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Engineering, systems, and screen operations.

Notes on running screens: publishing and scheduling, pairing and access, offline playback, and what a workspace can tell you about a screen that is not playing.

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Keeping playlists in sync across every screen
FEATURED ARTICLE
EngineeringMAR 02, 20268 MIN READ

Keeping playlists in sync across every screen

How a paired screen decides what to show next, why the schedule is evaluated on the device, and what happens when the network drops in the middle of a publish.

Viewix TeamProduct & engineering
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Designing an offline-first playlist engine
Architecture7 MIN READ

Designing an offline-first playlist engine

Screens have to keep playing through a dropped connection, a flaky router, and a power cut. Here is what has to be true on the device before any of that happens.

Viewix Team
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What a heartbeat should tell you about a screen
Engineering5 MIN READ

What a heartbeat should tell you about a screen

Waiting for somebody to notice a dark screen is not monitoring. Here is the small set of signals that shows a screen is alive, current, and playing what you published — and the design that keeps them cheap.

Viewix Team
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Screen ops rules for unattended displays
Best Practices9 MIN READ

Screen ops rules for unattended displays

Handshakes, update windows, and restart routines: the practical checks that keep a display playing in a space nobody looks behind until something goes wrong.

Viewix Team
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