Playlists

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Playlists

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Playlists allow you to organise your Media into a specific order for display on your screens.

Adding a Playlist #

To add a playlist, you click on the orange ”Add Playlist” button found at the bottom of the Playlist list. As a next step, you have to select the type of playlist that you want to create. You can select among:

  • Classic – Create a Classic Playlist. After clicking “Add”, you will be able to select the Media you want to add to the Playlist.
  • Tagbased – Create a dynamic Playlist by using Media Tags. The Playlist will update dynamically whenever you assign or remove Tags from your Media. (Professional Subscription and Above Only)
  • Dropbox – Link a folder in your Dropbox to a Playlist. You can then manage your content (Video, Images and Documents) through your Dropbox account.
  • OneDrive – Link a folder in your Personal OneDrive application folder to a Playlist. You can then manage your content (Video, Images and Documents) through your Personal OneDrive account.
  • Import CSV – Create a Playlist by importing a text file. Each line should contain the name of the Media item to be added, optionally followed by comma and the playlist duration for that Media.

As a next step, you are requested to provide:

  • the Name of the Playlist and
  • an optional Description for it

There are various settings available that you can enable. They are separated between Transition Options and Playback Options. Click the corresponding tab to learn more information.

Transition and Playback options #

1. Add black gap between videos

The transition between the two videos right now is gapless. The last video frame will be displayed on the screen to have gapless transitions between videos playing back-to-back.
If you like to have a 0.5s black gap between the videos, enable the above option on your playlist.

2. Image Transitions

You can pick more than 23 different Transition Types and, of course, control the Transition Speed as well.

  • Slow : 3-second transition
  • Medium : 2-second transition
  • Fast : 1-second transition
  • Custom : Configure how long the transition will occur from one image to another.

Limitations #

Transitions are available only between images. You cannot have transitions between images to videos or images to any other media.

Adding Media in a Playlist #

You can see an empty filmstrip where you will add your media files:

Below the filmstrip, you’ll find your account’s library with all the media files available to you. You can see them all or locate them under their respective category (Images, Videos, Web Pages, Widgets, Audio Assets, Documents, Playlists). Also, you can use the Search button to find your media file.

By pointing to any media file in the library, you can click on the Preview (Magnifying Glass icon) or the Arrow to place it on the playlist. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the item to the filmstrip directly.

You can change the media files’ position by dragging and dropping them in the order you want.

All media when inserted into the playlist inherit their default duration except Videos that have a fixed display time (the duration of the video itself), which cannot be changed.

You can use the -/+ icons to decrease/increase the duration at will.

You can also check the total duration of your playlist. This info is located on the right side of the filmstrip:

Which media are calculated? The media that are calculated are:

  • Images
  • Web-pages
  • Widgets
  • Videos (YouTube videos are excluded)
  • Documents

Clicking” Save” will create the Playlist.

Creating/Editing Playlists with a large number of media files #

In case your playlists contain numerous media files, you have the option to activate the Folder View for your convenience.

How do I preview the playlist’s content? #

With a simple click, you can see how your playlist will display on the TV screen without the need for a SignStudio Media player or any hardware at all. The only thing you have to do is fill the playlist with the media of your choice and then click the Preview button at the top left corner.

A new window will appear and start displaying the playlist.

Allow pop-ups #

Upon clicking the Preview button, your browser might block the pop-up. Please click the options button in your browser and click the “Allow pop-ups for app.signstudio.tv“.

Managing Playlists #

In the Playlists section, you can see a list of the playlists currently created into your SignStudio account. Information about your playlists is organized in the following columns:

  • the Name of the playlist
  • the Description of it (if any)
  • the Timestamp (date and time) that the playlist was modified for the last time
  • icons of the Media Type that are included in the playlist
  • the Workspace (for accounts in the Enterprise plan) that the image belongs
  • the Actions column

If you click on the three dots icon in the Actions column, you will be presented with a list of actions that you can apply to your playlists.

  • Edit
  • Duplicate
  • Move
  • Delete

Change the details of a playlist by clicking the” Edit” button.
Check out the “Adding a Playlist” section above for more details.

Additional Control Settings #

At the top-left corner, you can use the Search box to sort out your playlist listing quickly. Search using any of the columns by name, date, workspace, etc.

You can select more playlists by clicking the square box left to their thumbnail. Click the Actions button at the bottom to Move or Delete all the selected playlists at once.

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