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Temporary presentations

Use a temporary presentation to change what a screen shows for a limited time without editing its schedule. When the presentation ends, Tilecast goes back to the schedule or the screen’s fallback content.

Show content nowTemporarily show a Playlist, Layout, or ready media on a screen or Display Group.
Present with AirPlayStart a temporary AirPlay session on supported Linux Players.
Start a TakeoverTemporarily replace scheduled and fallback content on selected screens.
Set up a Presentation NetworkConnect a Linux Player to Wi-Fi temporarily when it acts as an AirPlay gateway.

If an AirPlay sender can’t find a Player, see AirPlay and Presentation Networks.

What plays first

Section titled “What plays first”

Tilecast selects the highest-priority presentation that is active for a screen:

  1. An active Takeover.
  2. On Linux, an active AirPlay session.
  3. A Quick Present session.
  4. The highest-priority active schedule.
  5. The screen’s assigned content or its Display Group fallback.

Android Players do not support AirPlay. Quick Present, AirPlay, and Takeover can continue outside normal active hours or while ordinary playback is disabled. Safe mode has separate platform behavior: Linux safe mode blocks Quick Present, while an active AirPlay session remains visible; Android can show Quick Present. A fullscreen Emergency Alerts presentation uses a Takeover. An Emergency Alerts ticker is an overlay and does not replace the current presentation. When a temporary session ends, Tilecast evaluates the schedule and fallback again instead of restoring an old playback snapshot.

To see why a particular screen is showing what it shows, use Explain a Screen’s playback selection.