Display Studio: How do I create and edit a quick display container and button?

(This automatically connects to a content folder and creates buttons.)

1. Create a new Quick Display container by right-clicking in a workspace page, hovering over new and selecting Quick Display Container
    
2. Click the drop down next to Display Name and select the sign or zone for the respective player you'd like this container to control.
   Note: Quick Display containers are created 1 per sign/zone so if you choose DMP-7000/8000 Full Screen, you can't make a button within that container to control the Ad signs/zones, prompt sign/zones, etc. For multi-sign/zone control, follow the Scripting Container and Buttons KB: Display Studio: How do I Create Scripting Containers and Buttons?
    

After selecting the display and sign/zone, click the Link to Library button to open the Library Browser window. As of version 2.20 of Show Control, subfolders can now be used when linking to a library. Follow the steps illustrated in the video below: 

Save Properties

1. Click Save. The Quick Display Container Properties screen will close and Display Studio will automatically create buttons for all the files in the library.
2. The auto-generated buttons can be edited using the icon row (explained in the steps for method #2 below) by right clicking on a button and selecting properties
3. When new files are added to the linked library, right-click within the Quick Display Container and select Refresh Library for the container to auto-create a new button for the added piece(s) of content

After making a new Quick Display Container and selecting which display to control, save the new container.  Next, right-click from within the Quick Display Container and select New Button to open the Button Creation Window.

 

New Button Creation

• To create a new button, the icons needed to add files, adjust playlist settings, etc. are located in a row at the top of the button.

Add Files

The folder icon lets you Insert or Add new file(s). 

1. Click add or insert and navigate to the desired content. 
2. Select the - symbol to remove files.
   
    

Playlist Type

The stacked images icon lets you set Playlist Type. This determines the order the that the files will play.

1. Select the playlist type.  

• • Normal Playlist - all files will be added to the queue in the order they are listed in the button.
  • Shuffle Playlist - all files will be added to the queue in a shuffled order.
  • Next Playlist - all files will be added to the queue one at a time and clicking the button again will add the next file in the playlist to the queue.
  • Random Playlist - all files will be added to the queue one at a time in a random order.

Modes

The clapboard icon lets you set Playlist Mode to be continuous or indicate the number of run times.
 

The pause symbol lets you set when a file or files will pause upon first playback or at the conclusion of the file(s)

 

• Also see: Display Studio: How do I use the pause, stop and resume commands

Duration 

The circular arrow icon lets you set the Duration or Repeat Count on the selected files
 

Transition

The arrow icon lets you set the entry Transitions on the selected files
 

Audio Levels

The speaker icon lets you set the audio levels on the selected files.  This allows normalization and options to play alternate audio files. Display Studio: How do I create audio level offsets in button?
 

Mark In / Mark Out

The 7th icon lets you set the Mark In/Mark Out points on the selected files.  This is for animations and clips. See:  Display Studio: How to I mark in or mark out my clips?  and Display Studio: How to insert a custom marker to a clip on a button.
  

Thumbnail

The final icon lets you set the thumbnail
 

Save the button.

• Stop a Playlist from Looping Content Continuously  - Step 2.2
• Display Studio: How do I customize a media file duration  - Step 2.5
• Display Studio: How do I Configure Default Zone Transitions  - Step 2.6
• Display Studio: How to play an alternate audio with clips?  - Step 2.7
• Display Studio: How do I create audio level offsets in button?  - Step 2.7
• Display Studio: How do I mark in or mark out my clips?  - Step 2.8
• Daktronics Show Control System User Handbook, D2003514, pages 62-74 in the manual.