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Video Widget

With the Video widget you can add a single video to your content.

Properties >> Widget >> Main

Source

In the Source Menu you can select the video that you want to display and set the volume level. v1.png

Size & Position

In the Size & Position Menu you can select the width, height, and placement of your widget quickly.

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Effects

In the Effects Menu you can set the 'Rounding' and the 'Opacity' of your widget.

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Proof of Play

Proof of play is a reporting system, that allows you to gain report about used assets. If you turn on widget statistics you can report information about the displayed duration,number of displays and interaction events of this widget. If you turn on asset statistics you can report information about the displayed duration, number of displays and events of each media asset inside this widget

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Properties >> Widget >> Other

Behaviour

In the Behaviour Menu you can utilize setting and choose how you would like to render your video.

'Loop': The option to continuously loop a video will be disabled if the element is set to jump to the end page, has an exit animation, or has enabled controls.
'Controls': Disable or enable video controls. This option will be unavailable if the element has the loop option enabled.
'Hardware Accelerated Player': For improved performance, use the screen's Hardware Accelerated Player instead of the HTML player.
'Keep ratio': Maintain the aspect ratio of the video source.

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Effects

In the Other Effects Menu you can set 'Shadow' and 'Border' here.

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Animation

In the Animation Menu you can choose the enter and the exit animations of your widget.

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Bind to data

You can use the Data Picker tool to select your 'Datasource'.

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Additional Properties

Under the Proof of Play Menu you can click on the three dots which will show Additional Properties.

  • The 'Custom Margin' switch allows you to set a custom sized margin to your widget.

  • The 'Mask' option will let you select a PNG image to affect the shape of your widget.

  • You can also 'Flip' your widget horizontally, vertically, or both with the flip function.

  • The 'Click through' function allows you to click through the widget and interact with other widgets behind this one.

  • With 'Hide based on' data binder you can give a data from a datasource to the widget.
    If the datarow of the device and the given data are not the same, the widget will not appear on the device.

  • With 'BG color' data binder you can give a background color for the widget from a Datasource.

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Tutorials

Tutorial YouTube Video: Video Widget