2.3 Playlist and Message Setup
The CIMP1080AHD can organize media contents by using a simple text based
playlist
file. Located in the same root directory as the media files, you can
configure a playlist to schedule certain files to play at different times of the day or
days of the week.
In addition, the CIMP1080AHD can scroll a message much like a ticker in a
preset area of the screen. This is controlled through a
message
text file that will
be called in the
playlist
.
The playlist is configured using week and time parameters. The week directives
are <MON>, <TUE>, <WED>, <THU>, <FRI>, <SAT>, <SUN> and the time
directives are assigned in 24 hour format and also enclosed in brackets. For
example, to schedule a series of files to be played from 3pm to 4pm the time tag
<15:00-16:00> would be added before the media files on the playlist. The
playlist file must have at least one default play list, and if there is nothing to
schedule, the user can implement a default playlist only.
- Default Playlist - A
default
playlist will not have any time or week directives. In
the example below, the default playlist will be looped repeatedly until 5pm
upon which the
scheduled
playlist will loop until 7pm. After this schedule block
has been completed, the default playlist will resume until the next scheduled
playlist on Saturday. Unless otherwise specified, the player will use
“message.txt” as the default message playlist.
- Time Scheduled Playlist -
Time schedule
playlists download a file from a
server when that file is scheduled to be played. Scheduled playback can be
assigned by using a time directive and file list. The user can specify special
message advertisements as well.
