The "Stay Alive" tab of the TOA system preference pane can be used to select certain applications that should be automatically started and additionally should be "kept alive" at all times. This helps you to ensure that interruptions to your playout are kept to an absolute minimum.
If – for example – the power fails at your playout centre, once the power returns and the system restarts then the selected applications will automatically start as well. If you select just:out and just:connect from the list of applications then your playout will automatically start.
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