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Broadcast Schedule – Deleting Playlist
This module explains how to delete playlists from the broadcast calendar.
XView Content check
Check that all the content is on the Front End
Series Detail Page
Season Page
Episode Page
Check Advertisments
Video Playing
Check that the video is playing, watch it through and check that the advertising interupts the video at the right time.
Logging XFeature Adverts
Logging XFeature Adverts
Once you have uploaded the video files for advertising, go to your home directory
Fill in the required fields
There are 3 types of adverts
Before – This will place the advert before the video plays
Interupt – This will interupt the video at a specified time
After – This will be placed after the video
In this example, we will create one of each.
With the Interupt Advert, I will be setting the Time
Fill in all the required details.
Set the Time at which you would like the advert to interupt the video
Log a third video as XFeature Advert type: After
Create a XFeature Container
Fill in the required fields
Give the container a name
Open the XFeature Container and Attach the Adverts
From the clipboard open the XFeature Container and drag the Adverts onto the Meta Relationships node
Select Attach from the popup window
From the popup window, select Attach
Do this for the other adverts as well
The Entry Relationships for the container should look like this
Open the XFeature Series from the Clipboard and attach the XFeature Container
XView Series
Xview Relationships
The media items that will be required to create a XFeature Series library object are as follows:
XFeature Series: Thumbnail Image ( Picon )
This is a portrait image that is used as the piture icon for the media item.
The width must be 186px and the height must be 280px
XFeature Series: Poster Image ( Feature Image )
This is the landscape image that is used on the detail page of the series media item.
The width mus be 720px abd the height must 320px.
XFeature Series: Directors Content
Vince Gilligan
Bio
Vince Gilligan was born on February 10, 1967 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is a
producer and writer, known for Breaking Bad (2008), Hancock (2008) and Better Call
Saul (2015).
XFeature Series: Actors Content ( Actor )
Aaron Paul
Bio
Aaron Paul was born Aaron Paul Sturtevant in Emmett, Idaho, to Darla (Haynes) and
Robert Sturtevant, a retired Baptist minister. While growing up, Paul took part in church
programs, and performed in plays.
He attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho. It was there, in eighth grade, that
Aaron decided he wanted to become an actor. He joined the theatre department and
became obsessed with the idea of acting for a living. After finishing school, Aaron
moved to Los Angeles.
Create the XFeature Series Library Item
Once you have uploaded the content to the home directory you can begin creating the series object.
Fill In The Required Fields
Fill in all the fields that have a * next to them. If the item you need is not in the
dropdown list then you can add it by clicking on the pencil icon.
Create the XFeature Season Library Item
Create another data object but this time select XFeature Season
Fill in all the required fields
Fill in all the fields that have a * next to them. If the item you need is not in the
dropdown list then you can add it by clicking on the pencil icon.
Log the Thumbnail Image ( Picon )
Fill in all the required fields
Choose the Tag as Graphic Master when logging images
Set the Picon for the XFeature Series
From the Clipboard right click on the XFeature Series item and select Edit Picon
Choose the Thumbanil from the popup window
Navigate to the thumbnail that you logged in the previous steps and
double click on the row to set the picon
Attach the Season 1 to the Series Library Item
From the cliplboard open the XFeature Series item that you created.
On the left panel navigate to the Meta Relationships section.
Select Attach from the popup window
Log the Episode video
From the home folder select the video file and click Log Selected
Fill in all the required fields
Fill in all the fields marked with *
Set the Picon for the Episode Video
From the clipboard right click on the XFeature Episode, select Entry and Edit Picon
Choose an image from the popup window
The image selected will be set as the thumbnail image for the epidsode
Edit the Video Background for the episode
From the Clipboard right click on the episode, select Edit and Edit Video BG
Select Image from the popup window
The image that you select here will be displayed as the background image on the video player
Attach the XFeature Episode to the Season node
Open the XFeature Season node from the clipboard and navigate to the Entry Relationships.
Attach the XFeature Episode on the XFeature Season node
Select Attach to attached the episode
Log the XFeature Poster
From your Home folder select the poster image and log it as an XFeature Image
Fill in all the required fields
Set the Tag as Graphic Master for the poster image
Attach the XFeature Image to the XFeature Series Node
Open the XFeature Series and drag the XFeature Image from the Clipboard
onto the top node in the Entry Relationships section.
Select Attach from the popup window
The Entry Relationships tree should look like this now
Re open the XFeature Series library item from the clipboard and go
to the Entry Relationships panel
Logging the Director for the XFeature Series
Go back to your home folder where you uploaded the Director’s image.
Log it as People library item and Tag it as Graphic Master
Fill in all the required fields
Fill in all the required fields, if the item you need is not in the drop down
list you can add it using the pencil icon.
