alex
May 5, 2017, 7:00am
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It sounds to me like you’re using very long durations on one or more of your media items.
Start out by reading the following:
Understanding Media duration and how it affects playback
When working with Xibo layouts, it’s important to understand how media duration affects the playback of your layout.
For example, a layout setup like this:
Layout A
Region 1: Image 1 (10s), Image 2 (10s)
Region 2: Text 1 (5s), Text 2 (2s)
When that runs, region 1 will show Image 1 then Image 2 because it’s the longest running region on the layout. When that …
All signage players supporting the Xibo CMS communicate over “web services”. These are available on the CMS via normal HTTP or secure HTTPS connections (the same communication method used to view web pages).
Each player has a Collection Interval which determines how often they connect to the CMS to download updated schedule information and new content.
There are 8 pieces of information regularly exchanged between Players and the CMS.
Register
Required Files
Schedule
File Download
Resource Do…
Then ensure you are allowing time for the Player to collect from the CMS, and for your currently running layout to expire, before you manually restart the Player.