Create a Sync Play Schedule

You can create and assign synced playback playlists to tag-mapped devices. Synced playback playlists start or switch content files from multiple playlists at the same time. This allows you to play different content on multiple devices simultaneously. For details on creating synced playback playlists, see Create a synced playlist.

1. Click New Schedule > Content.
2. Use the Create Schedule window to configure basic schedule settings and click Create.

Item	Description
Supported Devices	Select a device type to which to distribute the schedule. - Synched playback schedules can be created when I Player, S3 Player is selected. - Higher-performance devices than the selected device are automatically included in the selection. For example, if you select S2 Player, higher versions, such as S3 Player, I Player, are automatically selected. - Supported Devices only displays device types for the devices that have currently licenses registered on MagicINFO Server.
Schedule Type	Specify a playback mode. Select Sync Play. The options available under Schedule Type vary depending on the selected device types.
Publish to	Click Select and select a device group on which to perform synced playback. - To perform synced playback, make sure that the same tag is assigned to all devices in the selected group. - One tag should be set for each device that is to be distributed. - Click Assign Tag to tag devices. For details, see Managing devices with tags.

3. Configure the specific schedule settings.
4. Select a date to which to assign the schedule.
5. Specify the time unit of a timetable to assign the schedule to. Timetables can be selected daily, weekly or monthly.

• Daily: View a daily timetable.
• Weekly: View a weekly timetable.
• Monthly: View a monthly timetable.
• List: View content playback schedules assigned to a timetable as a list.

3. Set channels. To add or change channels, Click Edit Channel. Use the "change channel" window to select a channel. Alternatively, click Add and set the channel name and number to add a channel. A channel is similar to a TV broadcast channel. Add channels when creating a schedule and then distribute the channels to devices. This allows you to play desired content by changing device channels. For details on changing channels, see Changing device channels.
4. Select a screen frame for a device to which to distribute the schedule. Play a content file on the device screen split according to the selected frame. To change the frame, click Edit Frame.
5. View device types to which to distribute the schedule.
6. Add programs to the schedule, using one of the following options:

• Option 1: Click and drag content from the content list to the schedule table. Click the added content.
• Option 2: In the schedule table, click or drag the time slot to which to add the content.

1. Sort files by the content file, playlist, or input source.
2. Select the desired categories. Only the selected categories appear on the screen.
3. View content under a specific group.
4. Select the desired file types, user IDs, tags, and file sizes. Only files that match the selected conditions appear.
5. Sort content files by using thumbnail or list view mode.
6. Search content files or playlists by name. Click on an empty space to search for specific types of content.
7. View content, playlists, or input sources in a list.
8. This is the schedule table. Drag or click a time slot to assign content dragged from the content list.
9. Use the "create program" window to configure specific program settings and click Save.

Item	Description
Content	Select a synced playlist. - If you select Lock, content is prevented from being edited by a USB device insertion into the device or other actions.
Playback Date	Specify the period to execute a schedule. - To run a schedule continuously, select the Never expired checkbox.
Repeat	Once: Execute a schedule only once. Daily: Repeat a schedule every day. Weekly: Repeat a schedule on the specified day(s). Monthly: Repeat a schedule on the specified dates of every month.
Playback Time	Set the time to play content. - To play content continuously over a specified period of time, select the 24 hours checkbox.

6. After configuring the required schedule settings, click Save.
7. When the content distribution settings window appears, input distribution information and click Save & Publish. Click More Options to view additional settings.

Item	Description
Schedule Name	Enter a schedule name. A single schedule name cannot be used more than once.
Schedule Group	Select a group for the schedule.
Publish to	View the target device group for schedule distribution.
Description	Enter a description of the schedule.
Background Music	Select a content to use as background music for the content. If the content mapped to the schedule is a video that contains sound, the sound is replaced by the specified background music and only the video is played.
Resume Play	Choose whether to use resume play.
Deploy with Reservation	Select the Reservation checkbox to distribute the schedule at a specific time. All requests for schedule changes are saved up until the specified distribution time. These changes are applied all at once when the schedule is distributed.