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Chapter 3 – Creating Presentations
Dynamic Playlists
Note: You must have a BrightSign Network account to use Dynamic Playlists.
A Dynamic Playlist enables you to easily update and share content in multiple presentations. For example, if you need to
add daily announcements to your presentations and you don’t want to update each presentation separately, you can add
a Dynamic Playlist to all of your presentations and insert a new video announcement in the Dynamic Playlist each day.
When you upload the revised Dynamic Playlist to the BrightSign Network, every presentation that includes the Dynamic
Playlist receives the new content. In this way, a single update can reach multiple presentations.
You can create Dynamic Playlists for image/video content or audio content. Audio content cannot be mixed with
image/video content (and vice versa). Dynamic Playlists containing audio can only be added to Audio Only and Enhanced
Audio zones, while Dynamic Playlists containing image/video content can only be added to Images, Video or Images, or
Video Only zones.
Creating a Dynamic Playlist:
1. Click the Create tab in the upper-left portion of the screen.
2. On the menu bar, click File > New Dynamic Playlist. You can also open previously created Dynamic Playlists by
clicking File > Open Dynamic Playlist. You can then make edits to the playlist.
3. Add files to your Media Library by clicking the Browse button and selecting a folder that contains the files you want
to include in your Dynamic Playlist.
4. Drag the desired media files to the playlist area.
5. Click the Upload to Network button in the upper-right portion of the screen.
6. You will be prompted to save the playlist. Click Yes. The Save As window will open. Type a name for your playlist
and click Save. The Save Complete window will open. Click OK. The playlist will now upload onto the BrightSign
Network. Click OK.
Now all presentations that contain the Dynamic Playlist will automatically receive the new content. You can change the
content of the Dynamic playlist at any point by opening the playlist (File > Open Dynamic Playlist) and dragging new
media files into the playlist area.