Clip scheduling with conflict alert

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a set of program instructions, that when executed, cause performance of a set of functions for use with multiple video players, the set of functions comprising:

accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ;

accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , wherein x<n, wherein x and n are integers;

determining that a clip identifier C m of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P z from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ;

making a first determination that a clip identifier C p is a next one of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the clip identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction;

responsive to making the first determination, (i) determining that the clip identifier C p is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P y from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , and (ii) matching with each clip identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P y ;

making a second determination that the clip identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z ; and

responsive to making the second determination, causing an alert to be output.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first list is part of a rundown for a news program.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 2 , the set of functions comprising:

making a third determination that the rundown has been initialized or edited, wherein determining that the clip identifier C m is restricted to being assigned the player identifier P z occurs in response to making the third determination.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first list is part of a traffic schedule for a program broadcast.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein each of the player identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of players.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of players comprises one of a video player device and a software-based video player executing on a computing device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the alert to be displayed by a display device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the alert to be sounded by a speaker.

9. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform a set of functions comprising:

accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ;

accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , wherein x<n, and wherein x and n are integers;

determining that a clip identifier C m of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P z from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ;

making a first determination that a clip identifier C p is a next one of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the clip identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction;

responsive to making the first determination, (i) determining that the clip identifier C p is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P y from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , (ii) matching with each clip identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P y ;

making a second determination that the clip identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z ; and

responsive to making the second determination, causing an alert to be output by an output component.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the first list is part of a rundown for a news program.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the set of functions further comprises:

making a third determination that the rundown has been initialized or edited, wherein determining that the clip identifier C m is restricted to being assigned the player identifier P z occurs in response to making the third determination.

12. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the first list is part of a traffic schedule for a program broadcast.

13. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein each of the player identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of players.

14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the computing device is a first computing device, wherein the plurality of players comprises one of a video player device and a software-based video player executing on a second computing device.

15. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the output component comprises a display screen, and wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the display screen to display the alert.

16. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the output component comprises a speaker, and wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the speaker to sound the alert.