Sequence, duration, transitions, and test run

At the end, your manual playlist has the order you want, a duration and a transition for each item — and you have watched it once from start to finish in the test run.

Steps#

The playlist is built from top to bottom: the header with Test run, Discard, and Save, then Playlist name and Description, the Defaults, Where does the content come from?, the Sequence, and finally the Library.

1 Header with Test run, Discard, and Save · 2 Collapsed defaults · 3 Sequence · 4 Library

Add and arrange items#

1. In the Library, choose the tab All media, Images, Videos, or Scenes. For media, the folder tree narrows the selection, and for scenes the search does. Only what has finished processing is offered.
2. A click appends the item to the end of the sequence, and dragging drops it at a specific place. The library stays open, so you add several in a row. A curated sequence takes no more than 100 items.
3. Drag a card by its handle to its new position. The header shows the number of items and the Total duration of one run.
4. The actions on the card view an item or remove it.

Set the duration for each item#

5. In the card's duration field, enter seconds or use the − and + buttons. The allowed range is 1 to 86,400 seconds.
6. If you leave the field empty, a placeholder appears such as 10 s (default), and for a video 0:06 — natural length.

Choose the transition and how media is shown#

7. For each card, choose the transition: Default, None, Fade, or Slide. The transition on an item overrides the default transition in the Defaults.
8. For media, choose how it is shown: Fill (crop) cuts off the edges, and Fit (letterbox) shows the whole picture.

Defaults, name, and description#

9. Expand the Defaults: Default duration per item (seconds), Default transition, Transition duration (milliseconds) from 0 to 60,000, and for Slide the Slide direction: left, right, up, or down. Collapsed, the row summarizes both, for example 10 s per item · Fade.
10. If needed, change the Playlist name (1 to 200 characters) and the Description (at most 2,000 characters) — an internal note that does not appear on the display.

Test run and save#

11. Click Test run. The playlist runs in full screen in a new window, with the real durations and transitions, and scenes with sample data. At the bottom it says Item 3 of 12. Previous item and Next item jump item by item, and Close or Esc ends the run.
12. Click Save. That saves the sequence, durations, transitions, defaults, name, and description in one go. The portal reports Playlist saved. Discard restores the last saved state.

Check the result#

• The sequence shows the cards in the new order. The Total duration in the header matches the sum.
• In the list under Playlists, Extent and Changed are correct.
• If the playlist is scheduled, the new sequence runs on the assigned displays.

If something goes wrong#

Related#

• Configure a scene: format, layout and slots, transitions
• Manage playlists
• Assign a program to a display