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 ==== In the playout window ====
+To create a Region Container from the mAirList main window, click the arrow next to //Insert// in the main toolbar, then select //Region Container//. In the properties dialog, go to the //Region Content// page. You will see three tabs, one for each region, where you can add playlist items to be played for the particular region:
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+(Note: If you wish to add content by drag&drop from the playlist or a browser, you must first save and the reopen the properties dialog.)
+You can add as many items as you like. Ideally, the content should have the exact same duration for each region. Otherwise you can use one of the available //Auto fill// settings:
+  * **None:** No auto-fill will take place. A region will play silence if it is shorter than the other regions.
+  * **Silence:** Silence will be added **between** all items of the particular region. For example, if the region is 3 seconds too short, and you have 4 items in the playlist for that region, one second of silence will be added after the first, second and third item.
+  * **Use filler (fade out at end)**: If a region is too short, the filler item will be added to the playlist for that region; the fade out marker for the filler will be set so that the total duration matches the maximum duration of all region content playlists.
+  * **Use filler (fade in and play until end)**: The filler item will be used, however it will fade **in** and then play util the end. For example, when the filler has a duration of 2:00 minutes, and we need to fill 10 seconds, mAirList will play the filler from 1:50 of 2:00.
+Once you have set up the Region Container, you can drag it into any player and check if the audio is routed to the correct sound card.
 ==== In the mAirListDB library ====
+Region Containers can also be added manually to any mAirListDB library, using the //Add// menu in the library toolbar.
+Again, you must first save and the reopen the container in order to add other items by drag&drop, e.g. from the library browser.
 ==== In the built-in advertising scheduler ====
+When scheduling ads through the mAirListDB build-in advertising scheduler, you will see a new tab named //Regions// in the campaign settings:
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+By default, all regions are checked -- you can modify this settings in order to schedule a spot only for some but not all regions.
+When the Mini Scheduler notices that there are any spots which are to be left out in at least one region, it will automatically use a Region Container instead of an ordinary Container item for that ad block.
 ==== Imported from third-party ad schedulers ====
+For ad blocks imported from external sources, check the option //Regionalized content// in the import source configuration:
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+The Mini Scheduler will now look for a separate import log file for each region; use %N in the filename format as a placeholder for the region number (starting with 1 for the first region), or %2N or %3N for the region number padded with zeroes to two or three digits.
+===== Regions and Streaming =====
+When you use mAirList's built-in encoder, and have the Encoder Status screen object active, you will notice that there are now eight peakmeter bars visible where there used to be only two:
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+The topmost two bars are for the "common" signal, and then there are two bars for each region.
+==== Audio devices ====
+When setting up the player devices to play directly into the encoder, only select "Encoder - all regions" for the playback device of each particular player. Do **not** set any playback devices for the individual regions. The encoder can handle regions automatically, so it is not necessary to do this (and would break a few things):
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+In the rare case that you need a particular player to play directly into a specific region, there are devices "Encoder - Region 1" etc. available in the drop-down list:
+==== Connection submixes ====
+When adding a new Shoutcast/Icecast connection, go to the //Regions// tab and check the regions that should be audible on this connection - typically the common signal plus exactly one region:
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+mAirList will now automatically create a proper submix and route it to this connection.
+==== A note on sound processing ====
+When using soundprocessing and regionalized stream content, it is obvious that you cannot use the "master signal" DSP chain, as you need a separate processing for each downmixed stereo stream. Use the per-connection DSP chain instead.