Radio Actuality Cut Length Seconds Standard Lookup

Audit actual radio source edit in/out intervals under explicit caller duration bounds; no static industry cut length, source file decoding, cue quality or total-package runtime substitution.

Description

Actuality edit duration is the difference between source out and in points.

Actuality edit duration is the difference between source out and in points. Local bounds can identify short and long cuts separately.^[1]

Enter aligned nonempty nonnegative edit points, ordered nonnegative minimum/maximum and out≥in. Return durations and separate strict-below/above indices.

When to use Radio Actuality Cut Length Seconds Standard Lookup

Use Radio Actuality Cut Length Seconds Standard Lookup when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. Zero-duration cuts are valid inputs. No source decoding, cue quality or industry-standard cut length is supplied.

Prepare the actual editorial, source, layout, timing or audience records requested. Supply explicit house-policy limits and preserve missing evidence.

How to use Radio Actuality Cut Length Seconds Standard Lookup and understand its results

Prepare the actual editorial, source, layout, timing or audience records requested. Supply explicit house-policy limits and preserve missing evidence.
Enter sourceCutInSeconds, sourceCutOutSeconds, callerMinimumActualitySeconds, callerMaximumActualitySeconds using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read observedActualityDurationsSeconds, tooShortCutIndices, tooLongCutIndices. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
sourceCutInSeconds	Source cut in seconds	list of number	Required
sourceCutOutSeconds	Source cut out seconds	list of number	Required
callerMinimumActualitySeconds	Caller minimum actuality seconds	number	Required
callerMaximumActualitySeconds	Caller maximum actuality seconds	number	Required

Enter aligned nonempty nonnegative edit points, ordered nonnegative minimum/maximum and out≥in. Return durations and separate strict-below/above indices.

duration=out−in; flag outside inclusive [minimum,maximum]

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
observedActualityDurationsSeconds	Observed actuality durations seconds	list of number
tooShortCutIndices	Too short cut indices	list of number
tooLongCutIndices	Too long cut indices	list of number

json

{
  "input": {
    "sourceCutInSeconds": [
      10,
      50
    ],
    "sourceCutOutSeconds": [
      20,
      80
    ],
    "callerMinimumActualitySeconds": 5,
    "callerMaximumActualitySeconds": 20
  },
  "output": {
    "observedActualityDurationsSeconds": [
      10,
      30
    ],
    "tooShortCutIndices": [],
    "tooLongCutIndices": [
      1
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

Zero-duration cuts are valid inputs. No source decoding, cue quality or industry-standard cut length is supplied.

Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Numeric lists are limited to 10,000 entries; string lists to 128 strings of at most 128 characters each. The rules above may impose smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use TV Package Natsot Break Interval Guideline Lookup: Uninterrupted track intervals include package opening and closing tails. Declared break starts are treated as zero-duration boundaries. For a complementary task, use Q and a Transcript Word to Minute Ratio: Q&A allocation and speaking rate depend on different denominators. Non-speech time should be excluded only from the speech-rate measure.

References

Radio Actuality Cut Length Seconds Standard Lookup — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

TV Package Natsot Break Interval Guideline Lookup
Uninterrupted track intervals include package opening and closing tails. Declared break starts are treated as zero-duration boundaries.
Q and a Transcript Word to Minute Ratio
Q&A allocation and speaking rate depend on different denominators. Non-speech time should be excluded only from the speech-rate measure.