Transitions can greatly improve the impact of your content. It makes it more pleasant and fluid. OnSign supports transitions between Campaigns, Timeline items, and as shown here Playlist items.
Support for transitions depends on the hardware and player settings:
- Android Players – Android Players have full support for transitions. The exception to this rule is when the player is set to use “native mode for video playback”, this will disable transition for videos. If using “Legacy HTML5 WebView” it may stop transitions from working for HTML based content.
- Windows Players – Full support for transitions.
- Linux Players – Full support for transitions.
- SSSP 4 – No support for transitions.
- SSSP 5, 6, and Tizen – Support for transitions on all content, except videos.
- LG WebOS – Full support for transitions from webOS 4 onwards.
- BrightSign LS/HD – No support for transitions.
- BrightSign XD/XT/XC – Full support for transitions.
- ChromeOS – Full support for transitions.
Sample Transition effects
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How to add Transitions to Playlist items
- Choose an existing Playlist or create a new one.
- In the Playlist Editor, set a Default Transition to all items.
- Or go to the Playlist Content, hit the gear icon, and add an Individual Transition to an item. This will override the Default Transition.
- In the pop-up window, click on "Transition" to check out the options and select a transition effect.
- Confirm with the "OK" button on the pop-up window.
- Leave the Playlist with "Save", or "Save and Publish" at the bottom of the Playlist Editor, if the Playlist wasn't published yet.
Important Notes
Transitions and animations WILL NOT work if:
- "Use legacy HTML5 WebView" is enabled in the Player Settings (Android only).
- "Native mode for video playback" is enabled in the Player Settings (Android only).
- Using an old device with a not powerful enough CPU. To ensure your hardware runs smoothly and stable, we highly recommend testing the use of transitions on a sample device for at least 24hrs before publishing it to a large number of Players.
- If "Disable Transitions" is marked in the Player Settings (all hardware). You can take advantage of this feature to disable transitions on specific Players you don't want transitions to run on, while using a Campaign published to multiple other Players where you want transitions.
