BDL3117P USB Playlist

BDL3117P USB Playlist


USB Playlist


USB Playlist allow the screen to play content from multiple playlist.
Different playlist can be played at different time of the day or different day of the week
To use this feature, the photo/video files need to be stored in certain directory location in the USB Drive and named in a certain way.

If you only have 1 playlist to play at all time, use the USB Autoplay feature instead which is easier to setup (https://support.westan.com.au/portal/en-gb/kb/articles/bdl3117p-usb-autoplay)



Media File

The USB Playlist uses the Screen's media player.
It supports both video (MP4) and image file (baseline JPEG).
However, including video into the playlist introduces 1s gap between playing one media to the next.
For best outcome, it's recommended to only play JPEG media files

Baseline JPEG


JPEG file are compressed using progressive and non progressive (baseline/standard) compression.
Progressive compression takes longer to load where the baseline/standard is much faster.
When a progressive JPEG image is used, there will be a gap before that JPEG image is being played.
It's best to convert the progressive JPEG image to baseline JPEG image. 

If you're not certain if your JPEG file is a baseline JPEG or progressive JPEG, it's easiest to just edit the JPEG file using Microsoft Paint, and then re-save which should save it as baseline JPEG

Playing Portrait Content


The Internal Media Player only support landscape Video.
If you're mounting the screen in Portrait, you need to rotate it 90 degrees anti-clockwise
To make the portrait image being shown in the right direction, you need to rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise
The easiest way to rotate the image is by editing it in Microsoft Paint, and rotating it 90 degrees clockwise

See the images below to be able to understand the 
If you are mounting the screen in Portrait, you need to rotate the image 90 degree 
JPEG file are compressed using progressive and non progressive (baseline/standard) compression.
Progressive compression takes longer to load where the baseline/standard is much faster.

When the screen is mounted in landscape, the picture will look like this

 

But when the screen is mounted in portrait, the image will be orientated in the correct manner.

 



How to use USB Playlist function?


1.      Create a folder which should be named as “playlistN” (with N being the playlist number, eg playlist1 for playlist number 1, playlist2 for playlist number 2, etc) on the USB disk.
2.      Put the sources (PHOTO/Movie) which should be named as 001-030 in the respective folder. (Maximum 30 files)
3.      See later section of the document on how to run a certain playlist: manually, using a schedule, when screen is turned on.

USB folder structure


root






├ playlistN






│  ├ 001.jpg






│  ├ 001.mp4






│  ├ 030.mp4






│  └031.mp4 (It is out of range)







Screen Configuration

Press Home to bring the Setting Page
Configuration 1 ⇾ Switch on State = Force on         // When power is restored to the screen, the screen automatically turns on
Option ⇾ Power save = Mode 4                                 // Mode 4 means the screen never turns off
Option ⇾ USB Autoplay = off


Stopping USB Playlist

To Stop USB Playlist, you must to press the Stop button on your remote control

Play a playlist on the screen manually

Option -> Playlist --> <the playlist number of your choice>

Play a playlist when the screen is turned on

Configuration 1 ⇾ Boot on Source = Media Player, Playlist = <the playlist number of your choice>

Play a playlist based on a schedule:


Set the Date & Time
Option ⇾ Date and Time ⇾ manually set the date/time      //Set the Date & Time
                        Daylight Saving is only observed in NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, SA
                        To configure it
                        Daylight saving start date: 1st Sunday of Oct
                        Daylight saving stop date: 1st Sunday of Apr
                        Correction Time: 1.0
                        Daylight Saving Correction: On (Only for NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT, SA)

Option ⇾ Schedule
      Choose a Schedule
            Status               // On =  schedule is enabled
            Source              = Media Player
            Playlist               = <the playlist number of your choice>
            On Time           // Time when schedule start
            Off Time           // Time when schedule finish
            Repeat Mode    // Select all days or as appropriate
            



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