About
Ad Cycle plays each ad a set number of times per hour or per day, for example 20 times an hour for 20 seconds each. Filler slides, like your own messages and images, fill the rest of the time, so the screen is never empty. Ideal when you sell ad time on your screens.
Get Started
Create an Ad Cycle playlist
- Go to Playlists and click Create Playlist
- Type a name and choose the aspect ratio
- Click Advanced and turn on Ad Cycle
- Choose an hourly or a daily cycle
- Click Create
With an hourly cycle, an ad sold for 20 showings plays 20 times every hour. With a daily cycle, everything counts per day.
Add an ad
- Open the Ad Cycle playlist
- Click New Slide, Clone Slide or From Template, and design the ad or add it from your Library
- Click the pencil on the slide
- Set the duration and the Cycle Count (how many times per cycle)
- Click Save
Add a filler slide
- Add a slide with your own content
- Click the pencil on the slide
- Turn on Filler Slide and click Save
Filler slides play between the ads.
Check how much ad time is used
Look at the grey bar above the slides: it shows the total time of the ads, without filler slides. With an hourly cycle and 1 minute of ads, your filler slides play 59 minutes an hour.
For example: ad A, 30 seconds × 40 = 20 minutes; ad B, 10 seconds × 30 = 5 minutes; ad C, 15 seconds × 60 = 15 minutes. That’s 40 minutes of ads, and 20 minutes of filler slides every hour.
Options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ad Cycle | When you create a playlist (Advanced): makes it an Ad Cycle playlist |
| Cycle Frequency | Hourly or daily. With hourly, each cycle is 1 hour |
| Total duration | In the grey bar: the total time of all ads |
| Cycle Count | On a slide: how many times the ad plays per cycle |
| Filler Slide | On a slide: plays it between the ads |
FAQ
It says "Your Ad Cycle playlist exceeds the time limit". What do I do?
Your ads take more time than one cycle. Check the total duration in the grey bar above the slides: with an hourly cycle it must stay under 60 minutes. Lower the cycle counts or shorten the ads.
