Broadcast media to your screens

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Now that you have your media library filled with content, it's time to send it to your screens!  The most flexible and easy way to send content to screens is using the Broadcast function.

A broadcast is created by answering 3 simple questions When, Where and What.

  1. When = when you want your broadcast to play (+ advanced features takeover & triggers)

  2. Where = on what screens, locations or parts of screens you want it to play

  3. What = what content you want to broadcast

Clicking on [broadcast] in the side menu takes you to a list of your current broadcasts, it is probably empty by now - so let's create a new one. Click [new broadcast] and select [standard] in the dropdown. And the broadcast creator will open up.

New broadcast

  1. Broadcast name

  2. When, Where and What sections

  3. Media drawer

  4. Broadcast status

  5. Save and cancel buttons

Naming your broadcast

A small but important step is to give your broadcast a name. Try to give it a unique and easy recognisable name that communicates it's purpose and content. You can't save a broadcast without a name.

When

When is the scheduling part of a broadcast. This is where you specify when your broadcast should be active and play content.

  1. Schedule broadcast

  2. Add period button

  3. Takeover

  4. Triggers

Where

In Where you specify the screens, locations or layers of a screen that you want to send content to. Select screens by adjusting the filter to narrow down results until only the screens you want show up in the list with results. You can filter by location, aspect ratio, screen name, screen tags and layers.

  1. Selecting screens

  2. Creating broadcast groups

  3. Broadcast to layers

💡 Tips for screen filtering!

For ease and efficiency in screen selection, it is crucial to tag your screens with relevant tags according to their purpose and placement. Use descriptive tags like for example: “entrance”, “menu”, “campaign table 1”, “Cashier”, “Window screen”. Then use the screen tags filter to quickly select specific screens across all locations. You can also combine screen tags with a location filter if you want to specify what locations you want to include or exclude in the filter.

What

What is where you select the content you want to broadcast. Drag the images, videos or signs you want from the media drawer to the drop zone to start building a playlist. The playlist can consist of one or more media files and will play according to the order of the playlist, top to bottom. Use the drag handle and move content up or down to change the order of the playlist.

  1. Media drawer

  2. Add media to playlist

  3. Default image duration

  4. Media options

  5. Scheduling individual media

  6. Media drag handle

💾 Saving your broadcast

When you are satisfied with your broadcast, press save in the bottom right corner to save it. Before saving, check the broadcast status to the bottom left. Changes to screens, playlists or scheduling on a broadcast that is live and playing will register as soon as you hit the save button.

❗ Important!

When saving a new broadcast, it's status will be set to pause. You will need to manually set it to play in order to make it start playing according to it's schedule. When your broadcast is set to play, all screens hit will start downloading content and generating new playlists.

Note: It may take approximately 10 minutes for the playlists to update on the Screen.

Broadcast list

The broadcast list shows all your broadcasts and their current status. You can quickly swap between different statuses by clicking on the predefined tabs.

  1. Broadcast filters

  2. A Broadcast row

  3. Broadcast status

  4. Broadcast options

💡 Tips and tricks

Instead of building a Broadcast from scratch, consider duplicating an existing from the Broadcast list. This approach lets you reuse settings, filters, or media while allowing for minor adjustments as needed.

Broadcast statuses:

The broadcast status is shown in the status column in the broadcast list. Hover over the icon to get additional status information.