Add files, set the order and duration
Files from the media library or your computer, playback order, image duration and switching a file off temporarily.
Contents: 8
- 1. Open «Playlists» and click «Edit» next to the playlist.
- 2. Click «Choose» and tick the files in the media library.
- 3. To take a file from your computer, click «Upload files».
- 4. Arrange the files in the list in the order you need.
- 5. Open the file menu and pick «Set duration» to set the image display seconds.
- 6. In «Content Distribution» pick the «Files Order»: «Ascending», «Descending», «Random» or «One of».
- 7. Click «Save».
- If it did not work
Open «Playlists» and click «Edit» next to the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks..
The editor opens with the «Content» section under the schedule.
Click «Choose» and tick the files in the media library.
The files are added to the «Content» list in the order you picked them.
To take a file from your computer, click «Upload files».
The file lands both in «Media» and in this playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks..
Arrange the files in the list in the order you need.
Open the file menu and pick «Set duration» to set the image display seconds.
The new duration appears on the file card.
In «Content Distribution» pick the «Files Order»: «Ascending», «Descending», «Random» or «One of».
«One of» shows a single file per output and the next file next time.
Click «Save».
If it did not work
Symptom | What to do |
|---|---|
A file cannot be added or uploaded | Check the format and size: File requirements, then Upload fails |
The screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. shows the old set of files | |
A file is in the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. but never plays | Check in the file menu that it is not «Inactive» and has no «Override schedule», see Playlist settings |
Other file menu items. «Inactive» switches the file off without removing it, «Override schedule» gives the file its own days and hours, «Set config» is for zip apps and widgets, «Remove» takes the file out of this playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. only, it stays in «Media».
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