Items, Types & Duration
What you can put in a playlist, how long each item plays, and what the health badges mean.
A manual playlist is a list of items. Each item is exactly one of three kinds. Click Add content in the editor to add them.
Item kinds
Section titled “Item kinds”Images and videos from your Media Library, and PDFs and Office documents that have been processed for playback. The Media tab of the Add dialog lets you search, filter by type (Images & video, Images, Videos, Documents, Audio, Playable), narrow by folder or tag, and select several files at once. Tick Show individual slides to pick single slides from a presentation.
Layout
Section titled “Layout”Any layout in your workspace. Choose how long to show it before the playlist moves on.
A web page. Enter the URL, an optional Display name, and a duration. Only http:// and https:// addresses are accepted. The player loads the page full screen, so make sure the site allows being displayed and is reachable from the player’s network.
Where new items go
Section titled “Where new items go”The Add dialog has an Insert choice:
- At end (default)
- After selection
- Replace selection
Duration
Section titled “Duration”| Item | Default duration |
|---|---|
| Image | 10 seconds |
| Video | The video’s own length |
| Layout | 30 seconds, set when you add it |
| Web link | 10 seconds, set when you add it |
| Document | The duration set when it was processed, otherwise 10 seconds |
Change any duration afterwards in the timeline. The loop length shown in the header is the sum of all durations, and the playlist then starts again from the first item.
Expiry
Section titled “Expiry”Give an item an Expires date to stop it playing after that day, which is ideal for promotions. Expired items are skipped at playback and show an Expired badge in the editor. Media files can also carry their own expiry in the library, which removes them from every playlist that uses them.
Playlists with expired items are flagged Needs attention in the list.
Item health
Section titled “Item health”Every item shows a health badge:
| Badge | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Ready | Plays normally. | None. |
| Expired | Past its expiry date. Skipped. | Extend or remove it. |
| Processing | The file is still being prepared. | Wait for processing to finish. |
| Unpublished | A layout with changes that haven’t been published. | Publish the layout. |
| Unavailable | The file or layout is missing or failed. | Replace or remove it. |