From the tablet’s controller screen, I’d like to remotely trigger playback of videos managed in our CMS on the video wall, and I’m exploring a smarter way to do this. I’d appreciate any ideas you might have.
Note: the video wall is composed of multiple scenes.
Desired Flow
- On the controller side, open the “settings” scene and select the video to play.
- Store the selected video’s
[Item ID]in a global variable. - Use Web Triggers to send that global variable to the video wall.
- When the video wall switches to the specified scene, use the received
[Item ID]as a key to load and play the video.
Current CMS Structure
- Title: Text
- Video: Video file
Problems
- When I pass the CMS “Video” to a global variable, it only retains the file name, so setting that variable directly as a
Video Assetwon’t play. - Right now, I place an Asset Grid in the playback scene, filter it to match the
[Item ID], and play the resulting video.
Questions
- Is there a way to play a
Video Assetdirectly from a global variable (file name) without using an Asset Grid? - Or, do you have any other ideas for achieving this more simply?
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