Showing a Video on Displays

Add a Video file to your Media Library and Schedule to play on Displays.

You may have Video content which has been created to showcase product promotions or show company updates to employees, ready to be shown full screen on your Display network.

Video files are first added to the Library by upload or by URL. For this example a Video file will be uploaded to the CMS Media Library.

How-to Video Showing a Video

Add Media

Click on Media under the Library section of the main CMS menu.
Click the Add Media button.
Select Add files and select the Video file to upload.
Use the scroll bar to select a frame to use as the Video thumbnail, to make it easier to identify in Media Library lists.
Provide a new Name or leave this field blank to keep the original file name.
Click Start upload.
Once uploaded click Done.

Select Media

From the Media grid use the filters to make it easier to find the uploaded video file if required.
Use the row menu and select Schedule.
Select which Displays to show the video on.
If you want to use the default Always schedule, and happy with the default settings and have no further scheduling options to set, you can click Finish to complete the schedule.
If you want to select alternative created Dayparts or Custom dates, select Next.
To configure advanced scheduling options and override the duration of the video for example, click Next.
Duration in loop determines how long this video should be shown each time it appears in a Schedule Loop.
You can specify a duration here and provide a lower duration to cut the video short. When setting a higher duration, the video will loop back to the beginning and play to satisfy the duration applied.
Click to Finish once all relevant fields have been completed.

The CMS will now update a Schedule change and your Video will be shown on Displays for the timings set in the schedule.

FAQs

I don’t see the wizard when scheduling a Video?

A wizard was introduced in v4.4 to simplify the scheduling process. Use the link to view the earlier flow: Showing a Video

What are Schedule Loops?

A Schedule Loop is how media content will play when in schedules with other media content. For example, if you have scheduled 2 media items each with a 10 second duration to be shown at the same time for 1 hour, both items will play for their 10 second durations in fair rotation for the scheduled time.

Which file format is recommended for Videos?

We recommend H264 MP4 file format.