Delay startup of a playlist in a zone

Hi!

Is it possible to delay the startup of one playlist inside one zone so that I time it correctly with the slide that it’s supposed to show the embedded code from another playlist inside another zone?

Basically I would have a paylist with pictures in the first full screen zone and in the second zone I would like to have a text that shows up ONLY on one specific slide on the first playlist.

So on slide let’s say 3/5 there is a picture and I would like to show the embedded code inside the second zone only for that slide (3/5).

On older versions (Xibo 3.x) this was possible and it was pretty straightforward to time the playlists and regions, but on Xibo 4.x I am a bit lost.

Thank you in advance for your help!

You can do this using a spacer widget inside the playlist containing the text.

Please note though that it has never been possible to guarantee the timing of those things, one started each playlist/region runs independently.

Hi Dan,

Thank you very much for your reply! This was exactly what I was looking for. So far it works as expected and it is surprisingly pretty reliable. No clue how I could miss the spacer widget…

For anyone else who is maybe looking for another way, you can also do it by embedding a custom JS with setTimeout function. This is less user friendly (and a pretty “dirty” solution) but it also does the trick.

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