Content

The Content screen (the media icon on the navigation rail, at /content) is your media library. It is where you upload the images, videos, audio, and text your campaigns play, organize them into folders, preview them, and manage them. It is one of the largest screens in the Manager, so this article walks through it feature by feature.

Get to know the Content screen

The screen has three parts:

• A toolbar across the top with the main actions — Add content, Create folder, Create text, Playlists, Select — and, on the right, a Search content box, a Sort dropdown, and buttons for Export to XLSX, the cards/table toggle, and Filter.
• A breadcrumb row that shows where you are in the folder tree (Root folder › a folder › …).
• The library grid. Its first cell is always the circular storage ring; then come your folders, then your media cards.

The Content screen — the storage ring, folder cards, and media cards

A folder card that holds images or videos previews its contents as a 2×2 mosaic of the first few thumbnails; a folder with no visual media (or only audio and text) shows a letter glyph instead. The mosaic appears in cards view only.

The round button on the far right of the toolbar toggles between Cards and Table view. Table view lists the same folders and files as rows, each with a type · size · date line and, where it applies, an approval badge.

Table view — the same library as rows, with a type · size · date line and approval badges

Upload files

Click Add content to open the upload dialog. Then click Choose files and pick one or several files at once. Each file uploads in turn; the dialog shows a progress bar and the name of the file being sent, with a 2/4 counter for a batch.

The upload dialog — Choose files, and the recommended-formats hint below it

A batch uploading — the progress bar and the current file with its position in the batch

When the batch finishes, the dialog summarizes it — for example Uploaded 3 of 4. 1 failed. if some files could not be uploaded (see When you run out of space for the most common reason).

You can also drag files onto the grid, or click the drop zone beneath the grid, to upload straight into the folder you are viewing.

Tip

For video, MP4 (H.264 + AAC) is the safe choice, and JPG or PNG for images. H.265 / HEVC plays on most screens but is not guaranteed — some Android boxes have no hardware decoder for it and there is no software fallback, so a HEVC file may fail to play on those screens. See What plays and how for the details.

Note

If your connection drops mid-upload, just retry — a large upload continues from where it stopped, for up to 24 hours. A single file can be up to 100 GB.

Create text content

You do not have to upload a file for simple on-screen text. Click Create text, give it a Name and a Text body, and save. This creates a ready, immediately deliverable content item you can drop into a campaign like any other file.

Create text — a name and a body, saved as a ready content item

Organize content into folders

Folders (also called catalogs) group related media. Click Create folder, name it, and it appears in the grid. Click a folder to open it; the breadcrumb tracks where you are, and Back or a breadcrumb crumb steps you back out.

Each folder card has a ⋮ menu with Properties, Rename, and Delete. Properties shows the folder’s name and its Active period, with an Active period button that opens the same date-window editor used for files (below). You can only delete an empty folder — the Manager asks you to move or delete the objects inside first.

Preview a file

Click a media card to open the preview lightbox. For an image it shows the full picture; for a video it really plays in your browser, with controls and sound — not just a poster frame. Paging between items in the lightbox loads each one in turn.

The preview lightbox — a video plays in the browser, with controls

Manage a file

Each media card and table row has a ⋮ menu with everything you can do to that file:

• Properties — name, type, size, upload date, confirmation status, and the Active period, plus an Active period button to edit the window.
• Rename.
• Download — saves the original file to your computer.
• Where used — the campaigns that use this file (below).
• Submit for confirmation / Approve / Reject — the confirmation workflow (below).
• Move — into another folder.
• Delete — with a confirmation prompt.

The file ⋮ menu — every action for a single file

Properties — the file's details and its active period

Set an active period (lifespan)

A file can have an active period: an optional start date, an optional end date, or both. Open Properties and click Active period, then pick the dates; clear either edge to leave it open-ended.

The active-period editor — an optional start and end date

Note

The active period gates publishing. Outside its window a file is held out of campaign publishes — a campaign that only contains an expired file will not deliver. Leave a date empty to keep that edge unbounded (no start, or no end).

See where a file is used

Where used in a file’s menu lists the campaigns whose current version references that file. It is the safe way to check what a file feeds before you change or delete it.

Where used — the campaigns that reference this file

The confirmation workflow

By default, a new upload needs no approval — it is ready to publish the moment its upload finishes. The confirmation workflow only starts mattering once someone uses it.

From a file’s ⋮ menu you can Submit for confirmation (marks it Pending confirmation), Approve (marks it Confirmed), or Reject (marks it Rejected). A pending or rejected file carries a badge on its card and its row.

Caution

A file that is Pending confirmation or Rejected cannot be published: a campaign that includes it fails validation until the file is approved. Files that were never submitted stay publishable — so the workflow only ever blocks a file after someone has explicitly submitted or rejected it.

Find content

Three tools narrow the library:

• The Search content box filters by name as you type.
• The Sort dropdown orders by By name, By date, By size, or By type.
• The Filter button opens a panel with Content type (image / video / audio / web), Status (all / confirmed / unconfirmed), Catalogs, and Campaigns. Applied filters show as removable chips above the grid, and a filter searches your whole library rather than just the current folder.

Filter — narrow by type, confirmation status, catalog, or campaign

Work with several files at once

Click Select to enter selection mode, then tap the cards (or ticks in table view) you want. A bar appears at the bottom with the count and two bulk actions: Move every selected file into one folder, or Delete them all after a confirmation. Leave selection mode with Cancel.

Selection mode — tick files, then Move or Delete them in bulk

Export the content list

The download button in the toolbar (Export to XLSX) exports your content list as a spreadsheet. You can download it now, or have the Manager email you a one-time link — the emailed link is valid for 24 hours.

Export — download now, or email a one-time link

Buy more storage

The storage ring’s Buy storage button (and the same in table view) is the in-screen entry point for extending your quota. In practice, storage is bought through the Plans page as an operator-approved request — see Storage and quotas for how the quota works and Plans, trial and billing for how to request more.

See also

• Playlists — reusable ordered lists you build from this content.
• Storage and quotas — the storage ring, quotas, and add-ons.
• The campaign editor — how content lands on a screen.
• What plays and how — formats, playback, and rotation.