Set the playback schedule: period, days, hours
Broadcast period, open-ended playback, week days, hours and a second daily period for an existing playlist.
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- 1. Open «Playlists» and click «Edit» next to the playlist.
- 2. In «Broadcast Period» pick the start date and the end date.
- 3. For open-ended playback tick «No end date».
- 4. In «Week Days» switch off the days when the playlist must not play.
- 5. In «Broadcasting Hours» enter from and to in HH:MM:SS, for example 08:00:00 and 22:00:00.
- 6. Tick «Add second period» if you need two time slots a day.
- 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 playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. editor opens with the «Playback Schedule» section.
In «Broadcast Period» pick the start date and the end date.
The playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. is scheduled only on days inside this period.
For open-ended playback tick «No end date».
Only the «Start date» field remains.
In «Week Days» switch off the days when the playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. must not play.
Selected days are highlighted, all seven are on by default.
In «Broadcasting Hours» enter from and to in HH:MM:SS, for example 08:00:00 and 22:00:00.
Tick «Add second period» if you need two time slots a day.
A second pair of hour fields appears, for example 08:00:00–12:00:00 and 18:00:00–22:00:00.
Click «Save».
The screens with this playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. receive the new schedule.
If it did not work
Symptom | What to do |
|---|---|
The playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. plays at the wrong hours | Schedule hours follow the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. time zone: see Content plays at the wrong time |
The playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. does not play at all | Check the week days and the end date, then see Playlist assigned but not playing |
The new schedule has not reached the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. | Make sure «InfluencePlaylist field: Active goes on air, Passive is only stored.» is «Active», see Screen online but showing stale content |
What the screenA device running the Advision player that shows content; the cabinet calls it a media device. shows outside playlistA set of files with a playback schedule that is assigned to screens or networks. hours is described in Set all-day content.
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