Advanced playback restrictions
A single content item can be limited in three independent ways. Each one has its own how-to page in 3. Content; this page explains how they fit together.
A content item's Availability section — where Show from / Show until set the date window (the first of the three restrictions)
Restriction | What it controls | How to set it |
|---|---|---|
Date window (Show from / Show until) | The single continuous period the item may play in | |
Interval grid | A recurring on/off rhythm (and alternating two items) | |
Screen restriction | Which screens the item plays on, by device tag |
How they combine
They stack, and each one can independently stop an item from playing:
The date window is the outer boundary — nothing plays before the start or after the end.
The interval grid sets the rhythm inside that boundary.
The screen restriction decides where it plays at all.
So a banner can be limited to Q4 (date window), shown one week on and one week off inside Q4 (grid), and only on screens tagged Vilnius (screen restriction).
The assistant can set any of these for you — even all three at once, e.g. "show this only in December, one week on one week off, on the Vilnius screens."
A screen needs the right time
Date- and interval-based restrictions rely on the screen's clock. The player only plays time-limited content when its clock is NTP-synchronized, so screens need a working internet/time connection — otherwise time-limited items are skipped rather than shown at the wrong moment.
Not the same as scheduling a playlist or a screen
The three restrictions above limit one content item. They're different from scheduled publishing (when a whole playlist goes live) and display schedules (what hours the screen is on) — see Scheduling overview for how everything fits together.