DISE Bridge Playback information

Playback Information dialog

The Playback Information dialog gives information about the selected destination, channel or DISE Movie. The most interesting feature is that this dialog displays an estimate of the display time for the complete playback loop.

In the Items column the Display Scheme, Channel or DISE Movie is displayed in a tree structure, where individual DISE Movies, scenes and objects will be displayed.

For each item in the tree you get the following information:

Duration

The display time of the item.

Type

The item type (Display Scheme, DISE Movie, scene or object).

Time Type

The way the time is calculated for the item. Can be one of the following:

Sum

Time is calculated as the sum of the times of the included items.

Adjust

Time is adjusted according to rules or the longest time of the included items.

Fixed

The time is fixed and specified in the item.

Scheduled

Displays the scheduling information for this item.

Transition

The display time of this items transition or “n/a” if there is no transition for this item.

To use this dialog as a duration time calculator, select a date and time in the Scheduling edit field. The total display time will be updates with an estimated value calculated on the scheduling rules at the selected date and time.

Note: Since some objects in a DISE Movie can have different display times each display loop, sometimes the “Total display time” at the bottom can show two values. In this case the first value will be the minimum display time and the second value will be the maximum display time.

If you enable the “Include transitions” option the transition times will be added to the total display time, otherwise they are excluded from the calculation.

When you use this dialog to calculate display duration, remember that it is an estimate of the display time. There are several different variables that can affect the total display time, such as processor speed, disk speed, display frame rate, video codec’s, localized settings or even the speed of your Internet connection if you use Internet based content.

Since the content does play in a sequence, all the small time differences will add up, so if your playback loop is long, expect the difference between estimated and real display time to be bigger than with a small playback loop.

To print out a report about your display loop you can click on the Print button.