Playback continues when the internet drops
A network fault, server maintenance or weak Wi-Fi in a lift. The MIA player keeps the last program on the device and carries on playing, and viewers notice nothing.
No warnings, no blank screens
The player keeps the last program both in memory and in local storage. When the server or network drops, content keeps rotating and no connection warning appears on screen.
Time rules run on the device too. The morning scene starts in the morning and the evening scene in the evening. When the connection returns, the screen fetches pending program and settings updates itself.
- The Android app stores media on the device and even starts without the server after a power cut
- The Samsung Tizen package keeps media on the screen itself
- Weather, currency and RSS stay at their last good value
- YouTube and web page items need internet
What happens during an outage?
In MIA a screen is not a window that must stay connected to the server at all times. When a program is deployed, the player takes it onto the device and applies the rules itself. Depending on the kind of outage:
- Server or local network down: the last program keeps playing.
- Local network up, internet down: only weather, currency and RSS freeze at their last values. YouTube and external web pages cannot be shown.
- Power cut: the Android app keeps videos, images and a copy of the player page on the device, so it starts and plays even when it cannot reach the server.
Differences by platform
The Samsung SSSP/Tizen package stores media on the screen itself. In a real Wi-Fi outage test in a lift cabin, playback did not stop. Browser-based players such as the Smart TV browser, PCs and Raspberry Pi keep playing the last program while the page stays open; after the device restarts, it may need to reach the server to open the page again.
Good to know
Changes you make in the panel during an outage reach the screen when the connection returns. Viewers will not notice that a screen has dropped off, but you will want to know, so switch on offline screen alerts.
Related features
Offline screen alerts
Hear about a dropped screen by webhook or Telegram.
Players and devices
How each platform behaves offline.
Calendar and time rules
Rules run on the device using the server's clock.
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