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Playback Method — Playlist

Playlist

You can add one type of media, such as a web page, videos, images, or a program, as an item in a playlist and each item will be shown in the full-screen presentation.

Create a New Playlist

  1. Click New to create a Playlist. You can choose either General mode or Gesture mode.
    • General mode: Choose this mode when you don’t need to use built-in gestures. In this mode, you can add all multimedia sources (i.e. Remote URL, HTML/Flash, Video, Video Input, Image, Program and xPost) into a playlist.
    • Gesture mode: Choose this mode when your content needs to apply built-in gestures. In this mode, you CANNOT add Video, Video Input and Program into a playlist.
      • Note

      The built-in gestures will not work if you include any CAYIN’s tag (i.e. CAYIN Media Player, Ticker, Image Slideshow, Clock) in an HTML file, even though you add this HTML page as an item in Gesture mode.
  2. Enter the Playlist Name and Description.
  3. Add a new item. There are two ways for you to add a new item.
    • Click Add a new item and select a type in the drop-down menu.
    • Select a multimedia type right beside the add symbol directly.
      Add a new item

      Then you can start to complete settings. Configurations will be slightly different based on the multimedia type you choose.
  4. Decide the sequence of this new item in the Playlist. By default, the new item will be inserted as the last item. For example, if you already have five items in this playlist, the system will automatically place this new item at the sixth place. You can also choose to insert this new item between the first and fifth place.
  5. Complete configurations based on the multimedia type you choose.
    Remote URL Specify a URL where SMP can connect to the html content, e.g. http://remote_web_server/path/to/your.html. This method is similar to the way you use in your PC browser. SMP supports HTTPS (SSL) protocol.
    HTML/Flash
    (file in Media Folder)    		 Select to play an html or swf file in the Media Folder. By default, SMP will automatically list all html and swf files in the Media Folder, so you can select an item here.
    Video
    (file in Media Folder)    		 You can insert a list of video files as one of the items in the playlist, and display a full-screen video. Please refer to Playback > Skin > Video Zone and click the plus button in front of Media Files to learn detailed instructions on how to edit a video playlist.
    Note

    If you play video files in the Media Folder, you will not be able to set the duration. The system will automatically play the next item in this playlist after the system finishes playing the whole list of video files.
    Video Input Play Video-in in full screen
    Image
    (file in Media Folder)    		 You can insert a list of image files as one of the items in the playlist, and display a full-screen image. Please refer to Playback > Skin > Image Zone and click the plus button in front of Media Files to learn detailed instructions on how to edit an image playlist.
    Program You can add a Program in your playlist. Please refer to Playback > Program for detailed information about adding or editing a Program.
    xPost You can add CAYIN xPost in your playlist. Please refer to Playback > Skin > HTML/Flash Zone and click the plus button in front of xPost to learn detailed instructions.
  6. Once you finish all settings above according to your requirements, remember to set the duration of each playback item. After the time is up, SMP will play the next item. If you configure the duration as Always, SMP will keep playing this item without moving to the next one. You can still use "play-next-item" tag to change the playlist item. For more information about the usage of the tag, please refer to Using CAYIN Media Player in HTML > Media Player Tag and Attributes > HTML Code.
  7. Enable the function, Image transition, if you want to insert an image file (JPEG) as a transition between two items. You will see the following settings after you enable this function.
    Image By default, SMP will automatically list all image files in the Media Folder, so you can select one here.
    Animation The transition effect when the image enters and leaves the screen. We now provide five options:
    None None
    Fly from left to right Fly from left to right
    Fly from right to left Fly from right to left
    Fly from top to bottom Fly from top to bottom
    Fly from bottom to top Fly from bottom to top
    Speed The speed of animation effect.
    Time for preloading next item You must set the time when you would like the system to start pre-loading the next item (e.g. an html file) before the transition image disappears. For example, the duration of this item is 20 seconds and you want the system to start pre-loading the next item at the 18th seconds, you need to set the number "2 (seconds)" in the field. The number here depends on the loading time of the next item (html).
  8. Click Save after you complete all settings. Then you will have one item in the Playlist.
  9. Add more items to this playlist if needed. You can add a maximum of 99 items in one Playlist.
  10. You can click the Edit button,Edit, or the Delete button,delete button, to edit or delete that item. If you only want to disable one item temporarily without removing it, you can click the checked button,checked, in front of that item to disable it.
  11. If you want to change the sequence of one item, you can just drag that item and drop into the right position.
  12. Click Save after you add all items you want. Then you will have one playlist in the Playlist table. If you add a playlist in the gesture mode, you will see this icon,gesture icon,inside the playlist icon.
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Preview the Presentation

After you create a Playlist, you can preview the presentation before you start to play. Simulation is for reference only. Actual display may differ.

Preview the Presentation
  1. Click the icon of the magnifier beneath the Playlist. Then you can see the preview page of that Playlist.
  2. At the top of the preview page, there will be the playback simulator. You can see the playback of remote URL, image, HTML/Flash, and ticker. You won't be able to see the playback of video (except H.264 video) and clock.
  3. At the bottom of the preview page, there will be a complete list of all items in this Playlist.
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Start to Play

Start to Play

After you create a Playlist and check the preview, you can click the play button beneath your selected Playlist. Then the SMP player will start to play multimedia contents based on the Playlist settings.

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