How content reaches a screen

Five words explain how a video gets from your computer to a screen.

You upload media. A spot picks media, for example everything tagged Autumn. A playlist is a set of spots. You set a playlist on screens or groups, from a date. Strealer then works out each screen’s playout: the list of what it plays and when.

The words

Media: a video or an image you uploaded. Find them under Media.
Spot: a rule that picks media, such as all media with a tag. Find them under Playlists → Spots.
Playlist: a set of spots, with dates. Playlists were called programs before.
Screens and groups: where a playlist plays. A group is a set of screens, for example all screens in one city. A location holds the screens at one place.
Playout: what one screen plays, in order, hour by hour.

When changes show on screens

Players pick up changes by themselves in a few minutes to a couple of hours. Reload updates them at once, but playback may stop for a moment.

When a screen has two playlists, the one with the latest start plays. When it ends, the older one plays again.

What next

Still stuck? Email support@strealer.io or ask your Strealer contact.