Playlists, schedules and layouts

Playlists

A playlist is a list of images and videos in order. Images show for the time you set; videos play to the end. Put a playlist on a screen and it plays in a loop.

Schedules

A schedule plays a playlist on chosen screens during a time window: days of the week, hours, and optional start and end dates. For example, a lunch menu from 12:00 to 14:00 on weekdays. When the window ends, the screen goes back to its usual playlist. Times are each screen’s local time.

Layouts

A playlist can switch to another playlist’s content at set times or dates, for example an evening version of a menu. This is useful when many screens share one playlist.

Sending files straight to a screen

You can also send single files to a screen, added to or replacing what it plays, each with its own time window if you like. Every send is kept in publish history and can be undone.

What plays when

1. If a schedule’s window is on, the screen plays that schedule’s playlist.
2. Otherwise it plays its own playlist, plus any files sent straight to it (or only those files, if they were sent to replace).
3. If the playlist has a layout that is on now, the layout’s content plays instead.

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