TechnologyAugust 19, 2026

playout

PLAY-out

Definition

The technical process of broadcasting, transmitting, or streaming scheduled media content, such as television programs, graphics, or advertisements, from a server to an output source.

Etymology

The word is a compound of the verb 'play' and the adverb 'out', first appearing in broadcast engineering contexts during the mid-20th century to describe the act of playing content out to a broadcast feed.

In the news

The article mentions channel playout as a specific media workflow function that Macnica's technology enables developers to build and manage across various IP-based software environments.

Macnica 32-Channel ST 2110, Linux Zero-Copy Media Pipelines

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