Specifications

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Creating Digital Signage

Image

If the Zone is set to show images, then the first image item in the playlist can be shown in the Zone instead of the standard

colored area. This is useful e.g. to preview background images and align other Zones to them.

This option will not be available if this zone does not play images or has no images.

Design Visibility

This check box defines whether the Zone is shown in the Layout Icon views Zones. If a Zone covers other Zones, you can

clear this checkbox so that it is not shown in the thumbnails, making it easier to edit the other Zones.

Media Audit

This checkbox determines whether or not items in this Zone's Playlist are by default logged for Media Auditing. This setting

can be overridden on a per item basis in the Playlist.

For more information see Reporting .

Changing the size or position of a Zone

To select a Zone, click the Edit button for the Zone in the Zone List, or click on the Zone in the Layout itself.

Use your mouse to move the Zone by dragging it. You can change the size of the Zone by clicking and dragging one of the

sizing handles indicated by small white squares on the edge of the Zone.

Zone showing sizing handles

You can control the size and position of a Zone more precisely using the Zone Properties dialog. Use the Zone

Properties dialog to select the Media players for a Zone, and to edit the Playlist for a Zone (where you add Media

items ).

2.4 Using Playlists

A Playlist is a sequence of Media items that you have chosen for display in a Zone . Each Zone has its own

Playlist which runs continuously, and is independent of all the other Playlists. A Soundtrack also has its own Playlist.

Playlists play their content in a continuous loop. After the last item has been played, the first item starts playing again. It is

possible that the media file you specified may no longer be available, and if so it may be skipped.

A Playlist can contain:

individual content files, such as images, or movies, or text. More on adding individual item files to a Playlist...

folders, containing multiple individual items, displayed by the Folder Play mechanism More on adding folders to a

Playlist...

certain types of content known as Special Items, such as a Newsfeeds, TV Stations, Tables, and Clocks. More on

adding Special Items to a Playlist...

various Ad hoc Items that can be updated directly by local users

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