Playing embedded audio

• You can play embedded audio from any input port on any input module, as long as the embedded audio is in uncompressed PCM format, at 48 kHz.
• If you have an S/PDIF and analog audio module you can play audio of any format, as long as your media player can provide output in uncompressed PCM format, at 48 kHz.
• You can play embedded audio and audio from the S/PDIF and analog audio module on any output device associated with your video wall.
• CORIOmaster supports 2-channel audio, and does not support surround sound.
• You can only play audio from the S/PDIF and analog audio module in breakaway audio mode.

• The CORIOmaster micro also has an independent S/PDIF audio output that you can connect to a digital audio device with an RCA cable.

  Read more about playing audio with the S/PDIF output

If you never want to hear a source, or you never want to play audio on a specific display, you can disable it.

Administrators can disable audio from > Slot Status.

Administrators and power users can disable audio from Wall Editor > Properties.

Users cannot re-enable the audio, so if you want other users to be able to restore audio, mute the source or display instead.

When the audio from a source is disabled, it is not available to select from the wall editor or the dashboard. When the audio to a display is disabled, the button to mute and unmute audio on that display is not available from Displays & Windows.

Disabling and enabling audio from Slot Status

Administrators can disable and enable sources and outputs.

1. Select > Slot Status.

2. Select or clear Audio Enabled.

   

Disabling and enabling an audio source playing in a window from Properties

Administrators and power users can disable audio sources.

1. From Wall Editor, select a window.

   

2. Select Properties > Input Settings (shared).

3. Select or clear Audio Enabled.

   

Disabling and enabling audio for a display from Properties

Administrators and power users can disable audio for displays.

1. From Wall Editor, select a display.

   

2. Select Properties > Audio.

3. Select or clear Audio Enabled.

   

All users can choose what embedded audio to listen to.

Choosing a source to listen to with breakaway audio mode

When you choose breakaway audio mode, you hear your chosen audio all the time, even if your video sources change.

• From Wall Editor, select a source from the list.

  

  Or

• From Dashboard, select a source from the list.

  

Choosing a window to listen to with audio-follows-video mode

When you choose audio-follows-video mode, you listen to a window. If the source playing in that window changes, the audio changes to play the new source.

• From Wall Editor, select a window from the list.

  

  Or

• From Dashboard, select a window from the list.

  

Audio from any source is sent to all the displays associated with a canvas. If you have an S/PDIF and analog audio module, the audio is also sent to the output associated with the canvas.

Read more about the S/PDIF and analog audio module

You can see where audio is sent from Wall Editor:

And from Dashboard:

Audio is not sent automatically to the S/PDIF output of a CORIOmaster micro.

Read about sending audio to the S/PDIF output of a CORIOmaster micro

You can choose to only send audio to one or more specific outputs by disabling or muting the other outputs.

Read about disabling outputs

Read about muting outputs

All users can mute, unmute, and adjust the input audio level for any source.

Adjust the input audio level to match and balance the audio levels of different sources. For example, if you have one very loud source, lower the input audio level until it matches your other sources.

To mute and unmute a source

1. Select a source.

   From Wall Editor:

   

   From Dashboard:

   

2. Mute or unmute the source.

   From Wall Editor:

   

   From Dashboard:

   

   • To mute audio, select .
   • To unmute audio, select .

To adjust the input audio level for a source

1. Select a source.

   

2. Adjust the input audio level.

   From Wall Editor:

   

   From Dashboard:

   

   • Slide to the right to increase audio input.
   • Slide to the left to reduce audio input.

Administrators and power users can mute and unmute individual outputs.

From Wall Editor > Displays & Windows:

• To mute audio, select .
• To unmute audio, select .

Outputs that do not show or are disabled in Settings > Slot Status.

Outputs that show are cut to black and muted, or the canvas is muted.

Administrators and power users can cut to black and mute individual outputs, and restore them.

From Wall Editor > Displays & Windows:

• To cut a display to black and mute, select .
• To restore a display, select .

All users can mute, unmute, and adjust the volume for all displays and outputs associated with a canvas at the same time in CORIOgrapher.

This does not affect the S/PDIF output of the CORIOmaster micro.

To mute and unmute all displays and outputs associated with a canvas

From Wall Editor:

From Dashboard:

• To mute audio, select .
• To unmute audio, select .

To adjust the volume for all displays and outputs associated with a canvas

From Wall Editor:

From Dashboard:

• Slide to the right to increase volume
• Slide to the left to reduce volume

All users can cut to black and mute, and restore, all displays and outputs associated with a canvas at the same time in CORIOgrapher.

This does not affect the S/PDIF output of the CORIOmaster micro.

To cut to black and mute all displays and outputs associated with a canvas

From Wall Editor:

From Dashboard:

• To cut to black and mute all displays and outputs associated with the canvas, select .
• To restore all displays and outputs associated with the canvas, select .

All users can choose what to listen to, mute and unmute specific sources and the current source, mute all displays and outputs, and adjust the input audio level and volume.

This does not affect the S/PDIF output of the CORIOmaster micro

	Select a source or window to listen to.
	Mute and unmute the source currently playing.
	Adjust the input audio level of the source currently playing.
	Cut to black and mute all displays and outputs, and restore all displays and outputs.
	Mute and unmute all displays and outputs.
	Adjust the volume of all outputs.
	Mute the sources playing in specific windows.

All users can cut to black and mute, and restore, all displays and outputs across all canvasses, including the S/PDIF output of the CORIOmaster micro, in CORIOgrapher > Dashboard.

To cut to black and mute all displays and outputs

• To cut to black and mute all displays and outputs, select .
• To restore all displays and outputs, select .