ePaper mode

ePaper mode is a simplified mode for playlist editor to create fully compatible playlists for ePaper devices.

• You can easily drag and drop the selected source into the playlist.
• The device tags and the scheduling functionality will ensure your page plays in the right place at the right time.

What are ePaper devices

ePaper devices are created with paper-like display technology, these devices offer excellent readability in bright sunlight while consuming minimal power.

Click here to learn more about ePaper devices

Where can you enable ePaper mode

• Navigate yourself to Contents menu
• Click on the + button, select Create playlist
• Enable ePaper mode

Restrictions

• Once a playlist is set to ePaper mode, it cannot be reverted to a simple playlist, nor can an existing playlist be modified to become ePaper compatible.
• Playlists created with ePaper mode can only be assigned to ePaper devices as content or emergency content.

Where can I see my e-paper compatible Playlists?

• Navigate yourself to Contents menu

• Select the Playlists tab

  

ePaper specific Playlist Editor features and restrictions

ePaper devices are not always connected to the server, rather they wake up after sleeping for a set amount of time and re-check on the server if anything has changed in the assigned playlist

• For simple playlists, the minimum duration is 3 seconds. However, for ePaper devices, the minimum duration is increased to 5 minutes to balance their limited server connectivity.

ePaper devices cannot play dynamic contents, and dynamic elements in it such as audio and video files

• Videos and audio files cannot be added to ePaper-compatible playlists.

Simple playlists have settings that are not necessary to ePaper devices, so the editor interface got a simplified version in order to avoid unnecessary settings to be set

• Certain settings from both Playlist settings and Playlist page settings has been removed
  • Basic tab (e.g., Aspect ratio, Transition, Mute, Synchronized playlist) and the entire Advanced tab of Playlist settings are not available for ePaper-compatible playlists.

Because ePaper compatible playlists have been created in a simplified version of the Playlist editor, they are not eligible to be played inside other playlists or even channels or sub-channels

• Playlists with ePaper compatible mode cannot be added to channels and sub-channels.
• Only playlists with ePaper mode can be embedded into ePaper-compatible playlists.