HOME > Documentations > Yodeck User Manual > Media Filtering Media Filtering Posted by Kostas Sveronis on June 20th, 2022 Table of Contents IntroductionLogic Choice 1 – All media tagsTIPLogic Choice 2 – Any media tagsTIPLogic Choice 3 – All, but no extra media tagsTIPLogic Choice 4 – Any, but no extra media tagsTIPMore ExamplesExample 1Example 2TIPLive Example 3 Create a Tag-based PlaylistHow to filter the Tag-based Playlist with the Media filtering featureNeed Help? Introduction We are introducing Media Tag Filtering per Screen, which helps companies with a lot of content across many locations choose the exact content they want to be displayed in playlists on each screen. Media Tag Filtering per Screen targets larger organizations with lots of content that might also change frequently, which then gets displayed on screens across locations. Specifically, it makes it easy to automatically tailor the type of content displayed on each screen, by using media tags. Most importantly, instead of creating a separate Playlist for a screen in London and another playlist for a screen in Dubai, for example, users can create a main playlist for all screens and locations, and then use media tags to filter the content that will display per screen. Therefore, you can automate your content update process by updating one major playlist instead of many individual ones. Also, we included a number of logic choices, with explanations, inside the Portal, to make it easier for you to select and filter the exact combinations of content you want for each screen. Logic Choice 1 – All media tags The configuration below will display media that have at least both tags, London and Burgers. If you have media with the below tags, and you configured the player to filter the media with the above configuration, it will display: Media_1, Media_2 infoTIPIt won’t display Media_3 and Media_4 because they do not have both tags (London, Burgers) Media_1: London, Burgers, LandscapeMedia_2: London, BurgersMedia_3: LondonMedia_4: Burgers Logic Choice 2 – Any media tags The configuration below will display media with any tags of the London and Burgers. If you have media with the below tags, and you configured the player to filter the media with the above configuration, it will display: Media_1, Media_2, Media_3, Media 4 infoTIPIt won’t display Media_5 because it has a different tag (France). This tag hasn’t been configured on the above configuration. Media_1: London, Burgers, LandscapeMedia_2: London, BurgersMedia_3: LondonMedia_4: BurgersMedia_5: France Logic Choice 3 – All, but no extra media tags The configuration below will display media with all but not additional media tags. In other words, it will display media with the exact media tags you configured below. If you have media with the below tags, and you configured the player to filter the media with the above configuration, it will display: only Media_2 infoTIPIt won’t display Media_1, Media_3, and Media_4, because: Media_1 has more tags than the London and Burgers tags Media_3 and Media_4 do not have both tags (London, Burgers) Media_1: London, Burgers, LandscapeMedia_2: London, BurgersMedia_3: LondonMedia_4: Burgers Logic Choice 4 – Any, but no extra media tags The configuration below will display media with any but not extra media tags. In other words, it will display media that have a subset of media tags you configured below. If you have media with the below tags, and you configured the player to filter the media with the above configuration, it will display: Media_2, Media_3, Media 4 infoTIPIt won’t display Media_1 because it has an extra tag (Landscape). This tag hasn’t been configured on the above configuration. Media_1: London, Burgers, LandscapeMedia_2: London, BurgersMedia_3: LondonMedia_4: Burgers More Examples Example 1 Let’s say we have the below Media with the relative tags, and you want to display Media_1 and Media_3. To do that, you need to choose the option number 2 (Allow media that have any of the media tags selected below) Media_1: Tag1, Tag2Media_2: Tag3, Tag4Media_3: Tag1, Tag3Media_4: Tag1, Tag2, Tag3, Tag4 Example 2 Let’s say we have the below Media with the relative tags, and you want to display only Media_2. You need to choose option number 3 (Allow media that have all, but not extra, of the media tags selected below) and add the relative media tags. infoTIPIf we chose option number 1 here, the player would display Media_4 as well, which we do not want for that case. Media_1: Tag1, Tag2Media_2: Tag3, Tag4Media_3: Tag1, Tag3Media_4: Tag1, Tag2, Tag3, Tag4 Live Example 3 Let’s say you have 100 players scattered across the globe. You have: 25 players in the US25 players in Europe10 players in Asia40 players in Australia And you want to display specific content on these players based on their location. How will this feature help you? First, you need to tag the media you want to display on the TV screen based on the location. Media_1: USMedia_2: EuropeMedia_3: Asia Media_4: Australia 💡If you have too many media that need to be tagged, you can use the Bulk Edit option to tag all of them. Create a Tag-based Playlist After that, you create a Tag-based playlist that will include all these tags. This playlist will get all the media that have been “tagged” and display them on the TV screen. But with this logic, the screen in the US will display the media from Europe, Asia, and Australia, which we do not want. This is where the “Media filtering” feature comes to save the day. How to filter the Tag-based Playlist with the Media filtering feature On the US players, you configure them to display media that will have only the US tag. The player will filter out the media that do not have the US tag and will display those that have the US tag.The same logic applies to Europe, Asian, and Australian players. Of course, this is a very simple setup and you can do a lot more with the Filtering Logic and how you want your players to filter specific media. Either with a Classic Playlist or with the Tag-based Playlist. Need Help? The Yodeck Support Team can help you out! Reach out!