In this video we're going to look at Playback Configuration Settings on the S-Play, this
was added in version 1.6.
Firstly, we're going to navigate across to the settings page and then scroll down to
find the playback configuration box.
Here we've got two options, 'Send black frame on playlist stop'.
and 'Restrict to one active playlist per Group'.
Firstly we're going to look at send black frame on playlist stop.
Now as the name suggests, when this is enabled the S-Play will send a black frame across
all channels and universes whenever stop is pressed.
If you want to send zero value channels for just the playlist that you're using, we recommend
going into the Playlist Settings and then setting a fade out time of greater than zero
seconds on the playlist.
This is really useful for installations where you're using LED pixel tape.
For example, if you stop a playlist the StreamingACN, DMX or Art-Net that you're sending out will
be cut at that point.
Now if using a pixel controller, this means that the last state will persist.
If you want everything to go black when you're stopping the playlist, you need to send a
black frame.
If using fixtures on your project that don't have zero as a default home position, such
as moving lights.
We don't recommend enabling this setting.
Doing this can cause a fixture to spin around to its end stop whenever Stop is pressed.
Next let's move on to Restrict to one active playlist per Group.
So, to illustrate this I've created two static cues.
The first one's green and the second one you can see here is blue.
I've set these to work on RGBW tape which we're going to have a look at later.
So if I navigate over to playlists I've got my green scene and my blue scene.
I've made a playlist for each of them now they're both 10 seconds long and they contain
no start trigger no stop trigger once I press play it'll just continue to loop.
Note the internal priority is 100 and the group is zero for both of these.
We can see down the bottom under playback configuration, that Restrict to one active
playlist per Group' is turned off.
So back to the playlist page.
I'm going to press play on the green scene.
and that's come on on my bench with the OCTO and some pixel tape set up.
Now if I play the blue scene, we get a cyan mix between the green and the blue both acting
at the same time.
if I stop the green scene, we can see it's gone fully blue.
Play that once again, it goes back to cyan.
So let's say we only want to play back one color at a time.
So, if I go over to Settings and then now I turn ON 'restrict to one active playlist
per Group' and update the playback configuration.
When we go back to playlists.
I'll stop these,
Now, when I play we can see it snap to green play blue and it snaps to blue.
Now to make this look a bit nicer what we can do is start modifying these playlists.
So I'm going to select the blue scene and we'll put a two second fade in on that globally
for the playlist
and a two second fade out too.
Press save, I'll do the same thing for green as well.
So now when we start to play,
we can see that smooth fade in at the beginning
and when I press stop, it's going to fade out
Now we add on the playback settings on top and I can have my blue scene
and I can play green
Now what you can see this doing is it's sending the stop command and then fading out over
that two second period to make sure things look smooth.
If working on a larger project this comes in handy by setting different groups for different
areas of your project.
For example if working on a hotel project, you may want to set the front façade of the
building to be one group, whereby you could allow different colours to be recalled at
different times.
Another group could control a social area or a bar and another one for the foyer.
This allows the user to recall states they want to see without having to stop other playlists
first.
If you've got any questions, get in contact through the comments or drop a message to
our sales and support team.
Thanks for watching and see you on the next video.