Specifications

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Understanding Media Types

Adding Time Validity to a Playlist item

Click to set the properties for a Playlist item.

Select one of the following options to set time validity for the item:

Date Range

The date range includes the two dates selected, to select a single day set both dates to the same

day.

Days

Set the day(s) of the week on which the item is displayed.

Time Period

Set the times of day during which the item is displayed.

Time Validity is not used when you are previewing an individual Playlist item or Zone. It is used when you audition the whole

Layout or when the Layout is playing as part of a Schedule.

3.4.8 Conditional Play

The Conditional Play property lets you control if an item can be played based on Player Local Information (PLI). Please

refer to the Player Local Information section for more information.

NOTE: This property is only visible if you have set the User Interface Policy to Detailed or Expert on the UI Options

page or if the property has already been enabled for a given Playlist item or Schedule.

NOTE: Any change in PLI will be checked to see if currently playing items should still be played.

Adding Conditional Play to a Playlist item

1. Click to set the properties for a Playlist item.

2. For 'Conditional Play' property select the required option:

A. Always Play (default). This Item is always played unconditionally.

B. Play if Player Local Information contains (...). This setting evaluates the following condition, and will play the item

only if the condition is satisfied.

If Play if Player Local Information contains (...) is selected the please enter:

1. Player Local Information item name

2. Kind of operation.

3. List of values for evaluating the condition.

These changes will be applied when the Schedule is next Activated.

3.4.9 Ad hoc properties

The following properties may apply to directly entered text, Newsfeeds, Radio, TV and Tables that are set to be

Customizable or Ad hoc.

Item Type

Click the Save Changes and change Item Type button to save any existing changes to the Item and to navigate to a page

where it is possible to change the Item's type.

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