Overview
This lesson introduces Playlists and its properties. You will learn how to open, create and save Playlists as well as how to change the basic properties of a Playlist.
Properties
Click the Properties button on the Toolbar.
General
Image description General properties tab
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Property |
Definition |
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Design Model |
Name of the DesignModel (Info only) |
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Name |
Name of the Playlist |
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Size |
Rendering resolution of the Playlist |
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Frequency |
Frequency of the Playlist |
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Locale |
Language of the Playlist |
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Character Set |
Character set of the Playlist (Info only – driven by locale) |
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Description |
Optional description (visible in open dialogue) |
Lesson 2.2 General properties
The Locale is used, when there are shown automatic texts like weekdays.
Reference time
Image description: Properties Reference Time tab
Table description: Reference Time properties
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Property |
Definition |
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Time of Last Refresh |
Displays time Playlist was opened or the time Playlist was last refreshed (Info only) |
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Rounding |
Interval of rounding time. Note times are rounded down |
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Initial Time |
Product of Time of Last Refresh AND Rounding |
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Reference Date |
May be today or a fixed date |
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Resulting Reference Time |
Displays resulting reference time. Note always 00:00. (Info only) |
Data time of each segment in the playlist can be either referring to the Initial Time or the Resulting Reference Time.
Background
Define the background color for the entire playlist. This color is only visible if there is an area of the screen without any content.
Content containing transparent regions will display the background colour of the Playlist.
Image description: Properties background
Virtual Set
Defines which (if any) virtual set should be loaded. The virtual set needs to be in the DesignModel. Cameras and resources (videos) used in the set are listed for info only.
| See lesson 13 for more info. |
Image description: Properties Virtual Set
Playback
Image description: Playback properties
Image description: Properties Playback tab
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Property |
Definition |
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Playback mode |
Define Normal, Looped, Auto stop playback mode. Auto stop mode will exit the presentation after the last Segment is finished. |
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Refresh–on–loop |
Define whether the Playlist refreshes on loop and if so the refresh interval. |
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Background Audio |
Specifies an optional single background audio file. HDMI output only or for recording/sharing. File changes are detected, and file is refreshed. |
Pay attention to playback performance when using the Refresh–on–loop option: a balance must be found between performance and data freshness. Refresh will pause the playlist at the end of a loop.
MeteoEarth
Defines the MeteoEarth config used for the current playlist. The MeteoEarth configuration can be selected, modifications reset, or the configuration can be deselected. Loop duration, the used earth texture as well as available layers and cameras are displayed for information only.
All these properties can be adjusted in MeteoEarth if necessary.
| See lesson 14 for more info. |
Image description: Properties MeteoEarth
Playlists
Create a new playlist
- Click the Application button
- Click New.
- The New Playlist dialog opens.
Image description: New Playlist dialog box
Open a playlist
- Click the Open button on Menu bar to open a Playlist. Or click the Application button and click Open.
- The Open Playlist dialog appears.
- Browse through the structure of the playlists.
- Use the Search field to find a specific Playlist.
- Playlists in the templates section can be loaded but not overwritten.
- Double click the name of a Playlist to open it. Or click the name of a Playlist and then click the Open file button.
Image description: Open Playlist dialog box
| Tip: You can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + O to open a Playlist. |
Right Click on a user playlist to get to the delete option.
Save Playlist
- Click the Save button on Menu bar to open a Playlist. Or click the application button and click Save.
Image description: Save button
Image description: Saving a Playlist via the Application menu
If you save a playlist for the first time, or you are trying to overwrite a template playlist the save as dialogue appears.
Save as playlist
You can save a Playlist with a new name using the Save as option.
- Click the application button
- Click Save as.
Image description: Playlist Save as option
Enter a description, choose a thumbnail and a name and location before saving.
| Tip: You can save a thumbnail along with the Playlist by default by clicking the Save thumbnail checkbox. Select one of the Segment thumbnails to serve as a Playlist thumbnail. That will be visible in the open dialogue. Add a description using the Description field. It’s a free text field— just type to add text. |
Lesson Activities
Quiz |
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Question 1: Where can you find or adjust the description of the playlist? A. Under Properties > General B. When opening or saving a playlist C. When creating a new playlist D. All of the above
Question 2: How can you change the thumbnail of the playlist? A. It’s not possible B. In saving-dialog by clicking on small arrow besides current thumbnail and choose new thumbnail C. When creating a new playlist
Question 3: What’s the difference between reference and initial time? A. Reference time refers to a date (fixed or today), initial time refers to now (last refresh, always today) B. If you add initial time to reference date you get reference time C. Reference time starts at 0 o’clock; initial time rounds down time of last refresh to a preset interval
Question 4: Where can you set the framerate of the playlist? A. It’s always the framerate of monitor B. Under Properties > General C. When creating a new playlist D. When saving a playlist
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Answers |
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1. The correct answer is D. 2. The correct answer is B. 3. The correct answers are A & C. 4. The correct answers are B & C. |