What Are Feeds and How to Use It – OptiSigns

Want to bring your screens to life with curated content across a variety of topics? Let's get to know OptiSigns Feeds!

Use Case

In a bustling warehouse, digital screens featuring prebuilt videos around OSHA standards become the backbone of safety training. These videos regularly play, reinforcing critical safety protocols, best practices, and hazard awareness among employees. As workers navigate the busy environment, these engaging and informative videos serve as constant reminders, fostering a culture of safety and significantly reducing the risk of accidents.

What are OptiSigns Feeds?

OptiSigns Feeds is a collection of prebuilt, fresh, and engaging content designed to enhance your office, workplace, or business. These feeds cover a wide range of topics and formats, providing dynamic and updated content to keep your digital signage interesting and relevant.

We provide a rich tapestry of categories to suit various environments:

Workplace Series: Enhances the corporate atmosphere with content aimed at boosting productivity and positivity.
Safety and Compliance: Ensures a safe environment by keeping everyone informed about the latest protocols and standards.
Relax-Reels: Provides a visual escape with serene landscapes and calming imagery, ideal for stress relief.
Inspirational Quotes: Offers daily motivation to uplift spirits and promote a positive mindset.
Entertainment and Lifestyle: Brings a mix of fun, news, and lifestyle tips to communal spaces, waiting areas, or retail locations.
Kids Zone: Makes learning and waiting fun for children by transforming screens into platforms for education and entertainment.
Health and Wellness: Offers practical health tips, wellness advice, and the latest in nutrition and fitness trends, tailored to inspire healthier lives.
Astronomy: Offers captivating visual journeys through the cosmos, showcasing celestial events, space exploration, and the wonders of the universe.

How to Use Feeds

1. Log in to your account, go to Files/Asset page.
2. Click Feeds

3. Start browsing and select which Feeds you want to use.

Note: You can preview the Feeds content before using it.

Press "Next", and you can rename the Feed if you'd like, then press "Save".

Finally, push your Feeds to your screen! If you need help learning how to do this please visit this article: Push Contents to your Screens.

Once created, Feeds:

Can be used like any other assets in Playlist, Schedule or Split Screen.

Can be cached to players local storage, so most Feeds will not depend on internet connection to play.

That are curated YouTube feeds (Relax-Reel) will require internet connection to play.

Recommended Duration:

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Each feeds has a recommended duration. This way it helps keep the screen fresh, not repetitive content.

For example:

Safety feeds totaled about 4 minutes, and its recommended duration is 30s. So, that will be 2 slides of the feeds shown when in a playlist. The next time the playlist loops back to the feed, it will continue to the next slides on the feeds, till it finishes the 4 minutes. Afterward, it will then loop back.

That's it!

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