Folder Playlist Configuration - Extron electronics SMD 101 User Manual

Folder Playlist Configuration

There is a global setting on the Configuration page - Automation tab that defines the
sequence, range and time in which objects are played from the folder.
Figure 62.
To set the global Folder Playlist configuration:
1. Click Configuration>Automation. The Automation page opens
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In the Folder Playlist panel (see figure 62) select a Sort By: option (
2.
a. By file name ascending alphanumeric – Plays the folder files in alphanumeric
order from 0 to Z, then begins again.
b. By file name descending alphanumeric – Plays the folder files in alphanumeric
order from Z to 0, then begins again.
c. By modified date oldest first – Plays the folder files in order of their modified
dates beginning with the oldest.
d. By modified date newest first – Plays the folder files in order of their modified
dates beginning with the newest.
e. Unsorted – Plays the folder files according to their sort order in the folder.
3. In the Limit range to: field (
to limit the folder playlist to. Leave the number at 0 (default) to include all the files.
4. In the Still Image duration (sec): field (
onscreen before the next image replaces it.
5. Click Save (
The Limit range to: field is used to create a dynamic playlist for unattended playback. For
example, choose By modified date newest first and set the Limit range to: field to
3.
The player now loops through the three most recent files in the folder. When a new file
is added to the folder the player adds the new file to the playback sequence and drops
the oldest file. Files are not added or removed from the folder, they are only included or
excluded from the playback sequence.
NOTES:
• If the folder is an SMP recording package containing multiple video files created
in accordance with the active SMP file length setting, the files are played back
seamlessly only on the sequence.
• You can have a folder with playlists only, or a combination of playlists and audio,
video, and image files.
Folder Playlist Configuration Panel
on page 60).
), select the number of files within the folder you want
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). The selections now become the default settings for all Folder Playlists.
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), select the default time an image is
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