Application Scenarios
A playlist is a collection of sequenced media items.
Related Information
A playlist can be used for a sub-playlist. For example, after playlist B is added to playlist A, playlist B is the sub-playlist of playlist A. A playlist used for a sub-playlist cannot contain:
- Media of page type.
- Sub-playlists.
Step 1 Choose 
> Media Management > Playlists.
Step 2 Do any of the following to create a playlist.
- Click New.
Enter a name for the playlist and click OK. On the Media Item tab page that appears, do Step 3 to Step 8.
- Select a playlist and click Copy.
Enter a name for the copy and click OK.
- Click Import and select a file.
The file must be filled out according to the template.
Step 3 Click Add media or Add sub-playlist. Select media items or sub-playlists from the pop-up box and then click OK.
Step 4 (Optional) Select the target media and choose Standby > Set. The system will set the play count of the selected standby content according to the remaining time.
Figure 3-4 Standby setting
- Only images and videos can be set as standby content.
- The standby content can be set only when the customized playlist duration is longer than the total duration of all the media items in the playlist.
Figure 3-5 Custom playlist duration
Step 5 (Optional) Select the target media and click Attribute to set the playback plan of the media or the playback mode of the playlist or the sub-playlist.
Figure 3-6 Media attributes
Figure 3-7 Sub-playlist attributes
The media items in a sub-playlist can be played separately or in order. For example, a playlist contains media A, B and C plus a sub-playlist X that contains media E, F and G.
- Play separately: During each round of playback, one of the media items in the sub-playlist is played according to the order of the media items. First round of playlist playback: A>B>C>E; Second round of playlist playback: A>B>C>F; Third round of playlist playback: A>B>C>G.
- Play in order: Every round of playlist playback: A>B>C>E>F>G.
Step 6 (Optional) Set the play count of each media item. The play count of the sub-playlist defaults to 1 and cannot be changed.
Step 7 (Optional) Click 
to set the sorting method of media items.
Step 8 Click Save & Close.
If a modified playlist is added to a solution which is already associated with a player, there will be 3 cases according to distribution type in the player attributes after the modified playlist is saved.
- Manual distribution: Users perform following operations to distribute the new solution manually.
Choose > Players Management > Players. Select the target player and click Update solution.
- Auto distribution: VNNOX automatically distributes the new solution.
- Scheduled distribution: VNNOX distributes the new solution at the specified solution update time. If the update time has passed, the new solution will not be distributed.
Step 1 Choose > Media Management > Playlists.
Step 2 Select a playlist and click Attribute, or select more playlists and click Bulk edit.
The playlist attributes are explained in Table 3-4. Only some tabs and attributes are displayed during batch edit.
Figure 3-8 Playlist attributes
Table 3-4 Playlist attributes
Tab Name | Purpose | Description |
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Basic Info | Set the basic information of a playlist, such as name, description, duration, and categories.
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− If the customized playlist duration is longer than the total duration of all the media items in the playlist, a standby content can be specified and the system will automatically set the play count of the specified content according to the remaining time. − If the customized playlist duration is longer than the total duration of all the media items in the playlist and no standby content is specified, a black screen will be displayed during the remaining time. − If the playlist has sub-playlists, all the media items in the sub-playlists will be played in each round of playback.
− If the playlist has sub-playlists, the media items in the sub-playlists can be played either separately or in order. |
Workgroup | Specify the workgroup the playlist belongs to and select the workgroups to which you share the playlist in a non-public workgroup. | The system administrator can view all the playlists. Sub-users can view the playlists only in the public workgroup, their workgroups and sub-workgroups, as well as the playlists shared to their workgroups. |
History | Show the creation and change history of the playlist. | - |
Media Item | Edit media items and sort pages. |
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Step 3 After attributes are edited, click Save or Save&Close.