This page is the map. Which types exist, what each is for, and the two things that apply to all of them: how you add one, and how to get the ones you never use out of your way.
The types
| Type | Puts on screen | Has a timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Media | Video and audio from a file | Yes |
| Video from a link | The same, from an address | Yes |
| Still | One picture | No — it has a duration |
| Scene | A scene you built yourself | Only if something in it runs |
| Hold | Black, or your hold image | No — it waits |
| Web page | A page in a browser source | No |
| Media playlist | Several files, one per GO | Per file |
| Stills playlist | Several pictures, each with its own time | No |
Alongside these, part 2 covers the lines that organise rather than show: group, part, archive folder and go to.
Modules can add cue types of their own; each is described in that module’s part of this manual, and goes on and off with the module rather than under Cue types in the toolbar.
Adding one
Three routes, and they end in the same place:
- The toolbar button for that type. Buttons with an arrow hold the related types behind it — the media playlist and the link sit under Media, the stills playlist under Still.
- Dragging a file onto the list. The type follows from what you dropped; the full table is in part 1.
- Duplicating a line you already have, when you want the same settings again.
A new cue lands where the insertion line is, including inside a group, and starts with the default transition and follow action you set under Settings → Cue list.
Hiding the types you never use
Settings → Modules → Cue types in the toolbar lets you switch off the buttons for types this installation does not need. A house that never shows a web page can take that button out and have a shorter toolbar for it.
Two things it does not do:
- Cues of that type already in a list keep playing. Hiding a button removes a way to make new ones, not the ability to run what exists.
- Dragging a file in still works, whichever buttons you show.
Which type for which job
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A clip to play | Media |
| A picture on screen until you move on | Still with no duration |
| A picture for exactly twelve seconds | Still with a duration |
| The picture to stay while you sort something out | Hold |
| A countdown, a clock, or several sources at once | Scene |
| A live page: schedule, counter, dashboard | Web page |
| A block of clips that plays one per GO | Media playlist |
| Photos that advance by themselves | Stills playlist |