Loggin the Actors for the XFeature Series
From the home folder select the Actor thumbnail and click Log Selected
Fill in all the required fields
Fill in all the required fields and set the Ocupation as Actor. Set the Tag as Graphic Master
Attach the Director and Actors to the XFeature Series node
Open the XFeature Series node from the Clipboard and drag the
Director and Actors onto the top node in the Entry Relationships
Select Attach from the popup window
Add the Default Permissions to the XFeature Series
Open the XFeature Series object from the clipboard and add the xview_default permission.
Content Trigger Times
This lesson explains how to use trigger to control your content play times, you must already have an existing playlist that is looped.
We are going to use simple playlist to explain content trigger times – see below.
Content trigger times overview
The playlist has 3 items, the last one is under the loop – so this means that only 2 items should play and the 3rd one should not play because it’s outside the loop.
Let’s say we want the 3rd item to play at a specific time, specific duration and at what frequence…that is when we use the content trigger times: click on item to trigger – right click – time – and select “Content trigger times ”
Strict Content Trigger Times
When you set “Strict trigger time” – that item will only play at the exact time that is set, irrespective of what will be currently playing. So at exactly 10h00 the “Racing cars” item will play everyday. The steps to set this are as follows:
- Click and right click the item to trigger
- Set the trigger time
- Set it to strict
- Save by clicking done
Be sure to publish your screen.
So at exactly 10h00 the “Racing cars” item will play everyday then go back and play the list inside the loop. You don’t need to fill in other columns as this will only plays once.
Slot in Content Trigger Times
For an item to play more than once at specified time and frequency, we use the slot in feature. The steps are as follows:
- Click and right click the item to trigger
- Set the trigger time
- Set the end time
- Set it to slot – this means that at 10h00 this item will play but it will wait for whatever is currently playing to finish, so it will not play at exactly specified time but only after what would be playing at 10h00 is done, then it will play.
- Set the frequency – this is the frequency that the item should play, in our example it is set every 10 minutes
- Click to save.
So, after the publish – the Racing cars should play from 10h00 (after what’s currently playing) every 10 minutes till 11h00 o’clock everyday.
Adding Audio Layer
This shows how to add audio playlist that will play when items or videos in the main playlist have no sounds.
You must know how to create screen, add layer and playlisting.
You must have uploaded the tracks already (MP3 Format) and log them using either Default Audio or Music Tracks.
Screen with main playlist
Normal Screen with one layer called ” Fullscreen Layer” and the playlist name called ” Fullscreen List”
Adding Audio Layer
Right click on the screen
Select Layout – New Layer.
You will have a new little layer on your screen – right click on it and select “Layer Properties”
Labelling the audio layer
Label the Layer as ” Audio Layer”
You can change the colour if you want to – click ” done”
Make new playlist call it Audio Playlist – drag the audio items to the Audio list (make sure you loop) – close the audio playlist – drag it from the clipboard and attach it to the Audio Layer
Screen with Audio Layer
This is how your screen will look like.
Now we need to put the Audio Layer underneath the Fullscreen Layer.
Click on Audio layer from the right hand side and drag it down so the Fullscreen Layer is on top.
Last step is to open the main playlist and mute the sound all the media items that have no sound – you do this so that when content with no sound plays, the audio track to also play in the background.
Muted Items
In the playlist – click item you want to mute – right click – select Audio Control – click on “Mute Audio”
The item will have a little red block next to it – this means that when this item display on screen, the track in the Audio playlist will play.
That’s how you make Audio playlist.
Opening User Details
User Details
Opening User Details option
To open my folder select the “User Details” icon under the home tab. Once Selected a pop up will appear, that is shown below.
Add/Change details
- Change the user details in selected meta data fields
- Click save
Moving a player from screen to other screen
This lesson explains the process involved in moving the player attached to a screen to a new or existing screen.
NB: Before you move a player, make sure that it is online – it will not update if it’s offline.
Player Config
Screen works – click on Player Dashboard
Click on the player that you want to move (you can also search for it by typing it’s name on the search box), look at the Project & Screen to see the where the player is currently attached – as shown in the picture above. For example – from the picture above, Player named DP0903 is attached to a Bouquet called Phumza Test , using the Screen called Phumza_Constraint Test.
Click dropdown of the the Project (Project is another name for Bouquet) – here you will see all the existing bouquets.
Choose the bouquet that you want, and then click on the screen dropdown to see all the screens under that bouquet – click on the screen you want to change the player to…don’t forget to save.
After you have clicked save – the “current list” column will go red, click the refresh button until it has gone green again…then you have successfully moved player to the different screen.
XFeature Film
The media items that wil be required to create a XFeature Film library object are as follows:
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