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Playlist in Playlist or Zones in Digital Signage

Playlist in Playlist

Playlist in Playlist for Digital Signage offers an option to embed playlists into playlists.

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Playlist in Playlist for Digital Signage offers an option to embed playlists into playlists. We call these embedded playlists “sub-playlists” and the playlist that contains sub-playlists is referred to as the master playlist. Altogether the functionality is called zoning as you can create zones on your screen that change content individually.

Options

  • Continue from previously played slide (advanced) – This option only applies if you have a sub-playlist on a slide that is not set to “play forever”. If your main playlist cycles through slides and some slides contain a sub-playlist, by default each time a slide with a sub-playlist is shown, the sub-playlist starts from the first slide. By turning on this option, the player will remember which slide in a sub-playlist was shown last and will start from next. This ensures that all slides in a sub-playlist are shown before starting the playback from the beginning. Most users don’t need it, this functionality fits a narrow use case if you rent out ad-time on your billboards for 3rd parties.
  • Trigger next slide when complete – This option will trigger the next slide on the parent playlist when the sub-playlist completes one loop through all slides. If your sub-playlist duration changes as you edit content, it may be tedious to constantly update the slide duration. When you turn on this setting, the slide containing the sub-playlist will be set to “play forever” and the playlist automatically advances to the next slide.

FAQ

How do I create multiple zones that fill in the master playlist completely?

Check out our article on creating custom zones.

How many levels can the playlists be nested?

We don’t have a limit on how many sub-playlists you can put inside each other, however, beware that each playlist consumes the resources of the player, for entry-level devices we don’t recommend more than 1 level of nesting.

If I make changes in a sub-playlist, do I also need to publish all parent playlists that contain the sub-playlist?

You don’t need to explicitly publish every playlist, when you press “Publish” on the sub-playlist, the system will automatically also publish all playlists that contain the sub-playlist.

My sub-playlists are not nicely formatted.

When you create custom zones one by one manually rather than using a pre-made layout, the system does not know which playlist is a child of which (and also you can include the same playlist in several other playlists). Therefore the sub-playlists will not be formatted nicely as in the screenshot above, but do not worry – the formatting is only eye candy, all functionality still remains the same.

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