Visual Radio station.
- [Output Rundowns](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/output-editor/output-rundowns.md): This page describes how Output Rundowns function, and how to utilize them to let VRA power your Visual Radio station.
- [Output Settings](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/output-settings.md): The Players tab gives you a clear overview of all configured Output Players in your Visual Radio setup.
- [Presenters](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/presenters.md): Presenters could be used to describe the persons behind the mics in the studio. With linking them to a Station and Scheduling programs (Create a new Program) you give VRA the power to automate the information display about the current speaker.
- [Radio Automation Data (AutomationLink)](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/radio-automation-data.md): Providing VRA with Radio Automation Data really elevates the possibilities with functionalities like the Output Player Rundown Conditions, Automations and more places where conditional actions are important.
- [Resource archival](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/resource-archival.md): What happens after you delete something in Visual Radio Assist, how long it is kept, and when it is removed for good.
- [Scheduling](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/scheduling.md): The scheduling functionality of VRA enables you to control the Visual Radio situation for every unique live program.
- [Create a new Program](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/scheduling/create-a-new-program.md): Add a new Scheduling Program by going to the Calendar and selecting a timeslot or clicking the (+) button.
- [Set-Up](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up.md): VisualRadioAssist is fully configurable from your Cloud environment. After completing the onboarding and running the Core, Audio Manager and Output Player applications on your Visual Radio Machine, you can start configuring your set-up.
- [Configure available Audio Device Inputs](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/configure-available-audio-device-inputs.md): Check out the Machine Specs for all the details regarding the available devices to the Audio Manager application.
- [Connect PTZ Camera’s](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/connect-ptz-cameras.md): With the help of Camera Angles Commando’s you determine which PTZ position should be triggered in Visual Radio Assist.
- [Link Radio Automation](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation.md): The AutomationLink makes sure the data from your current Radio Automation rundown is always available in-live-sync within VRA. Learn how to link your Radio Automation software.
- [Link AerOn Studio to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-aeron-studio-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with AerOn Studio you can easily link it to your set-up by following the configuration guide in the AutomationLink installation or the steps described in the documentation.
- [Link Audisi GML to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-audisi-gml-to-visual-radio.md): Connect Audisi GML to Visual Radio so your radio automation data flows into Cloud.
- [Link Caliope OnAir to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-caliope-onair-to-visual-radio.md): Send now-playing metadata from Caliope OnAir to Visual Radio with the AutomationLink template.
- [Link mAirList to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-mairlist-to-visual-radio.md): Link mAirList to Visual Radio using the AutomationLink template.
- [Link OmniPlayer to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-omniplayer-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with AerOn Studio you can easily link it to your set-up by following this configuration guide.
- [Link PlayIt Live data to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-playit-live-data-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with PlayIt Live you can easily link it to your VRA set-up by following these simple 3 steps:
- [Link Power Studio to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-power-studio-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with Power Studio you can easily link it to your VRA set-up by following these simple 3 steps.
- [Link ProppFrexx ONAIR to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-proppfrexx-onair-to-visual-radio.md): In order to link ProppFrexx ONAIR to VRA, you can follow these instructions:
- [ProppFrexx Parameters](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-proppfrexx-onair-to-visual-radio/proppfrexx-parameters.md): Track/Playlist Macros available for playlist events in ProppFrexx ONAIR.
- [Link RCS Zetta to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-rcs-zetta-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with RCS Sound Software Zetta you can easily link it to your set-up by following the configuration guide in the AutomationLink installation.
- [Link Text File Now Playing to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-text-file-now-playing-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio now playing content and output players with your local text files you can easily link them in the AutomationLink:
- [Link Zenon Media to Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/link-zenon-media-to-visual-radio.md): To automate Visual Radio with Zenon Media you can easily link it to your set-up by following the steps described in our documentation.
- [Use OmniPlayer Video Files with Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/link-radio-automation/use-omniplayer-video-files-with-visual-radio.md): Visual Radio Assist is able to play video files (including alpha layers) in sync with what is played back in OmniPlayer radio automation.
- [Map Output Player Devices](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/map-output-player-devices.md): VRA Cloud Provides an Output Mapper to map your Players (rundowns playing your content) to an available output (NDI or SDI).
- [Set-up a new Core App](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/set-up-a-new-core-app.md): To start with Visual Radio Assist you have to download all relevant clients on the Download Page in your Cloud.
- [Video Switcher Configuration](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/video-switcher-configuration.md): To control your hardware or software Video Switcher with Visual Radio Assist you have to make and maintain a connection. Check the following guides on how to set-up this connection within your Cloud
- [Use ATEM as Video Switcher for Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/video-switcher-configuration/use-atem-as-video-switcher-for-visual-radio.md): To manage your Video Switcher Connections make sure your Core App is running.
- [Use OBS as Video Switcher for Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/video-switcher-configuration/use-obs-as-video-switcher-for-visual-radio.md): To manage your Video Switcher Connections make sure your Core App is running.
- [Use vMix as Video Playout for Visual Radio](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/set-up/video-switcher-configuration/use-vmix-as-video-playout-for-visual-radio.md): To manage your Video Switcher Connections make sure your Core App is running.
- [Station Variables (Global)](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/station-variables-global.md): Make generic data available throughout all Visuals, with station-wide Variables.
- [Studio Overview](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/studio-overview.md): VisualRadio.Cloud provides you with an easy and unique overview of the current state of the Visual Radio environment of your Station.
- [Tagging Resources](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/tagging-resources.md): By tagging resources, you can group, organize, and locate resources more efficiently, making it easier to manage large sets of visuals, outputs, and images across your studio setup.
- [Try Out](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/try-out.md): The Fair Use Policy applies when using the Try Out demo environment.
- [Try Out – Fair Use Policy](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/try-out/try-out-fair-use-policy.md): Our Fair Use Policy for the Try Out demo environment of VisualRadioAssist is designed to provide users with a seamless and risk-free experience.
- [User Management](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/user-management.md): The VRA Cloud has extremely fine grained user and permissions management, to make sure that only users with the correct permissions are allowed to access sensitive broadcast resources.
- [Video guides](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/video-guides.md): Short video walkthroughs for setting up and running Visual Radio Assist.
- [Visual Designer](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/visual-designer.md): The Visual Designer is a powerful tool to design animated graphics with dynamic content. This documentation covers everything you need to know to get started with Visuals in Visual Radio Assist.
- [Bodymovin / Lottie Animation Layer](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/visual-designer/bodymovin-lottie-animation-layer.md): Bodymovin is the extension for After Effects we will use to Export our animation as Lottiefile in .json format.
- [Visual Templates](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/visual-designer/visual-templates.md): When designing visuals, there are times when you need to use the same graphic elements across multiple visuals.
- [Visual Variables](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/visual-variables.md): Visual variables enable dynamic visuals for live broadcasts. They allow real-time updates based on external sources or user inputs in the Rundown Editor or Playout.

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://docs.visualradioassist.live/api-reference/openapi.json)