Using the Media Repository

How to upload your files to the media repository.

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Written by Kelli
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TelemetryTV has a robust media manager that lets you store images and videos for future use. 

To get started, navigate to “Media” on the left-hand toolbar of the TelemetryTV interface.

If you’ve already added media but don’t see anything, try selecting "View All Media" from the drop down menu.

Uploading & Previewing Media

From your media page, there are two ways to upload media.

  • Clicking on the “Upload” button lets you drag and drop media directly from the device you are currently using.

  • Clicking on "Canva" lets you create and import Canva content. Check out this article to learn more about our Canva integration.

Once your media is uploaded, you may rotate, replace, move, or delete it using the 4 icons on the top right.

With a piece of media selected, you may click on the “Details” tab on the far right to view information, edit its name, or add helpful search tags.

Select the “Preview” tab and then click on the preview window to view your media in full screen.

Organizing Media

Once you've uploaded media, you can organize it into Folders , which allows you to group media together. Media must first be shared in order to organize into folders. You can now view the size of a media folder on a playlist tab if size greater or equal to 999MB.

Creating a folder is easy! Just hit the "+ Folder" button from the drop-down menu at the top of the Media page:

When you create a media folder, you can put the new folder within a pre-existing, superior folder. In this way, you can 'nest' folders, and exert even greater organizational control. By default, the system will suggest the new media folder be added to the generic top-level folder, named Root Folder.

Media you’ve uploaded can be accessed from other parts of the TelemetryTV interface for use in your playlists and apps.

You can change the access groups have to media folders by toggling the Group Permissions using the 'three dots' to the right of the folder name. The permissions available are read-only (eye icon), read-and-write (pencil icon), and none (pictured):

Please note: The same permissions options are available for App Folders as well.

Adding Media to Playlists

You can add media to a Playlist Page in 3 different ways:

  • Single Media

  • Multiple Media Slideshow

  • Media Folder Slideshow

1. Single Media

You can add individual media to playlists. From the Playlist Editor with a page zone selected, select the "Media" tab on the right. You can either drag-and-drop a file for one-time use (hidden media) or upload media from your Google Drive or One Drive account. To select from a folder, select "Shared Media," choose the folder in which the media is stored, and then select the specific media item. Click "Add" to apply it to the page. To select from Google Drive or One Drive, click on the Google Drive or One Drive icons on the bottom right. Now, choose from a folder you would like to display content from.

2. Multiple Media Slideshow

You can add multiple media files to a single playlist page, or a zone within a playlist page. To do this, its just a matter of following the same steps for adding a single media file, with the added twist of adding multiple files at the media selection screen. You can also add more files later by clicking "Add Item."

3. Media Folder Slideshow

The last option is to add an entire media folder, which brings all the media contained in that folder into the playlist. When a folder is set to a playlist zone, the media displayed will automatically update any time files are added/removed from that folder.

💡 Pro tip:  Use Playlist Zones to display several images or videos on a single playlist page! 

You can also add and create media content using Canva, which is a powerful media-creation tool that integrates perfectly with TelemetryTV. With Canva, you can create your own visual designs and add them to playlists. In order to access Canva, just select the "Canva" tab from the Playlist Editor panel. Check out this article on Canva for more information. 

Supported Media

Images

TelemetryTV supports GIFs (animated and not), PNGs (animated and not) and JPEGs.   Images will be scaled to fit the screen so you should ensure that they match the resolution of the screen they are displayed on. See this article for important tips on optimizing your images.

Other File Types Are Converted To Images 

You may upload a number of other file types which will automatically get converted to images for storage and display on devices.  If the file has multiple pages, it will typically be converted to one image per page and bundled as a single media object in the interface.  The file types supported are PDF, SVG, PowerPoint, Word and Excel document types.

Videos

TelemetryTV supports MP4 and WEBM video file formats directly.   You can upload them and have them play on your playlist without conversion.

Video Audio

Please be aware due to browser autoplay policies that videos with audio may not preview properly and the browser may refuse to play them entirely.   This unfortunately is a limitation imposed by Google in certain more recent versions of Chrome. 

Video Formatting

You should size your Video for the screen you intend to play on.  Videos will be scaled to fit and may result in black bars being displayed if the videos resolution doesn't match the screen size. Check out this article for more information on optimizing your videos.

Media Expiry Date/Scheduling

Our media expiry feature allows you to add scheduling rules for a specific media file within a media folder. This means you can add a time sensitive piece of media content to your media folder and once the expiry date has been reached the media will be automatically deleted from your media folder and account. This feature allows you to keep your media folders clean and up to date with only necessary content.

In your media folder, from the right hand column enter the date you would like your media to start displaying/expire.

This is not necessary. Only use this feature if you would like to limit when a particular media file displays.

Please note that the player only checks for media file rules once per hour. For more real-time scheduling, we recommend using Playlist Scheduling on the page level.

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