Animated playlist widgets

Applies to Elementi 2017 and later. This page was updated for Elementi 2021 - the information below might not apply to older versions.

Description

This type of widget was added in Elementi 2017 and can be used to display a media playlist using the Ken Burns effect animation. The animated playlist widgets are included into Flickr widgets, Media files widgets, and Data feed widgets. The playlist is created automatically from the files retrieved from a given location - could be a designated folder or a third-party provider such as: Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, Flickr, etc.

Although videos are supported, this type of widget works best with images.

Starting with firmware 4.6.1, the effect is multiscreen-safe.

Configuration

Animated Playlist properties

The following properties, found under "Properties" tab, can be used to customize the widget:

• Data

  Click the button to open the Data Properties dialog and edit the properties related to the data source from where the files for the media playlist are retrieved. Different data channels are offered depending on the widget family: Flickr, Media etc.

• Media template

  Click the button to open the "Layer Properties" dialog and edit the properties (e.g., URI, media fit, media align, box formatting, effects etc) of the media layer used to display each media file retrieved from the data source. To create a dynamic address to the media file, the URI of the layer must contain a data placeholder (e.g., [[enclosure]], [[href]], [[link]] etc.; it is also possible to use something like http://my_server/images/[[name]].png if the entire URL is not provided).

• Crop size at start (%)

  Initial zoom factor applied on the cropped image.

• Crop size at end (%)

  Final zoom factor applied on the cropped image. The larger is the difference between the start and end crop size, the more visible will be the zooming animation applied to the image.

• Random zoom motion

  If enabled, the start and end size are inverted 50% of the time, causing the image to zoom in or zoom out randomly.

Note:

To modify the playlist-related properties of the widget, click the icon from the toolbar to open the "Document Properties" dialog and change the transition, shuffle, looping, and default media duration as needed.

See also

• Media playlist widgets for displaying media items in a playlist without effect.
• Media crawler widgets for displaying media items using a continuous scrolling effect.
• Slideshow widgets displaying slides composed of text & media layers, one after another as a playlist.
• Table widgets for displaying multiple items on the same slide.
• Elementi 2017 Widgets, Elementi 2018 Widgets
• Data-driven widgets
• jSignage Custom Effects plugin, Create new effects with jSignage