How to Schedule Content in Muvi Playout

Introduction

Once you created the channels (video/audio) and contents (video/audio), you can schedule them in different time slots through the “Scheduler”. You can schedule content for the whole day, the whole week, and the month. When the end-users visit your channel page, they can view the contents scheduled in different time slots. You can also select time zones for a specific region through the scheduler.

Schedule Content in Playout

You can add content to the channels and schedule them in different time slots through the “Scheduler”. You can also select time zones for a specific region through the scheduler.

• To add content to the scheduler, navigate to "Cloud Playout"-->"Scheduler" in the Dashboard.
• In the"Scheduler", select the "Channel" from the drop-down menu.
• Select the Time Zone from the drop-down. e.g., if you want to show your programs to your Indian users, then select “Asia/Kolkata (UTC +05:30)”.
• To add content on a specific date and time slot, click on the scheduler. You can select the date and time manually by clicking on the "Calendar". You can either add the content on the current date or on a future date. You can not add content for a past date.
• If no date is selected, then content will be added to the current date and time.
• On the right-hand side, you can see the content that you have already added to the "Content Library" under the "Media Tab".
• Drag and drop the content under the media tab to the scheduler.
• You can also type the content name in the “Search Content” field to search and add the content, or you can even use the filter option.
• Automatically, the time difference between the content is set to 1 millisecond.
• You can even add a custom time gap between the content in milliseconds.
• Click on the 3 dots on the right-hand side of the content to select the time gap.
• Click on "Add Gap Above" to set a time duration gap above the content. You can set the gap in HH:MM: SS format. For example, to set a 5-second gap, type 00:00:05.
• Click on "Add Gap Below" to set a time duration gap below the content. You can set the gap in HH:MM: SS format. For example, to set a 5-second gap, type 00:00:05.
• You can also add a "Filler Media" in between the two programs. When there is no program available, the end-users can watch the filler media.
• You can delete a specific event by clicking on the "Trash Icon" on the right-hand side of an event. When asked for confirmation, click on "Proceed" to delete the event.
• You can select "Repeat" if you want to repeat a specific program on a Daily, Weekly, or Monthly basis.
• Select the date from the calendar on which the repetition will end.
• You can also duplicate the program on a specific date by clicking on "Duplicate".
• Click on the "Edit Icon" on the right-hand side of an event to set a specific "Start Time" and "End Time" manually in milliseconds.
• Schedule as much content on different dates and time slots. You schedule content for the next day, next week, or next month.