Players & Layouts
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What is a player?
Behind a 'player' there is usually a hardware/software combination for playing out the content. A player has a dedicated resolution that does not change at runtime. Therefore, a resolution is specified once when a player is created. This calculates the aspect ratio, which is used to assign the corresponding layouts with the same aspect ratio.
What is a layout?
A layout always has a resolution as basic information. This is usually the resolution that is also used by the player to which this layout is to be assigned. With this one bit of information about the resolution you can already use a layout. However, content can only be played back in full screen. However, only the aspect ratio is used when displaying a layout. Even when assigning content to a layout, only the aspect ratio is taken into account. This has the advantage that one layout can be used for different resolutions. A 16/9 layout can be used for a Full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels as well as for a 4K resolution of 3840x2160.
However, a layout is created with pixel values, as this makes it easier to position the frames.
What is a frame?
The picture-in-picture frames are referred to as frames. When created, these are also specified with pixel values (size and position). But even in frames, when assigning content, only care is taken to ensure that the aspect ratio matches.
Player (list) 1
On the left side there is a list of all players known to the system. Players can be created, edited and deleted.
Using the ‘Add player’ button opens a dialog to create a new player.
The ‘ID’ used for the player must be unique across the system, whereby the ‘Name’ can be the same for multiple players.
A notice!
When a new player is created, a NeuroomNet component is also created. This component can be located, grouped or used for automatic on and off switching times like any other component in the NeuroomNet system.
With ‘Edit Player’ you can change the properties of players that have already been created.
The ‘Refresh’ button tells the selected player to update its layouts and thus also its playlists.
Attention! This may cause a current broadcast to be interrupted.
List of layouts 3
On the right is the list with all existing layouts. Layouts can be created and edited in JSON format using the integrated editor.
Player layouts 2
If you have selected a player on the left side, you can assign any number of layouts to the player from the 'List of Layouts' using drag-drop. These layouts are then available under ‘Playlists & Timelines’ to fill them with content.
Of course, it is advisable to only assign layouts to a player that correspond to the aspect ratio of the player.