Five playlist types

The playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. type defines how its files share an hour of airtime with the other playlists on the same screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device.. «FuzzyPlaylist type that loops all files during broadcasting hours; the background for other types.» loops as the background and fills all free time. «PeriodicPlaylist type that interrupts the background at a fixed interval, for example every 15 minutes.» and «Floating» cut into the background a given number of times: the first exactly on schedule, the second evenly. «BlockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections.» divides airtime into blocks with sections, and «Loop itemPlaylist type whose file becomes every Nth item of the background playlist loop.» builds a file into the common cycle with a given frequency. You choose the type in the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. editor: «More options» → «Content Distribution» → «Type».

«Fuzzy»

The default and simplest type. Files play one after another in the «Files Order», after the last one the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. starts over, and so on for the whole «Broadcasting Hours». When a PeriodicPlaylist type that interrupts the background at a fixed interval, for example every 15 minutes. or BlockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. fires on the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device., FuzzyPlaylist type that loops all files during broadcasting hours; the background for other types. pauses and resumes afterwards. Example: «Меню день» from 08:00 to 22:00 and «Меню вечір» from 18:00 to 23:00 on the «· Меню» screens. On the timeline below the whole hour is taken by the background.

«Periodic»

Files play at equal intervals inside the «Broadcasting Hours». You set the periodicity, for example every 15 minutes, and the platform inserts a playback exactly at those moments, interrupting the background. Suitable for advertising with a guaranteed number of plays per hour. Example: «Акція лате» every 15 minutes, that is 4 plays per hour.

«Floating»

You set the number of plays per period and the platform spreads them evenly over the free time without fixed moments. Unlike PeriodicPlaylist type that interrupts the background at a fixed interval, for example every 15 minutes., the plays are not tied to «every N minutes» and do not cluster when the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. has many playlists. Example: «Сезонне меню» with 40 plays per day; with 14 broadcasting hours that is about 3 plays per hour.

«Block»

Airtime is divided into blocks of equal length, for example 10 minutes, and a blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. into sections with their own duration. Files are assigned to sections, and the blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. structure repeats throughout the «Broadcasting Hours». A section can use «One of»: then one of its several files plays each time, in turn. If the sections are longer than the blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections., the editor warns «Total sections duration gather than blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. duration». The rest of the blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. is filled by a mandatory filler section. Example: «Ранковий блок», 10 minutes. The timeline shows how much of the hour one blockPlaylist type that occupies a continuous time block in which files play in sections. takes.

«Loop item»

Files do not interrupt the background but are built into the common cycle with a given frequency. The platform groups files by broadcast time and finds a common period: if one file must play once a minute and another once every 5 minutes, the cycle is 5 minutes long and holds 5 plays of the first and 1 play of the second. This way one file can play more often than another within the same cycle. Example: «Бренд-ролики» as every fifth file of the cycle.

Comparison

The number of plays per day for any type can be limited in «Quantitative Restrictions», see Limit the number of plays per day. All editor fields are described in Playlist settings: all fields. How to create a playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks.: Create a playlist. Why a particular file is playing right now is visible in the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device.'s «Schedule» tab: Read the day schedule.