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:


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

Basic Info

Set the basic information of a playlist, such as name, description, duration, and categories.

 

  • If Playlist duration is set to Custom, the playlist will be played according to the duration specified by the user.

− 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.

  • When Playlist duration is set to Default, the playlist duration is the total duration of all the media items in the playlist.

−  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.

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Media Item

Edit media items and sort pages.


  • After the media item approval function is enabled, the refused media items cannot be added to playlists.
  • After the playlist B is used for a sub-playlist of the playlist A, the playlist B cannot be added with sub-playlists.
  • If the playlist duration in Basic Info is custom and the customized playlist duration is longer than the total duration of all the media items in the playlist, a standby content can be specified.

Step 3     After attributes are edited, click Save or Save&Close.