---
title: "Digital Signage Playlist Management"
description: "Learn how to create and manage digital signage playlists. Explore step-by-step guides and tips for seamless playlist customization and scheduling!"
url: https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-playlist/
---

# 1 - Playlist Management

This page explains how to create a playlist, add content to it, and change its settings. A playlist holds the content a screen plays, in the order and for the time you set.

## Playlist types

In the left sidebar, select **Playlists**. The tabs at the top show each type of playlist:

-   **Horizontal**: for landscape screens.
-   **Vertical**: for portrait screens.
-   **Channels**: a list of playlists played one after another. See [Channels](https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-channels/) .
-   **Video Wall**: for video walls.

Use the **Date** menu to sort the list, the grid and list buttons to change the view, and **Search** to find a playlist by name.

## Add a playlist

1.  In the left sidebar, select **Playlists**, then open the **Horizontal** or **Vertical** tab.
2.  Click **Add Playlist**.

![Playlists page with the Add Playlist button](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-1.webp)

3.  Enter a **Name**.
4.  Optionally, choose a **Team** to limit who can see the playlist. Teams must be created first; see [Teams](https://easysignage.com/help/user-mgmt/teams/) .
5.  Leave **Multi-zone layout** unticked for one full-screen layer, or tick it to split the screen into several layers.
6.  Click **Save**.

![Add Playlist window](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-2.webp)

7.  Without **Multi-zone layout**, the playlist opens straight into its full-screen layer and the content apps open: go to step 9.
8.  With **Multi-zone layout**, choose a layout in **Choose Layout**. The layout sets how the screen is divided into layers.

![Choose Layout](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-3.webp)

9.  Click a layer to add content to it. For a layout with one layer, the content apps open straight away. Only apps that suit the layer’s size are listed.

![Content apps for a layer](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-4.webp)

### Example: upload images from your computer

1.  In the content apps, click **Upload media**.
2.  Click **My Device** (or drag files onto the window). You can also import from **Dropbox**, **OneDrive** or **Facebook**.
3.  Select the files and wait for the upload to finish.
4.  The files are added to the layer.

![Upload media window](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-5.webp)

## Vertical playlists

To create a playlist for a portrait screen, open the **Vertical** tab and follow the same steps. Use content designed for vertical screens. Templates and apps such as weather are already sized for vertical screens when you add them.

![Vertical playlists tab](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-6.webp)

## Playlist settings

1.  In the left sidebar, select **Playlists**.
2.  On the playlist, click the settings (gear) icon.

![Settings icon on a playlist](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-7.webp)

The **Playlist Settings** panel opens.

![Playlist Settings panel](https://easysignage.com/help/assets/img/playlists/playlist-8.webp)

-   **Clone**: copies the playlist with all its content and settings. The copy appears in the playlist list.
-   **Delete**: deletes the playlist. Click **Yes** to confirm.
-   **Playlist Name**: type the new name, then click the save icon.
-   **Team Access**: limits the playlist to the selected teams. Only users with full access see this option.
-   **Loop Playlist**: loops the playlist 5 times for smoother transitions. Not available on every account.
-   **Shuffle Playlist**: plays the playlist items in a random order. It can’t be used when **Synced Playlist** is on.
-   **Manual control of playlist**: turns off autoplay and lets viewers move between slides on a touchscreen. See [Touch Screen Features](https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-touchscreen/) .
-   **Synced Playlist**: plays the same media at the same time on all screens that use this playlist. If the playlist has more than one layer, only the last layer (last from top to base) is synced. This is meant for syncing a background layer across screens.

The transition is set on each layer, not on the playlist. See [Layer’s Transition](https://easysignage.com/help/playlists/digital-signage-media/#layers-transition) to change one layer, or [Default Transition](https://easysignage.com/help/account-settings/digital-signage-default-transition/) to set the transition every new layer starts with.

To close the panel, click **X**.

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