Media Library & Content Types

Media Library & Content Types

What it is

The Content tab on the Signage page is your media library — the central CMS storage for everything your screens play. You upload content once, organize it with tags, and publish it to SpinetiX players directly or through [[crearack—signage—playlists]]. External clients can also upload their own content through the Client Portal ([[crearack—signage—client-portal]]) without a CreaRack login.

Supported content types:

How to upload media

1. Go to Signage > Content.
2. Click Upload and pick files, or drag and drop them onto the drop zone.
3. Watch the progress bar — each file uploads in sequence.
4. The CMS processes each file in the background: it generates a thumbnail, extracts metadata (resolution, duration), and transcodes videos when needed. A status badge shows on the card until the asset is ready.

You can also upload directly from inside the Playlist Builder — see [[crearack—signage—playlists]].

How to add a URL or live stream

1. Click Add URL.
2. Fill in Name and URL (https://... for web pages, rtsp://... for streams).
3. Set Type to Web URL or Live Stream, optionally add tags, and confirm.

The player loads the URL itself, so it must be reachable from the player’s network — not just from your PC.

How to browse and filter

• Switch between Grid and List views with the toggle buttons.
• Filter by type (All Types, Images, Videos, HTML5, URLs) or by tag (All Tags).
• The header shows totals: asset count and storage used.

How to manage an asset

1. Click a card to open its detail modal: type, status, size, resolution, duration, MIME type, and transcoded variants.
2. Edit the comma-separated tags and click Save Tags.
3. Click Reprocess if thumbnail or transcoding failed.
4. Click Delete to remove it. For bulk cleanup, tick the checkbox on several cards and click Delete Selected.

How to publish content to players

1. Select one or more assets (or none to publish everything) and click Publish — or click Publish on a single card.
2. Pick the target players and the playback options (duration per slide, transition, loop).
3. CreaRack packages the content and gives each player a publish URL. The Local Agent then configures the SpinetiX player to pull it on schedule.

Your browser never handles player passwords: it only passes a credential_id, and the Local Agent resolves the actual credentials server-side. If no credential is stored in Config > Credentials, you get a one-time manual prompt instead. Details: [[crearack—signage—deploy-and-credentials]].

The toolbar also gives you live playback control: Pause / Resume, Clear Playback (Corporate Image, Black Screen, Test Pattern, Restart Content, Clear All Content), and History, where every operation is logged with a Restore button to roll a player back.

Troubleshooting

• Asset stuck in processing or marked error — open it and click Reprocess. Large videos can take a few minutes to transcode.
• Publish fails on every device — check that the Local Agent is running and the players are reachable. See [[crearack—signage—troubleshooting]].
• Web URL shows blank on screen — the player can’t reach the URL. Test it from the player’s network segment.

Related

• [[crearack—signage—que-es-signage]] — Digital Signage overview
• [[crearack—signage—pantallas]] — the screens that play your content
• [[crearack—signage—programacion]] — schedule when content plays
• [[crearack—signage—client-portal]] — let clients upload their own content
• [[crearack—signage—deploy-and-credentials]] — how publishing and credentials work

Véase también

• [[crearack—signage—que-es-signage]]
• [[crearack—signage—playlists]]
• [[crearack—signage—pantallas]]
• [[crearack—signage—programacion]]
• [[crearack—signage—client-portal]]
• [[crearack—signage—deploy-and-credentials]]