Upload files
Drag files in or pick them, upload straight into a folder, and what happens while a file is processing.
Getting files in
- Drag one or more files onto the content library. They land wherever you drop them, in the root of the library or in an open folder.
- Choose New content, stay on the Upload tab, and browse. You can select several files at once.
- Upload programmatically. The CLI and API upload the same way the dashboard does, which is the route for a bulk import or a pipeline. See Developers.
While it uploads
Each file in a batch shows its own progress and an estimate of the time left, and you can cancel one without affecting the others.
Uploads keep running while you use the rest of the dashboard. Close the New content dialog, go and set up a playlist, and the upload carries on. Reopen the dialog to check its progress or start more uploads. Closing or reloading the browser tab does stop them.
After it uploads
Screenly validates the file and processes it, which for video means re-encoding it centrally so it plays across a mixed fleet. See Supported formats.
An image is ready almost immediately. A large video takes a while. You can rename a video while it is still processing rather than waiting.
If processing fails, a notification under Notifications in the sidebar names the specific item and links to it, rather than leaving you to work out which of thirty uploads did not make it.
Uploading into a folder
Open the folder first, then drop files into it. That saves moving them afterwards, which matters more than it sounds once a library is large. See Folders.