Set a default item in a schedule
The default item is what a schedule plays for as long as no event is active. You set it with the gear icon in the top right of the schedule editor: that opens Schedule settings with the field Default item.
Set the default item
- Open a schedule under Schedules.
- Click the gear icon in the top right. The Schedule settings window opens.
- Under Default item, choose the type: None (black screen), Playlist or File.
- Under Content, click Choose content... and pick the item.
- Under Default item scaling, choose how the item fits on the screen.
- Click Save.
If no default item has been set while the schedule already holds at least one event, a warning appears above the calendar with a shortcut to that same setting. An empty schedule doesn't show the warning.
What plays when
- At the scheduled times, the event plays.
- Outside the scheduled times, the default item plays.
- If it is set to None (black screen), the screen stays black outside the scheduled times.
Scaling of the default item
Default item scaling applies to the default item only; the scaling of an event is set on the event itself.
- Fill: fills the whole screen, edges of the item can be cut off.
- Fit: the whole item stays visible, with bars if the aspect ratio doesn't match.
- Stretch: stretches the item to the screen, which changes the aspect ratio.
- Original: shows the item at its own size.
New schedules start out on Fit. You set the color of the bars per screen with Background color, see screen settings.
More
- Adding events: create a schedule.
- Repeating events: recurring events.